Weezer's Pinkerton—a raw, dyspeptic therapy session of an album—was disowned by Rivers Cuomo nearly as soon as it was released. "It's a sick album, sick in a diseased sort of way," the Weezer ...

By releasing two of the most revered rock records of the ’90s — their 1994 debut “Weezer” (aka the “Blue Album”), and 1996’s cult hit “Pinkerton” — the group amassed a fanbase ...

The opening weekend of Weezer’s three-city ... 1994’s hit-laden debut (“The Blue Album”) on Friday, and 1996’s reviled-then-revered Pinkerton on Saturday. Between sets, longtime ...

Pinkerton” is a shockingly honest look into the mind of a burgeoning rockstar. Check it out before the band's Kilby Block ...

“El Scorcho” is one of Weezer’s strangest and most loved songs. It came out in 1996 on the Pinkerton album. The lyrics are weird, funny, and full of personality.

It is viewed as the first of an endless series of backlash albums in Weezer’s catalog, though Pinkerton was also a widely derided record in its time. Every Weezer album then is a backlash record ...

When Weezer released their eponymous debut album back in May of 1994 ... making it one of the signature moments on Pinkerton. 22. “My Name Is Jonas” (1994) My Name Is Jonas “My Name Is ...

that the band's breakthrough hit Buddy Holly was bound for second album Pinkerton before producer Rik Ocasek stepped in and insisted they record it. But more than that, it captures Weezer playing ...

Album cover in place, Weezer’s debut was almost ready for ... Indeed, Weezer returned just a year later with 1996’s “Pinkerton.” And a few years after that? Cuomo: I think it was 1999 ...

Type "blue album" into ... of some records (Pinkerton) and detached pop appeal of others (whatever piece of garbage "The Girl Got Hot" came from). It's easy to see Weezer as a sketch comedy ...