Weezer’s Patrick Wilson is a drummer just like many of us reading this article right now. He loves Rush and Van Halen. He says things like, “I buy so much gear based on demos that I see online, and then I get it home and wonder why I can’t play like the guy who did the demo.” Then he utters the thought that drummers like Bill Stewart and Jojo Mayer have him thinking about “taking some more lessons.” Then he openly admits, “If I hadn’t found Rivers Cuomo (Weezer’s lead singer and songwriter) I might be playing in a jam band somewhere and just telling people how cool the band Polytown is.” But Patrick did meet fellow music lover and songwriter Rivers Cuomo and together they have guided Weezer through 30 years of success and hits. And in the end, Patrick says it all when he says repeatedly (in that […]

June 2024 Issue