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Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story

Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story is a biography of the band Weezer written by Rolling Stone writer John D. Luerssen and published in 2004. 
==Overview==
Author Luerssen, according to the book's preface, conceived the idea of writing a Weezer biography in May of 2002, following the release of Maladroit, and subsequently contacted Karl Koch, Sarah C. Kim, and Pat Wilson. Despite Wilson's initial enthusiasm, Rivers Cuomo ultimately declined to participate on behalf of the band, later e-mailing Luerssen as the book was being typeset to clarify "I felt that it was not time for me to reflect. I sense that huge changes were about to come over me." Luerssen did speak with former members Matt Sharp and Jason Cropper, as well as band-adjacent personalities like Ric Ocasek for the book. These interviews, along with material sourced from contemporary articles and websites make up most of the sources for the Rivers' Edge. Cuomo commented on the book briefly in a 2006 interview:
===Blurb===
Infighting, power struggles, membership firings and resignations, lawsuits, settlements, non-disclosure agreements, oddball behavior, and, most importantly, fabulous rock music. Welcome to Weezer’s weird world, steered by brainchild Rivers Cuomo — perhaps the world’s most unlikely rock star. Exhaustively researched, Rivers’ Edge documents the rise of the band from Cuomo’s beginnings as a failure on Hollywood’s hair metal scene to his reinvention of himself as the undeniable ruler of Weezer. Luerssen uncovers what really happened during Weezer’s strange hiatus and subsequent re-emergence in 2000, which was one of the most successful comebacks in music history. Through key interviews with friends, associates, members of Weezer, and bandmates in their solo projects, Rivers’ Edge is a must-own for any Weezer fan.
===Product description from Amazon.com===
This compelling look at the inside life of Weezer, one of the most intriguing and dynamic bands in contemporary rock, offers insightful commentary on their rise to stardom. A complete historiography, it covers their first commercial success, The Blue Album; their four-year hiatus; and their 2000 Warped Tour comeback. A detailed look at the childhood and failed hair-metal career of band founder Rivers Cuomo provides a revealing look at the inspiration that led this band to stardom. No secrets are left untold, revealing behind-the-scenes stories of infighting, power struggles, and lawsuits. Key interviews with band members and friends complete this dynamic analysis.
==See also==
*Rolling Stone article - Dec 13, 2004 - (an excerpt from Rivers' Edge)
*The Pinkerton Diaries
*Video Capture Device
Category:Books
Category:Weezer biographies
Rivers's Opera

Rivers's Opera is a demo compilation by Rivers Cuomo
==Overview==
Rivers's Opera features piano based demos recorded from 1991 through 1992. The tape's existence became known when the songs were leaked in the riverscuomo.com demo leak. The demos were later listed on the demo storefront on riverscuomo.com in 2020, and were subsequently included on the compilation Alone V: Before Weezer. 
The compilation features several songs, or parts of songs, that would go on to be used again by Cuomo. These include "Hey M'Darlin'", "It Holds Me Together", "My Name is Jonas", and the beginnings of the "Buddy Holly" chorus melody.
==Tracklist==
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
*Alone V: Before Weezer
Category:Rivers Cuomo
Category:Rivers Cuomo demo tapes
Category:2020 releases
Rivers (song)

"Rivers" is a song by alternative rock band Sugar Ray. It was written as an ode to Weezer's lead singer, Rivers Cuomo.
==Overview==
"Rivers," which was written by Sugar Ray collectively as a band, also appears on the "Every Morning" single, and on a tour EP released by the band. Although the lyrics make no reference to Cuomo or Weezer, the song's style is meant to mimic Weezer's.
==Lyrics==
She's gone
And I'm gonna find her
It's been so long
Yeah I'm gonna find her
She's gone away
When it goes away
I'll dig a hole
Wasted and I'm out of patience
It's been so long
Yeah I'm out of patience
She's gone away
Pain goes away
I dig a hole
Runnin', goin' out at night
Friends they push and pull you
Burn out ground poor flowers
Spinning falling outta time
When it goes away
I'll dig a hole
La la la la, ooh
I'll dig a hole
La la la la, ooh
When it goes away
La la la la, ooh
I dig a hole
La la la la, ooh
Pain goes away
==See also==
*Love Is the Answer
Category:Weezer-related bands
Category:Rivers Cuomo
Category:Songs about Weezer-related people
Rivers Cuomo Band

