Rivers Cuomo Musical artist

Rivers Cuomo (/ˈkwoʊmoʊ/; born June 13, 1970) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Weezer. Raised in an ashram in Connecticut, Cuomo moved to Los Angeles at age 19, where he participated in a number of rock bands before founding Weezer in 1992, with whom he has released nine studio albums.In 2011, he released a self-titled Japanese-language album with Scott Murphy under the name Scott & Rivers. Cuomo has also released three compilation albums of home demos: Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo (2007), Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo (2008) and Alone III: The Pinkerton Years (2011).

Personal facts

Rivers Cuomo
Birth dateJune 13, 1970
Birth place
Manhattan
Hometown
Pomfret Connecticut

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Musical artist

Career started1984
associated musical artist
Weezer
Homie (band)
B.o.B
Scott & Rivers
Avant Garde (band)
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Progressive metal
Alternative rock
Power pop
Indie rock
Pop punk
instrument
Bass guitar
Clarinet
Drum kit
Guitar
Harmonica
Piano
Trumpet
Fender Stratocaster
Gibson Les Paul
Singing
Gibson SG
Gibson Explorer

Rivers Cuomo on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://community.livejournal.com/rivers_words
  2. http://goinginanewdirection.tripod.com/id10.html
  3. http://riverscuomo.com
  4. http://www.facebook.com/ScottAndRivers
  5. http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2850&Itemid=0
  6. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=513079