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Historic event: 08/11/1993

S.I.R., NYC
More preparatory work in the S.I.R. rehearsal studio. On this day Ric Ocasek brought in his massive Akai 12 track recorder and the band recorded demos of all the potential songs for the album. Chris Shaw, the Blue Album engineer, was on hand to engineer this session.
demo tracklist:
no one else 	
the world has turned and left me here	
my name is jonas 	
surf wax america 	
say it aint so 	
lullaby for wayne 	(would not make the cut)
undone the sweater song 	
mykel and carli 	(would go on to be attempted for the blue album)
only in dreams 	
holiday 	
buddy holly 	
in the garage 	
getting up and leaving 	(would not make the cut)
i swear its true 	(would not make the cut)
in the garage(reprise) 	(kind of a weird mellow vocal harmony thing)
The blue album deluxe edition disc 2 features "lullabye for wayne" and "i swear its true" from this demo. "Jamie" was not attempted as it was decided they already had a decent recording of it from L.M.U. sessions of 4/93, and they were unsure if it should be tried for the album. 
...stock photo of the beastly Akai 12 track, which recorded on beta video style tapes...
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==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1993
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1993
Historic event: 08/12/1992

weezer show #14: The Coconut Teaszer, Hollywood 
The Coconut Teaszer was one of the 'big 3' Sunset Strip clubs [the other 2 being the Roxy and the Whiskey] that were the big holdouts of the glam-metal scene of the '80s. It was difficult for a "alternative" band like weezer to break into this scene, and the leather-clad regulars tended to clear out when anyone not dressed in full rock garb hit the stage. And weezer dressed in anything but full rock garb! Teaszer bills were always a bizarre mix of glam bands, bar rock bands, morbid looking gothic type bands, and the ocassional pop type band like weezer. This was another club that the bands 5/25 demo tape helped break them into.
Back to the Teaszer for a third time...by now the band was getting used to the place, but still not quite understanding why they had to gig there so often. Lack of other opportunities in L.A. was still a problem.
The songs in the setlist had all very recently been completed for "the kitchen tape" and were performed very closely in style to the demo. The only other band who is known to have been on the bill was The Missionaries.
Setlist:
1. undone
2. lets sew our pants together
3. conversationalist [partial cover of "so much talk"]
4. thief youve taken all that was me
5. say it aint so
6. paperface
7. my name is jonas
at this point the band said the set was over, but demands from their friends in the audience extended things. Its possible that the next band up on the bill hadnt shown up yet, so there was no pressure to exit the stage.
8. the world has turned [noteworthy for an unusual guitar solo]
9. only in dreams
"Conversationalist" was actually a modified cover version of Wax's "So Much Talk", which weezer had been fooling around with in rehearsal. They had intended on playing it on 7/27, but got another chance when members of Wax [back from their first tour] attended this show.
this show was 'bootlegged' by Karl, using a handheld cassette recorder.
no known photos from this show, heres the Matt-designed flyer
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==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1992
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1992
Historic event: 08/12/1993

NYC - in between days
The band had a few days off at this point. The recording in Electric Lady was scheduled to start on 8/16. Ric Ocasek had a solo album coming out ("Quick Change World" which ironically/interestingly included a track called "Dont Let Go"), and had scheduled an appearance on Letterman and a concert up in Boston with his band that actually included Greg Hawkes from the Cars on keyboards. This stuff was scheduled before the weezer sessions were, so Weezer basically had a few days off at this point while Ric did the promo thing. One thing that was done is the weezer band gear was moved into Electric Lady. And up at S.I.R. Ric and his band rehearsed for 2 days, inviting us weezer types to sit in and check it out. It was great fun as Ric included a number of Cars classics into his setlist, including "Drive" which he sang in the stead of the original Cars co-singer Benjamin Orr. Greg Hawkes was very cool, inviting us to check out his vintage synth gear, including the same exact Univox MiniKorg he used on all the famous Cars songs. Between the Ric action at S.I.R. and a lot of exploring NYC, the 'in between days' were fun to say the least.
==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1993
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1993
Historic event: 08/13/1992

