Weezer ƙungiya ce ta dutsen Amurka wacce aka kafa a cikin 1992. Kullum ana jin su. An gudanar da fitar da kundi guda 12 masu tsayi, kundin murfin 1, EPs shida da DVD guda. Sabon kundi nasu mai suna "Weezer (Black Album)" an fito dashi a ranar 1 ga Maris, 2019.
Ya zuwa yau, an sayar da bayanan sama da miliyan tara a Amurka. Wasa kida da madadin makada da masu fafutuka masu tasiri suka rinjayi, wani lokaci ana ganin su a matsayin wani ɓangare na motsin indie na 90s.
Weezer ya fara aikin su a Los Angeles, California. Rivers Cuomo ya shiga Patrick Wilson, Matt Sharp da Jason Cropper. Daga baya Brian Bell ya maye gurbinsa.
Makonni biyar bayan sun kafa, sun yi giginsu na farko. An yi shi don Dogstar a Raji's Bar da Ribshack akan Hollywood Boulevard. Weezer ya fara wasa a cikin ƙananan kulake masu sauraro a kusa da Los Angeles. Rubuce-rubucen murfin waƙoƙi na waƙoƙi daban-daban.
Ba da daɗewa ba ƙungiyar ta ɗauki hankalin wakilan A&R. Kuma a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 1993, mutanen sun sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Todd Sullivan daga Geffen Records. Ƙungiyar ta zama wani ɓangare na alamar DGC (wanda daga baya ya zama Interscope).
'The blue ALBUM' (1993-1995)
An fitar da 'The Blue Album' a ranar 10 ga Mayu, 1994 kuma kundi ne na halarta na farko. Tsohon dan wasan gaba Ric Okazek ne ya samar da kundin. An saki "Bare" (The Sweater Song) a matsayin na farko.
Spike Jones ya jagoranci bidiyon kiɗan da aka ƙirƙira don waƙar. A ciki, ƙungiyar ta yi wasan kwaikwayo a kan mataki, inda aka nuna lokuta daban-daban daga ɗakin rikodin rikodi. Amma lokaci mafi ban mamaki shine a ƙarshen shirin. Sai karnuka da yawa sun cika dukkan saitin.
Jones kuma ya jagoranci bidiyo na band na biyu "Buddy Holly". Bidiyon ya nuna mu'amalar ƙungiyar tare da shirye-shiryen wasan kwaikwayo na gidan talabijin na Happy Days. Wannan, watakila, ya tura kungiyar zuwa ga nasara.
A cikin Yuli 2002, kundin ya sayar da fiye da kwafi 300 a Amurka. Ya kai kololuwa a lamba 6 a cikin Fabrairu 1995. Kundin Blue a halin yanzu yana da bokan platinum 90x. Wannan ya sa ya zama kundi mafi kyawun siyarwa na Weezer da kuma ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun kundi na rock na farkon XNUMXs.
An sake sake shi a cikin 2004 a matsayin "Deluxe Edition". Wannan sigar kundin ta ƙunshi fayafai na biyu tare da wasu abubuwan da ba a fitar da su a baya ba.
WEEZER-PINKERTON (1995-1997)
A ƙarshen Disamba 1994, ƙungiyar ta huta daga yawon shakatawa don bukukuwan Kirsimeti. A lokacin, Cuomo ya koma jiharsa ta Connecticut. A can ya fara tattara kayan don kundi na gaba.
Bayan nasarar platinum da yawa na kundi na farko, Weezer ya koma ɗakin studio tare don yin rikodin wani abu na musamman, wato album ɗin Pinkerton.
Taken kundin ya fito ne daga halin Lieutenant Pinkerton daga wasan opera Madama Butterfly na Giacomo Puccini. Kundin ya dogara ne akan wasan opera, wanda ya nuna wani yaro da aka zana a cikin yakin kuma aka aika zuwa Japan, inda ya hadu da wata yarinya. Dole ne ya bar Japan ba zato ba tsammani kuma ya yi alkawarin zai dawo, amma tafiyarsa ya karya mata zuciya.
An saki kundin a ranar 24 ga Satumba, 1996. Pinkerton ya kai kololuwa a lamba 19 a Amurka. Duk da haka, ba ta sayar da kwafin da yawa kamar wanda ya gabace ta ba. Watakila saboda duhu kuma mafi raɗaɗin jigon sa.
Amma daga baya, wannan albam ya koma wani al'ada na al'ada. Yanzu har ma an dauke shi mafi kyawun kundin Weezer.
