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.
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John D. Luerssen is a regular contributor to Billboard and Rolling Stone and the author of Mouthing Off. He appears on major alternative radio stations as an expert on alternative music. He lives in Westfield, New Jersey.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Adequately written tale of a marvelous band,
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This review is from: Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story (Paperback)
I'm a quintessential fan of the weez, and I am enjoying this book, but I don't think this is well-written rock writing. Luerssen is pedantic and amateurish. He researches reviews well, but misses a lot of the big stories and cops out of the big questions. This is far from the definitive book on this great band, but it'll do for now.
He nails some of the story about Rivers time(s) at Harvard, but sputters out when it comes to Cropper's and Welsh's exits. Most of the time he is casually and ineffectually dropping song titles. He suffers from moiety of sources. Karl, the weez's best documentarian, is only present in fleeting moments. We'll have to wait for a better book to learn the unadulterated truth about the band. Still, this is a good whetter of my appetite
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Half Japanese Girls, Megalomania And Other Fetishes,
By The Wasp (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story (Paperback)
Whether it be his fetish for half-Japanese girls, his monkish vows of silence, abstinence and segregration or his self-described "socially retarded" ways, there's no doubting Weezer mainman Rivers Cuomo is a strange character. Born to a soccer-mad father and Buddhist mother who almost named him Apple, perhaps it was his rearing in a hippy commune where music and childhood games were contraband that ensured Rivers grew to be so odd. What this book ensures is that his musical legacy (incredibly prolific despite only five official studio albums in over a decade), devout fanbase and impact on American rock isn't overshadowed by his megalomania and mystery. Strong on details of Weezer's unreleased mountain of songs and unusual scraps such as Rivers' befriending Will Ferrell, writing songs for Enrique Iglesias and loving nu-metal cocks such as Limp Bizkit and Crazy Town, Rivers' Edge is a strong Weezer biography only let down by a dribbling finale that closes before the release of 2005's Make Believe.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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More a patchwork than a real bio,
By Raskolnikov (Montréal, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story (Paperback)
When I first heard of a Weezer biography, I was really stoked, 'cause clearly there is a lot of interesting stuff to be told about that band. But I was a bit deceived by that biography. It's kind of poorly written, with grammar mistakes and word repetitions at a couple of places. The information contained in the book is accurate and complete, but the author's way of writing is not fluent at all, which makes the reading a little less enjoyable. Hardcore Weezer fans should read it though, because there is a lot of information in there, but it's mostly about Rivers Cuomo's behaviour with the others. The book could have been called "Rivers'trial". It's more a patchwork of quotes than a real biography, in the end, but there is some very funny and interesting parts. Only for diehard fans.
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