Say It Ain’t So! Weezer Disband

What?! A mention of actual ‘pop’ on popfilth? Next we’ll be showing you actual pieces of shit.

Weezer, the band that brought us Island In The Sun, Hashpipe and The Sweater Song, are er… disbanding. In an interview with MTV, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo revealed: “Well, the band is all back in Los Angeles, and I sometimes I speak with Patrick, and I occasionally e-mail with Brian and Scott, but we've never mentioned getting together. Really, for the moment, we are done. And I'm not certain we'll ever make a record again, unless it becomes really obvious to me that we need to do one.”

Rivers is currently living in Japan with his new wife Kyoko. Far from stifling his creativity this dull, new, life-stage has left him “feeling pretty creative and excited”. He’s been churning out lyrics like a maniac, but told MTV with furrowed brow: “I don't know what'll happen with these songs – if anything – I just sort of write them and I can't stop. I certainly don't see them becoming Weezer songs, and I don't really see the point of a solo career. So we'll just have to see.”

I can see his point; it’s a bit like masturbation really. I can’t ever see myself doing it with a group, but at the same time I don’t really see the point of a solo either. And yet, why the guilt? The sooner we can find a way to inject music and sex directly into our brains the better.