Weezer/Trivia


 * Artist Disillusionment: Rivers Cuomo has shown it in several interviews, and it's essentially the theme behind "Across the Sea" on Pinkerton (in the guise of a reply to a fan letter from Japan).
 * Ascended Fanon: The lyrics (specifically the "moaning" part) of Perfect Situation were changed after the band noticed that fans enjoyed singing the third moan in a more upbeat fashion.
 * The cover of Hurley is a close up of actor Jorge Garcia because Rivers said he just felt happy when he looked at it.
 * What Could Have Been: Most well-known among fans is Songs From The Black Hole, their abandoned Rock Opera. Rivers Cuomo went as far as recording a home demo version of the whole album, but it was scrapped in favor of what would become Pinkerton. Rivers claims the idea was abandoned due to a combination of his increasing doubts about the concept as well as Matt Sharp putting out The Return of the Rentals (an album heavily indebted to the Black Hole demos), which made him anxious to not be perceived as "stealing" from his bandmate. Most of the songs were either slightly adapted for Pinkerton, made B-sides or released in the Alone demo compilations.
 * Rivers had also planned to have the character Maria be voiced by Joan Wasser of The Dambuilders, but he neglected to ever mention this to Wasser.
 * Rivers had prepared an entire new batch of demos for the follow-up to Maladroit before abandoning them entirely. An essay he wrote later admitted that he was undergoing another Creator Breakdown over the fan backlash towards Green and Maladroit and his own behaviour towards them, and credited Rick Rubin with helping him by introducing him to meditation.
 * The band almost made Hurley another Self-Titled Album, but gave up on the plan when they realised fans would just call it "the Hurley album" anyway.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: The pizza delivery girl in the video for "The Good Life" eventually became a good-hearted but cantankerous computer analyst for a government counter-terrorism agency.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: I think I just heard Scott Pilgrim singing in "Hang On" on Hurley.
 * Rachel Haden of that dog. sings on "The Good Life"'s B-side "I Just Threw Out The Love of My Dreams", one of the few Black Hole tracks to be completed before the album was abandoned. To this day, Haden is the only non-Weezer member to do lead vocals on a Weezer song.