Weezer: tipping point
Bayan ɗan gajeren hutu, ƙungiyar ta buga wasansu na farko a TT the Bear a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 1997. Bassist Mikey Welsh na gaba ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar solo. A cikin Fabrairu 1998, Rivers ya bar makarantun Boston da Harvard kuma ya koma Los Angeles.
Pat Wilson da Brian Bell sun shiga Cuomo a Los Angeles don fara aiki a kan kundi na gaba. Matt Sharp bai dawo ba kuma a hukumance ya bar ƙungiyar a cikin Afrilu 1998.
Sun yi ƙoƙari su bita kuma ba su daina ba, amma takaici da bambance-bambancen kirkire-kirkire sun katse karatun, kuma a ƙarshen faɗuwar shekara ta 1998, ɗan wasan bugu Pat Wilson ya tafi gidansa a Portland don hutu, amma ƙungiyar ba ta sake haduwa ba har zuwa Afrilu 2000.
Sai da Fuji ya bai wa Weezer wani taron kide-kide da ake biyan kudi mai yawa a Japan a wurin bikin, an sami wani ci gaba. Ƙungiyar ta sake farawa daga Afrilu zuwa Mayu 2000 don sake gwada tsoffin waƙoƙi da nau'ikan demo na sababbi. Ƙungiyar ta koma wasan kwaikwayon a watan Yuni 2000, amma ba tare da sunan Weezer ba.
Sai a ranar 23 ga Yuni, 2000, ƙungiyar ta dawo ƙarƙashin sunan Weezer kuma ta shiga Warped Tour don nunin shirye-shiryen takwas. Weezer ya sami karbuwa sosai a wurin bikin, wanda ya haifar da ƙarin kwanakin yawon shakatawa da aka yi rajista don bazara.
ZAMAN RANA (2000)
A lokacin rani na 2000, Weezer (wanda ya ƙunshi Rivers Cuomo, Mikey Welsh, Pat Wilson da Brian Bell) sun koma hanyar kiɗan su. Jerin da aka tsara ya ƙunshi sabbin waƙoƙi 14, kuma 13 daga cikinsu an maye gurbinsu da waɗanda ya kamata a fitar da su a albam na ƙarshe.
Magoya bayan sun kira wadannan wakokin 'Summer Session 2000' (wanda aka fi sani da SS2k). Waƙoƙin SS2k guda uku, "Hash Pipe", "Dope Nose" da "Slob", an yi rikodin su yadda ya kamata don kundin studio (tare da "Hash Pipe" da ke fitowa akan Green Album da "Dope Nose" da "Slob" suna bayyana akan Maladroid).
THE GREEN ALBUM & MALADROID (2001-2003)
A ƙarshe ƙungiyar ta sake komawa ɗakin studio don fitar da kundi na uku. Weezer ya yanke shawarar maimaita sunan sunan farkon sakinsa. Wannan kundin da sauri ya zama sananne da 'Green Album' saboda bambancin launin kore mai haske.
Ba da daɗewa ba bayan fitowar 'The Green Album', ƙungiyar ta sake yin wani balaguron balaguron Amurka, tare da jawo hankalin sabbin magoya baya da yawa a kan hanyar godiya ga ƙarfin ƙwararrun waɗancan 'Hash Pipe' da 'Island In The Sun', dukansu sun sami bidiyoyin da suka sami fallasa akai-akai. akan MTV.
Ba da daɗewa ba suka fara rikodin demos don kundi na huɗu. Ƙungiyar ta ɗauki hanyar gwaji don tsarin rikodi, ƙyale magoya baya su sauke demos daga gidan yanar gizon su don musanya don amsawa.
Bayan fitowar kundin, ƙungiyar daga baya ta bayyana cewa tsarin bai yi nasara ba, saboda ba a ba su shawara mai ma'ana daga magoya baya ba. Sai kawai waƙar "Slob" aka haɗa a cikin kundin bisa ga ra'ayin magoya baya.
Kamar yadda aka ruwaito a kan Agusta 16, 2001 ta MTV, bassist Mikey Welsh an kwantar da shi a asibitin masu tabin hankali. A baya dai ba a san inda ya ke ba, domin a asirce ya bace kafin daukar fim na biyu na faifan wakar "Island In The Sun", wanda ya nuna makada da dabbobi daban-daban. Ta hanyar abokin juna Cuomo, sun sami lambar Scott Shriner kuma sun tambaye shi ko yana son maye gurbin Wales.
Kundin na huɗu, Maladroit, an sake shi a cikin 2002 tare da Scott Shriner ya maye gurbin Welsh akan bass. Duk da yake an sadu da wannan kundin tare da sake dubawa gabaɗaya tabbatacce daga masu suka, tallace-tallace ba su da ƙarfi kamar Kundin Green.
Bayan kundi na huɗu, nan da nan Wither ya fara aiki a kan kundi na biyar, yana yin rikodin demos da yawa tsakanin yawon shakatawa na Maladroit. An soke waɗannan waƙoƙin a ƙarshe kuma Wither ya ɗauki hutun da ya cancanta bayan waɗannan kundi guda biyu.
Tashi da faduwar kungiyar Wither
Daga Disamba 2003 zuwa lokacin rani da farkon kaka na 2004, membobin Weezer sun rubuta babban adadin kayan don sabon kundi, wanda aka saki a cikin bazara na 2005 tare da mai gabatarwa Rick Rubin. An saki 'Make Believe' a ranar 10 ga Mayu, 2005. Kundin farko na farko, "Beverly Hills", ya zama abin burgewa a Amurka, ya rage a kan jadawalin watanni da yawa bayan fitowar sa.
A farkon 2006, an sanar da Make Believe don zama ƙwararren platinum, tare da Beverly Hills shine mafi mashahurin saukewa na biyu akan iTunes a cikin 2005. Hakanan, a farkon 2006, Make Believe's na uku guda, "Cikakken Halin", ya shafe makonni huɗu a jere a lamba biyar akan ginshiƙi na Billboard Modern Rock, mafi kyawun Weezer.
An fitar da kundi na shida na Weezer a ranar 3 ga Yuni, 2008, sama da shekaru uku bayan fitowarsu ta ƙarshe, Make Believe.
A wannan karon an kwatanta rikodin a matsayin "gwaji". A cewar Cuomo, ya haɗa da ƙarin waƙoƙin da ba na al'ada ba.
A cikin 2009, ƙungiyar ta sanar da albam ɗin su na gaba, "Raditude", wanda aka saki a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 2009, kuma aka yi muhawara a matsayin mai siyarwa na bakwai na mako akan Billboard 200. A cikin Disamba 2009, an bayyana cewa ƙungiyar ba ta da alaƙa da ita. alamar Geffen.
Ƙungiyar ta bayyana cewa za su ci gaba da fitar da sababbin kayan aiki, amma ba su da tabbacin hanyoyin. Daga ƙarshe, an sanya hannu kan rukunin zuwa lakabin mai zaman kansa Epitaph.
An fitar da kundin "Hurley" a watan Satumba na 2010 akan lakabin Epitaph. Weezer ya yi amfani da YouTube don haɓaka kundin. A wannan shekarar, Weezer ya sake fitar da wani kundi na studio a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 2010 mai taken "Mutuwa zuwa Karfe Karfe". An haɗa wannan kundi daga sabbin rikodi na rikodi da ba a yi amfani da su ba wanda ya shafi aikin ƙungiyar.
A ranar 9 ga Oktoba, 2011, ƙungiyar ta sanar a gidan yanar gizon su cewa tsohon bassist Mikey Welsh ya mutu.
Weezer a yau
Kungiyar dai ba ta tsaya nan ba. Sakin sabon aiki kusan kowace shekara. Wani lokaci masu sauraro suna son komai da hauka, kuma wani lokacin, ba shakka, akwai gazawa. Kwanan nan, a ranar 23 ga Janairu, 2019, Weezer ya fitar da wani kundi mai taken "The Teal Album". A cikin bazara na 2019, kundin "Black Album" ya bayyana.
A ƙarshen Janairu 2021, mawaƙa na ƙungiyar sun faranta wa magoya baya farin ciki tare da sakin sabon LP. An kira rikodin OK Human. Ka tuna cewa wannan shine kundi na 14th na ƙungiyar.
Fitar da sabon kundi na "masoya" ya zama sananne a bara. Mawakan sun ce sun shafe lokacin keɓe ne domin amfanin kansu da masu sha'awar kere kere. Lokacin yin rikodin LP, sun yi amfani da fasahar analog na musamman.
Albishir ga magoya bayan kungiyar bai kare a nan ba. Sun kuma sanar da cewa za a fito da sabon Van Weezer LP a ranar 7 ga Mayu, 2021.
