Rivers Cuomo on Weezer's New Album and a Nirvana Conspiracy | Broken Record (Hosted by Rick Rubin)

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[@bobbymata5515]

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[@PatrickHelyer]

Rivers is doing a solid Butch Vig cosplay nowdays

[@thebackwoodwzrd]

*Kurt

[@bobbymata5515]

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[@tf2_engineer_real]

Sounds like a confirmation to me...

[@theodorebouchet321]

yes!!!!!!!!

[@lebronjames6279]

This is such a surreal yet amazing interview

[@dibs0equiped]

You got it all wrong. Kurt Cobain never existed. It was Rivers playing Cobain then killing off that character. No wonder Krist is so sad. He couldn't believe it. "My best friend is really the frontman of this nerd band?" Also Paul McCartney is not who you think he is. His name was Billy...something I forget. Eminem is also a robot. No one could rap that fast and also make music that bad. (And the production jesus. It's unhuman how bad the mixings are.)

[@anemaldemomusic8182]

im genuinely worried for you bro

[@dibs0equiped]

@@anemaldemomusic8182 You're a good person!

[@anemaldemomusic8182]

@@dibs0equiped Yeah? Thanks!

[@theragoooverlord5021]

Billy shepherd is who your thinking of. George Harrisons wife is on video calling Paul "hello billy".

[@MassiveMiniGaming]

maybe Kurt Cobain is really the friends we've made along the way

[@DylTyrril]

I've seen Rivers far more reserved in some interviews, but he seemed really relaxed and composed here. I love that he recognizes and celebrates his own triumphs too, but never in a way that seems braggadocios or overly self-adulating. It's refreshing to see, really.

[@mork6894]

Rivers has gone though such an evolution from his earlier days as a musician. He's come a long way and it's good to hear him be so open about his creative process

[@altagraciaadames3483]

Yeah I know , starting as a grunge God .........

[@13StJimmy]

It really is their best album in years

[@williambartholmey5946]

Yes, but every album from EWBAITE on is very good. There are dud songs here and there, but also peak Weezer on each of them.

[@leejlogan]

@@williambartholmey5946 The black album, teal album and pacific daydream are woeful

[@williambartholmey5946]

@@leejlogan I don't consider the Teal album a 'Weezer album' because it doesn't have Weezer songs. Pacific Daydream and the Black album are far from woeful though.

[@theelectricant98]

Since White

[@theelectricant98]

@@williambartholmey5946 they are not consistent at all. Each of those have a couple good tracks but that doesn't make them good albums. Nowhere near pinkerton, blue, white, of even green for that matter

[@bobbymata1090]

Rivers resemblance to Kurt's dad is uncanny

[@SherMusician]

Thank u. I was yhr the one who brought this to light 12 years ago. It is kurt. Their kid photos are identical but they quickly took my photo when u have proof. Same dad same baby photos

[@immersivenarrative]

His voice really resembled kurt’s at some points. That makes for an interesting interview! I wanna hear the album now !

[@allyemeraart]

especially the demos pre blue album, where he's doing a more "rock" voice.

[@bobbymata5515]

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[@illuminatedsinger]

Talks like Kurt

[@steven_k117]

He has a lot of the same speech mannerisms as Kurt and the voice is very similar, especially when you hear him singing a lot of times. A lot of physical similarities too. The conspiracy is probably true, and that kind of thing isn't uncommon. A lot of musicians have faked their deaths to become another artist.

[@ismail-ws2fr]

​@@steven_k117could you give an example the musicians who faked their death

[@rangoononline]

I thought that was Butch Vig in the picture

[@Ben2D]

LMAO

[@takeabowbot7164]

He is not lying

[@theelectricant98]

Watching this on the toilet

[@ghostproxy11]

Just finished walking the dog

[@austinchaseofficial]

Same

[@666slateran666]

Vibes

[@braxtonolita]

a poo of glory to remember🔥

[@HealingandProtection]

sitting next to my grandpa… and I thought my grandpa was Kurt Cobain. the heck?!

[@casebarreoltt5990]

I think the Rivers thing is a red herring. It's Matt Sharp who was Kurt.

[@1979Weasel]

Make Believe (produced by Rubin) is a great great album and completely misjudged by many critics. Bless the guitars on that album.

[@-Teague-]

Agreed, such a beautiful piece of work. Some people just don't get it.

[@mint_1919]

I don't think this is disrespectful, I think Rivers was just happy to know that he was being compared to his idol and he liked the thought of him actually being his idol so he just wanted to play along.

[@mint_1919]

And honestly, this just makes Rivers look more human because be honest, we've all fantasized about being our idols or in this case, Kurt Cobain.

[@aidanhickey9845]

It's interesting to hear him answer as 'Kurt' because it forces him to draw on his knowledge of him when answering.

[@aidanhickey9845]

@@mint_1919 We've all imagined ourselves as the one singing when listening to our favourite songs.

[@altagraciaadames3483]

Yeah very interesting, cause a , it's either extremely disrespectful to a deceased rock God, or b it's extremely damning, yeah what's that muscles, you ever see Riveurt Cuobain ask him super fast. His opinion on the foo fightets

[@Bobby-sy5kn]

That's because they're one in the same

[@casebarreoltt5990]

this makes me want to make a " Nirveezer" bumper sticker. But I probably won't.

[@psychologicalsigma9917]

The interview with Kurt wearing the same glasses rivers wears.... The one where he says I'm also a hermaphrodite

[@VBC_Records]

they dont look alike but their cadence and vocal nuances are exactly the same

[@scottbaylo]

I will normally entertain any, and every conspiracy theory, the world isn't as cut and dry as most people like to think it is. At first I was going to completely dismiss this based on the voice difference alone, but they really do sound so much alike. As of right now, I don't have enough information to make a decision either way, so I'll reserve judgment until more info comes to me. Here's a few things to remember when you come across certain things like this that sounds "crazy", or just seems highly unlikely at first glance. The general public is kept in dark when it comes to so many things, and a lot of things we might think of as impossible, aren't. For example, in the case of Kurt faking his death and becoming Rivers, plastic surgery could be performed to change his appearance, and to change his voice, an operation on his vocal chords could be performed. "But why would anyone go to such drastic measures? He was in the biggest band, and was on top of the world." It might not make much sense to many people, I'm just saying it's possible... but if you wanna go down the road of "why", you can look at it from the point of view that he was someone who knew he'd used up his best material, and the best way to "cash in" would be to die at the top of your game. Although I liked some of their songs, I thought they were ridiculously overrated at the time they were around. I could rant forever about how nirvana, in reality, ranged from mediocre to pretty good. During the late 80s to mid 90s time period, there was no shortage of amazing underground bands, many of them better bands that wrote far better songs. Nirvana, along with Smashing Pumpkins, essentially won the lottery (SP is actually way more of a head scratcher, they pretty much suck!). But in all honesty, there's no magic formula, or secrets to making it big. The powers that be need only to take any song, by any band (as long as it has some kind of hook in it), and have it repeated a few times per day on the radio, MTV, or whatever the popular medium is at the time, and sit back and watch as the moronic public slap their fins together/throw their money at it. For some reason, most people need to be told what to like. It's actually surprising when a really good band like Jimmy Eat World becomes popular. They're not really "pretty boys", and they're hardly "dangerous" enough to scare your parents. I'd say they're more plain looking than anything, but they write amazing music.

