Editing Weezer (section)

=== Musical style and influences ===
The styles present in the band's music have been variously categorized as [[alternative rock]],<ref name="geek">{{cite web |date=May 28, 2002 |title=Weezer to Bring Geek Rock to the Masses on Summer Tour |url=http://livedaily.com/news/4415.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102184148/http://livedaily.com/news/4415.html |archive-date=January 2, 2010 |access-date=September 26, 2010 |publisher=Livedaily.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=September 27, 2014 |title='Everything Will Be Alright' in Weezer's musical roller coaster ride |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-ms-ca-weezer-20140928-story.html |access-date=December 2, 2017 |newspaper=La times}}</ref><ref name="allmusic bio">{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen |title=Weezer Bio |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/weezer-mn0000243008/biography |access-date=December 2, 2017 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pesantes |first=Erika |date=April 30, 2010 |title=SunFest officials hopeful for good weather, busy weekend |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-04-30/news/fl-sunfest-reminder-20100430_1_sunfest-flogging-molly-busy-weekend |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222308/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-04-30/news/fl-sunfest-reminder-20100430_1_sunfest-flogging-molly-busy-weekend |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |work=Sun Sentinel}}</ref> power pop,<ref name="allmusic bio" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Sawdey |first=Evan |date=November 11, 2010 |title=Weezer: Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition) |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/133445-weezer-pinkerton-deluxe-edition/ |access-date=January 10, 2022 |website=PopMatters}}</ref><ref name="roll">{{cite magazine |title=Album Reviews |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/20949199/review/20961611/weezer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423133617/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/20949199/review/20961611/weezer |archive-date=April 23, 2009 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref name="The Guardian Simpson">{{cite web |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=September 27, 2014 |title=Weezer and Toto: the inside story of music's unlikely love-in |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2018/aug/10/weezer-toto-hash-pipe-africa-inside-story-music-unlikely-love-in |access-date=January 12, 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> [[pop rock]],<ref name="geek" /><ref>{{cite web |date=October 26, 2017 |title=Playlist: What's Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo listening to? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2017/10/26/playlist-whats-weezer-frontman-rivers-cuomo-listening-to/801573001/ |access-date=December 20, 2017 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 14, 2018 |title=The Search for Weezer's Black Album |url=https://medium.com/@leo64/the-search-for-weezers-black-album-e4b5a8a76662 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124060923/https://medium.com/@leo64/the-search-for-weezers-black-album-e4b5a8a76662 |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |access-date=November 23, 2018 |website=Medium}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Weezer connects to find way back to charts |url=http://www.theintell.com/entertainmentlife/20180718/weezer-connects-to-find-way-back-to-charts |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124105707/http://www.theintell.com/entertainmentlife/20180718/weezer-connects-to-find-way-back-to-charts |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |access-date=November 23, 2018 |website=The Intell}}</ref> [[pop-punk]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Matt Sharp – Matt Sharp – Review |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/matt-sharp/matt-sharp.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510090626/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/matt-sharp/matt-sharp.htm |archive-date=May 10, 2012 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |magazine=Stylus Magazine}}</ref><ref name="popmatters1">{{cite web |last=Hogan |first=Marc |date=May 11, 2004 |title=Weezer: Weezer (Blue Album) [Deluxe Edition&#93; < PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/weezer-bluedeluxe/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115123733/https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/weezer-bluedeluxe/ |archive-date=November 15, 2010 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |publisher=Popmatters.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Zhu |first=Eva |date=February 11, 2020 |title=Your Favourite Pop Punk Band Should Grow Up and Retire |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/your_favourite_pop_punk_band_should_grow_up_and_retire |access-date=January 10, 2022 |work=Exclaim!}}</ref> [[geek rock]],<ref name="geek" /><ref>{{cite web |title=The Best Geek Rock Bands |url=https://www.ranker.com/list/geek-rock-bands-and-musicians/reference |access-date=December 20, 2017 |publisher=Ranker}}</ref><ref name="Topić">{{cite book |last=Topić |first=Martina |title=Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2014 |isbn=9781442229761 |editor1-last=DiBlasi |editor1-first=Alex |pages=25–44 |chapter=Taste, Kitsch, and Geek Rock: A Multiple Modernities View |editor2-last=Willis |editor2-first=Victoria}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Sophie |date=December 16, 2021 |title='Christmas With Weezer': How The Nerd Rock Kings Cranked Up Christmas |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/christmas-with-weezer-ep/ |access-date=January 8, 2022 |website=uDiscoverMusic}}</ref> [[emo]],<ref name="The Guardian Simpson" /><ref name="HistoryRock">{{cite book |last=Larson |first=Thomas E. |title=History of Rock and Roll |publisher=Kendall Hunt |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-4652-3886-3 |edition=4 |page=306}}</ref><ref name="Mtv 2">{{cite web |last=Montgomery |first=James |title=Weezer Are The Most Important Band of the Last 10 Years |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/w/weezer/news_feature_102504 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208091429/http://www.mtv.com/bands/w/weezer/news_feature_102504 |archive-date=February 8, 2008 |access-date=December 2, 2017 |work=[[MTV|MTV.com]]}}</ref> [[indie rock]],<ref name="geek" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Sharp |first=Elliott |date=March 22, 2016 |title=Watch indie-rock legends Weezer perform live |url=https://www.redbull.com/int-en/watch-rock-heroes-weezer-play-live-from-red-bull-sound-space |access-date=December 20, 2017 |publisher=Redbull}}</ref> [[emo pop]],<ref name="spin Weezer">{{cite web |date=February 23, 2011 |title=Weezer Reveal 'Pinkerton' Reissue Details |url=http://m.spin.com/entry/view/id/1/pn/all/p/0/?KSID=44d36181b28adf4a07ea253efa89940a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820095940/http://m.spin.com/entry/view/id/1/pn/all/p/0/?KSID=44d36181b28adf4a07ea253efa89940a |archive-date=August 20, 2011 |access-date=December 8, 2017 |work=Spin}}</ref> [[heavy metal music|melodic metal]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=Weezer |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/weezer-mn0000243008 |access-date=August 22, 2018 |website=AllMusic |quote=Alt-rock dons who matched hook-heavy power pop and doses of melodic metal with themes of awkwardness and geekdom.}}</ref> [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Pinkerton - Weezer {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pinkerton-mw0000646499 |access-date=2025-03-30 |language=en}}</ref> [[Pop music|pop]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Hilton |first=Robin |date=October 27, 2017 |title=How Weezer Traded Power Chords For Pop: A Conversation With Rivers Cuomo |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/10/27/560044425/how-weezer-traded-power-chords-for-pop |access-date=December 20, 2017 |publisher=Npr}}</ref> and [[arena rock]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hickie |first=James |title=9 bands commonly mistaken as emo who really aren’t |url=https://www.altpress.com/bands-mistaken-as-emo/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> James Hickie of Alternative Press Magazine dismissed the notion of Weezer as an emo band, assessing: "Pinpointing exactly what Weezer are, musically, is harder than ever these days. [...] In the past five years alone, they’ve made albums of pop covers, orchestral pop and arena rock. Rivers Cuomo and co. are a lot of things [...] — inquisitive, inventive, musically restless — but absolutely not emo."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Hickie |first=James |title=9 bands commonly mistaken as emo who really aren’t |url=https://www.altpress.com/bands-mistaken-as-emo/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> 

The members of Weezer have listed influences such as [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] (with direct references in the song "In the Garage"), [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], [[the Cars]] (whose member [[Ric Ocasek]] produced several Weezer records), [[Cheap Trick]], [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], the [[The Smashing Pumpkins|Smashing Pumpkins]], [[Green Day]] and [[Wax (rock band)|Wax]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Lane |date=October 20, 2009 |title=Weezer's Rivers Cuomo on Flubbing Lil Wayne's Lyrics – Vulture |url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/10/weezers_rivers_cuomo_on.html |access-date=January 10, 2022 |publisher=Nymag.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Goodman |first=William |date=January 4, 2011 |title=Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Covers the Beach Boys &#124; SPIN &#124; SPIN Mix &#124; Videos |url=https://www.spin.com/2011/01/weezers-rivers-cuomo-covers-beach-boys/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420061229/https://www.spin.com/2011/01/weezers-rivers-cuomo-covers-beach-boys/ |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |publisher=SPIN}}</ref> Cuomo credited [[the Beach Boys]] as a major influence, specifically ''[[Pet Sounds]];'' Bell described Weezer's sound as "Beach Boys with [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall stacks]]".<ref>{{cite web |date=May 6, 2016 |title=Weezer: Kings of the world {{!}} Interview {{!}} Upset |url=http://www.upsetmagazine.com/features/weezer-interview-kings-of-the-world-white-album/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917215011/https://www.upsetmagazine.com/features/weezer-interview-kings-of-the-world-white-album/ |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> Operas and musicals such as ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' (1904) and ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' (1970) influenced ''Pinkerton'' and ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]].''<ref name="AloneII">''Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo'' (liner notes). Rivers Cuomo. DGC, Interscope Records. 2008. B0012341-02</ref> The band members' deep appreciation for [[hard rock]] and [[heavy metal music]] was the source of inspiration behind ''[[Van Weezer]]'', including 1970s and 1980s bands like Kiss, [[Black Sabbath]], [[Metallica]], [[Slayer]], [[Rush (band)|Rush]], and [[Van Halen]] (the last of whom inspired the album's title).<ref>{{cite web |last=Schatz |first=Lake |date=September 10, 2019 |title=Weezer Announce New Van Weezer LP, Share "The End of the Game" |url=https://consequence.net/2019/09/van-weezer-album-end-of-the-game-song-stream/ |access-date=May 18, 2021 |website=[[Consequence of Sound]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Childers |first=Chad |date=April 21, 2021 |title=Weezer Channel Youthful Ambition With 'I Need Some of That' |url=https://loudwire.com/weezer-i-need-some-of-that-lyrics-van-weezer-album/ |access-date=May 18, 2021 |website=[[Loudwire]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=April 21, 2021 |title=Weezer's 'Homage' To Metal World, 'Van Weezer', To Arrive In May |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/weezers-homage-to-metal-world-van-weezer-to-arrive-in-may/ |access-date=May 18, 2021 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref>