Weezer reflect on 30th anniversary of ‘The Blue Album’ and share original home demos

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Weezer have reflected on the 30th anniversary of ‘The Blue Album’ and have shared original home demos.‘The Blue Album’, which is the alternative name of Weezer’s self-titled debut album, was released on May 10, 1994.

The album spawned a string of hits such as ‘Buddy Holly’, ‘Say It Ain’t So’ and ‘Undone – The Sweater Song’.Taking to the Weezer official X/Twitter account, the band shared a statement reflecting on their debut LP. “On May 10, 1994, DGC Records released “Weezer”, the self-titled debut album by Weezer,” they wrote.“The story has been told and re-told many times, but the crux of it was that no one thought it would do very well, even though all the band and the band’s small inner circle felt they’d made a really good album.

The assumption was that people would say “who?” and laugh at the audacity of a new band putting out a debut album on a major label, with no fan base, no single out, nothing.“And… that’s exactly what happened for a while anyway.

90 copies sold the first week (just who were the 45 people we *didn’t* know who had bought it knowing nothing about the contents?), and a steady trickle after that, as we drove around in our van playing such illustrious gigs as opening up for a screening of Rollerball, playing an actual battle of the bands (and not winning), and playing for less than 0 paying customers (it’s unclear how we got to “-2 sold”, but that’s what the promoter said…)”Happy 30th birthday to The Blue Album!Read a special note from Karl below #karlscornerWe’re working on a special release to celebrate, but more on that soon.