Rivers Cuomo

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Rivers Cuomo
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Alone: ​​The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
  US 163 05/01/2008 (1 week)
Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
  US 175 12/13/2008 (1 week)
Singles
Stupid Girl (with Cold ; Backing Vocals)
  US 87 04/19/2003 (20 weeks)
Magic (with BoB )
  UK 16 
gold
gold
23/10/2010 (18 weeks)
  US 10 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
05/15/2010 (20 weeks)

Rivers Cuomo (born June 13, 1970 in New York ) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter for the alternative rock band Weezer .

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Cuomo was born in New York on June 13, 1970 and raised in an ashram in Pomfret, Connecticut . Due to the ashram's relocation, his parents moved to nearby Storrs, Connecticut. Cuomo attended Edwin Oscar Smith High School, Santa Monica College, and Harvard College.

On February 14, 1992, he founded the band Weezer with Pat Wilson (who has accompanied him on previous projects), Matt Sharp and Jason Cropper. The band's name comes from Rivers childhood days, when he was nicknamed Weezer (which means something like "Knirps"). In 1993 they were signed by Geffen Records . The debut album Weezer (The Blue Album) was an instant hit. Due to the great success Cuomo interrupted his literature studies in 1995, but graduated successfully after the fifth Weezer album.

On June 18, 2006, Rivers married Kyoko Ito, whom he had known since 1997. At the wedding in Paradise Cove, Malibu, all previous Weezer members (except Mikey Welsh), as well as Justin Fisher and Rick Rubin, also appeared .

Living conditions

Rivers was born with a leg length difference of 44mm. He corrected this defect when he had enough money for it. Due to the operation, Rivers had to wear a leg brace every day for a long time, which held the artificially broken leg in place. Cuomo also grew up with divorced parents, which also inspired him to write his song "Say It Ain't So".

Rivers Cuomo has always been known as the uncommunicative, reserved brain of Weezer. He used songwriting as a medium of expression and often tells of intimate experiences (Pink Triangle) or fear (Say It Ain't So) in his lyrics. It was only with his discovery of the Vipassana meditation that Cuomo became a more balanced man, which is reflected above all in his fifth album "Make Believe", as the lyrics are increasingly more hopeful.

Discography

Albums

With Weezer

solo

  • 2007: Alone - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
  • 2008: Alone 2 - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
  • 2008: Not Alone - Rivers Cuomo and Friends: Live at Fingerprints
  • 2011: Alone III - The Pinkerton Years

Singles

  • 2018: Medicine For Melancholy

Guest Posts

  • 2003: Stupid Girl ( Cold feat.Rivers Cuomo)
  • 2010: Magic ( BoB feat. Rivers Cuomo)
  • 2011: Can't Keep My Hands off You ( Simple Plan feat. Rivers Cuomo)
  • 2011: Earthquakey People ( Steve Aoki feat. Rivers Cuomo)
  • 2011: High Maintenance ( Miranda Cosgrove feat. Rivers Cuomo)
  • 2015: Snowed in (Big Data feat.Rivers Cuomo)
  • 2016: Too Young (Zeds Dead feat.Rivers Cuomo & Pusha T )
  • 2017: I Still Wanna Know ( RAC feat.Rivers Cuomo)
  • 2018: Sober Up ( AJR feat.Rivers Cuomo)
  • 2019: Gucci Rock n Rolla ( Snakehips feat. Rivers Cuomo & Kyle)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US
  3. ↑ www.spin.com: Rivers Cuomo's Harvard Graduation , September 6, 2006
  4. ↑ www.popeater.at: Just Married: Weezer Frontman Rivers Cuomo , June 22, 2006
  5. ^ Rolling Stone : Rivers Cuomo's Encyclopedia of Pop , June 20, 2002
  6. ↑ www.beliefnet.com: Alt Rocker Finds Inner Peace

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personal data
SURNAME Cuomo, Rivers
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, guitarist and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , USA