Weezer

Happy birthday to our one, our only, the indefatigable Rivers Cuomo!! #karlscorner

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5/10/94 - 25 years ago, weezer's debut album, later to be known as "The Blue Album" was released, to virtually no fanfare. DGC records planned on sending “Undone" to radio, but that plan hadn't really geared up yet, and plus they already had many bigger fish to fry, like Beck, Urge Overkill, Sonic Youth, G'n'R, Nirvana (selling better than ever since Kurt's awful passing just a month earlier), and so on. So there was no radio, definitely no video (that would depend on its reaction at radio), and no tour to speak of, though we had a handful of West coast shows lined up opening for Overwhelming Colorfast and Material Issue. DGC pressed up 20,000 CDs and cassettes (no vinyl - that format was "dead" and only allowed for big selling artists that insisted on it). The CD booklet was a simple 4 page affair, and color was only allowed on one side. There wasn't room enough for the lyrics, so we enlisted our friends Mykel and Carli to send them out separately to those who requested them via an offer in the liner notes (this led to the birth of the weezer fan club... still going, now available in app form..!) We laughed when we heard about the 20,000 print run. Who would buy all those CDs? Until that point, it had been a struggle to get more than 10-15 people to show up at a weezer show. And that continued well after the Blue Album was released. Every week, the "Soundscan" numbers were released to management offices, showing the chart positions of the Top 200 albums that week, plus the secret info: how many copies were physically scanned at record stores as sales. All nationally released albums had a weekly Soundscan sales number, even if you were nowhere near cracking the Billboard Top 200 chart. In those days, the #1 album generally scanned 100,000 to 300,000 copies a week, depending on how popular it was. #200 was usually around 2500 copies. Rivers, Pat, Matt @_mattsharp, Brian and myself (Karl) decided to play a game when it came time to learn the results for the release week for The Blue Album. We counted up everyone we knew, friends and family, who we thought would likely buy the album in its first week as a show of support. Moms, brothers, etc. The number of solid sales we could count on came to... 45. So we expected the first week Soundscan number to be 45. Why would anyone else buy the thing? It wasn't on radio, and there was no video, so who would buy it unless they knew the band? The numbers came in, and the national Soundscan showed... 90. 90 sales! 90?!? "Who the hell are these OTHER 45 people?" we asked in disbelief. That meant across the country, 45 people just saw the Blue Album sitting there, and apropos of nothing, just bought it. 90. It was a start. Whoever you 45 mystery people were, thanks. When that album was released, it was literally half a lifetime ago for me. My life has been neatly divided into "pre Blue and post Blue". And while i will always cherish the first half of my life so far on earth, I cant deny that the subsequent half has been a little more exciting. See you out there! -karl @karlophone (since '91; weezer's: friend, roomate, gear schlepper, guitar tech, artist, designer, roadie, van driver, tour 'manager', motel booker, show settler, archivist, photographer, videographer, fan club president, webmaster, social media guy, etc.)

Taking it back to the desert for round 2 of Coachella on Saturday #karlscorner

Chillin’ with Chilli, 4/13/19. #karlscorner

Everybody wants to rule the Weez. Watch our performance with Tears for Fears last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live https://youtu.be/SbhWvOXj8rM

Thank you Chilli from @officialtlc for gracing our @coachella stage last night for “No Scrubs”! Such an honor! #classof1995mtvawards #karlscorner

It was an honor and privilege to rock out “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” with @tearsforfearsmusic last night at @coachella !! Thank you Roland and Curt! #karlscorner

Full steam ahead for Coachella =w=eekend 1... Watch our set live on YouTube at 8:45pm PT/11:45pm ET https://www.youtube.com/coachella

Shaking things up in the desert and then taking the show to Jimmy Kimmel Live! See you Monday night.

Pat going thru some vigorous training with @joshfreese delivering the advanced lessons. Oakland 4/10/19 #karlscorner

You will get the power and the glory, Portland 4/6/19 #karlscorner

Squeezed the Weez into the Tiny Desk for some fun with NPR Music (+ you may hear a few deep cuts along the way)! Watch the performance: https://n.pr/2U9LiLH

Sailing the seas of Madison, 3/31/19. #karlscorner

A weezer show is a moving experience. #karlscorner

Kansas City globe of chaos! #karlscorner

Join the Weezer Fan Club - New and Improved for 2019! Folks, the Weezer Fan Club has reopened and new membership bundles are available now! Download The Weezer Fan Club App for free from the Apple or Google Play app stores. The app is a handy free all in one Weezer portal for news, tour info, and online Weezer merch shopping. With the app you can sign up for a Weezer Fan Club membership, which for your annual renewable membership fee includes: * Exclusive Fan Club T-Shirt * Fan Club Only Lanyard * Fan Club Only 7" record with exclusive song * Fan Club Only Enamel Pin * Access to exclusive Fan Club presales * Access to an exclusive club-only merchandise store * In-app Members Only Karl's Corner exclusive feed posts * Regular push notifications, so you don’t miss out on Weezer news and presales * Your own unique membership number, with membership numbering continuing from the original club numbering back in the 1990's * Access to members-only Facebook group, where you can hang out and share with your fellow Club members, plus Karl and Lisa (the Fan Club crew), and even band members from time to time! * (When available) Surprises from Karl and Lisa, including random drawings for special prizes, opportunities to get photos with the band (only when possible, cannot guarantee), and more! (offer details subject to change) (The app is just getting started and will be adding more features with future updates) A note to those who are already Weezer Fan Club members (signed up 2014-2018) - you, the pioneers, are lifetime members, and do not need to renew your membership, you only need to log in for all the perks. The 'new membership' merch bundle is available to you too of course, at a discounted cost. You will receive an email with the details.

=w=, St. Louis #karlscorner

Can’t Knockaround The Hustle! Oh yeah, it's happening, Weezer x Knockaround Sunglasses 😎 limited edition sunglasses go on sale today at 11am ET (only 1,000 available). Each order comes with a bright yellow cassette of The Black Album available only in this package - don’t poke your eyes out! knockaround.com/weezer

Its been a while, man, lifes so rad. A while, that is, since we were awarded with a gold record! Thanks to everyone - Mary the @weezerafrica twitter girl, our fans, terrestrial and satellite stations, streaming services, and Crush management - for supporting this crazy single! #theystillmakeplaquesitturnsout #karlscorner

“Selling out Madison Square Garden” is a rock dream that finally came true last night for this little gang. First played there at the Z-100 xmas show in ‘94, watched Bon Jovi bring the house down. Thanks to all who are coming to our shows on this tour! #karlscorner 📸: JD

“Selling out Madison Square Garden” is a rock dream that finally came true last night for this little gang. First played there at the Z-100 xmas show in ‘94, watched Bon Jovi bring the house down. The house came down again! Thanks to all who are coming to our shows on this tour! #karlscorner 📸: JD

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All good things must come to an end & the Black Metal Hub is getting ready to say "hasta luego" for-ev-ver. Last chance to shop before most of these items are gone for good https://shop.blackmetalhub.com/ p.s. order something by tonight and the Fender Stratocaster, Sharpie Markers, or puzzle could be yours!

Do your part + support Sweet Relief Musicians Fund by bidding on a guitar signed by us and pair of tickets to one of our upcoming shows http://bit.ly/2Snkq57