Scott Shriner

Scott Gardner Shriner (born July 11, 1965 in Toledo, Ohio) is the current bassist for Weezer, and has been since 2001.
==Early Life==
Scott Shriner was born on July 11, 1965. He grew up in Toledo, Ohio and graduated from Start High School in 1983. He spent two years in the Marine Corps, then returned to Toledo, playing in at least five bands over the next five years: the Seventh Wave, the Exciters, the Movers, Loved By Millions, and the Great Barbecue Gods[https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015441/https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/music-theater-dance/2019/03/01/weezer-bassist-embraces-success-shriner-gained-cred-toledo-music-scene/stories/20190303005 the Toledo Blade. "From Start to rock star: Toledo native shines with Weezer ". Mar 3, 2019. by Geoff Burns. .
Shriner moved to Los Angeles in 1990 at the age of 25. He enrolled in the Musician’s Institute and played in several bands, including Broken AntiMusic.com AntiMusic.com. Shriner is credited as a former member of many smaller-name bands online, many of them not well-documented. These include: Bomber, The Theresa Harris Band, Black Elvis, Crown, Mystery Train, and The Fever Encyclopaedia Metallum.
Shriner toured with Vanilla Ice in the late 90's in support of his record.
==Weezer==
In the summer of 2001, Shriner joined Weezer on a provisional basis. Following the departure of their second bassist, Mikey Welsh, who left the band for health reasons, Shriner was made Weezer's full-time bassist. In his first show with the band, the August 2001 KROQ Inland Invasion, he was attacked by an ex-bandmate onstage, yet continued to play on as security guards pried the man off his back. He is Weezer's third bassist, yet he is the longest running bassist in Weezer history.
He has appeared on sixteen of Weezer's nineteen studio albums, Maladroit, Make Believe, The Red Album, Raditude, Hurley, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, The White Album, Pacific Daydream, Weezer (The Teal Album), Weezer (The Black Album), OK Human, Van Weezer and the SZNZ project. He also appeared on all four of the SZNZ records in 2022. On Red, he co-wrote and sang lead vocals on "Cold Dark World," sang lead vocals on "King," a deluxe edition track, and sang most of the lead vocals on Weezer's cover of "The Weight" by The Band. In 2005 he sang lead vocals in concert on Weezer songs "In the Garage," "Dope Nose" and "Fall Together." In 2008 during the band's Hootenanny Tour he sang lead vocals on a cover of "Creep" by Radiohead. He also played on the band's live EP The Lion and the Witch and countless b-sides and demos that can be found floating around the internet. He has also played shows with Patrick Wilson's band The Special Goodness.
In May, 2019, Shriner participated in an encore performance of the Weezer parody play, Julius Weezer.
Shriner performed live under his own name for the first time on May 11, 2012. He debuted "Watch the Shadows" at the showKarl's Corner - 05/09/2012#Scott Shriner concert: 05/09/2012.
==Personal life==
On November 9, 2005, Shriner married Jillian Lauren in Hawaii. The couple adopted a son from Ethiopia on January 23, 2009. 
He guest-starred with the band The Scrantones at the 2007 The Office convention. During this performance, the band played Radiohead's "Creep" with The Office's Craig Robinson on vocals. This may be why later Scott chose this song to cover with Weezer.
In June 2009, Scott guest-starred with E.J. Wells in a music video of Wells' "There's Something In The Graveyard," which is the first music video ever filmed in the historic Virginia City Cemetery, in Virginia City, Nevada.
He is a big fan of Elvis Costello, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath.
= Discography =
==With Weezer==
This discography lists only Weezer's albums featuring Shriner. For more detail, please see the Weezer discography
==Other work==
Release 	Year	Artist(s) 	Credits 	Label
"Animal Behavior" single 	1987	Loved by Millions 	Bass 	Whatever Records
All that Still Remains 	2004	Keith Foti 	Bass 	Powerline Records
Mondo Magneto 	2006	Brian Ray 	Bass, backing vocals 	Whooray Records
Avalon 	2008	Anthony Green 	Bass on "Dear Child (I've Been Dying to Reach You)"	Photo Finish Records
Alice in No Man's Land 	2008	Mandi Perkins 	Bass 	RCA Victor
"I'm Eighteen" 	2008	The Forest Rangers 	Bass, backing vocals 	Uncredited appearance in Sons of Anarchy episode "Giving Back" (Season 1, Episode 5).
This Way Up 	2010	Brian Ray 	Bass, backing vocals 	Whooray Records
Touch 	2010	The Dance Party 	Bass 	Atlantic Records
Lover of All That Exists 	2012	Shriners (solo) 	Composition, bass, vocals 	Rare Bird Books, Erika Records
PusherJones (EP) 	2013	PusherJones 	Bass, backing vocals 	CD Baby
"Last Call" (single) 	2013	PusherJones 	Bass, backing vocals 	CD Baby
Scott and Rivers 	2013	Scott & Rivers 	Bass on "Break Free" and "Freakin' Love My Life" 	Delicious Deli Records
Crash Boom Bang! 	2014	Brian Ray (as "The Bayonets")	Bass, backing vocals 	Robo Records
"Pirate Radio" (single) 	2019	Brian Ray 	Backing vocals 	Wicked Cool Records
"Got a New Thing" (single)	2020	Brian Ray 	Bass, backing vocals 	Wicked Cool Records
The Stoning 	2020	The Stoning 	Bass, backing vocals on "Orgasmatron" 	656282 Records DK
== Interviews ==
==See also==
* Sex
* Devastating
* Scott Shriner on Twitter
== External links ==
* Scott Shriner - Biography
* Scott Shriner Fan Interview - weerez.com
* Scott Shriner discusses his tattoos at inkedmag.com
* Scott on Twitter
==References==
Category: Weezer members
Category:Goat Punishment members
Category:The Special Goodness members
Category: Scott Shriner
Category:Bassists