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Weezer: 50,000,000 Weezer Fans Can’t Be Wrong

Erik Himmelsbach, Request, May 2001

BEFORE IT finds a cozy place in the annals of rock mythology alongside Ozzy's bat-biting, Rod Stewart's stomach pumping, and Mama Cass' deadly ham sandwich, let's make one thing perfectly clear: Rivers Cuomo is not insane. He doesn't smell, his hair is neatly groomed, the time since his shave can be measured in hours, and he did not turn into Jell-O in a recording studio last year.

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