Editing Weezer (Green Album) (section)

== Promotion ==
The album was met with enthusiasm from the record label;<ref name="page 324">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 324.</ref> according to Weezer collaborator Karl Koch, "They had nothing but supportive and excited things to say about it."<ref name="page 324" /> However, the album's original release date of April 17 was postponed due to executives not liking Cuomo's choice of "[[Hash Pipe]]" as the first single. Citing the song's lurid content about a [[transvestite]] [[prostitute]] as inappropriate, they suggested that "Don't Let Go" be chosen as the first single.<ref name="page 325">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 325.</ref> However, Cuomo continued to fight and "Hash Pipe" eventually became the album's first single.<ref name="page 325" /> The label tried to postpone the release date further until June, but the band convinced them to adhere to the May 15 release date.<ref name="page 335">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 335.</ref>

The video for "Hash Pipe" was directed by [[Marcos Siega]] and was the first of many Weezer videos directed by Siega.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Weezer – Video Capture Device |title-link=Weezer – Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991–2002 |others=Karl Koch |type=liner |publisher=Geffen Records}}</ref> In the video, Weezer performs in an arena while a group of sumo wrestlers are fighting in the background.<ref name="page 335" /> The song title was often [[Censorship of music|censored]] as "H*** Pipe" (the title employed on the music video's title card) or "Half Pipe".<ref name="page 335" /><ref name="page 338">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 338.</ref> The song became a hit on the [[MTV]] show ''[[Total Request Live]]''<ref name="page 339">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 339.</ref> and also received heavy rotation on radio,<ref name="page 343" /> peaking at number two on the [[Modern Rock Tracks|US Modern Rock Charts]].<ref name="billboardsinglesweez">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=weezer|chart=all}}|title=Hash Pipe – Weezer|access-date=August 16, 2010|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> The song was nominated for ''[[High Times]]'' magazine's "Pot Song of the Year".<ref name="Neal">{{cite web | last = Weiss | first = Neal | url = http://new.music.yahoo.com/weezer/news/artist-name-weezer-id-1028852-staind-afroman-spark-the-doobies--12062863 | title = Weezer, Staind, Afroman Spark The 'Doobies' | publisher =[[Yahoo! News]] | access-date = December 10, 2007}}</ref><ref name="page 375">Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 375</ref>

The next single, "[[Island in the Sun (Weezer song)|Island in the Sun]]", was a radio hit and became one of Weezer's biggest overseas hits.<ref name="islandheap">{{cite web | last = Koch | first = Karl | url = http://www.weezer.com/news/greenalbum/greenalbumBIGPAGE.html#islandl#island | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030323221459/http://www.weezer.com/news/greenalbum/greenalbumBIGPAGE.html#islandl#island | archive-date = March 23, 2003 | title = Weezer The Green Album – Island in the Sun | publisher =Weezer.com | access-date = September 18, 2010}}</ref> It peaked at number 11 on the [[Modern Rock Tracks|US Modern Rock Charts]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=weezer|chart=all}}|title=Island in the Sun – Weezer|access-date=August 16, 2010|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> and at number 31 on the [[UK Top 40]].<ref name="officialcharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/weezer/|title=Weezer – Artist Chart History|access-date=January 7, 2011|publisher=The Official Charts|archive-date=June 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615200156/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/weezer/|url-status=live}}</ref> Two music videos were created for the song: the first video, directed by Marcos Siega, shows Weezer playing the song at a [[Mexican people|Mexican]] couple's [[wedding reception]] and features all four band members.<ref name="page 356">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 356.</ref> The executives at MTV disliked Siega's video, prompting the band to film a second video.<ref name="page 363">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 363.</ref>

After suffering a breakdown from the stress of touring, undiagnosed [[bipolar disorder]], and drug abuse, Welsh attempted suicide and left Weezer in 2001.<ref name="nerv2">{{cite web|title=Interview with Outsider Artist Mikey Welsh|url=http://www.rocksaltplum.com/RSPSpring2007/ARTMikeyWelsh.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070812121105/http://www.rocksaltplum.com/RSPSpring2007/ARTMikeyWelsh.html|archive-date=August 12, 2007|access-date=October 15, 2007|publisher=Rock Salt Plum}}</ref> Without him,<ref name="page 363" /> the band filmed a second video for "Island in the Sun", directed by [[Spike Jonze]] and featured the band playing with wild animals.<ref name="page 362">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 362.</ref><ref name="page 365">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 365.</ref> Sharp may have been approached to be in the video.<ref name="page 423">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 523.</ref> [[Scott Shriner]], who was filling in for Welsh and later became a permanent member of Weezer, stated in the commentary for "[[Weezer – Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991–2002|Video Capture Device]]" that he almost asked the band to let him appear in the video.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Weezer – Video Capture Device |title-link=Weezer – Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991–2002 |others=Karl Koch |type=commentary |publisher=Geffen Records}}</ref> The second video received much wider airplay than the original and has become the standard video for the song.<ref name="page 363" />

The third and final single from the album was "[[Photograph (Weezer song)|Photograph]]", which was released to radio in early November.<ref name="page 388">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 388.</ref> The single peaked at number 17 on the US Modern Rock Charts.<ref name="billboardsinglesweez" /> In Japan it was released as the first single instead of "Hash Pipe."<ref name="gar">{{cite web | last = Koch | first = Karl | url = http://www.weezer.com/info/tunes/index03.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071215201959/http://www.weezer.com/info/tunes/index03.html | archive-date = December 15, 2007 | title = Tunes: The Weezer Discography – Page 3 | publisher =Weezer.com | access-date = September 18, 2010}}</ref> The band felt the song didn't have the staying power of the previous singles,<ref name="page 392">[[#luerssen|Luerssen (2004)]], p. 392.</ref> and thus decided to pass on a big-name director for the music video, opting instead to have Karl Koch shoot and edit a video from on-the-road footage.<ref name="page 392" /> It was the band's first music video featuring Shriner.