Weezer – Red Album – 2008 (iTunes – Amazon) Red was my line in the sand with Weezer. Taking 3 years off from Make Believe, this is the one that made me almost write the band off. The guys from Sound Opinions LOVED this record. And I have no idea Continue Reading

Weezer – Make Believe – 2005 (iTunes – Amazon) I don’t know why the fans bristle so much about this record. Maybe they were hoping that the band would continue the cycle and label this with a rainbow color. What about “Red”? (Yes. What about “Red”???) When I first heard Continue Reading

Weezer – Maladroit – 2002 (iTunes – Amazon) In 2002 the internet was all abuzz with word that a new album by Weezer was coming and it was coming fast on the heels of Green. In keeping with (what was now perceived to be a tradition), the album would have Continue Reading

Weezer – Green Album – 2001 (iTunes –Amazon) In 2001, without warning, all of a sudden, Weezer was back. Five years after Pinkerton. Rolling Stone said it was the first 5 star album of the new decade, the new century. At 29 minutes it’s the shortest they had ever put Continue Reading

Weezer – Pinkerton – 1996 (iTunes – Amazon) At first Pinkerton was so massively maligned by the press and fans that it took me almost 10 years to pick it up. When I did I realized that all the pundits who, in retrospect, put the album at the top of Continue Reading

With Green Day, Weezer are truly the granddads of modern emo. So, like I did with those Berkeley punkers, let’s take a look at the progenitors of geek rock. Weezer – Blue Album – 1994 (iTunes – Amazon) I’m not sure I will ever get used to the feeling I Continue Reading