Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo in Thailand. (1997)
Background information
Birth name	Rivers Cuomo
Born	June 13, 1970 (1970-06-13) (age 38) New York City, U.S.
Origin	Connecticut, Los Angeles
Genre(s)	Alternative rock Power pop Geek rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, Songwriter, Vocalist, Guitarist
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Piano, Harmonica, Clarinet
Years active	1989–present
Associated acts	Weezer, Avant Garde, Zoom, Homie, Goat Punishment, 60 Wrong Sausages
Website	Official website
Notable instrument(s)
Fender and Warmoth Stratocasters Gibson Flying V Gibson SGs Gibson Explorer

Rivers Cuomo (born June 13, 1970) is a Grammy-nominated musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter of the rock band Weezer. He has also worked as a solo artist; he released his debut album, Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo, in December 2007, which featured home demos that Cuomo has recorded from 1992-2007. Cuomo mainly plays electric guitar and acoustic guitar, but he can also play drums, bass guitar, clarinet, harmonica, and piano. is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. 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Early years

Cuomo was born in a Manhattan hospital to parents of Italian and German/English descent and raised on an ashram run by the late yoga master Sri Swami Satchidananda in Pomfret, Connecticut.^[1] It is a myth that the name Rivers originates from his birthplace: his mother, Beverly, was inspired to name her son "Rivers" because he was born between the East and Hudson rivers in Manhattan. Her appreciation of the sound of running water further reinforced her desire for this name. His father, Frank Cuomo, was a musician who played drums on the album Odyssey of Iska by jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter.^[2][3] For his early childhood he attended a private school on an ashram farm where his parents raised him and his brother Leaves.^[4] Cuomo's parents moved to nearby Storrs, Connecticut when the ashram (known as Yogaville) was relocated to a plot of land along the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.^[5] Cuomo attended Edwin Oscar Smith High School,^[6] Santa Monica College,^[7] Berklee College of Music,^[8] and Harvard University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.^[9] In high school, Rivers played the role of Johnny Casino in the stage production of Grease.^[10][11] This article is about the borough of New York City. ... English Americans (occasionally known as Anglo-Americans) are citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England. ... An Ashram (Pronounced aashram) in ancient India was a Hindu hermitage where sages (See Rishi) lived in peace and tranquility amidst nature. ... Swami Satchidananda on the cover of his biography Swami Satchidananda (1914–2002) was an Indian religious figure who gained fame and followers in the West, especially in the United States. ... Pomfret is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. ... Official language(s) none (de facto English) Demonym Connecticuter or Connecticutian[2] Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport[3] Largest metro area Hartford Metro Area[4] Area  Ranked 48th in the US  - Total 5,543[5] sq mi (14,356 km²)  - Width 70 miles (113 km)  - Length 110 miles (177 km... Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. ... Storrs, Connecticut - Near the Hawley Armory Gymnasium Storrs is a census-designated place and part of the town of Mansfield, Connecticut located in eastern Tolland County. ... Yogaville is a neighborhood of Buckingham, Virginia. ... Blue Ridge Mountains, Shining Rock Wilderness Area Appalachian Mountain system The Blue Ridge is a mountain chain in the eastern United States, part of the Appalachian Mountains, forming their eastern front from Georgia to Pennsylvania. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Santa Monica College is a two-year public community college located in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California. ... Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ... Harvard redirects here. ... The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an honor society which considers its mission to be fostering and recognizing excellence in undergraduate liberal arts and sciences. ... Grease is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. ...

