Weezer and Queens of the Stone Age killed it at Shaky Knees.

I'm pretty sure Rivers is high functioning autistic. He is an incredibly strange person but is obsessive about his guitar work and song-writing. He's also obsessed with being well-received by fans, which is good sometimes and bad as well, as it can negatively affect songwriting, such as the turd that was SZNZ in 2022. I hope he gets back to putting more albums out like OK Human, White Album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, Blue, and Pinkerton.

I'm seeing them this fall on the tour with Dinosaur Jr and Flaming Lips. I've never seen them before, so I'm excited about this one. I think they are playing the whole blue album too.

Dinosaur Jr still going hard in that monsoon was amazing, was absolutely drenched but damn it was a good time

Speaking of smaller bands big shout outs to Winona Fighter, Tigercub, and Microwave all were so good despite their early slots

Rivers is and has always been one of the most underrated guitarists of his era. A lot of people also don't know he grew up as a metalhead, and most of his music and bands before Weezer were metal. He still had hair down to his arse shortly before the blue album was recorded.

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If you have never seen any of those three, you are in for a treat. Three awesome live bands.

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I've seen Dinosaur Jr and Flaming Lips both multiple times and I agree. Always fun shows. Weezer's been one of my favorite bands since high school, but somehow I've never made it to a show.

Homme is an animal and QOTSA are great live. I saw them in a venue maybe half full (couple big acts playing town that week and they were overlooked) and they brought the house down like the place was slam full.

I saw Weezer at underground at a 99X freeloader concert. Maybe 04? Love them.