FEATURED ON BLUE ALBUM 30^TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION DUE NOVEMBER 1 VIA GEFFEN/UMe

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Los Angeles – October 25, 2024 – Ahead of the eagerly anticipated release of the 30^th Anniversary Edition box set of the band’s seminal Blue Album (November 1 via Geffen/UMe), Weezer has shared the only known band recording of “Superman” (Garage Practice), one of their earliest songs. Recorded during band practice in June 1992 the recording is a fascinating snapshot into the earliest days of the band rehearsing in their garage just months after forming. 

Listen to “Superman” (Garage Practice) or pre-order the Blue Album (30^th Anniversary Edition) here: https://weezer.lnk.to/Blue30PR

“With these garage rehearsals, we have a totally unique and fleeting glimpse into the earliest dynamics of Weezer,” writes longtime friend, collaborator, and de facto band historian Karl Koch in the liner notes accompanying this definitive release. “The decision to roll tape ‘live’ in the garage seems to have been random, and it only happened twice. The very existence of these recordings depended on pure luck, as the tapes were apparently lost not long after I duped them back then.”

Weezer’s Blue Album (30^th Anniversary Edition) presents the most comprehensive vision of the band’s seminal debut record ever. Along with the original album, which has been newly remastered from the original analog tapes, the 50-track collection features 36 previously unreleased tracks, and includes eight “Kitchen Tape Demos,” 22 early practices and live recordings, six BBC radio recordings, and four tracks from their LMU sessions. The box sets, available on both vinyl and CD, also include four lithographs, a poster perfect for the garage, song-themed sticker sheet, a twelve-sided die, an enamel Bokkus pin, and more.

Recently at Weezer’s sold-out hometown LA show of their “Voyage To The Blue Planet Tour,” the band were presented plaques from Geffen/UMe in celebration of the Blue Album now being certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America), for sales in excess of five million copies. Additionally, the record’s timeless hits, “Say It Ain’t So” was certified 5x Platinum, “Buddy Holly” is 3x Platinum and “Undone – The Sweater Song” is 2x Platinum.

Often revered as one of the most important debut records of all-time, Weezer’s Blue Album arrived on May 10, 1994. Rolling Stone touted it on both “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” and “The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time.” Pitchfork named it one of the “The Top 100 Albums of the 1990s,” while a retrospective review rated it a rare perfect “10” score, saying, “Weezer’s 1994 debut, filled with geeky humor, dense cultural references, and positively gargantuan hooks, took alt-rock in a striking new direction.” The record has generated billions of streams worldwide, and has left an indelible mark on music as a whole, cementing Weezer as one of the most beloved artists of the last three decades whose influence continues to reverberate through culture.