Over the course of the next year, the group played in the competitive Los Angeles club scene, eventually landing a deal with DGC during the post-Nirvana alternative signing boom. Three days before Weezer began recording a debut album with producer Ric Ocasek, they added guitarist Brian Bell to the mix. Upon completing the record, Weezer went on hiatus; Cuomo was studying at Harvard when their eponymous debut record came out.
By the time the album's final single, "Say It Ain't So," was released in the summer of , the group had gone on hiatus once again, with Cuomo returning to Harvard. During the time off, Sharp and Wilson formed the new wave revival band the Rentals, who had a hit later that year with "Friends of P. When Weezer reconvened in the spring of to record their second album, he had written a loose concept album that featured far more introspective material than their debut.
Ironically, the band sounded tighter on the resulting album, Pinkerton. Released in the fall to generally strong reviews, the record failed to become a hit, partially because Cuomo did not want the band to record another series of clever videos. Grudgingly, the remainder of the bandmembers contented themselves being a supporting group for Cuomo, largely because each member had his own solo project scheduled for release within the next year.
DGC, however, had the band make one last stab at a hit with "The Good Life," but by the time the single was released, MTV and modern rock radio had withdrawn their support not only of Weezer but their style of guitar-driven punk-pop in general. Shortly after the tour in support of Pinkerton was completed in , it appeared as though Weezer had fallen off the face of the planet. Stung by the public's initial reaction to their sophomore effort Rolling Stone even named Pinkerton the Worst Album of , the band took time off to regroup and plan their next move.
Unhappy with the sluggish rate of the reassessment period, Sharp left the group to concentrate more fully on the Rentals, fueling rumors that Weezer had broken up. But a funny thing happened during Weezer's self-imposed exile -- while their copycat offspring were falling by the wayside Nerf Herder, Nada Surf , a whole new generation of emocore enthusiasts discovered Weezer's diamond-in-the-rough sophomore effort for the first time, and their audience grew despite not having a new album in the stores.
Once Weezer's members wrapped up work on their side projects Bell with Space Twins; Wilson with the Special Goodness , the band recruited former Juliana Hatfield bassist Mikey Welsh to take the place of Sharp and began working on new material.
Before they could enter the studio to record their third release, however, Weezer tested the waters by landing a spot on the edition of the Warped Tour, where they were consistently the day's highlight. Hooking up again with the producer of their debut, Ric Ocasek, Weezer recorded what would be known as "The Green Album" an informal title given by fans, since it was actually their second self-titled release. During their tour that summer, Welsh fell ill and was replaced by Scott Shriner, also of the band Broken.
Welsh died in Chicago in October at the age of That fall and winter, the group busied itself with touring alongside bands like Tenacious D and recording their next album, Maladroit, which arrived a year after The Green Album's release. Weezer returned to the studio in , working with Rick Rubin on their fifth full-length album. Make Believe appeared in May , prepped by the single "Beverly Hills," and eventually went platinum in multiple countries.
Weezer Red Album followed in and featured a more collaborative approach, with several bandmembers contributing songwriting ideas and lead vocals to the tracks. One year later, the group returned with Raditude. Greeted with mixed reviews, Raditude marked Weezer's last album for Universal.
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