[@-Teague-]

​@@scottbayloRivers existed as a normal child before and while Nirvana was active lol

[@scottbaylo]

@@-Teague- Is this first hand info? Because if you’re going by whatever dates/details that everyone with internet access can look up, then you’re talking outta yer bum, and you really don’t know anything more than anyone reading this comment, or watching this video. And if we are going by publicly available information, he wasn’t a child, he was either an adult, or at least in his late teens when Weezer put out that one blue album (without looking it up, I’d say it was around 94). I really don’t wanna get into a whole thing with this, it’s damn near 3am! And I honestly don’t know if I think this is ridiculous or not?! At first glance, of course it sounds insane! But we can get into all kinds of things (like clones) where if that really is something being used, then it’s suddenly less ridiculous… then add in whatever technology is being used behind closed doors, that we couldn’t begin to imagine, now it’s gone from possible to probable. But I guess that all depends on what you believe, and if you’re willing to admit to yourself that you might not know as much as you think you do about this batshit nutty world.

[@-Teague-]

@@scottbaylo photographic evidence exists of his childhood. I shouldn't argue with you about this though, since your logic is just "this would be possible if certain technologies existed!!!" Which could explain away literally anything

[@scottbaylo]

@@-Teague- So you believe the public is kept in the loop on how far advanced technology is, and something like “deep fakes” for an example couldn’t have possibly existed? If so then you’re right, we shouldn’t bother continuing

[@digitalsoldier3894]

Here is something for you all to seriously consider... Kurt Cobain signed a final Autograph for a fan at Seattle Airport on April 1st 1994. He signed Kurt D Cobain along with the Date, April 5th 1994. It was in a copy of Mansfield Park. Kurt died on April 5th 1994. Everything about his death points to Murder and Not Suicide which is Fact. If it wasn't suicide and definitely Murder then why did he put the date of April 5th 1994 beside his last signature? This only points to one absolute reason... Kurt faked his death on April 5th and would become Rivers Cuomo. Add in the weird Instagram posts by Rivers clearly pointing out that he is indeed Kurt Cobain. I firmly believe that Kurt is alive as Rivers Cuomo and whoever was playing Kurt/Rivers on June 22 1992 when Kurt was in Belfast and Rivers was performing in the States on that date was a body double, I have a feeling that the Double used was Nirvana's Original Drummer, Chad Channing. He got away alive from Courtney Love, Cali DeWitt, Dylan carlson, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Eric Erlandson and the others who were directly involved in his "Murder". Grohl and Smear were Industry plants also involved in the murder of Taylor Hawkins, he too wanted to leave Foo Fighters just like Kurt wanted to leave Nirvana. and Courtney Love was an MK Ultra Satanist Witch heavily involved with Epstein and the Island. Krist may or may not know that Kurt is Rivers along with Francis Bean Cobain, there is also the underlooked fact that Krist"s Car was parked outside/nearby Kurt's place around the time of the "murder" so I have reason to believe that Krist may have indeed helped his friend escape despite the fallout they had a few weeks prior. Rivers clearly looks like Kurt's Dad, Donald, when he was younger too. Rivers also says that he was Nirvana's Biggest fan and the instagram post where he superimposes his face onto Kurt's is a dead giveaway too. The facial structure, height and inside of the ears match with Kurt's. If I was married to Courtney Love and she and Cali tried to OD me with Roofies and Champagne in Rome then lock myself in a Bathroom with a shotgun to protect myself from Courtney then i would fake my death too. He escaped Rehab because he didnt feel save there even though they wouldn't allow Courtney to see him so she would have had someone else visit him. On April 2nd when Kurt was with a friend, he told that friend that he believed someone was following me. Kurt didnt want to be part of the Industry, he was sick of his Marriage, the heroin, the touring and wanted to deop out of Lollapolooza '94 plus the Band morale was at such an all time low that Kurt would give any interviews with Krist, Grohl and Smear. He had enough of the fame and fortune, he wasnt happy but he would never have killed himself. Rivers being so open and accomodating with the "Conspiracy Theory" that he is actually Kurt and how he sounds and what he says in this interview is more of an admission. The only thing that really bugs me is how he doesn't exactly acknowledge the suicides of numerous Nirvana Fans after April 8th. I firmly believe that he is alive and if on a small percentage that he isnt alive then he was definitley murdered. Soaked in Bleach points out just about every single inaccuracy that his death was not a suicide, when leading forensic investigators, Police Officers, Chiefs, Private Investigators, Family Members and Friends say it was definitley not a suicide then it certainly was not a Suicide. The Final Autograph Kurt gave and picking that particular date above any other was no mistake at all, he knew that was his goodbye date and not because he was commiting suicide as we all know thay didn't. Allen Wrench and El Duce got cold feet when asked by Courtney to Kill Kurt but Wrench definitley whacked El Duce aka Eldon hoke because of his confession in the 1997 BBC Documentary.

