From Loudersound.
Weezer may be alt-rock geek heroes, but they’ve never hidden their love of 80s metal. And new single I Need Some Of That wears it proudly on its sleeve.
The latest track to be taken from upcoming album Van Weezer, it finds Rivers Cuomo and co nodding towards the great hard rock and hair metal bands of the past (although the lyric video features some decidedly Metallica-esque fonts).
Naturally, the Van Halen-inspired album title is a big reference to where the LA band are heading this time around. We’ll let Rivers himself explain: “We just noticed over the last few years there’d be these moments during the show where I’d accidentally bust out a few harmonics or a whammy bar dive or a little tapping just because I can’t control myself.
“And we noticed unlike in decades past, now the audience would go ballistic whenever they’d hear even a hint of that style. So I started doing it more and more. And soon I’m just like shredding through the whole show and we’re like,v‘Jeez, we should make an album like this.’”
Van Weezer will arrive May 7 via Crush Music/Atlantic Records.
1. Hero
2. All The Good Ones
3. The End Of The Game
4. I Need Some Of That
5. Beginning Of The End
6. Blue Dream
7. 1 More Hit
8. Sheila Can Do It
9. She Needs Me
10. Precious Metal Girl
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WEEZER Christmas With Weezer (Sealed 2022 Japanese only 6-track CD EP, originally released in 2008, this is the first physical pressing of this release, reissued as part of the "Happy Christmas" series in Japan. Housed in a jewel case with picture sleeve and the all-important exclusive obi-strip)
- Weezer - SZNZ: Spring - US - 12" vinyl - £19.99, $25.19, €24.19 (New Item) (arrived 18-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 22, 2025 at 3:06 am
WEEZER SZNZ: Spring (2023 US 8-track 12" vinyl EP. Picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve remains in the open shrink with hype-sticker and is free of shelfwear, the inner has a small split to the bottom and the vinyl is in Near Mint condition )
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WEEZER SZNZ: Spring (2023 US 8-track 12" vinyl EP. Picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve remains in the open shrink with hype-sticker and is free of shelfwear, the inner has a small split to the bottom and the vinyl is in Near Mint condition )
- Weezer - Pinkerton - 180 Gram - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $37.79, €36.29 (New Item) (arrived 12-Feb-2025 17:12)on February 22, 2025 at 3:06 am
WEEZER Pinkerton (2016 UK/EU limited edition 10-track LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl, including the singles El Scorcho, The Good Life and Pink Triangle. Few albums in rock history have enjoyed as complete a critical and popular turnaroundas Weezer's 'Pinkerton'. Though tagged a disappointment upon its 1996 release, today 'Pinkerton' is considered one of the most influential and important albums of that decade and beyond. In 2004, Rolling Stone even felt compelled to re-reviewthe album, raising it from three stars to the ultimate five. Spin has since honoured 'Pinkerton' as among the 100 best albums of 1985-2005 and guitar world ranks it among the top 100 guitar albums of all-time. Picture sleeve, factory sealed. Recommended)
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