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The Purification of Water

"The Purification of Water" is a demo by Rivers Cuomo and the third track from Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo.
===Appearances===
*Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo (2008)
*Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years (2020)
==Overview==
"The Purification of Water" is first known to have been recorded in the summer of 1992. This early version of the song was first heard by fans in 2020 when it was leaked through the demo storefront on riverscuomo.com on November 7, before being made available for purchase thereafter as part of the compilation Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years. A second version of the song, recorded by Cuomo in July of 1993 and the first to be heard by fans, was initially uploaded online by Cuomo in the early 2000s. A higher-quality version of this recording was released in 2008 as part of the album Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo.
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals, percussion, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, keyboard
==Audio==
<youtube>4G04tiJtvBA</youtube>
==Lyrics==
===1993 lyrics (Alone II)===
Everybody told me
And I knew it myself
Don't drink the water
It's bad for your health
But God, it's hot; I had no choice
The sun it burned down on me
Even though they told me so
I drank it deep, drank it deep
Even though, we both know
What we know, we can't say no
The world is blind to what it finds
The world is blind though the sun shines
Now I kneel
Before the sacred basin
And offer up
The sweetest of all sin
But God, it's hot; I had no choice
The sun it burned down on me
Even though they told me so
I drank it deep, drank it deep
Even though, we both know
What we know, we can't say no
The world is blind to what it finds
The world is blind though it shines 
==Known recordings==
==See also==
* List of Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list
Category:Songs on Alone IICategory:Songs on Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Category:Self-produced Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Alone series
The Purple Demo

The Purple Demo (released 1988) is the second studio demo by Avant Garde. This demo was printed on Black shelled cassettes with purple label stickers on one side. It featured the Avant Garde logo. Probably less than 50 copies printed. Demo is circulating in mp3 form.
==Track listing==
==Personnel==
*Kevin Ridel — vocals
*Rivers Cuomo — guitar
*Justin Fisher — bass
*Bryn Mutch — percussion
Category:Avant Garde albums
Category:1988 releases
The Pussycat Song

"The Pussycat Song" is the unlisted twelfth and final track of Carnival Art's third album, Welcome to Vas Llegas.
===Appearances===
*Welcome to Vas Llegas (1992)
==Overview==
"The Pussycat Song" is the second of two hidden tracks on Welcome to Vas Llegas. The song is not listed on the album's track listing, nor is it on its own separate track, as it is included at the end of the eleventh track, "Pill Bugg". The song title is confirmed by name in the liner notes of Welcome to Vas Llegas, and credits Horace Blue Veins on vocals.Welcome to Vas Llegas (CD). Carnival Art. Beggars Banquet Recordings. 1992. It is unclear if Horace Blue Veins is a real person, as the credit could be a reference to a previously released Carnival Art song "Mr. Blue Veins".
==Personnel==
*Horace Blue Veins (vocals)
==Lyrics==
???
Pst, pst
What?
What?
The pussycat ???, ???
Pst, pst
Meow
???
???
The pussycat ???, ???
Pst
Meow
???
The pussycat ???, ???
Pst, pst
Meow
???
The pussycat ???, ???
Pst, pst
Meow
Last call
==See also==
*Welcome to Vas Llegas
*Carnival Art
*List of Carnival Art songs
Category:Carnival Art songs
Category:Songs on Welcome to Vas Llegas
Category:Carnival Art
Category:Carnival Art songs produced by Nicholas Sansano
==References==
The Rat Race

