Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has already completed about 400 pages of an upcoming memoir, according to Gigwise.com. That's one book down, and another seven to go, if he sticks with the current treatment planned for his work.
We first reported on the reclusive singer’s literary intentions back in August, when he shared his plan to write a book based on the contents of diaries he had written during his Harvard days. Cuomo wrote on his MySpace blog that the book would be “just as much musical in nature as literary,” and was definitely not a memoir.
Well, the times they are a-changin', and so to are both the subject and scope of Cuomo’s project. Perhaps influenced by Don McLean’s Buddy Holly-inspired ballad “American Pie,” Cuomo has already completed the first 400 pages of what he says will be an 8-volume memoir. The epic collection will span from Cuomo’s childhood to the present, with the first volume focusing on the early days of Weezer, roughly from 1992-1994.
No publishing deal or release date for the books has been announced, though Cuomo says a publishing deal for the first volume is on the table. But take heart, Weezer fans – you can catch up with Cuomo and the rest of the band when the new Weezer album drops April 22 on Geffen Records.
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