first tour! weezer show #15: Marsuggi's San Jose, CA
Jason's previous band, The Brotherhood Groove Grand Junction, was playing an outdoor party up in Gureneville, CA on the 16th and had invited Jason to bring his "new band" up to play. Weezer decided to try and fit some other shows in to make the trek north more worth it. They scored a gig at Marsuggi's, a smallish bar/live entertainment place in San Jose. They also had a gig lined up in Eureka CA, on the 15th, and then the party show on the 16th. The 14th was left up to chance.
Karl drove the band and the gear in his Bronco II with a U-Haul trailer. The only thing was there were no enclosed trailers available, so the band was forced to rent what became known as the hooptie ride, an open trailer on which they stretched a blue tarp over the gear. This made it impossible to leave the truck anywhere without bringing the gear along.
The Marsuggi's gig was a classic first out of town gig: a handful of people attending, mostly concerned with their beers and nachos. however cheering and clapping is audible on the videotape that was shot by Karl.
Setlist:
1. undone
2. the world has turned
3. lets sew our pants together
4. say it aint so
5. paperface
6. my name is jonas
7. conversationalist [partial cover of Wax's "so much talk"]
8. only in dreams
this show was videotaped by Karl. 
no flyer known
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==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1992
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1992
Historic event: 08/14/1992

first tour! - driving around looking for a show in NorCal
Jason's previous band, The Brotherhood Groove Grand Junction, was playing an outdoor party up in Gureneville, CA on the 16th and had invited Jason to bring his "new band" up to play. Weezer decided to try and fit some other shows in to make the trek north more worth it. They scored a gig at Marsuggi's, a smallish bar/live entertainment place in San Jose. They also had a gig lined up in Eureka CA, on the 15th, and then the party show on the 16th. The 14th was left up to chance.
Karl drove the band and the gear in his Bronco II with a U-Haul trailer. The only thing was there were no enclosed trailers available, so the band was forced to rent what became known as the hooptie ride, an open trailer on which they stretched a blue tarp over the gear. This made it impossible to leave the truck anywhere without bringing the gear along.
On this day, the guys had failed to secure a gig, so the idea was to just show up at bay area clubs until they got added to a show! First they Tried Gilman Street, the famous Berkeley punk club where Green Day got their start. They arrived to an empty club with one dude doing some work. He explained the club wasnt open that night. So we looked around, chatted for a while, and left. Next it was up to the nearby Berkeley Square club. They refused to add weezer to their bill, as it was already full. Negotiations broke down and we were back on the road. Finally we happened upon a club called "Thunder Bay" which looked a bit like a biker bar, but by this point in the evening, we had nothing to lose. After some tense negotiations, no dice, no weezer show tonight. This technique is not recommended.
While riding around, karl had busted out his portable cassette recorder, and captured a lot of hilarious commentary, as well as a group acapela rendering of the bizarre Rivers 8 track experimental piece "Please Sweet Peepers".
We eventually retreated to Jasons Mom's apartment in Oakland, where the piano and a flute were used to make some bizarre improvised recordings, such as the "Symphony of Sludge" with Rivers on flute and Jason+others on piano. [these recordings are not yet listed in the recording history, having only recently been re-discovered.]
==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1992
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1992
Historic event: 08/15/1992