"The Rat Race" is a Weezer song recorded in 2003 and released on a charity compilation in 2010.
===Appearances===
*The Right Track: Tunes to Target Cancer (2010)
==Overview==
"The Rat Race" was written by Brian Bell, who also provides lead vocals. The song was demoed on August 3, 2003 at studio.Karl's Corner - 02/03/2010Weezer Recording History - Page 14 The song went unheard by fans until it was released on February 3, 2010 as part of a digital compilation album released by the TargetCancer Foundation titled The Right Track: Tunes to Target Cancer. The track was made available as an MP3 for 99 cents, or as a FLAC file for $1.99.
From the charity's website:The Right Track: Tunes to Target Cancer is a series of concerts, events, and music download opportunities to help raise funds for rare and underfunded cancers. Every month, local, independent, and national artists donate unreleased songs for download exclusively on The Right Track. Your donation will bring you some of the best new music available today – and support research at the forefront of cancer treatment, research to cure all cancers.
==Lyrics==
It’s been a decade since we first began
A journey into an unknown land
Together we hit, together we admit
Together we rock, together we ???
All the non-believers and the music haters
While there playing us in their elevators
And we got each other, yeah we got our song
We may fight like brothers 'til we get along
So why won't the world get off our case?
We're tired of this game
So sick of the rat race
There are those who'd rather see us fail
And just electrocute on the third rail
While the press, they tried and poke fun at us
Call us geeks and freaks in a tour bus
All the non-believers, yeah, we'll prove them wrong
While the youth will know the words to every song
To the ones that think that we're not the best
We've been through hell and back and conquered every test
So why won't the world get off our case?
We're tired of this game
So sick of the rat race
Seen a million faces and rocked them all
Gone a billion miles to feel very small
... that we'll leave behind
'Cause our music will stand the test of time
To all our fans who supported us
We are grateful; to you we trust
To the ones who think it's the good life
Who’s to say that they were right?
So why won't the world get off our case?
We're tired of this game
So sick of the rat race
==External link==
*The Right Track purchase page
==See also==
*List of Weezer songs
* Album 5 demos
* Make Believe
*Office demos
==References==
Category: Weezer songs
Category: Brian Bell
The Red Alert interview with Rivers Cuomo - October 2008

Weezer
A conversation with Rivers Cuomo
October 2008
Interview by Adam McKibbin
Weezer’s self-titled “Red Album” finds the geek chic heroes testing new genres and embracing democracy, as Rivers Cuomo is no longer the sole singer and songwriter. But lead single “Pork and Beans” played right to the strengths that made Weezer ubiquitous on college campuses in the mid-‘90s: hooky power-pop and clever videos. This time around, they were joined by a motley crew of viral stars, from Chris Crocker to the “Numa Numa” guy.
Right before kicking off Weezer’s fall arena tour, Cuomo talked about fighting irony, finding trouble and rubbing elbows with the YouTube elite.
Category:Interviews
Category:Transcripts
Category:Rivers Cuomo Interviews
The Relationship

The Relationship was a band founded in by Weezer guitarist Brian Bell and musician Nate Shaw. The band has featured multiple lineups, with Brian Bell as the only consistent member.
==Overview==
The Relationship's debut album was confirmed to be in development as early as 2006. According to Karl Koch, Luther Russell and Sean Lennon contributed to the album Karl's Corner - 09/24/2006 as it existed at that time. The band released numerous song demos on the band's Myspace page in 2006, and later released re-worked versions of those demos in late 2008 and early 2009. The band opened for Weezer on three dates of the band's 2008 Troublemaker Tour in California. On November 17, 2010, unveiled the album artwork for the band's eponymous debut album on Facebook with a release date of November 30. The Relationship's sound is heavily influenced by 60s and early 70s pop rock and has been compared by fans to Lou Reed and early Beatles music.
The band released their second studio album, Clara Obscura, in 2017. In an interview with Bell for the Spanish magazine Rockzone in 2019, Bell confirmed that the band is now over, and that he is more content focusing his efforts on Weezer.Meya, Jordi. "Canciones Desde el Agujero Negro" Rockzone, Issue 158. 2 May 2019. https://issuu.com/rockzonemag/docs/rz_158
On August 19, 2020, Bell posted a clip of a version of the song "Mother Night" to his private Instagram account along with the announcement of a new album with the description "Original 2006 lost RELATIONSHIP record found! Coming soon!"@trelationship
"Original 2006 lost RELATIONSHIP record found! Coming soon!" Instagram. 19 August 2020. https://www.instagram.com/p/CEF7A5jpkkYfeIvTCnnQ3FPhasMqnvIhpBpaK40/?igshid=11hqa4xiukkh9
==Discography==
===LPs===
*The Relationship (2010)
*Clara Obscura (2017)
*Together Tomorrow (2020)
===Singles===
*"Oh Allen" (2015)
*"Break Me Open" (2017)
==See also==
* List of The Relationship songs
==External links==
* The Relationship on Myspace
==References==
Category: Weezer-related bands
Category: Brian Bell
Category:The Relationship
The Relationship (album)

