Alright, putting an end to the Nirvana/Pixies argument - he's talking about Nirvana. Don't you guys know anything about Rivers/Weezer? Nirvana might be their/his biggest influence. Hell, they once played a whole show under a different name and played nothing but Nirvana covers. Google it, it's easy to find and listen to on YouTube.
Rivers was like so many of the rest of us...Nevermind was a watershed moment in music, an amazing record that changed our lives and made us want to form bands of our own. Just like other seminal records of rock's past like Nevermind the Bollocks, Velvet Underground & Nico, etc
Besides, you can draw a direct line from the Pixies, particularly Surfer Rosa, to Nevermind. The prior was a huge influence on the latter, as Cobain acknowledged. So if Cuomo has stated the Pixies were a big influence, that only makes since - I had the same experience. Loved Nirvana, found Pixies through Kurt talking about them, then found I really liked the Pixies as well, probably because of the obvious similar mindset if not sound, and was subsequently influenced by both.
Alright, putting an end to the Nirvana/Pixies argument - he's talking about Nirvana. Don't you guys know anything about Rivers/Weezer? Nirvana might be their/his biggest influence. Hell, they once played a whole show under a different name and played nothing but Nirvana covers. Google it, it's easy to find and listen to on YouTube.
Rivers was like so many of the rest of us...Nevermind was a watershed moment in music, an amazing record that changed our lives and made us want to form bands of our own. Just like other seminal records of rock's past like Nevermind the Bollocks, Velvet Underground & Nico, etc
Besides, you can draw a direct line from the Pixies, particularly Surfer Rosa, to Nevermind. The prior was a huge influence on the latter, as Cobain acknowledged. So if Cuomo has stated the Pixies were a big influence, that only makes since - I had the same experience. Loved Nirvana, found Pixies through Kurt talking about them, then found I really liked the Pixies as well, probably because of the obvious similar mindset if not sound, and was subsequently influenced by both.