Musical projects

One of Cuomo's earliest music projects was a progressive metal band known as Avant Garde.^[12] Cuomo played under the name Peter Kitts, Kitts being the surname of his stepfather. The band played several shows in Connecticut. He moved with the band to Los Angeles in March 1989.^[13] In late 1989 Avant Garde changed its name to Zoom though the band dissolved in the late spring of 1990.^[14][15] After a series of musical projects in Los Angeles, Cuomo formed Weezer on 14 February 1992 with members from '60 Wrong Sausages' including drummer Patrick Wilson. The original Weezer cast included Rivers Cuomo on vocals and guitar, Wilson on drums, Matt Sharp on bass, and Jason Cropper who at first played exclusively on acoustic guitar. Weezer signed with DGC, a subsidiary of Geffen Records, on 25 June 1993. They began recording Weezer (also known as The Blue Album) in August 1993 at Electric Lady Studios in New York with producer Ric Ocasek. Progressive metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music which blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock. ... Avant Garde (1987-1989) (later Zoom) was a progressive metal band consisting of Kevin Ridel on vocals, Rivers Cuomo on lead/rhythm guitar, Justin Fisher (later of Shufflepuck and Psoma) on bass, Bryn Mutch on percussion, and Michael Stanton on lead/rhythm guitar. ... A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... For the albums, see Weezer (1994 album) and Weezer (2001 album). ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Patrick Pat George Wilson (born February 1, 1969 in Buffalo, New York) is best known as the official drummer for the alt-rock band Weezer. ... Matt Sharp (born September 22, 1969 in Arlington, Virginia) is a founding member and former bassist for the band Weezer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Weezer, often referred to as The Blue Album, is the debut album by the band Weezer, originally released on May 10, 1994. ... Weezer, often referred to as The Blue Album, is the debut album by the band Weezer, originally released on May 10, 1994. ... Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street, in New York Citys Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970. ... Ric Ocasek (born Richard Otcasek on March 23, 1949, in Baltimore, Maryland) is the former vocalist and frontman for The Cars and a producer for several other groups, including Bad Brains and Suicide. ...

Like many other musicians Cuomo has had a very close relationship with his fans online. Throughout 2002 Cuomo frequently posted on Weezer message boards as 'Ace' to discuss music with fans. He once had a website called the 'Catalogue of Riffs' ('COR') in which he shared old demos of songs as well as scans of many personal items (letters, schedules, records).^[16][17] Since 2003 he has kept a MySpace page in which he has posted many blog entries including his original admission essay and two subsequent readmission essays to Harvard. Additionally he uses his MySpace blog as a clearinghouse for clarifications, corrections, and addenda to interviews and press reports about him. (This has included responding to misinformation on his Wikipedia entry.)^[18] An Internet forum, also known as a message board or discussion board, is a web application that provides for online discussions, and is the modern descendant of the bulletin board systems and existing Usenet news systems that were widespread in the 1980s and 1990s. ... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Wikipedia (IPA: , or ( ) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. ...

For most of Weezer's existence, Cuomo has not been known for his on stage banter, offering only occasional comment or letting then bassist Matt Sharp do all the talking. Yet in late 2001 and throughout 2002 Cuomo became quite talkative onstage resulting in many strange and humorous statements.^[19] The first leg of the band's 2005 Make Believe tour saw a return to more reserved stage behaviour but that fall's joint tour with Foo Fighters featured an appreciably more ambulant and emotive Cuomo.^{[citation needed]} This article is about the band. ...

In May 2007 Cuomo was named as a 'potential inductee' for the proposed Connecticut Music Hall of Fame.^[20] Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

Musical output and techniques

Cuomo has written and recorded nearly 800 songs in his life,^[17] either with Weezer, with earlier bands, or as self-recorded demos.^[21] Of these songs, despite the large amount of unreleased material that has been made available by Cuomo on the internet, large chunks of his work remain unheard by fans. These include certain demos for The Blue Album,^[22][23][24] various songs from the scrapped Songs from the Black Hole project,^[25] over a hundred songs he composed and demoed throughout 1999^[26][27][28] (songs which he has described as ranging from "drone-y Romantic," "abrasive dissonance" and "riffy pop-rock"^[16]) and well over a hundred songs that didn't make the cut for Make Believe.^[29][30] Recently on Cuomo's MySpace he began satisfying fans need to hear these unreleased demos "in the most legal way" he could by posting sheet music and lyrics for the Songs From the Black Hole tracks "She's Had A Girl", "Oh Jonas" and "Who You Callin' Bitch?" as well as the Blue Album-era demo "Getting Up and Leaving." For the albums, see Weezer (1994 album) and Weezer (2001 album). ... Weezer, often referred to as The Blue Album, is the debut album by the band Weezer, originally released on May 10, 1994. ... Songs from the Black Hole is an unreleased, unfinished Weezer album. ... Singles from Make Believe Released: 2005 Released: 2005 Released: 2005 Released: 2006 Make Believe is the fifth studio album by Weezer, released on May 10, 2005, the eleventh anniversary of the release of The Blue Album. ...

