Weezer Biography

Weezer is a rock band from Los Angeles, California. They have released five full-length albums, two EPs, a DVD, and a two-disc, deluxe, remastered edition of their debut album with the addition of b-sides, compilation tracks, and unreleased songs. Their last album, Make Believe, was released on May 10, 2005. They have sold over 7.5 million records to date in the US.

The band currently consists of the following members:

Weezer has a large devoted fanbase that is online savvy. Fans have created numerous websites about the band that range beyond typical website fare for popular rock bands. Sites have been formed about the folklore of unreleased band material [1], [2], sites featuring massive amounts of bootlegs from concerts [3], websites about the band's alter-ego Goat Punishment [4], bizarre Weezer fan fiction [5] and even a graveyard for fallen fan sites [6]. Many fan sites are devoted to compiling the hundreds of unreleased recordings, which span from pre-Weezer projects up to the early demos and live tour recordings for Make Believe. Numerous Weezer message boards exist with large user bases. In late 2001 and early 2002, Rivers Cuomo himself frequently conversed with fans through email, messageboards and AIM.

One notable Weezer fan tradition is the "flying W" hand symbol, which is frequently seen at live shows [7]. The hand symbol has been used for background decoration during live show, and the band now sells an official t-shirt with the symbol on it [8]. The Van Halen-inspired "=w=" symbol (Van Halen's logo is a flying =VH=), which the band frequently plays in front of [9], is also worn [10] and recreated in interesting ways [11] by their fans.