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Podcast: Ongoing History of New Music
Episode: Rivers Cuomo and Weezer - Alt-Rock's Nerd Heroes Part 2
Description: The way I see it, there are three types of bands that stretch across a spectrum…first, there’s the extreme sort, a group that will do almost anything to attract attention…you’re probably thinking of some names right now.Next to them are the traditional sort, and they comprise the vast majority of bands out there…these are groups that go out there, do their thing earnestly and honestly, and hope that this will be enough for music lovers…they occupy a huge part of this spectrum.And then we have the third type: the qu...