Weezer's Uncomfortable Success, part 1
Clare Kleinedler, Addicted To Noise, December 1996
WEEZER SINGER/guitarist Rivers Cuomo is a bit nervous. The stretch limousine we are riding in has just pulled up to the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, and even though show time isn't for another five hours, a small group of fans have already lined up on the sidewalk out front.
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