He has been known to use experimentation to inspire his writing, for example, fasting for a day and then writing a song, as he did on "Hold Me."^[31] Cuomo has familiarity with a wide array of musical instruments: besides the guitar, he is also skilled at the piano, bass guitar (he frequently demoed songs on his own, a la the 1995 Fort Apache Studios Pinkerton demos, and can be seen playing the bass in the Weezer DVD Video Capture Device). Rivers also plays clarinet (as heard on Alone and SFTBH track "Longtime Sunshine" and the .com-released demo "Clarinet Waltz"), drums (as heard on Alone, in concerts during "Photograph" and the new album), and harmonica. Fort Apache Studios is a New England recording studio internationally renowned for alternative rock sessions produced there since 1986. ...

Cuomo has cited a wide variety of musical influences throughout the years, from artists as diverse as Kiss, Nirvana, Lou Barlow, Pixies, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brian Wilson, and Giacomo Puccini. He took it upon himself to become a student of rock and pop music when in the late 90s, Cuomo created "The Encyclopedia of Pop" for himself, a three-ring binder which broke down the mechanics of pop and rock songs featuring songs by Nirvana, Green Day and Oasis.^[32][33] Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is a musician from the USA credited with helping pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... The Pixies are an American alternative rock music group formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986. ... Stephen Stevie Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. ... For other persons named Brian Wilson, see Brian Wilson (disambiguation). ... Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991. ...

He is known to perform with customised Warmoth Stratocasters. Throughout his career he has frequently played Warmoth stratocasters that are covered in stickers.^[34] Cuomo also notably played Gibson V's^[35]and Explorers onstage in late 2001 and throughout parts of 2002 . Today, he almost exclusively plays a red epiphone Gibson SG with the Thai word Farang on it, meaning "a white foreigner."^[36] The sticker is found on his epiphone SG with E flat tuning; a second SG, tuned to E, does not have this sticker. Warmoth Guitar Products is an American manufacturer and distributor of electric guitar parts, catering particularly to small scale manufacturers, custom builders and amateur constructors. ... A Fender Stratocaster with rosewood fingerboard and three-tone sunburst finish. ... The Gibson SG is a popular model of solid-bodied electric guitar that was introduced in the early 1960s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Relationship With the Fans

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Posting on Fan Forums

Rivers Cuomo has, in recent years, had a very unique relationship with his fan base. Beginning in the early Maladroit recording era, Rivers would post on several Weezer fan message boards under the name Ace, which was inspired by Ace Frehley of the band Kiss. Rivers would ask for the fans advice treating them often as a Producer and often exchanging emails through Karl Koch, and eventually posting on boards himself. Some of the correspondence boardies were even invited backstage during tours to play Foosball with him. Some of the relationships with the fans pushed Cuomo's temper causing him to once refer to them as "little bitches", Cuomo being upset with the fans' demands for an older sounding Weezer rather than letting the band explore new sounds. Paul Daniel Frehley (born April 27, 1951[1]), better known as Ace Frehley, is an American guitarist best known as a founding member and lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss. ... For the American glam metal band, see Kiss (band). ...

Playing with Fans Live

Starting on the Foozer tour in late 2005, Rivers Cuomo would invite fans onto the stage to play Undone—The Sweater Song on acoustic guitar. After the performance, fans were allowed to keep the guitars they played. Foozer is the title given to the Fall 2005 tour of Weezer and the Foo Fighters. ...

In 2008, coinciding with the release of Weezer's new self titled album, The Red Album, Rivers and Weezer announced an MTV performance in which fans were allowed to bring any instrument of their choice and perform in a Hootenanny with the band. 1962-1966 (or the Red Album) is a compilation of The Beatles greatest hits from 1962 to 1966. ... Hootenanny was originally an old country word for party. The concept of a hootenanny as a gathering for folk singing was created by Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie as a way to raise rent for their Greenwich Village, New York apartment. ...

Let's Write a Sawng

In March 2008 Cuomo started a video series on YouTube called "Let's Write a Sawng."^[37] Cuomo plans to write a song in collaboration with YouTube users suggestions.^[38] Cuomo has made it a multi step process. Installments of the series (thus far): YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ...