The "Rivers Cuomo Band" (or RCB) is an informal name sometimes used by fans to refer to concerts featuring Rivers Cuomo, in Boston and Cambridge in late 1997 and early 1998, wherein Cuomo debuted new potential Weezer songs. The name exists mainly to differentiate from Homie shows from the same period. These shows were notable for being the first Weezer-adjacent shows to feature eventual Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh.
==List of shows==
*09/26/1997 Cambridge, Massachusetts - T.T. the Bear's Place — with Mikey Welsh, Kevin Stevenson, and Zeph Courtney
*10/08/1997 Boston, Massachusetts - The Paradise — with Mikey Welsh, Kevin Stevenson, and Zeph Courtney
*01/14/1998 Cambridge, Massachusetts - T.T. the Bear's Place — with Pat Wilson, Jake Zavracky, and ???
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
*Homie
Category:Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo blog posts - 2007

This page collates all of archived blog posts by Rivers Cuomo on his Myspace.com account in 2007. These posts were originally archived by user freesiayourmind with help from other members of the rivers_words Livejournal.com account.
==May 6==
Sunday, May 06, 2007
growing vegetables in southern california . . .
...anyone know anything about it?
Current Mood: chipper
==June 29==
Friday, June 29, 2007
The Dhamma Brothers
...is a new movie that i helped with a little bit, acquiring music rights and also providing some financial support. The movie tells the story of the Vipassana program in an Alabama State Prison. I haven't seen the final cut yet but the earlier version was really powerful.
see the trailer
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Rivers Cuomo concert: 01/14/1998

Rivers Cuomo performed his fifth and final "solo"/Weezer "try-out" show at T.T. the Bear's Place in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 14, 1998. Patrick Wilson played drums, Jake Zavracky played guitar, and an unknown bassist named Joe played bass.Weezer Recording History - Page 10https://web.archive.org/web/19981201190241/http://weezerfanclub.com/rivers2.htm World Wide Weezer page on the 1997 and 1998 Rivers Cuomo shows. Archived on 1 December 1998. Internet Archive. Cherry 2000 and the American Measles played on the bill.
==Setlist==
==Fan recollection==
Ken Sears recalled the concert on the blog If It's Too Loud in 2015:Sears, Ken. "TT the Bear's Memory: Rivers Cuomo, January 14, 1998" If It's Too Loud. 20 July 2015. http://www.ifitstooloud.com/2015/07/tt-bears-memory-rivers-cuomo-january-14.html
==Gallery==
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Image:Ttbears 1998-01-14 01.jpg
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Image:Weezer77.jpg
Image:StephanieFarrer-19980114.jpg|Photo by Stephanie Farrer
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
*Recording History - Page 10
==References==
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Rivers Cuomo concert: 02/02/2023

Rivers Cuomo performed a solo concert at Harvelle's in Santa Monica, California on February 2, 2023. Cuomo announced the show's existence on Twitter@RiversCuomo "Thanks a million. Ya, I'm nervous but I'm feeling confident. I'll do my best to bring some of that island vibes to Harvelle's tonight. #weezerontoursolo" Twitter. 2 February 2023 https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/1621144126501834752@RiversCuomo "Ahaha not professional, you say? Alright, alright. Don't worry about the professionalism, I'm about to bring the 🔥 to Harvelle's tonight. Let's do this thing. ;) #WeezerAtHarvelles" Twitter. 2 February 2023 https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/1621143919831711745 (though his tweets announcing it were indistinguishable from AI-generated tweets from the same time period) and on his personal Discord server.:File:Mrn-riversshow-020223.png The show was intended as a rehearsal for forthcoming performance of "California Girls" at A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on February 8. Rather than performing acoustically, Cuomo played electric guitar over prerecorded instrumentation.
==Set list==
==Gallery==
Image:Riverscuomo-harvelles-020223.jpg|Photo by TragicGurl on Discord
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
==References==
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Rivers Cuomo concert: 02/03/2023

Rivers Cuomo performed a solo concert at Harvelle's in Santa Monica, California on February 3, 2023, one night after another concert at the same venue. Like the previous show, the performance was intended as a rehearsal for forthcoming performance of "California Girls" at A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on February 8. Rather than performing acoustically, Cuomo played electric guitar over prerecorded instrumentation. Cuomo was accompanied by Scott Murphy (his partner in the musical duo Scott & Rivers) on the last three songs.
==Set list==
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Rivers Cuomo concert: 02/13/2014