first tour! weezer show #16: Power Station - Eureka, CA
Jason's previous band, The Brotherhood Groove Grand Junction, was playing an outdoor party up in Gureneville, CA on the 16th and had invited Jason to bring his "new band" up to play. Weezer decided to try and fit some other shows in to make the trek north more worth it. They scored a gig at Marsuggi's, a smallish bar/live entertainment place in San Jose. They also had a gig lined up in Eureka CA, on the 15th, and then the party show on the 16th. The 14th was left up to chance.
Karl drove the band and the gear in his Bronco II with a U-Haul trailer. The only thing was there were no enclosed trailers available, so the band was forced to rent what became known as the hooptie ride, an open trailer on which they stretched a blue tarp over the gear. This made it impossible to leave the truck anywhere without bringing the gear along.
The Power Station was waaay up in Eureka, involving a long winding trip on the 101, cruising thru the redwoods of Nor Cal. This show was sparsely attended, and turned out to be otherwise an all metal band revue. But weezer got at least one dude slam dancing, and applause from the rest.
The setlist is partly speculative, as the videotape of the show was broken up onto 2 parts, and the tape containing the beginning of the setlist was destroyed or lost.
1. undone [unknown, likely as it was a common set starter at the time]
2. lets sew our pants together [not sure if this was the second song or later in the set]
3. conversationalist [partial cover of Wax's "so much talk"]
4. say it aint so
5. my name is jonas
6. paperface
7. the world has turned
8. Answer Man [the old Fuzz song was again resurrected, for one of its last performances, in what was likely an attempt to "rock out" for the gathering pack of headbangers. It suceeded!
this show was videotaped by Karl, of which remains footage from the second half of "Lets Sew" onward. Also playing were King Jerk and Locust Furnace.
After the show the band asked if there was anyone willing to take them in for the night. They stayed over at a generous local kid's house, raiding his vacationing parents' fridge, and negotiating the taking of a vintage Yoda hand puppet from the garage.
the flyer for this show wasnt seen by the band until they arrived at the gig, as it had been made by one of the other bands. This remains the most disturbing and distasteful of all weezer adverts!
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==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1992
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1992
Historic event: 08/16/1992

first tour! weezer show #17: Outdoor party, Guerneville, CA
Jason's previous band, The Brotherhood Groove Grand Junction, was playing an outdoor party up in Gureneville, CA on the 16th and had invited Jason to bring his "new band" up to play. Weezer decided to try and fit some other shows in to make the trek north more worth it. They scored a gig at Marsuggi's, a smallish bar/live entertainment place in San Jose. They also had a gig lined up in Eureka CA, on the 15th, and then the party show on the 16th. The 14th was left up to chance.
Karl drove the band and the gear in his Bronco II with a U-Haul trailer. The only thing was there were no enclosed trailers available, so the band was forced to rent what became known as the hooptie ride, an open trailer on which they stretched a blue tarp over the gear. This made it impossible to leave the truck anywhere without bringing the gear along.
This was the last gig of the mini-tour, the gig that was originally offered to weezer via Jasons old bandmate in The Brotherhood Groove Grand Junction, who were the headliners. This was a huge outdoor hippie love conga drums volleyball barbeque redwood trees hemp festival party, thrown by whoever owned the extensive property nestled amongst the giant redwoods of crunchy Guerneville. Pat Finn drove up to attend, as did various other friends of the band who happened to be in California visiting. All in all it was fun and weird, like all memorable events.
Setlist:
1. undone
2. lets sew our pants together
3. my name is jonas
4. say it aint so
5. the world has turned [1 false start]
6. only in dreams [it got dark here]
7. paperface
8. Answer Man [one of its last performances]
the show was videotaped by Karl, who also captured some afternoon random outdoor party action. 
no flyer known
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==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1992
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1992
Historic event: 08/17/1996

bizarre festival germany
the bizarre festival was among one of the dates during a couple weeks of european touring which took place in august 96'. the show was prior to the release of of pinkerton, but the band played a mix of new and old drawing a crowd of thousands to turn head-bopping-pogo-rock-music maniacs (this is a good thing).
shown above, the crowd, goes as far back as the eye can see. for some odd reason, a large percentage of the crowd had massive of amounts of fluorescent hair dye on their moptops that day. 
pictured above, matt does the funky wag during a 2 second transition in el scorcho. between tunings by brian and rivers, matt took the time out to do a little 10 second number known as "shit on your face" in that sharpesque falsetto. 
set:
-undone -the sweater song
-my name is jonas
-pink triangle
-no one else
-el scorcho
-in the garage
-why bother?
-say it ain't so
-buddy holly
-surf wax america
==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1996
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1996
Historic event: 08/20/1992

