In a current dialog with Kevan Kenney, Rivers Cuomo shared an intriguing story about Weezer’s hit “Hash Pipe.” Cuomo revealed that earlier than the track turned a defining observe for the band, he supplied it to Ozzy Osbourne, who in the end turned it down.
Cuomo defined that “Hash Pipe” was not like something Weezer had finished on the time, and the band didn’t initially see it as a match for themselves. He mentioned, “I simply wrote it and thought, ‘Who ought to we give this to?’ So I despatched it to Ozzy Osbourne, and he handed. Someway, it ended up making the lower for our third document, turned the primary single, and we nonetheless play it at present.”
The track was launched because the lead single from Weezer’s 2001 album, The Inexperienced Album. Cuomo elaborated on the story in an interview with Guitar World, recalling that Osbourne had as soon as requested if he had any songs to supply. “I simply occurred to have written ‘Hash Pipe,’” Cuomo mentioned. “He didn’t find yourself utilizing it. In one other actuality, it could be fascinating to listen to him singing that track.”
Though Osbourne didn’t document “Hash Pipe,” Weezer later paid homage to his work by incorporating the enduring riff from “Loopy Prepare” into their track “Blue Dream” on the album Van Weezer. Cuomo defined that the track initially featured a special riff however famous, “It wasn’t the best guitar riff of all time.” Their supervisor coincidentally urged utilizing the “Loopy Prepare” riff, which in the end formed the observe.
Weezer has remained lively with vital milestones in 2024. The band launched into the Voyage to the Blue Planet tour with Dinosaur Jr. and The Flaming Lips, celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of The Blue Album by taking part in it in full. In addition they launched a Tremendous Deluxe Version of the album on November 1, 2024, solidifying its enduring legacy.
