Weezer Sets Guinness World Records

With the release of their new video, "Troublemaker", Weezer have set no less than 5 Guinness World Records.

Stuart Claxton, a Guinness World Record official, was present during the filming to confirm the records.

The records broken are:

Largest Game of Dodgeball (50 people on each team, 100 total)

Most People in a Custard Pie Fight (120 people)

Most People Riding on a Skateboard (22 people)

Largest Air Guitar Ensemble (233 people)

Longest Guitar Hero World Tour Marathon (10 hours, 12 minutes, 54 seconds)

In addition to these records, Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson played on what the band is calling "The World’s Smallest Drum Kit". They’re also trying to get this recognized in the World Records.

"Troublemaker" is the second single from the band’s latest self-titled album, known as The Red Album. The video premiered Monday on Yahoo Music.

Report by David Lowe-Bianco.

Comments

[tom_ato12345]

hmm, impressive.

[flambe chicken]

i look forward to seeing the video. are all the red album videos going to be good?

[SmileOfHavok]

LOL. Thats awesome.

[Nightwatchman10]

Hah! Thats kinda cool!

[StereoFlare]

Only Weezer.

[guitarplayer-k6]

thats awesome biggest dodgeball game haha

[AtticusNathy]

Weezer are the record breaker champs hah

[Tomo J O]

Lol Only Weezer would do it.

[ashowe]

It's a freaking sweet vid.

[tauket2]

22 people riding a skateboard? i hope theyre all on the same skateboard or else it isnt very impressive

[-Collapse-]

22 people is the most riding on a skateboard?

I'm pretty sure that's easily broken at most skateparks, haha.

[DimeShadow]

Go to an Emo concert, there's way more than 233 and they're all jumping around playing air guitar. Look it up on YouTube. YouTube doesn't lie! -.-

[TJ1991]

hahaha wow! cant wait to see this.

[Guitar Skater]

every concert is emo

angry shows
happy shows
sad shows ect.

[bmac85]

for everyone saying they an't wait to see it, don't. as the article says, it is here http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--201561035

[aig91]

Checked

[J.A.R.]

i saw them last night, they were friggin awesome

[Micsunderland3]

the guitar hero world tour record is just blatant product placement. Not cool weezer.

[fukkindoyle]

tauket2 wrote:

22 people riding a skateboard? i hope theyre all on the same skateboard or else it isnt very impressive

obviously they're on the same board hahaha weezer is so dope

[DirkLance]

They need to cut to the chase and release The Greatest Man That Ever Lived as a single. I'm sure that'd have an epic vid.

[TC1223]

that's a damn strong skateboard

[daytripper75]

i just saw the video yesterday. its great.

[daytripper75]

DirkLance wrote:

They need to cut to the chase and release The Greatest Man That Ever Lived as a single. I'm sure that'd have an epic vid.

sorry for the double post, but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIbnlvjF5PY

[rocksheretostay]

they already have a vid for that, check on youtube, its a pretty basic vid tho.

DirkLance wrote:

They need to cut to the chase and release The Greatest Man That Ever Lived as a single. I'm sure that'd have an epic vid.

[uberphreak]

I somehow doubt that's the longest GH:WT marathon. Only a few weeks ago a group of my friends held a 3-day-long Rock Band marathon to raise money for charity.

[Kapalen]

guitar hero marathon:? that shouldnt be a record. Oh well, it probably wont last once the game IS ACTUALLY OUT. ic ould set a record for something only i can do too

[Muse_123]

surely they can add a 6th record: most number of records broken by a music video?

[element4433]

I love this video. Why couldn't they have invited me to part take in the fun?

[element4433]

Oh, and checked.

[D&DLover]

wow. pretty epic band and song

[PedroLesPaulVM]

Wow, desperate much?

[ShadesOfNight]

Guitar Skater wrote:

every concert is emo

angry shows
happy shows
sad shows ect.

thank you sir. someone who actually knows something.

but yeh....go Weezer....trust you

[Uranutan]

As far as I know, this was also the first and quite possibly only Guitar Hero World Tour marathon.

[brentondig]

Uranutan wrote:

As far as I know, this was also the first and quite possibly only Guitar Hero World Tour marathon.