The Relationship is The Relationship's first studio album, released November 30, 2010 on Golden State Records. The album was also sold and autographed by Brian Bell at shows on the first leg of Weezer's Memories Tour. 
==Overview==
==Track listing==
==Personnel==
*Brian Bell - lead vocals, guitar
*Nate Shaw - guitar
*Eric J. Dubowsky - keys, vocals, production, engineering
*Jason Hiller – bass guitar, engineering
*Blair Sinta - drums
*Jamie Riedling - drums (Tracks 1, 2, 5)
*Ben Peeler - lap steel, guitar (Tracks 4, 6, 8-10)
*Deron Johnson - keys (Track 3)
*Abe Dirtner - guitar (Tracks 3, 7)
*Elmo Peeler - piano (Track 11)
*Jack Riedling - piano (Track 5)
*Luther Russell - production (Tracks 1, 2, 5)
*Christopher T. Hayes - engineering
*Adam Aaronson - additional engineering
*Joe Barresi - additional engineering
*Jon LaRue - additional engineering
*Chris Shaw - mixing engineering
*Greg Calbi - mastering engineering
*C. Michael Frey - art direction
==See also==
*Brian Bell
*The Space Twins
Category:The Relationship albums
Category:Brian Bell
Category:Self-titled records
Category:2010 releases
Category:Debut albums
The Relationship concert: 03/24/2012

The Relationship performed at the Casbah in San Diego, CA on March 24, 2012 as part of a string of shows in March of 2012.San Diego Dialed In blog, by Rosemary Bystrak. Entry reads: "Saturday, March 24, 2012: Robert Schwartzman (lead singer of Rooney), The Relationship (Brian Bell of Weezer), Jamestown Revival @ Casbah" http://www.sddialedin.com/2012/03/things-to-do-in-san-diego-march-22-25.html.
==Setlist==
Setlist per YouTube videos posted of the show"Brian Bell (The Relationship) Live at The Casbah". YouTube. Uploaded Mar 25, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB9S8fgSrjg&list=PL21CD1F283E8CBDF2.
==Personnel==
*Brian Bell - Lead guitar, lead vocals
*Drummer unknown
==See also==
*List of The Relationship concerts
==References==
Category:The Relationship concerts
Category:Brian Bell
Category:The Relationship 03/2012
The Relationship concert: 10/08/2015

The Relationship performed at the End Studio in Brooklyn, NY on October 8, 2015. The two-song set an was in-studio performance, produced as part of The Wild Honey Pie's "Buzzsessions."
==Setlist==
==Video==
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<youtube>CorXkUzuf6Q</youtube>
==Personnel==
*Brian Bell - Lead guitar, lead vocals
==See also==
*List of The Relationship concerts
==External links==
*Wild Honey Pie website
==References==
Category:The Relationship concerts
Category:Brian Bell
Category:The Relationship 10/2015
The Rentals TV appearance: August 1999 - Pierrot Le Fou

The Rentals appeared as a musical guest on an episode of Pierrot Le Fou in August of 1999[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz9vGAkYr2k YouTube video entitled "The Rentals : Friends of P Live in France." Accessed April 9, 2022. The band performed, perhaps among other songs, "Friends of P." According to YouTuber Joshua Brooks, this was the first live performance for the band following the departure of Cherielynn Westrich.
==Video==
<youtube>Mz9vGAkYr2k</youtube>
==See also==
*List of TV appearances by The Rentals
==References==
Category:TV Appearances
Category:The Rentals
The Rentals concert: 01/30/1996 (b)

The Rentals performed at Tower Records in West Hollywood, California on January 30, 1996.
==Setlist==
==Gallery==
Image:BarnardPanuga-1996-01-30b-a.jpg|Photo by Barnard "gager" Panuga
==See also==
*List of The Rentals concerts
==References==
Category:The Rentals concerts - January 1996
Category:Acoustic shows
The Rentals concert: 02/06/1996 (a)

The Rentals performed at the record store HMV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 6, 1996. The set was mostly acoustic, featuring Matt Sharp on lead vocals, Maya Rudolph and Cherielynn Westrich on backing vocals, Rod Cervera on acoustic guitar, Tom Grimley on synths, and Kevin March on drums. The band would play a stadium show at the CoreStates Spectrum later that night.
==Setlist==
==Video==
<youtube>ucDGHKzg2ZA</youtube>
==See also==
*List of Rentals concerts
Category:The Rentals concerts - February 1996
Category:Acoustic shows
The Rentals concert: 04/05/1996

