{"id":3295,"date":"2010-04-28T16:50:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T15:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:29:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:29:11","slug":"weezer-leaves-geffen-records-and-goes-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/weezer-leaves-geffen-records-and-goes-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"Weezer Leaves Geffen Records and Goes Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weezer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weezer<\/a> is the latest band to leave their major label surroundings to go independent. Weezer has left Geffen Records, which has been their home since 1994<\/p>\n<p>Further, bassist <strong>Scott Shriner<\/strong> told <em>Billboard<\/em> the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019re always  planning and scheming something. We\u2019re always working on some new music.  I can\u2019t really go into any detail about that yet, but we\u2019re all writing  and working on new stuff.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The band also plans to  rerelease a deluxe edition of their classic 1996 disc, <em>Pinkerton<\/em>,  along with a rarities compilation entitled <em>Odds and Ends<\/em>,  perhaps to remind us all of a time and world before the band released  the horrors of tracks like \u201cBeverly Hills,\u201d \u201c(If You\u2019re Wondering If I  Want You To) I Want You To,\u201d and \u201cWe Are All on Drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weezer why not send <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">RouteNote<\/a> your new releases, Im sure we could offer you a good deal!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/weezer-from-the-back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3296 lazyload\" title=\"weezer from the back\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/weezer-from-the-back-430x344.jpg\" alt=\"weezer from the back\" width=\"430\" height=\"344\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/weezer-from-the-back-430x344.jpg 430w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/weezer-from-the-back-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/weezer-from-the-back.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weezer is the latest band to leave their major label surroundings to go independent. Weezer has left Geffen Records, which has been their home since 1994 Further, bassist Scott Shriner told Billboard the following: \u201cWe\u2019re always planning and scheming something. We\u2019re always working on some new music. I can\u2019t really go into any detail about that yet, but we\u2019re all writing and working on new stuff.\u201d The band also plans to rerelease a deluxe edition of their classic 1996 disc, Pinkerton, along with a rarities compilation entitled Odds and Ends, perhaps to remind us all of a time and world&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[2640,2380,879,2497],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Weezer Leaves Geffen Records and Goes Independent - RouteNote Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/weezer-leaves-geffen-records-and-goes-independent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weezer Leaves Geffen Records and Goes Independent - RouteNote Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Weezer is the latest band to leave their major label surroundings to go independent. 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