In September 1996, Weezer released their sophomore album, Pinkerton. It was, in many ways, the turning point in Weezer's story. Following up an acclaimed debut with some already decade-defining songs ...

Pinkerton took the Weezer sound to strange and magnificent heights. The album — released on Sept. 24, 1996 — didn't hone in on the practiced precision of the alt-rock band's self-titled 1994 debut ...

For rock fans of a certain age, it's impossible to think of Weezer without mentally replaying the video for "Buddy Holly," the band's breakthrough 1994 single. Directed by Spike Jonze, the clip… By ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Weezer's Pinkerton—a raw, dyspeptic therapy session of an album—was ...

There is perhaps no bigger cliché in music than proclaiming an album saved your life. But in the fall of 1996, Weezer’s second album for DGC, Pinkerton, did just that. I picked it up on cassette at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, seated, with Brian Bell, from left, Pat Wilson and Scott Shriner. (Brendan Walter) The first time Weezer ...

In August of 1996, Weezer emerged from a 12-month break brought on by Rivers Cuomo‘s decision to enroll as an undergrad at Harvard at the height of the band’s first success. “I was craving mental ...

Weezer couldn’t just play its best album, “Pinkerton” from 1996, all the way through at Roseland on Saturday night and fill out the concert with other songs. That would be too simple, not layered ...

L.A., San Francisco, New York, Boston, and Chicago are the only five stops on the “Memories” mini-tour, in which the band plays their debut album the first night and Pinkerton the second, with each ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In September 1996, Weezer released their sophomore album, Pinkerton. It was, in many ways, the turning point in Weezer's story.

The first time Weezer stayed off the road for as long as it has during the COVID-19 pandemic, the triggering catastrophe was the less-than-enthused reaction to 1996’s “Pinkerton.” Today that album is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In September 1996, Weezer released their sophomore album, Pinkerton. It was, in many ways, the turning point in Weezer's story.