Haha, that game makes my eyes water after playing for even a short amount of time. Imagine 10 hours haha.
I thought the World Record would be album purchases or something surprising. Still, pretty awesome for a band to hit up so many world records in only one video!

[luislasports]

haha ..i was in the shooting of this video.. there are about 5 other records they tried breaking,but didnt qualify as an actual record, such as brian bell playing a song with the band using the worlds longest amp cable..that thing was long!!!! it stretched across the whole parking lot!

[PoorStavi]

when GH:WT comes out and i buy it, im going to to set a world record with at least 4 days playing time

[kennyvspenny]

hahah! weezer never disappoints

[Yanks4Life92]

Dude - I'm deinitely gonna break some of those records.

[DirkLance]

rocksheretostay wrote:

they already have a vid for that, check on youtube, its a pretty basic vid tho.

DirkLance wrote:

They need to cut to the chase and release The Greatest Man That Ever Lived as a single. I'm sure that'd have an epic vid.

Oh okay, I hadn't seen it yet. More than anything I'd really just like the song to be on the radio, and I'm pretty sure it isn't on any stations I listen to in Indy. It's probably too long, or maybe even too awesome.

[Virtuoosi]

i would love to see 22 people on one skateboard.

[Soozy]

classic. =w=

[Jayt526]

why did they put the bass plaers face on there?
pat and brian are the best on in the band... no need to talk abouty cuomos... matt sharp was my favorite

[Strato-Massacre]

why is this on here? do that many people really care about that many stupid records?

[whitestrat279]

Only 100 people needed for the biggest game of dodgeball ever? Shit I did that in gym class before lol.

[Phoenix_24Leas]

ROFL that's awesome, I just saw them in Colorado and they were awesome, wouldn't 22 people on a skateboard technically qualify as a longboard?

[shadow__666]

Weezer are awesome. Nuff said. I wish I could have been there (I got invited as a Weezer fan club member, but I'm not in LA).

[dRummeR94]

The Longest Guitar Hero World Tour marathon record is stupid, the game isn't even out yet.

[Phillitalian]

I am so going to go after that dodgeball record with my school.

100 people is soft.

[Shard Heilia]

Aw, come on. The record thing was cool, but the song was boring.

[dontstopblevin]

i know...our school has broken that record at least 50 times...every month we have a P.E. classwide tournament where there are 6 classes...each class having probably 30 kids...so that right there is 60 on a side, so that record sucked

[ALittlesEnough]

Weezer = Amazing

[jermstar44]

yeah we wouldve beat that dodgeball record a million times at my school too if that bastard was there

[TheIceCreamMan]

I could probably orchestrate a larger dodgeball game.

[Danejerez]

pretty boring song, but weezer is amazing and it's a cool video

[ShazbotBen]

Guitar Skater wrote:

every concert is emo

angry shows
happy shows
sad shows ect.

No. He's referring to the genre. Stop being a pretentious prick.

[The Spoon]

Pork&Beans vid and now this? Weezer is just amazing

[That-Funny-Guy]

i've played a game of dodgeball with like 140 people. gah.

and on the skateboard one, if both feet of every person wasn't on the skateboard, it doesn't count. and they have to be a minimum age of 18.

[Multiplayerjon]

hahahahhaa this is insane

[TKROCK]

There is a record for everything, probably a good video though.

[aseme]

I really wish he would shave that dirty mustache of his.

[Sloane]

That'd be one epic game of Dodgeball

[jibran]

Unforynately it couldn't be something like fastest selling single or something.
Weezer needs to get back in the game.

[ripjoestrummer]

wow thats really stupid, I think I just lost even more respect for weezer (if thats possible)

[DontFightTheFoo]

Only weezer can achieve that! hahah

Kudos to Rivers and his mates!

[zcus05]

I really wish he would shave that dirty mustache of his.

+1 that mo's fiiiilthy

[Scott_Zeppelin]

Why don't they put as much effort as they did for this into their music? Maybe that way they will write a good song?

...Yeh, i know, that ain't ever gonna happen!!

[aig91]

Checked!!!

[Soul-Monger]

That-Funny-Guy wrote:

i've played a game of dodgeball with like 140 people. gah.

and on the skateboard one, if both feet of every person wasn't on the skateboard, it doesn't count. and they have to be a minimum age of 18.

