Weezer has sold 10.2 million albums in the US and over 35 million worldwide. In 2019, Weezer released an album of covers, the Teal Album, followed by the Black Album. Their eleventh album, Pacific Daydream (2017), featured a more mainstream pop sound. The band’s ninth and tenth albums, Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) and the White Album (2016) returned to a rock style and achieved more positive reviews. Its lead single, “Pork and Beans”, became the third Weezer song to top the Modern Rock Tracks chart, backed by a Grammy-winning YouTube music video. Raditude (2009) and Hurley (2010) featured more “modern pop production” and songs co-written with other artists, achieved further mixed reviews and moderate sales. In 2008, Weezer released the Red Album, featuring “TR-808s, synths, Southern rap, and baroque counterpoint”. Following the tour for Pinkerton, bassist Matt Sharp left the band, and Weezer went on hiatus. Both the Blue Album and Pinkerton are now frequently cited among the best albums of the 1990s. Weezer’s second album, Pinkerton (1996), featuring a darker, more abrasive sound, was a commercial failure and initially received mixed reviews, but achieved cult status and critical acclaim years later. Backed by music videos for the singles “Buddy Holly”, “Undone – The Sweater Song”, and “Say It Ain’t So”, the Blue Album became a multiplatinum success. After signing to Geffen Records in 1993, Weezer released its self-titled debut album, also known as the Blue Album, in 1994. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums), Brian Bell (guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), and Scott Shriner (bass, backing vocals).
Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992.
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