Remember 10 years ago when Weezer was just another awesome rock band who put out two amazing records, and then fell off the face of the Earth? For years I considered myself to be a genuine Weezer fan. If you asked me if I liked Weezer, I would say, "Yes...I like Weezer."
Then, like, five years later they made this "comeback" of sorts, and as much as we appreciated it, it just wasn't the same. All the sudden, with every subsequent release, the good-song-to-bad-song-ratio slowly became more and more lopsided.
The Green album holds a small sentimental place with me just because, it was Weezer, and they were back, and it was nice to see. It's got a handful of decent songs on there, but on a whole it was nothing compared to their prior work on top of every guitar solo playing along to the vocal line just got really annoying, really fast.
Maladroit...probably their least popular album, but I actually think their best one they've done since the comeback. In all honesty...I liked this album. But looking in the whole scheme of things, it's nothing that vindicates anything shitty they've done before or since. And even though I like it, it's not great by any means.
Make Believe was the most wretched piece of work this band has ever put out. If they had written these songs 15 years ago, they'd have realized how bad they were and never released them. But I guess nothing's too shitty for Rivers Cuomo these days.
Red Album: Shit Sandwich
In the end, I feel as if I've gone from being a Weezer fan and enjoying their work, to saying when you look at the big picture, Weezer is just another boring pop-punk band who once put out two great albums. Congratulations Weezer: You went from being an amazing rock band of my youth who walked off stage in your prime, to having the artistic consistency of a Ringo Starr solo project.
"...Oh, my my..."
I'd like to add that Weezer has no stage presence. None, not one bit.
i agree with everything this article says
I have to agree. I have seen them twice and if were not for the excellent songs I would have been bored to tears.
I also feel kind of the same way. I have not heard the Red album yet, possibly because I was so put off by Make Believe. I would not however call them pop punk. I'm not sure where I would put them genre-wise, but pop punk is probably not it. However if the Red album disappoints I will never throw away the Blue album or Pinkerton.
"Red Album: Shit Sandwich" Nuff said.
I think Rivers went insane... not to mention Matt Sharp was at least half of what made the band awesome. when he left (right after Pinkerton) was when they really went to shit.
Have to agree with this. They were never the same without Matt Sharp.
100% on the money. The Green Album was the last album I enjoyed in the least. I haven't even kept track of what has come out since then. Are these shit songs they've been releasing lately popular? I just remember hearing 'beverly hills' and being shocked that it was actually being given any airtime.
weezer should've stopped making albums 17 years ago.
And Rivers Cuomo is really still doing the fucking ironic mustache thing? Really? The mustache you grow to let everyone know you'd never be so uncool as to grow a mustache? We're still seriously fucking doing this asinine shit? Christ on his fucking cross, this world is doomed.