They apparently made it then, though I would suspect that the records dude wouldn't have been paying all that much attention.

[SRX700]

apparently you can make a world record out of anything.

[UberBenny]

StereoFlare wrote:

Only Weezer.

hahahaha, how true

[jetfuel495]

this

is

awesome

[Exxol]

impressive?

they cant sell cd's with their music so theyre trying to do it with cheap tricks..

FAIL

[SAINTJIMMY9999]

# Largest Game of Dodgeball (50 people on each team, 100 total)

Wow. I think my friends and I should try to break that record. I'm not bashing Weezer or anything, but someone should try to do an even more ridiculous thing like at least 100 ppl on each team!

[SAINTJIMMY9999]

Exxol wrote:

impressive?

they cant sell cd's with their music so theyre trying to do it with cheap tricks..

FAIL

This trick wouldn't be any cheaper than smashing your instruments at the end of a show or lighting your guitar on fire?

No, this is too creative to be that kind of a typical musician gimmick (+5 to anyone who gets my reference)

[stevezy]

weezer rules! this video is crazy...

[silent caution]

do we(mankind in general) really need to keep a record of those things??

[Jack_the_Knife]

How true. i cant imagine how much cash was spent by Hendrix and The Who on replacing instruments. (not that it put a dent in their income lol.)

[Jack_the_Knife]

and sorry for double post, but yes humans do need to keep a record of these things because; A) we are retards and B) we have a short collective memory (not many of us live to see 100 and can go "oh i remember when Weezer broke 5 world records in their video back in 2008" lol)

[the boogieman]

the guitar hero world record sounds really short

[SERIALTRENDKILL]

so basically they are the biggest losers of all time lol.

[Cobalt Blue]

the guitar hero one is probably only a record because it just came out. I'm sure some jerks have played for 36 hours straight on rock band or another guitar hero. the dodge ball sounds low, in grade 6 I was in a game that had at least 80 people in it. I'd hate to think my school set a lame record and didn't know it. lol

[AussieBassKid]

maybe if they were half as good setting pointless records as they were making music, i'd care even a little.

[bertismydog31]

i love dodgeball

[burndttoast]

Haha cool. My friends went to the video shoot in LA.

Also, I like Weezer, maybe not as much as the "old" Weezer. They're talented musicians who definitely have the ability to write great songs. It's just they're not moving in the direction I would like them to.

[Ibzman]

Got to beat the dodgeball record loll

[AxlRose94]

Thats Odd :s. Ahaa, To Be Honest, I Didn't know there was records, that they've even broken.

[Rusty2008]

Awesome

[Mr Jeb]

omg lmao, thats awesome

[couagr2121]

Hate to break it to them, but we had class on class dodgeball last year in high school, 55 on 60. Sorry to be a buzzkill :P And I'm sure there have been bigger games than mine.

[Lemoninfluence]

checked

[Vykk Draygo]

Whats with all the Weezer hate?

Cool news post. Amusing.

[killer455]

They need to get back to their self titled (Blue) album style. Easily in my top five.

[iamhamsterboy]

I'mma take a guess, and say that for those who think the Guitar Hero thing is short, you don't know what a marathon is. It's NON-STOP. AKA no food, no bathroom, no drink, just Guitar Hero. Just thought I'd put that out there.

[MeanMr.Mustard]

flambe chicken wrote:

i look forward to seeing the video. are all the red album videos going to be good?

yeah they need to make up for the pretty lame album

[dave_dono]

scott shriner is such a badass. look at that picture. i met him backstage in st. paul, mn, and he is also one of the nicest guys i have ever met.

=w= rock on! =w=

[Motochika]

That sure is impresive!

[luislasports]

iamhamsterboy wrote:

I'mma take a guess, and say that for those who think the Guitar Hero thing is short, you don't know what a marathon is. It's NON-STOP. AKA no food, no bathroom, no drink, just Guitar Hero. Just thought I'd put that out there.

hate to be buzz killington but i waas there and they had ten min off every hour

[SadClown12]

the guitar hero world tour record is just blatant product placement. Not cool weezer.

Whatever

[imairlax]

oh weezer. you were so cool when i was 11.