weezer show #18: Club Dump [The Central], Hollywood
Club Dump was held Thursday nights at the Central, a Sunset Strip club in Hollywood that much later was bought, re-modeled, and reopened as the Viper Room. Way back then it was anything but glamorous, in fact it was pretty skanky! But it was one of the very few clubs that had a booking policy that made any sense, and who actually sort of catered to non-glam/metal bands. The club was run by a curious guy whose name was Yowsah! [including the "!"]. Yowsah! used to be roomates with some members of Wax, and he was originally from Hawaii. He led a sort of dirgy punk band called "Methadone Cocktail", and part of playing his Club Dump shows was often sharing the bill with his band.
Club Dump had a video camera operator who would take overly special effected videos of bands shows, if bands ponied up $10 for the tape. Weezer almost always went for the deal. This show was videotaped. The video has unfortunatley gone missing, it may be in the collection of Matt Sharp.
setlist: unknown.
Also on the bill were Black Market Flowers, El Magnifico, Further, and Swirl. Weezer would go on to do a number of shows with Black Market Flowers and 'El Mag' in the coming months. Black Market Flowers actually had a song called "Mykel and Carli" before weezer did [its quite different!], and were later signed to Relativity, and went on to make an album and several EP's. El Magnifico were later signed to RCA and released one album. Further went on to release many cool indie albums and singles for several years. 
only known flyer design for this show [official Club Dump design]
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==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1992
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1992
Historic event: 08/21/1996

the garage, london - england
the show at the garage, in london, england is interesting for a few reasons. karl remarks "the garage was insane...on the verge of technical disaster at all times...longest set ever?.... 2 song encore! (a first?)..." the band also whipped out what appeared to be a spontaneous 15 second cover of old school metal rockster's iron maiden. apparently the crowd got really excited because after the cover according to the band "too many of you people know that song...its a bad thing really." as thet set continued several weezer-rabid fans kept yelling "jamie! jah-mie! jay-mee!" so the band finally complied with playing jamie along with tired of sex as encores. this was the firstshow from the pinkerton tour to have known to be bootlegged by an audience member and widely circulated (although poor quality). 
the unusual setlist was played as follows:
undone--the sweater song
my name is jonas
pink triangle
no one else
el scorcho
in the garage
why bother?
the world has turned and left me here
falling for you
getchoo
say it ain't so
the good life
buddy holly
surfwax america
the trooper [iron maiden cover]
tired of sex [encore]
jamie [encore 2]
==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1996
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1996
Historic event: 08/23/1992

a moment in time
...this photo [below] was taken at 1443 N.Fuller #206 in Hollywood, which was occupied from march 1992 - summer 1993 by [at various times] Pat Wilson [who also lived both next door in #205 sometimes], original weezer guitar player Jason Cropper, Pat Finn, future weezer.com webmaster Karl Koch, the mysteriously vanished Takashi Hasegawa, JBD3, and Darrin Pfiefer of Goldfinger. This apt was in a huge building, and there were many rock neighbors, including bands Wax and White Zombie. Here we see Takashi and Darrin Pfiefer of Goldfinger getting ruff and tuff. On the wall in the background can be seen a whole bunch of weezer flyers - this was the start of karl's collection, which grew exponentially over the years and survives as a whole to this day to be posted in the super-chrono. 
one of these guys would later pick up and accidentally drop Conan O'Brian on television.
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==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1992
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1992
Historic event: 08/25/1994

weezer appear on conan
it's only suitable that weezer's first foray into the scary world of late night talk shows occured on the conan o'brien show, the undisputed king of late night talk...a suitable match for the kings of late night rock.
as the band kicked off their first "world domination" tour, they headed over to 30 rockefeller to play a kickass version of undone the sweater song for the audience of the fledgling conan o'brien show. as far as we know, this was weezer's first nationally televised appearance. 
brian did his best impression of a cub scout, wearing the requisite hat, as well as giving props to toronto based band tristan psionic, of which he is a huge fan. during the into ad-libbed part, matt says "it's crazy, i know, we're on this show...whats going on tom" and rivers was saying "if he was a chick, i'd date her." who this he is, we don't know. 
after the song was over, 6'4" conan came over and dwarfed all members of weezer. in the clip below, you can see conan trying to pick a fight with matt. 
==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1994
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1994
Historic event: 08/26/1992