Rivers Cuomo performed a solo acoustic show on the Weezer Cruise's Putting On The Ritz Aft on February 13, 2014. The set consisted of songs from Cuomo's Alone series of albums.
==Setlist==
==Video==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLOMT9QX7JY</youtube>
==See also==
*The Weezer Cruise
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
*Scott & Rivers concert: 02/13/2014
Rivers Cuomo concert: 02/19/2011

Rivers Cuomo played a number of Weezer songs for episode 221 Episode 221. Sound Opinions. 19 February 2011. https://soundopinions.org/show/221/ of the Chicago-based radio talk-show Sound Opinions in 2011, joined by the Chicago-based all-female punk band The Cathy Santonies. The show aired on February 19, 2011.
==Set list==
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
==External links==
*Sound Opinions Episode 221
*The Cathy Santonies on Bandcamp
==References==
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Rivers Cuomo concert: 02/19/2018

Rivers Cuomo performed a solo acoustic concert at the Agave in Avon, Colorado on February 19, 2018. Before "Feels Like Summer" Cuomo took a break due to his hand cramping up.
==Setlist==
==Video==
<youtube>oEUIEHPIcTQ</youtube>
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts - February 2018
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts - 2018
Rivers Cuomo concert: 04/10/2018

Rivers Cuomo performed a solo acoustic concert at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago, Illinois on April 10, 2018.
==Setlist==
==Audio/Video==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlueQzmcQ48</youtube> <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEkGxzgk0eI</youtube>
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
Rivers Cuomo concert: 05/30/2018

Rivers Cuomo performed a solo acoustic concert at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California on May 30, 2018.
==Setlist==
==Video==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnYISkiOclE</youtube>
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Rivers Cuomo concert: 09/12/2018

Rivers Cuomo performed a solo acoustic concert at August Hall in San Francisco, California on September 12th, 2018. Former Weezer guitarist Jason Cropper returned as a special guest.
==Setlist==
#"The Good Life"
#"Across the Sea"
#"Buddy Holly"
#"Susanne"
#"Take On Me" (A-ha cover)
#"El Scorcho"
#"You Gave Your Love to Me Softly"
#"Undone - The Sweater Song"
#"Holiday"
#"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Tears for Fears cover)
#"Pink Triangle"
#"Tired of Sex"
#"My Name Is Jonas" (with Jason Cropper)
#"No One Else" (with Jason Cropper)
#"Jamie" (with Jason Cropper)
#"The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" (with Jason Cropper)
#"In the Garage" (with Jason Cropper)
#"Surf Wax America" (with Jason Cropper)
#"All the Small Things" (Blink-182 cover)
#"Why Bother?"
#"Getchoo"
#"Pork and Beans"
#"Island in the Sun"
#"Africa" (Toto cover)
Encore
"Falling for You"
"I Still Wanna Know" (RAC cover, with Jason Cropper)
"Say It Ain't So" (with Jason Cropper)
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
*Rivers Cuomo concert: 05/09/2018
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts - September 2018
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts - 2018
Rivers Cuomo concert: 09/26/1997

Rivers Cuomo performed at the T.T. The Bear's Place in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 26, 1997 for the release party of the American Measles debut album as part of a short run of Weezer "try-out" shows. Occurring two months into post-Pinkerton hiatus, this concert was Cuomo's first live performance alongside future Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh as well as the first known concert to be billed as a solo Rivers Cuomo performance. In addition to Welsh, Cuomo was joined by Kevin Stevenson (of the band The Shods) on guitar and Zeph Courtney (of Chevy Heston and Stompbox) on drums. American Measles and The Shods also performed.GeneologyBank archive of "Boston Herald", Friday, November 21, 1997, Page 152.
==Setlist==
==Gallery==
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===Audio===
<youtube>ZF8O3EccFc8</youtube>
==See also==
*Rivers Cuomo Band
*Recording History - Page 10
==References==
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts - September 1997
Category:Mikey Welsh
Rivers Cuomo concert: 09/30/2018