[@BriansYellowCamaro]

no ones reading all this but rivers cuomo is NOT kurt cobain 🙏🙏

[@Danielle14..6]

@@BriansYellowCamaro Do you want to learn the truth or do you want to believe in lies like the mass population?? you only live once why not learn about how this world really operates you’re only harming yourself by not knowing

[@johnes]

Ok human is the best weezer album since white and black album 😈

[@theragoooverlord5021]

He does look like Kurt in the in bloom music video.

[@gavin4848]

Goat punishment videos are uncanny guitar tone .. best Nirvana cover band ever.

[@patriciofernandez2711]

Wow, didn't know Rivers was this articulate.

[@braxtonolita]

this is sarcastic right😂

[@patriciofernandez2711]

How do you mean?

[@BC-mq5kj]

Rivers between the first album and Pinkerton enrolled at Harvard studying literature i believe

[@leo--4341]

pov you’ve never heard rivers speak

[@seanohartaigh2209]

The walrus was rivers

[@theangryginger7582]

But would Kurt Cobain ever have written no one else?

[@edwardhiller1708]

Exactly...although I think that song is satire but I don’t think Kurt would make that song

[@allyemeraart]

@@edwardhiller1708 i feel like (and no i'm not actually saying i believe this, but for sake of the argument) that if kurt could write "rape me" and say those words, he could probably write no one else in the same vein.

[@bobbymata5515]

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[@shade9105]

​@@sthirteen typical?

[@astrobrieastrology]

What's crazy is how similar really they always have been

[@samhailess]

i love him

[@jordyundieground3270]

I luv him mor

[@Paul-dw2cl]

Donny Most

[@millerprj]

If I wasn't confused before, I am now... lol

[@braxtonolita]

dangit was psyched to hear this interview but........

[@ごましお-y5h]

リバースが歌い続けてくれる事が嬉しい

[@AmberSumerall]

So did they kill this guy and put Kurt’s consciousness in his brain?

[@bruh-gn5kc]

Are you implying Kurt wrote Raditude?

[@madiqs7615]

@@bruh-gn5kc LMAOOOO

[@allyemeraart]

@@bruh-gn5kc smells like partying

[@uncooldispatch5438]

MK ultra

[@Bobby-sy5kn]

Same guy

[@Lebowski55]

They look absolutely nothing alike. Other than that’s, it’s plausible.

[@leejlogan]

Yeah, it's definitely one of rhe dumbest things I've heard in a while

[@redwarrior118]

Look at the Nirvana In Bloom thumbnail 😂

[@gavin4848]

You could try overlaying the photos and see that his facial features are spaced uncannily similarly. I guess DNA is the only test people will accept. His daughter should be a match or not.

[@steven_k117]

They get plastic surgery done. But still can tell a lot of times. It happens more than you think.

[@HanOle12]

Rivers: "yuah"

[@coolthaunderdog8573]

The one question that matters he is not asking...... Will we ever see a complete finished version of Sounds From The Black Hole release

[@DugGLe55FuR]

I mean... the answer is no.... right?

