Weezer offered $10million to split
 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010...d-10m-split-up

do it do it do it

As bad as Weezer '10 are, they are still better than probably 99% of the shit out there. A better petition would be to offer them $10,000,000 to write and release good songs again, like they did on the first two albums.. and not release an album every year of garbage.. I mean, Rivers writes literally 200 new songs a year; surely someone can institute some kind of quality control.

Anyway, this is just a silly publicity stunt by someone who is very jaded and probably ignorant -- they're an extremely EXTREMELY easy band to ignore. It's not hard to just, y'know, not listen to their stuff. I think the last Weezer video I even saw was Beverly Hills. It was just silly ironic pop music. They just do one thing and they are the masters at it, just stupid little pop songs, and even though they haven't released a from-front-to-back great album in, oh, 14 years (though I do find Maladroit somewhat impressive), they serve their niche with an ironic smirk and do it well.

this would be a lot better if the guy actually had the cash

You should become a lawyer, youknow.

yeah, the campaign kind of falls on it's arse there doesn't it?

stupid.

1. Weezer are not that bad. I still get MOST of their albums. And I like at least half of the songs. So whatever. That's better than plenty of far shittier bands out there. And at least they do what they want, which is at least more interesting than uh... I don't know what. I can't think of bland bands because:

2. I ignore music I don't like. How hard is that? You dn't like a song on the radio? Change the station. To paraphrase Paul Anka: "just don't listen." (*Guarantee void in TN).

you got to admit it's awfully funny. Never been a big fan. I enjoy a few songs from their early albums but I don't own anything by them.

not really. It's actually a rip-off the whole Uwe Boll thing anyway. It's already been done as a stupid popculture "trending topic" for 3 minutes curio.

Ok NR point taken. I knew nothing of Uwe Boll till I looked him up after your post. so while I still found it amusing I can see why others wouldn't given it's a copycat idea.

I've been schooling River's ass since I was 17 and started writing better songs.

If you're sick of someone influentials output, then do it yourself, pussies.

the masses are asses. aren't there more important things to try & raise money for? and wouldn't it be easier to just not listen to the Weez?

what will the guy do with the raised money if they say "no"?

If I were if their position, I'd split, take the money, then reform later as "Rezeew". Either that or do a reunion tour.

Seriously, are people out there so self asorbed that they believe stuff they don't like shouldn't exist? It probably is just a lame publicity stunt by some loser who wants their fifteen minutes of fame, but there are far worse bands out there than Weezer. Besides, Rivers Cuomo (if not the other members of the band) probably already has more than 10 million dollars to his name already.

Kegmama, you and L7 might feel that way, but you have to admit that for every facepalm there's more than enough laughter at their expense to make up the difference...

you mean Goat Whore.

I like Blue Album, Pinkerton, Green Album, and even Make Believe. Their last two efforts can rot in hell though, aisde form that Pork N Beans single. Seriously, have you guys heard the latest one? It literally hurts the ears.

They release an album every few months now it seems.

I haven't heard the new one, but I did like The Red album.

You also like Lil Wayne, guy.

The Red Album was one of the worst albums ever -- ASIDE FROM "greatest man who ever lived", which is 6 minutes long and completely changes style 18 times or something. It's the weirdest Weezer song ever -- it almost sounds like them trying to do Mr. Bungle or something?! I highly reccomend listening to it, it's very ambitious, even though some of the lyrics are cringeworthy.

Weezer are just perfectly fine power pop. Nothing more, nothing less. Anyone can play these songs. Just boring power chords. I'd rather see a petition to end NOFX or something, because at least they (or Fat Mike) go out of their way to shove their politics down people's throats. Weezer are harmless, and the guitarist was in Carnival Art:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCCdZtrvf50

Watch this video!

TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!