Rivers Cuomo performed with members of the LA Philharmonic outside the Capitol Records Building for the Celebrate LA!: LA Phil 100 x CicLAvia festival in Los Angeles, California on September 30, 2018.
==Setlist==
==Video==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0kP2N5otSk</youtube>
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts - September 2018
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts - 2018
Rivers Cuomo concert: 10/08/1997

Rivers Cuomo performed at The Paradise in Boston, Massachusetts on October 8, 1997 as part of a short run of Weezer "try-out" shows. The show was sponsored by 101.7 WFNX for the "Molson Ice Polar Beach Party".https://web.archive.org/web/19981201190241/http://weezerfanclub.com/rivers2.htm World Wide Weezer page on the 1997 and 1998 Rivers Cuomo shows. Archived on 1 December 1998. Internet Archive. Cuomo was joined by future Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh on bass, Kevin Stevenson (of the band The Shods) on guitar, and Zeph Courtney (of Chevy Heston and Stompbox) on drums.Recording History - Page 10
Reportedly Matt Sharp was supposed to attend this show and play alongside the band, but he missed his flight. Cuomo recorded the show onto his personal DAT recorder and shared performances of "Little Sister" and "1,000 Years" with fans on the Rivers Correspondence Board in the early 2000s.
==Setlist==
==Fan reaction==
Chris Macneil recounted the concert on weezerfanclub.com shortly after it happened:
==Gallery==
Image:Homie.jpg
==See also==
*Rivers Cuomo Band
*Recording History - Page 10
==References==
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Rivers Cuomo concert: 10/08/2022

Rivers Cuomo performed a solo concert at a private corporate event at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass in Phoenix, Arizona on October 8, 2022. Cuomo was accompanied by Dave Elitch on drums.
==Set list==
==Gallery==
Image:Riverscuomo 10-08-22.jpg
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Rivers Cuomo concert: 10/20/2018

Rivers Cuomo performed at Corsair Field for SMC Homecoming 2018 in Santa Monica, California on October 20, 2018.
==Setlist==
==Video==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pw8op1JUJs</youtube>
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo concerts
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts - October 2018
Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts - 2018
Rivers Cuomo letter to the Weezer Fan Club, July 10, 1996

Rivers Cuomo wrote a letter to members of the Weezer Fan Club on July 10, 1996. It covered a surgery he received to lengthen one of his legs, his early experiences at Harvard, and the writing of Pinkerton.
==Transcript==
Yo,
Hey folks! Things have improved since the last I wrote for you. I've finished with school until next January. I haven't gotten my report card yet but I think got all A's except for maybe astronomy, which was really difficult for me because of all the math and physics involved. Blechh! Now I'm back in L.A with all my old friends. I'm really glad to be back. I had a very lonely year at school.
Just before I took my final exams, I went to see the doctor for a checkup on my leg. After examining my x-ray, he said that my femur wasn't yet strong enough to have the brace re-moved, but I begged and begged and promised that I'd be very careful and miraculously, he consented. Unfortunately, I had just eaten a huge lunch, so he couldn't give me any anesthesia, for fear that I would vomit grilled-cheese chunks into my own lungs and die. So he had to remove the brace without giving me any anesthesia. That really fucking hurt. He basically took a pair of pliers and wrenched the metal rods loose one by one from my leg-bone. I cried and almost passed out but a very nice nurse let me hold her hand through it all.
Now I'm 100% better and so happy. I can do all the things I couldn't do before. I can wear normal pants. I can wear normal shoes. I can run, I can skate -- heck, I can bowl if I want. My friend Justin and I play soccer on the roof of the hotel every day. It feels damn good to be active again.
The best news of all, though, is that, after much struggling, all the songs are written and the weezer album will soon be finished. I think it's coming out real good. I hope you all don't hate it. There are some lyrics on the album that you might think are mean or sexist. I will feel genuinely bad if anyone feels hurt by my lyrics but I really wanted these songs to be an exploration of my "dark side" -- all the parts of myself that I was either afraid or embarrassed to think about before. So there's some pretty nasty stuff on there. You may be more willing to forgive the mean lyrics if you see them as passing low points in a larger story. And this album really is a story: the story of the last 2 years of my life. And as you're probably well aware, these have been two very weird years.
10-4 good buddies,
See you soon!
Rivers
==See also==
*Gallery:Fan Club
*Weezine
*Pinkerton
Category:Harvard
Category:Transcripts
Rivers at TK - Binchy Bingewater