The Rentals performed at Studio 105 of Maison de la Radio in Paris, France on April 5, 1996 live on the air for the French radio show C'est Lenoir on the station France Inter, as part of a series of live performances titled the Black Sessions. The performance included most songs from their debut album Return of The Rentals, as well as a cover of the Blur song "Tracy Jacks". Audio from the show has been included in numerous unofficial bootleg releases, including Black Session from the label Loose Dog, The Black Sessions from the label Sangatte Records, and Black Session & Rare Trax from an unknown source.
==Set List==
==Audio==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvNgJ0wBuzs</youtube>
==See also==
*The Black Sessions (The Rentals)
*Black Sessions (disambiguation)
*List of the Rentals concerts
*List of unofficial bootlegs (physical)
Category:The Rentals shows
The Rentals concert: 07/16/2006

==July 16, 2006 - Yokohama Arena [Nano-Mugen Festival], Yokohama, Japan==
===Setlist===
*2046 Main Theme
*Move On
*We Have a Technical [Tubeway Army cover]
*Please Let That Be You
*The Love I'm Searching For
*Sweetness and Tenderness
*Keep Sleeping
*I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams
*Waiting
*She Says It's Alright
*Walk on the Wild Side [Lou Reed cover]
*Friends of P.
===Uncirculated Recordings===
*No recordings are known to exist. 
===Other performers===
Chatmoncy • Silver Sun • MO'SOME TONEBENDER • The Young Punx • Dream State • ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
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Category:The Rentals concerts - July 2006
Category:The Rentals concerts - 2006
The Rentals concert: 07/17/2006

==July 17, 2006 - Yokohama Arena [Nano-Mugen Festival], Yokohama, Japan==
===Setlist===
*2046 Main Theme
*Move On
*We Have a Technical [Tubeway Army cover]
*Please Let That Be You
*Say Goodbye Forever
*Sweetness and Tenderness
*Keep Sleeping
*I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams
*Waiting
*She Says It's Alright
*Walk on the Wild Side [Lou Reed cover]
*Friends of P.
===Uncirculated Recordings===
*No recordings are known to exist. 
===Other performers===
HiGE • Silver Sun • STRAIGHTENER • The Young Punx • Ellegarden ≺ Beat Crusaders • Waking Ashland • ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
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Category:The Rentals shows
The Rentals concert: 10/29/2006

==October 29, 2006 - City Park [Voodoo Music Experience], New Orleans, LA==
===Uncirculated Recordings===
*No recordings are known to exist. 
===Other performers===
Duran Duran • Wu Tang Clan • The Flaming Lips • My Chemical Romance • Kings of Leon • Ozomatli • Yerba Buena • Jack's Mannequin • The Fiery Furnaces • The Whigs • Cowboy Mouth • Kermit Ruffins • Morning 40 Federation • Big Sam's Funky Nation • Hot 8 Brass Band • Jon Cleary • Sam and Ruby • Dan Dyer • NOOMOON Tribe • Worms Union • Nag Hammadi • Pain Tribe • F.I.S.T. • Ratty Scurvics • Singularity • The Eyelash Carpets
==Photos==
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Category:The Rentals shows
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The Rentals concert: 11/02/1995

The Rentals performed at the Casbah in San Diego, California on November 2, 1995. The band shared a bill with Magic Hour and Fern Trio. This was the first concert by the Rentals.
==Set list==
==Personnel==
*Matt Sharp
*Rod Cervera
*Maya Rudolph
*Mike Fletcher
*Tom Grimley
*Cherielynn Westrich
==Video==
<youtube>pYJTiV2Us1k</youtube>
==See also==
*List of the Rentals concerts
==External links==
*Fan account of concert
==References==
Category:The Rentals concerts - November 1995
The Rentals concert: 11/30/1995

The Rentals performed at Mama Kin Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts on November 30, 1995. The Badlees and Tracy Bonham were the opening acts.http://www.digitalradiocentral.com/threads/concerts-you-have-attended.2443/post-490447
==Setlist==
The setlist consisted of all ten songs from Return of the Rentals and "So Soon".Newspapers.com archive of The Boston Globe, Saturday, December 2, 1995, Page 26.
==See also==
*List of the Rentals concerts
==References==
Category:The Rentals concerts - November 1995
Category:The Rentals concerts - 1995
The Rentals concert: 12/08/1995

