No New Weezer Album After Tour

by DrumTom

Apparently Weezer drummer Pat Wilson misspoke, or something else is a afoot. Pat Wilson told Billboard on the first day of Weezer’s current US tour that the band would be heading back to the studio with Jacknife Lee in November to record a follow up to the band’s “Red Album.”

Guitarist Brian Bell has just recently told Spinner.com that this isn’t exactly happening…

“Someone jumped the gun,” Bell notes, without directly implicating his bandmate. Bell suggests that the band’s current aim is to “focus on promoting The Red Album, and when we have the songs and the time feels right, we’ll record.” According to the guitarist, Weezer’s attitude toward non-Cuomo contributions of late has been a friendly one, and as such, productivity’s at an all time high. Even still, says Bell, “it would be kind of silly to put a timeline on a record that we felt wasn’t ready.”

When I first heard the news from Billboard about another Weezer album coming out so soon, I was skeptical. Last time the band had a successful record (The “Green Album”) and immediately followed it up (”Maladroit”), that record didn’t do so well.

It is exciting that all of the band members will be collaborating this time around. It seems some of the bands best early material was the result of collaborations. Drummer Pat Wilson was never really known for being a busy or even complicated player, but his early work with the band on his Yamaha drum kit was exactly what the songs needed. He is now a Ludwig drums endorser and can be seen playing Ludwig drums exclusively.

Weezer is currently in the midst of finishing up their current US arena tour with Angels & Airwaves as the opener.

10-14 Inglewood, CA - Great Western Forum
10-17 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
10-18 Phoenix, AZ - Arizona State Fair
10-20 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
10-21 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theater
10-23 Houston, TX - Reliant Arena
10-25 Duluth, GA - Gwinnett Arena

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