[@skinnyneckhex]

All the demos have been released. I don’t think they will ever do that

[@heightenedsenses9605]

Rivers studied kurts music so much he was a massive fan...he figured out Kurt's formula 😮

[@takeabowbot7164]

This is mockery

[@williamivanhoe8264]

Well, if it is him, then Kurt should have had same issues at his "end" as Rivers had at approx the time of him going to Harvard in 1995 (year after Kurt's death). Rivers says he had issues and operation with the "Ilizarov procedure" to extend a leg that was 2 inches shorter. The Lizarov apparatus is a kind of steel framework with srcews attached on the lower leg mostly. So Kurt should have had the same issue of a shorter leg. Anybody there? :-) Yes, there are pictures of the end-scene which can make you think he had such an apparatus at the exit time. At least some people noticed something strange with his jeans and thought his leg was broken (last pic of him when lying on the floor). The jeans has been modified at the end to tightly fit the ankle. Also the stories of Kurt wearing 2 jeans over each other can be placed in this light.

[@williamivanhoe8264]

Update: Rivers said he had the Ilizarov apparatus on his femer, typically for some cases this has an extension brace to the lower leg. Now, other way round: Kurt was suffering since long from scoliosis (curved spine). One of the known causes for this is an uneven leg length. Just adding ...

[@josee4283]

yeah the conspiracy thing is stupid

[@ELSTINKO.]

We know it's you Kurt

[@josee4283]

@@ELSTINKO. oh hey kurt

[@anemaldemomusic8182]

@@josee4283 its me kurt

[@VixxKong2]

We really got a "Paul is de@d" type of introduction here 😂

[@DrewKruck]

This is genius :)

[@alexblue1989]

Phenomenal album

[@dannycolverson6944]

Rivers lost me around the 5 minute mark when he started saying weezer wrote more interesting melodies and chord progressions than Nirvana. WHAT??!!

[@illuminatedsinger]

Why would rivers do this interview? He’s already a great songwriter and pretends to be Kurt? Isn’t that disrespectful?…even for Rick…both disrespecting Kurt….unless it’s true.

[@steven_k117]

Exactly. They would never really do something like this unless it was actually true.

[@mattweiman5144]

This is great

[@katcvlvste]

Nirvweetles

[@puertoriconnect4611]

I love this so much.

[@Glitch_sa_Mhaitris]

He should have acknowledged those Nirvana Fans who took their own lives.

[@finna1002]

Bros accent is exactly like Kurt when he’s speaking

[@illuminatedsinger]

Can’t fake it

[@finna1002]

@@illuminatedsinger facts

[@FattyMateo]

Why won't this play?

[@alt94rock44]

Fucking hell Rick...... cut the fucking Cobain conspiracy theory!!

[@MagillSvenski]

The joke got stale pretty quick, would have preferred a straight interview

[@mytorment]

Cobain n Cuomo were part of a similar artist creative process, they're both very special young Christian boys, Cobain just hated anything orchestrated, including what they made of him, so he spoiled their investment or they spoiled him for spoiling things and got themselves a team player; Cuomo, Oll Klar

[@-Teague-]

Neither of them are/were Christians though? Cobain was at one point but he quit it and Rivers has never been to my knowledge

[@mytorment]

@@-Teague- they both ate bread at some point, they sang, they smiled in public, they played music freely, they were Christian/ loved by Christ, obviously; they both had stars 🤩

[@mytorment]

Nearly all early Weezer is about Christianity, sweater song, say it ain't so, it's loaded content about people killing young intelligent Christian men, it's why Rivers got snuffed and replaced with a clone, say it ain't so actually features ze clone Cuomo 🙊🙉🙈

[@-Teague-]

@@mytorment you are joking about the clone thing right? Are you okay?

[@mytorment]

@@-Teague-IAM AOK gyptsie don't doubt my validity, I've already got a lobotomy for that concerned neighbour crap, world has been cloning since 1800's, blue collar work for pigs, post men and navy seals, don't read a book 😇☮️🫒

[@Pureevilhotsauce]

"I think I was pretty wasted the first time we met?" "You were pretty wasted err... **remember what we rehearsed**... BOTH times we met!" He laughs. He laughs

[@OGGOAT23]

Kurdt rocks

[@Sliver90]

bro, i always see your comment in any Nirvana related videos.

