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  Rivers Cuomo Empties His Vaults for 'Pinkerton Diaries'

  November 11, 2011 – Rivers Cuomo was going through a lot when he wrote Pinkerton, the album he later sort of disowned, then re-owned on tour. …
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  Simple Plan Tap Rivers, Snoop Pimps Sheen + More

  March 31, 2011 – Canadian outfit Simple Plan have teamed up with Rivers Cuomo for a new track titled "Can't Keep My Hands Off You," a caffeinated slab of pop-punk that features the Weezer frontman singing about Fruit Roll-Ups. The track will be featured on Simple Plan's still-untitled fourth album, due out June 21. …
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  Cuomo's New Book, Britney LP Due in March + More

  January 31, 2011 – In March, Rivers Cuomo will release The Pinkerton Diaries — his collection of journal entries from Weezer's Pinkerton era — plus his third installment of his Alone home recordings. In the video below, Cuomo offers a sneak peek at the book, which features hand-written entries and sheet music. …
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  Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Covers the Beach Boys

  January 4, 2011 – The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," from their groundbreaking 1966 album Pet Sounds, is one of the most timeless songs in popular music. Recently, Weezer singer-guitarist Rivers Cuomo recorded a solo cover of the ballad. …
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  25 Artists We Love Pick the Year's Best Music

  December 14, 2010 – This time of year, every music publication puts out its list of the best albums and songs of the past 12 months (including SPIN). But what about the artists themselves? To find out, we rounded up 25 of music's coolest names and asked them to select their favorite records and singles of 2010. (Ever the individual, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo chose the Beach Boys' 1966 classic Pet Sounds!). …
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  Rivers Cuomo: 'There's So Much Pain in My Voice'

  November 2, 2010 – With the release of their latest studio record Hurley, a rarities collection titled Death to False Metal, plus a reissue of the classic album Pinkerton, Weezer have been everywhere this year. Don't expect the deluge to let up anytime soon: The band is hitting the road for their Memories Tour on November 26, and frontman Rivers Cuomo is prepping four more volumes of his Alone demo series, a collaboration with indie-pop band Best Coast,  …
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  New Weezer Album Due in September?

  July 15, 2010 – Weezer singer-guitarist Rivers Cuomo isn't shy about his obsession with heavy metal -- just look at dude's high school senior class photo, which graced the cover of his latest solo album. …
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  Weezer's Bonnaroo Set Draws a Mixed Reaction

  June 13, 2010 – Nowadays, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo squanders the majority of his genius on KISS-lite arena riffs and regressive rhymes about malls and homies (see: 2009's Raditude and the preceding two albums), but his musical prowess isn't dead; it's just dormant. Cuomo has jumped deeply down the rabbit hole of his current endeavor, which is to subvert the brilliant introspection of Weezer's Blue Album and Pinkerton albums (the crux of their fame) into  …
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  Atlanta Rapper B.o.B. Hits No. 1 on Album Chart

  May 6, 2010 – 21-year-old Atlanta rapper B.o.B.'s debut album The Adventures of Bobby Ray delivered on the promise of its chart-topping single, "Nothin' On You," selling 84,000 copies to capture the No. 1 spot on the album chart this week, reports Billboard. And that's not all: Bobby Ray leads Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums, Top Rap Albums, and Top Digital Albums charts as well. No doubt about it -- they got nothin' on you, Mr. …
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  Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Recovers from Bus Crash

  January 15, 2010 – After a month of recovery following a December tour bus crash in upstate New York, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has been given a clean bill of health. …
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