Weezer Shares Five Previously Unreleased Tracks Recorded for the BBC

As Weezer continues to thrill fan-packed arenas on their “Voyage To The Blue Planet” North American tour, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their seminal debut album, Weezer, aka The Blue Album, the band has just shared five previously unreleased BBC recordings recorded in January 1995 while they were promoting the Blue Album on their first-ever UK and European “World Domination Tour.” The recordings of “My Name Is Jonas,” “In The Garage,” “No One Else,” and “Surf Wax America” were recorded for BBC’s Evening Sessions on January 26th, 1995 and are being released commercially for the first time following their original broadcast. An acoustic version of “Buddy Holly” recorded the following day for Greater London Radio, which inexplicably never aired, is also now available to hear for the first time.

The BBC Sessions are just a handful of the plethora of unreleased recordings contained within Weezer’s forthcoming Blue Album 30th Anniversary Edition, due November 1st via Geffen/UMe. This must-have for any Weezer fan will be available in multiple configurations, including a massive Super Deluxe Edition 4LP + 10-inch + 7-inch box set as well as a Deluxe 3CD set, and digitally. Stream the BBC Session tracks and get more info, or pre-order any of these amazing options HERE.

Weezer’s celebratory “Voyage To The Blue Planet” North American tour with support from The Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. kicked off earlier this month to rave reviews and capacity crowds.

Rolling Stone exclaimed:

“This show feels like the meeting point between the guided narrative of Disneyland’s Star Tours and the rock n’ roll theatrics of an Iron Maiden show. This is the Weezer arena show we want.”

Variety nostalgically gushed:

“As the band locked in for the song’s joyous, garage-rock climax, it brought to mind countless memories listening to Weezer. The unashamedly dorky masterpieces, the schlocky radio hits, the hidden gems and the screaming matches about what their third-best album is. May they never fall out of orbit.”

Weezer, by Peter Gowland

Tickets are still available for select shows for the rest of the band’s tour and may be purchased HERE.

Often revered as one of the most important debut records of all time, Weezer’s Blue Album arrived on May 10th, 1994. Rolling Stone touted it on both “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” and “The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time.” Pitchfork named it one of the “The Top 100 Albums of the 1990s,” while a retrospective review rated it a rare perfect “10” score, saying, “Weezer’s 1994 debut, filled with geeky humour, dense cultural references, and positively gargantuan hooks, took alt-rock in a striking new direction.”

The record has generated billions of streams worldwide and has left an indelible mark on music as a whole, cementing Weezer as one of the most beloved artists of the last three decades whose influence continues to reverberate through culture.

Weezer on Sep 10, 2024, photo by Kenzie Magnan