Rivers Cuomo Prepares 'Alone II'

You really have to give props to Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. Hot off the heels of a new Weezer record and a successful tour, he’s already planning to release another collection of demos and B-sides like last year’s "Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo".

Currently listed on Amazon.com as "Alone II: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo", fans can pre-order it now before it gets released on November 25.

The original "Alone" compilation featured unreleased songs and demos dating back before the band’s debut "Blue Album" all the way up to the recording sessions for their latest "Red Album" and even included tracks from the band’s unreleased space-themed rock opera "Songs From The Black Hole".

In other news, Weezer guitarist Brian Bell recently revealed in an interview that the band’s next single will be "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn)" and the video will likely be directed by "Buddy Holly" director Spike Jonze.

Report by David Lowe-Bianco.

Comments

[stevezy]

can't wait. Alone I was awesome (save for This Is The Way, just laughably bad).

[ShazbotBen]

Rivers Cuomo, FTW!

[NightEmbers]

Awesome... they're on a roll

[Soozy]

I am so pumped for that video

[ihaterap69]

anyone watch the "lets write a sawng" videos on youtube with rivers?

they're pretty sweet

[DirkLance]

YES.

GREATEST MAN.

[CrabSoldier X]

go rivers!

[rush4life]

Oh man, another spike video? Nice.

[Captain Cool]

I cant wait, the rumoured track list looks great.

[TimboSlice]

In other news, Weezer guitarist Brian Bell recently revealed in an interview that JOHNNY GREENWOOD IS HIS EVIL TWIN.

This caught me off guard, but I guess I knew all along.

[TimboSlice]

Edit: Jonny. Way to spoil a moment, me.

[no1flyhalf]

the greatest man song is BADASS. im glad itll be their next single.

[mister389]

Seeing Weezer with Angels and Airwaves Saturday. Hells yeah.

[clasp]

No one deny it. Next to nirvana, Weezer is the most influential band from the alt boom. Too bad most of the bands that cite Weezer as an influence are dreadful (I'm looking at you Dashboard...)

cool. i liked the first one. i'll definitely get this.

oh, and its about time they released Greatest Man as a single. its probably my favorite song on the new album.

[getts182]

mister389 wrote:

Seeing Weezer with Angels and Airwaves Saturday.

Saw them this month. Weezer was great, AvA, not so much.

[weezergeek182]

can't wait

awesome

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getts182 wrote:

mister389 wrote:

Saw them this month. Weezer was great, AvA, not so much.

i would have to agree with that.

[kennyvspenny]

this dude can write great songs AND shred! mother****ing aces!

[Comrade D Rock]

mister389 wrote:

Seeing Weezer with Angels and Airwaves Saturday. Hells yeah.

i'll be there as well, SO EXCITED. for weezer, not so much the other 2 bands, but i've never heard tokyo police club so i could be surprised. against me! caught me off guard when they opened for the foo fighters, so hopefully i'll find 2 cool bands in a year!

[DiveRightIn63]

TimboSlice wrote:

In other news, Weezer guitarist Brian Bell recently revealed in an interview that JOHNNY GREENWOOD IS HIS EVIL TWIN.

This caught me off guard, but I guess I knew all along.

hahahah

I'm excited for this though. I need to get a hold of Alone I still, though.

[learninclutch]

I don't know what to think of this band. Rivers is a smart cookie,though. I'd like it if they stayed out of the mainstream a little more. Last album was awful, imho

[FiveStarMotel]

the band’s next single will be "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn)"

I honestly don't know what to think of this song. It's really bizarre and it changes in a very awkward way. I loved "Troublemaker" that should be a single. Overall the red album was pretty alright. I never heard "Alone" but I heard it was decent.

FiveStarMotel wrote:



I loved "Troublemaker" that should be a single.

it is a single. it was their latest one.

[WhereArtEsteban]

Rivers is so cool. Love him a ton, Alone was awesome. I liked his songs off of the Red Album, wish I could say the same about the others...

[PeteMatcheck]

I just saw Weezer and AVA about a month ago. Weezer was fantastic, sang a huge assortment of songs, a few from every album. And I was in the very front
AVA though...ugh.

[mister389]

Comrade D Rock wrote:
i'll be there as well, SO EXCITED. for weezer, not so much the other 2 bands, but i've never heard tokyo police club so i could be surprised. against me! caught me off guard when they opened for the foo fighters, so hopefully i'll find 2 cool bands in a year!

I'm excited too, for both Weezer and AVA, more for Weezer though

I looked up Tokyo Police Club a little while ago. Can't remember much but I don't think I was too impressed. Who knows, we'll see. Cool to see another UGer going to a concert that I am!