[@theodorebouchet321]

WTF!!!!!!!!!! this is insane

[@HiHowAreYou7673]

....maybe Rick could talk Rivers into doing some CCR covers???????????????????????????😎🙏

[@ectoplasma5]

I knew it !!!

[@Hi8862]

Haha I love it!

[@illuminatedsinger]

Totally cobain.

[@thescoobymike]

Fredo

[@sydlambert9414]

😂😂😂👍

[@themonareelsmusic7785]

can't be true, because Kurt Cobain actually liked bands with women in them

[@leejlogan]

This sounds dumb, please explain why your comment is not dumb. Thanks you

[@wspann1967]

This sounds dumb, please explain why your comment is not dumb. Thanks you

[@leejlogan]

@@wspann1967 it should say "thank you" not "thanks you". Please explain why thanks you is dumb but is ultimately more appropriate than thank you. Thanks you

[@themonareelsmusic7785]

@@leejlogan if you weren't bots, my response would be--um, because it's actually true? I don't know how else to explain.

[@ethansadberry6069]

Thanks you

[@leo--4341]

They look nothing alike. different nose different head, different voice, different body

[@fidelrivera2887]

Rivers cant be Kurt... I never seen him smoke once! Fake your death. Sure. NP. Fake your death AND quit smoking?! No way!

[@gothygothy608]

what if he did smoke secretly

[@TheIslandDivision]

There are A LOT of people who smoked in the 90's who have quit. And just because you don't see it.... nevermind you won't.

[@Wikipeedee3]

he used to smoke

[@mikebruzzone9570]

Sorry W is not Nirvana, just like Weezer is not Foo Fighters. Nor is W BB. W is the opposite side of the fence. mb

[@mikebruzzone9570]

"Lift an eyebrow it weigh too much". Nor is W GD, Although W is smart rock'. mb

[@mikebruzzone9570]

Nirvana is extraordinary when acoustic also only. mb

[@mikebruzzone9570]

Don't jinx W, u can never say ur Beatles. Are u like Beatles, everyone knows from Mavers that answer must always be "no". mb

[@mikebruzzone9570]

The big chorus thing is big, its call contemporary, as if W does not know that . . . .mb

[@astrobrieastrology]

Saw this at 222

[@theprogrammerrolandmc3039]

Iggy Pop was right about this band

[@altagraciaadames3483]

RIVEURT Cuobain

[@tywagner9563]

no chin cleft

[@BennieTarrMusic]

This is rediculous

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

It was funny for 4 minutes

[@IAspie-o1g]

Kurt Cobain Still Alive and Go by charlie chittenden paranormal Now and you should really check out His youtube channel.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

His massive bald patch disappeared overnight....

[@Rigg5]

This is horrible acting to create a cover story. He had his butt chin smoothed out and ear lobe modified. Then they feminized his voice to remove the rasp. Shame

[@steven_k117]

Yes that's true but what's worst is that I don't believe he did any of this willingly. He's being punished for wrecking the corporate music industry in the early 90's.

[@Rigg5]

@@steven_k117 goat punishment

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

Looks like butch vig

[@dlpeepz]

🤜🏻💥🤛🏻

[@jayskaggs6017]

lol wut

[@karl3637]

kinda bad taste

[@TiltBoxBreaks]

That’s cause it’s him fr

[@mustymax5878]

Incredibly disrespectful

[@grayson2847]

What do you mean?

[@anthonyv6962]

Lighten up

[@simunijima3327]

What the fuck?

[@erikberquist5302]

I promise Cobain would either (i) not care or (ii) think it's hilarious.

[@erikalesi7603]

You spelled pointless wrong.