weezer show #19: Club Lingerie, Hollywood
Club Lingerie was located on Sunset Blvd, a good deal east of the Sunset Strip, more in the center of Hollywood. It was in the rock business for many years before being taken over and is now some sort of gentlemen's club or something. This was the first of several Lingerie shows in the '92-'94 era, and this one was a nice line up also featuring Black market Flowers, who were on the rise to an eventual record deal with Relativity, and Joyride, Orange County alt-punkers who counted an original Adolescent in their line-up.
setlist: unknown.
the flyer and several pix from this show [photographer unknown]
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==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1992
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1992
Historic event: 08/28/1992

weezer show #20: Munchies, Pomona
This show out in Pomona was practically 'out of town' for weezer who had exclusively played Hollywood save for their short road trip up to NorCal to this point. Munchies [possibly a.k.a. "club 319"] held regular indie rock shows for a while, then apparently vanished. Weezer shared the bill with Milton's Cafe, Numb, Dullards, and Crux, a band who would later morph into Skiploader, release 2 albums [one on DGC], then vanish.
setlist: unknown.
the 8/5" x 11" flyer. not sure what band[s] were on "Thick Records".
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==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1992
Category:Super-Chrono - August 1992
Historic event: 09/01/1992

weezer show #21: The Coconut Teaszer, Hollywood
The Coconut Teaszer was one of the 'big 3' Sunset Strip clubs [the other 2 being the Roxy and the Whiskey] that were the big holdouts of the glam-metal scene of the '80s. It was difficult for a "alternative" band like weezer to break into this scene, and the leather-clad regulars tended to clear out when anyone not dressed in full rock garb hit the stage. And weezer dressed in anything but full rock garb! Teaszer bills were always a bizarre mix of glam bands, bar rock bands, morbid looking gothic type bands, and the ocassional pop type band like weezer.
Back to the Teaszer for the 4th time.
Setlist: unknown, aside from this info: this show was the only live performance [or possibly one of 2 live performances] of "The Bottle Of Wine Song", a very nice mellow song. It was followed in tonights set by "Paperface". No other setlist info is known about this show. 
no known photos from this show, heres the [rather dashed off] Matt-designed flyer
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==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1992
Category:Super-Chrono - September 1992
Historic event: 09/01/1993

Brian Bell joins weezer during blue album recording
Blue Album recording sessions - New York City - August, September, October 1993
Original guitar player Jason Cropper was asked to leave the band during the recording sessions, and was replaced by Brian Bell, who had to send in an "audition" tape, so the guys could see if he could sing. Jason's guitar tracks were re-recorded by Rivers, and his backing vocals were re-recorded by Brian, except when Brian was too unfamiliar with the material to get it just right, in which case Rivers stepped in. The only track that wasnt changed was "Mykel and Carli", which was abandoned due to a lack of time to finish it. "Mykel and Carli" would later be entirely re-recorded, for the b-side everyone later heard on the "Undone" cd single [and much later on the 'Hear You Me' tribute compilation.]
brian's playing and singing appears on every officially released weezer recording except for "jamie" on the dgc rarities cd.
note: previous info posted for this date was erroneous. apologies for any confusion.
==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1993
Category:Super-Chrono - September 1993
Historic event: 09/03/1996

so please hello......
serving as a teaser for pinkerton, the el scorcho single came out in the united kingdom a couple of weeks prior to the release of pinkerton. the single featured the new song "el scorcho", and two b-sides: "you gave your love to me softly"(remix), and "devotion" (a slower, yet rocking waltz-like tempoed song). cover art from the single comes from the societe de geographie collection in paris, france. spike jonze took the linear pictures. 
==See also==
*Super-Chrono - 1996
Category:Super-Chrono - September 1996