Video: Interview With Brian Bell Of Weezer At Mile High Music Festival 2010

​Did Weezer sell out?Even worse: did they sell out to a clothing line carried at PacSun?It looks like the answer is yes. The band's newest album, Hurley, was supposedly named after the Lost char... Continue reading "Weezer's Hurley record isn't named after Hurley after all." >

Weezer's Brian Bell revealed that the inspiration behind the band's new album title was not Jorge Garcia's character Hurley Reyes on Lost , although the actor's smiling visage scored the album cover art. Instead, it was a cross-promotion with surf clothing company Hurley . We would have preferred continuing to think that the band was comprised of a bunch of really big Losties. Video interview below of Bell breaking the bad news at the Mile High Music festival. Says Bell, responding to [...]

La véritable histoire du titre du nouvel album de Weezer Hurley est le nom du prochain album de Weezer . Hurley, c'est aussi le nom d'un personnage de la série Lost , et l'acteur l'incarnant s'est retrouvé avec sa sympathique bouille en couverture de l'album. Tout ça a donc créé un joli petit buzz, c'était plutôt marrant, blabla... Rivers Cuomo, le chanteur du groupe a même déclaré à Pitchfork : We just wanted to use that picture of Jorge Garcia's [...]

Ever wonder why Weezer called their latest album "Hurley" and slapped the face of some random character from the TV show Lost on the cover? A big inside joke or something--right? A calculated viral strategy... The only way they could top their stunt of releasing their own line of Snuggies ... Actually , it's none of it, none of the above. According to Voyno at The New Rockstar Philosophy and a subsequent video that was released, the reason that the [...]

IIn a recent interview that Weezer's Brian Bell did at the Mile High Music Festival, he mentions that there is a possibility that the band may tour to play their classic album Pinkerton in its entirety, due to the re-issue of Pinkerton that is on the way. If this happens, I'm 100% there. Weezer fans have been waiting a long time for this. Hopefully it happens. Saw this via MFR . Watch the full interview below: Bookmark on Delicious [...]

Weezer guitarist Brian Bell revealed some news in a recent interview of a Mr. T-sized nature: he's pushing for a Pinkterton tour! Hopefully Rivers will take the huge payday that would entail playing the album he reportedly hates so much. Especially since paydays are all that matter to him these days. That and soccer jerseys.

I know a lot of people talk shit about Weezer these days and former fans now deny their love for these guys. But I know, in your heart of hearts, that when tracks from Pinkerton pop up either on your radio or iPod, you can't help but sing along because this is your favorite album to get nostalgic with. Which means that, if what guitarist Brian Bell says is true, then Weezer is about to get a huge rebirth in the touring area of their career. In a recent interview at the Mile [...]

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Woah! According to Weezer's guitarist Brian Bell, a Pinkerton tour might be on its way. Bell was interviewed at the Mile High Music Festival, and discussed the new album Hurley , and the Pinkerton reissue which will include new packaging and possibly a tour. Check out the full interview below. We're certainly excited by the possibility. Although we here at One Thirty BPM have been disappointed by Weezer's recent efforts , we still love Pinkerton and [...]