Over at Aesthetic Octopus, they’ve put together a pretty compelling case for the death, and subsequent cover-up of Rivers Cuomo.
In early 2003, in the time between Maladroit and Make Believe, Rivers Cuomo was struck by lightning while hiking part of the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut, his home state. Not wanting the public to know, and therefore be forced to destroy the band, the remaining members of Weezerdecided to hire a look-a-like to replace Rivers and assume his identity. Although the new writing process of the band is not clear, what is clear is that post Maladroit Weezer has been exceptionally worse than the pre-Maladroit era…
Although the decision to hire a replacement was unanimously approved within the band at the time, it appears they have later grown skeptical that it was the right choice. Over the years they have left a few clues for us so that we may learn the truth.
Although I actually LOVE Weezer in it’s current form (I really don’t get the hate, Pinkerton is way overrated), I lolled a lot reading this. Using album art, song lyrics, and other factors they’ve managed to at least get one person to “buy it.”
PS: Over at BuzzFeed (A Lazy Web Editor’s BFFL4E) people are getting all sorts of butthurt to the point where things needed to be cleared up…
Do people even know how to internet anymore?
Tags: dead, fake death, Goodnight Sweet Prince, Rivers Cuomo, Snuggie, weezer
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Hey,
I'm the one who wrote that article and I just want to thank you for this article, and especially the little bit at the end where you posted my defense. In all honesty, I do not have Weezer hate, it's just that in the original Paul McCartney hoax there was Beatles hate so I did the same thing. Oh well!
Anyways, thanks a lot we all really appreciate it!
It's my pleasure, I loved the article!!!
It all makes sense now. Poor Dan is going to be crushed when he gets back from California.