Other bands

Before Weezer, Cuomo played in various music projects, including Fury, Avant Garde, Zoom, Sixty Wrong Sausages, and Fuzz. During a Weezer hiatus, Rivers formed a musical project called Homie, consisting of what he called "goofball songs" or his "country band". An album was planned, but only one studio recording, a song entitled "American Girls", has been released. Cuomo has contributed to recordings by various other musicians (Crazy Town, Cold, Mark Ronson). He also briefly managed the band AM Radio in 2002 and 2003. The subject of this article seems to fail one of the following consensually-accepted Wikipedia inclusion guidelines: If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability, citing reliable sources, so as to avoid it being considered for deletion. ... Crazy Town was a rapcore band formed in Los Angeles in 1995 by Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer. ... Cold was an American five-piece post-grunge/alternative metal band, based in Jacksonville, Florida. ... Mark Fredrick Ronson (born 4 September 1975)[2] is an English BRIT Award and three-times Grammy award[3]-winning music producer, cover-artist and co-founder of Allido Records. ...

In early 2004 he made a surprise appearance onstage with ex-Weezer bassist Matt Sharp at his California State University, Fullerton show to play two old Weezer favorites ("Say It Ain't So" and "Undone"), a rare Weezer demo that they worked on together ("Mrs. Young"), and a new song they wrote together, "Time Song." Also, Sharp announced that they might work on a collaborative record together. But later that year, Sharp announced on his website that although they had come up with "15 or 16 new song ideas, some good, some not so good" for their new album, their "special brand of dysfunctionality" kept them from finishing the project.^[50] California State University, Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is currently the largest California State University campus. ...

Additionally, Cuomo has had cameos in a number of music videos. These include Crystal Method's "Murder" and the video for The Warlocks' "Cocaine Blues." A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television. ... The Crystal Method is an Electronic music duo, comprising Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Personal life

Cuomo married Kyoko Ito on June 18, 2006, a woman he had known since March, 1997. He proposed to her in Tokyo shortly before Christmas of 2005.^[51] The wedding was held at a secluded beach on Paradise Cove in Malibu and was attended by over a hundred people, including six of the seven members who played in Weezer (Mikey Welsh being the only no show) as well as notables Justin Fisher, Kevin Ridel and Rick Rubin.^[52] is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... Location of Malibu in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government  - Mayor Jeff Jennings [1] Area  - Total 100. ... Mikey Welsh (born April 20, 1971 in Syracuse, New York) is an outsider artist and former bassist of the band Weezer. ... The name Justin Fisher may refer to the following people : Justin Fisher (musician) - former bass player in Nerf Herder and Avant Garde, one-time touring bassist for The Rentals and vocalist in Psoma. ... Frederick Jay Rick Rubin (born March 10, 1963 in Lido Beach, New York) is a Jewish American record producer and is currently the co-head of Columbia Records. ...

Before Weezer, Cuomo worked as a roadie for King Size on their Guatemala tour before recording The Blue Album.^[16] The road crew (or roadies) are the technicians who travel on tour, usually in sleeper buses, with musicians and who handle every part of the production except actually playing the music. ... Weezer, often referred to as The Blue Album, is the debut album by the band Weezer, originally released on May 10, 1994. ...

Some of Cuomo's fashion trademarks include his horn-rimmed glasses and his lightning bolt guitar strap. He has sported a bowl cut, most notably in the music video for "Undone - The Sweater Song." Other notable fashion trends include sporting a life preserver-styled vest in early 2001, growing a thick beard in mid-2002^[53] and a brief suit-and-tie phase in summer 2002.^[54] Rivers has also recently been seen with a short mustache, like in the new video for Pork and Beans and on the Red Album cover. Rivers has said that he grew the mustache in honor of his daughter and that his father wore one just like his when Rivers was born. A pair of modern horn-rimmed glasses Horn-rimmed glasses are a type of eyeglasses with frames made of horn, tortoise shell, or plastic that simulates either material. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Cuomo recently helped acquire music rights and provided financial support to a documentary titled The Dhamma Brothers about Vipassana mediation being instituted in an Alabama State Prison.^[55] Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (विपश्यना) in (Sanskrit) means insight and is often referred to by Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike as simply insight meditation. While it is a type of Buddhist meditation as taught by the Buddha, it is essentially non-sectarian in character and has universal application. ...