The Rentals performed at the Trocadero in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 8, 1995. Tracy Bonham was the opening act.
Matt Sharp later said it was one of the best shows they did while touring for Return of the Rentals.@mattsharp "RIP, Trocadero. One of the best shows on the Return Of The Rentals Tour went down between your mighty walls. https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/the-trocadero-theatre-troc-closing-philadelphia-20190314.html" Twitter. 15 March 2019. https://twitter.com/_mattsharp/status/1106677931059765248
==Setlist==
==Gallery==
NeilZlozower1995-12-08a.jpg|Photo by Neil Zlozower
NeilZlozower1995-12-08b.jpg|Photo by Neil Zlozower
==See also==
*List of the Rentals concerts
==References==
Category:The Rentals concerts - December 1995
Category:The Rentals concerts - 1995
The Return of the Return of the Rentals

The Return of the Return of the Rentals is a tribute album featuring covers by various artists of songs from the Rentals album Return of the Rentals. It was released on July 23, 2021. The album also features a cover of the Weezer song "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams."
==Tracklist==
==See also==
*List of tribute albums
*Return of the Rentals
==External links==
*The Return of the Return of the Rentals (Comp) on Bandcamp
Category:Tribute albums
Category:The Rentals
Category:2021 releases
The Right Track: Tunes to Target Cancer

The Right Track: Tunes to Target Cancer is a digital charity compilation released by the organization TargetCancer in 2010, benefiting the fight against rare forms of cancer. The previously unreleased Weezer demo "The Rat Race", originally recorded in 2003, appears on the compilation.
==Track listing==
==See also==
*"The Rat Race"
*Download to Donate for Haiti
==External links==
*The Right Track home page on the Internet Archive
Category:Weezer compilation/soundtrack appearances
Category:2010 releases
The Rules of Life

"The Rules of Life" is a song written by Rivers Cuomo in contention for what would eventually become ninth album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End. Dozens of demos of the song were released in 2020 as part of the digital compilation Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years.
===Appearances===
*Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years (2020)
==Background==
"The Rules of Life" appeared as part of Ecce Homo, an early draft of Everything Will Be Alright in the End. The song is notable for its large number of lyrical revisions. The song's existence first became known in the mid-2010s, after fans attended listening parties. Some fan re-creations were recorded prior to the song's release.AllThingsWeezer Archives. "Rules of Life - Social Exclusion" YouTube. 20 December 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgzywO95AUsDom. "Weezer - Rules Of Life ( Full Fan Recreation )" YouTube. 23 March 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUHgJDnpuGA
On November 20, versions 8, 38, and 41 of the song were sold on the demo storefront on riverscuomo.com as part of Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years. Later, more than 50 versions were made available as part of the bundle. An Ecce Homo draft included with Alone XI features the following note:
 (Age 17): At graduation singing to other boys. Leaving the academy. Not going to college. Disillusionment with the life plan for success as set out by society.
==Lyrics==
The lyrical variants for "The Rules of Life" are too numerous to list here. For an exhaustive list, see Lyrics: The Rules of Life.
===Ecce Homo 11.docx===
Go to Carlthorp even if you’re freaky
Practice Czerny till your fingers bleed
Do some service, maybe candy striping
Things like that will round out your SATs
These are the rules of life
And we must comply if we wanna be written up in history
These are the rules of life
And we must abide if we wanna be everything we’re meant to be in life
These are simply the rules of life
Work at Berkshire, slowly move your way up
Federal Express don’t come overnight for free
Find a partner, someone to share your life with
Someone to soothe you when you catch a dread disease
And then they’ll fuck you, fuck you
Yeah, it’s just as simple as that, woah
Show them what you got
You little snot
Give it a go
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
*List of Weezer songs
*Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
*Ecce Homo
==References==
Category: Weezer songsCategory: Rivers Cuomo songsCategory:Songs on Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
The Rutgers Review interview with Daniel Brummel - March 2005

This interview was archived by a user on the OzmaFans Forum in 2005.Not Jason. "Daniel Brummel interview, The Rutgers Review, March 2005." OzmaFans Forum. 13 June 2005. https://www.ozmafans.com/index.php?topic=998.0 Mirrored on Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20210701001052/https://www.ozmafans.com/index.php?topic=998.0
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This was conducted in mid-March for an article in the campus paper I write for, the Rutgers Review.
==See also==
*Ozma
==References==
Category:Ozma