Homie was an American rock

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, lead singer of the band

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. Homie, as it stands now, was a one-time effort, and were only active for a year. Homie has officially released just one song, "American Girls", for the soundtrack of the 1998 film ''

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Overview

Weezer fans sometimes erroneously apply the Homie moniker to a very different Cuomo-led group of Boston-area musicians that played several shows while Rivers took time off from Harvard. This group was not Homie, but were played under the guise of Rivers Cuomo solo shows and the material played at these shows were songs Rivers had written for the third Weezer album at the time. This Band included members of other local bands such as Chevy Heston, Heretix, and

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, and Zeph Courtney. After Stevenson complained of being unable to work with the current lineup, Welsh and Courtney were replaced with Fred Eltringham and Drew Parsons. This was the lineup for the second show in late October. By the third show Cuomo had come up with a fully developed solo project he called Homie. Further shows were billed as Homie and the material played at Homie shows were exclusive to the Homie project and are assumed to have been intended for the Homie album which was worked on in 1997 and 1998. The song "Wanda (You're My Only Love)", although originally written as a Weezer song for the movie ''Angus'', is considered to be a Homie song since it was played during the Homie shows. The song "Wanda (You're My Only Love)" was released on ''

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,''. The song "I'll Think About You" was released on '' Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo''. According to Cuomo's

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, master tapes of recording sessions made during the Homie-era exist, but are largely

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, having only drum tracks laid down. Bootlegs of their live shows have been available online since 1997 and played a small role in Weezer's resurgence following their second album, '' Pinkerton''. On February 20, 2009, a fan-made tribute was distributed by two members of a Weezer fan community, Jack Mergist (The Lifetaker) and Ryan Rowland (runnersdialzero). The tribute features an album worth of high-quality recordings of interpretations of Homie and

solo songs from this era. In November 2020, a bunch of unreleased songs were released on Rivers Cuomo's website, and some of these songs, such as "Hot Tub" or "Rosemary," were possibly originally by Homie.

Discography

* ''

'' Soundtrack *Unnamed debut album

References

External links

* {{Authority control Weezer Musical groups established in 1997 Musical groups disestablished in 1998