Cuomo was born with his left leg 44 mm (1 3/4 in) shorter than his right leg. After the success of The Blue Album, Cuomo underwent a procedure to correct the condition. This involved the surgical breaking of the bone in his leg, followed by several months of wearing a steel brace which required self-administered "stretching" of the leg 4 times daily; Cuomo likened the ordeal to "crucifying (his) leg."^[56] An x-ray of the leg is part of the album art for "The Good Life" single, and the experience inspired him to write the song. Cuomo can be seen wearing the brace on an episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, which can be found on their DVD "Video Capture Device". Weezer, often referred to as The Blue Album, is the debut album by the band Weezer, originally released on May 10, 1994. ... Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. ...

Cuomo is a big fan of soccer. He can be seen as he is shown playing in the "Photograph" video and even planned his band's 2002 "World Cup Tour" around World Cup games. In 2006 reportedly wrote a song titled "Our Time Will Come" in tribute to the U.S. men's soccer team.^[57] He claims his favorite player is Landon Donovan, enjoys watching the Premier League and is both a Los Angeles Galaxy and New England Revolution fan.^[16] In early 2008 he played in the Mia & Nomar Celebrity Soccer Challenge and scored a goal in the game. His video for "Lover in the Snow" off of his Alone album dealt with this game and his love of soccer. Soccer redirects here. ... Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982 in Redlands, California), is an American professional soccer player on the Los Angeles Galaxy, who is the all-time leading scorer for the United States mens national soccer team. ... For other sports leagues which may be referred to by this name, see list of professional sports leagues. ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Full name Los Angeles Galaxy Nickname LA Galaxy Stadium The Home Depot Center (HDC) Carson, CA Coach Ruud Gullit Owner Philip Anschutz (AEG) First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Revolution, Revs Stadium Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA Coach Steve Nicol, 2002— Owner Robert Kraft First Game Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 New England Revolution (Tampa Stadium; April 13, 1996) Largest Win New England Revolution 6–1 Colorado Rapids (Gillette Stadium; September 18...

During Weezer's hiatus between the albums Pinkerton and Weezer (Green Album), Cuomo had gotten braces on his teeth. They were evidently removed before the release of the Green Album.^[58]

It's a popular misconception that Weezer is named after Rivers' supposed asthma. Rivers himself has openly admitted that although "Weezer" was his childhood nickname, it wasn't because he had asthma.^[59]

Cuomo has announced that he is working on "an amazingly cool creative project that is just as much musical in nature as it is literary. It may or may not be released by a book publisher. It is not a 'memoir'."^[60] Rivers has since revealed that the multimedia project will be an extremely detailed account of Cuomo's life from 1992 to May 10, 1994 including photos, journal entries and poems. This period of Cuomo's life will document the formation of Weezer through the release of their debut album. As of October 2007, the tome is already more than 400 pages in length.^[61] Look up Multimedia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Cuomo is a vegetarian^[62] For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ...

Discography

With Weezer

Main article: Weezer discography

• 1994 - The Blue Album
• 1996 - Pinkerton
• 2001 - The Green Album
• 2002 - Maladroit
• 2005 - Make Believe
• 2008 - The Red Album

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Solo albums

• 2007 - Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo

Guest contributions

• 1998 - Homie - "American Girls," from the Meet the Deedles soundtrack: vocals, guitar, songwriting and melody^[63]
• 1999 - The Rentals - "My Head is in the Sun," from Seven More Minutes: (co-written with Matt Sharp, does not appear on the track itself).^[64]
• 2002 - Crazy Town - "Hurt You So Bad," from Darkhorse: guitar solo^[65]
• 2003 - Cold - "Stupid Girl," from Year of the Spider: vocals, songwriting^[66]
• 2003 - Mark Ronson - "I Suck," from Here Comes the Fuzz: vocals, guitar, production^[67]
• 2007 - The Relationship - "Hand to Hold," co-written with Brian Bell, a reworked version of the early Make Believe era outtake "Private Message."^[68]

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External links

• Interview with The Harvard Crimson about his Harvard years
• Rivers Cuomo discography at MusicBrainz
• Rivers Cuomo at the Internet Movie Database
• The riverscuomo.com Archive
• Rivers Cuomo Archived MySpace Postings
• Rivers Cuomo on his creative career
• Biographical article in Shambhala Sun Magazine