Rivers at TK - Binchy Bingewater is a collection of songs from the TK demos sessions recorded by Rivers Cuomo in early 1999 at TK Productions in West Los Angeles. Some of these demos were leaked online on November 7, 2020. The full set of songs were released as part of the digital compilation Alone VI: The Black Room in 2020.
Cuomo recorded this demo after the band ceased attempts at developing their third album and prior to the Catalog O' Riffs project.
==Track listing==
The Recording History also lists "Crazy One" as part of this demo, but it was included in a separate folder of Alone VI. 
==See Also==
*Indecision and Abandoning the Past
*TK demos
Category:Rivers Cuomo
Category:Rivers Cuomo demo tapes
Category:2020 releases
Riverscuomo.com

riverscuomo.com is Rivers Cuomo's personal website. 
==2002==
The domain was purchased by Cuomo's assistant Sheeny Bang in 2002 and officially went live in September of that year. The site's first incarnation looked similar to Karl's Corner at the time except the background was black rather than white. Bang blogged almost daily about her interactions with Cuomo.
*riverscuomo.com archive - 2002
==2003==
In 2003, the website redirected to weezer.com.
==2004==
In 2004, the site was redirected to Cuomo's MySpace page and remained as such until 2011.
*Rivers Cuomo blog posts - 2005
*Rivers Cuomo blog posts - 2006
*Rivers Cuomo blog posts - 2007
==2011==
In 2011, Rivers launched a revamped version of the site in the form of a WordPress blog. Among these posts were announcements for things such as the release of The Pinkerton Diaries and various Nerd Night events.
==2020—present==
In 2020, Cuomo created a new website with various pages created as assignments for CS50W, an online programming course offered through Harvard that teaches web programming using Python and JavaScript.
*Riverchat - A chat program.
*Riverpedia - A wiki about himself, including topics about things such as people in his life, songs he's written, etc.
*An online storefront for selling his own demos via PayPal, with variable pricing based on song length.
*Weezify - An audio streaming website/app
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Category: Rivers Cuomo
Category: Websites
Road Wrath

"Road Wrath" is the fourth track from the album Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure by Juliana Hatfield.
==Overview==
Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh wrote the bass lines for "Road Wrath," initially offering them to Rivers Cuomo before ultimately giving them Juliana Hatfield.Weezer Recording History - Page 11
==Lyrics==
I'm trying to pass
A fat bastard in a silver Porsche
Polished and waxed
But he don't drive like a man
50 in the passing lane like an old lady
Just give me a reason
To hit you hard
I'm the king of the road
God is in my car
Teenage bitches blaring crap
Out the window of an SUV
Noise pollution makes me mad
I could roll them so easily
Just give me a reason
To hit you hard
I'm the king of the road
God is in my car
Just give me a reason to gun it
Any old reason
Satisfaction
I can't wait for the market to crash
Executive soaks in a girly bath
Sucking up all day took his brain away
I'm the king of the road
Get out of my way
==See also==
*Juliana Hatfield
*Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure
*List of Mikey Welsh songs
==References==
Category:Mikey WelshCategory:Juliana HatfieldCategory:Songs on Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure
Rob Ahlers

Rob Ahlers is a multi-instrumentalist musician and producer who resides in Oakland, California. He is presently a member of backing band.
== Overview ==
Rob Ahlers released his first EP titled Chance alongside the band, The Chance in 1993. Since then, Ahlers has performed with numerous bands, including the band he cofounded in 2003, 50 Foot Wave. He has served as the drummer for 50 Foot Wave since the band's creation in 2003, until their most recent album in 2016.
In 2019 Ahlers assisted musicians Jason Cropper and Brian J. Kenny in forming The Jason Cropper Band. Ahlers performed guitar alongside Cropper and Kenny at the band's inaugural show the same year, and has switched between playing drums and keyboard for the band since then. Additionally, Ahlers performs drums and keyboard on the singles for Cropper's forthcoming album and has contributed in producing the album alongside Cropper, Kenny, Michael James and David Skaff.
Although Rob Ahlers is known for being a percussionist, he is also just as fluent in instruments such as keyboard, guitar, bass, and vocals.
==See also==
*The Jason Cropper Band
*Jason Cropper
*Brian J. Kenny
==References==
Category:Musicians
Category:Jason Cropper
Category:Drummers