Title: Weezer – Weezer (The Blue Album)
Year/Genre: 1994, Alternative
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Formed in Los Angeles in 1992, Weezer came out of the early-’90s alt-rock club circuit before landing their deal with DGC.

2. Produced by Ric Ocasek at Electric Lady Studios in New York, the record linked ’90s alternative culture to an earlier generation of new wave and power-pop outsiders.

3. The blue cover and awkward, straight-ahead band pose helped cement the group’s “nerd rock” identity, turning their look into a recurring visual motif in fan culture.