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The Album That Turned Weezer's Fortunes "Green"

After disappointing sales for Weezer's second album, leader Rivers Cuomo went into complete isolation and wrote an incredible 121 new songs -- 10 of which were recorded for the band's next album, produced by Ric Ocasek of the Cars. That album, popularly known as the Green album, turned the band's f…

Ep 60: Toto

This week CFX switches gears to evaluate the pop culture impact of the world’s most innovative maker of toilets, the Japanese company, Toto LTD.  Just kidding! We are of course talking about the band Toto. Started in the late ‘70s by a bunch of San Fernando Valley high school friends who also happe…

Heartbreaking Rock Songs About Unrequited Love and Rejection

Music plays a role in all our lives, but it generates special power for the forlorn. In rock, the concept of unrequited love seems to be a theme that performers return to frequently, telling stories about heartbreaking situations where love is in reach but unreturned. Songs such as “Layla,” “Ev…

1994 - October: Weezer “Blue Album”

Weezer released their debut studio album in May of 1994, often known as the Blue Album due to its blue cover.  The band formed in Los Angeles in 1992 as grunge was on its ascendency.  Despite a sound that we identify with grunge today, singer/guitarist Rivers Cuomo, drummer Patrick Wilson, guitaris…

Rivers Cuomo on Weezer’s New Album; FKA Twigs; Elliott Smith

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo talks about the unusual places he looked for inspiration for Weezer’s upcoming “White Album” – among them, the beach, and … Tinder! Plus: the fabulous FKA Twigs’ new song; lost Elliott Smith tracks; and shoegaze superstars DIIV. With Rolling Stone’s Nathan Brackett, Jon…

KEVIN RUDOLF!

Having worked himself up from guitar virtuoso to electronic music maven to studio musician to recording artist to hit producer, Kevin Rudolf is one of today's premier Renaissance Men. Those who heard "Let It Rock" without knowing Rudolf would be forgiven for thinking the hit single came out of nowh…

Weezer cranks out another ’90s jam with latest ‘Gold Album’ song, ‘C.E.O.’

Weezer has premiered a new song called “C.E.O.,” a track off the band’s latest color-themed self-titled record, the Gold Album. “C.E.O.” begins with frontman Rivers Cuomo singing, “Cranking out another ’90s jam/ Wish I could do something new/ But nobody wants to hear that/ They just want the cla…

Weezer - Pinkerton [August 19, 2022]

The guys are back with an episode on 1996's Pinkerton by Weezer. Though it's now a legendary album that's influenced many generations of emo and indie artists, it was a commercial bomb on its inital release and remains a thorny, fascinating, sometimes off-putting glimpse into the psyche of frontman…

Rivers Cuomo

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo feels excited about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Rivers sits down with Conan to talk about his love of Beethoven, going from worldwide tours to enrolling in Harvard, enduring painful corrective leg surgery, and Weezer’s latest project SZNZ. Plus, Conan and his team cel…