The Kitchen Tape

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kitchen Tape
Demo album by
Weezer
Released1992
RecordedAugust 1, 1992[1]
Genre
ProducerWeezer
Weezer chronology
The Kitchen Tape
(1992) 		Weezer
(1994)

The Kitchen Tape is a demo tape by the American rock band Weezer. It was recorded on August 1, 1992, prior to the band's signing with Geffen Records.

Overview[edit]

Recording[edit]

The demo was recorded using frontman Rivers Cuomo's 8-track tape recorder in a rented garage next to the "Amherst House", where Weezer often rehearsed.[2] The name of the tape comes from the fact that the drums were recorded in a kitchen, where the band members felt that they sounded the best.[3]

Band historian Karl Koch has recalled that the demo was recorded "to get shows and also try to make an impression", and that "[there] were no aspirations yet to try to generate real label interest, but the concept of 'creating a buzz' was being thrown around."[2]

Release[edit]

The Kitchen Tape has not received an official release beyond the original small run of privately distributed demo cassettes. However, the demo's audio has been bootlegged and spread online.[1] Additionally, the recordings of "Undone - The Sweater Song", "Paperface", and "Only in Dreams" from the demo appear on the 2004 deluxe release of Weezer (The Blue Album).

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Thief, You've Taken All That Was Me"
  2. "My Name Is Jonas"[I]
  3. "Let's Sew our Pants Together"
  4. "Undone"[I][II]
  5. "Paperface"[II]
  6. "Say It Ain't So"[I]
  7. "Only in Dreams"[I][II]
  8. "The World Has Turned"[I]

I. ^ Later re-recorded for the band's debut album.
II. ^ Demo released on the deluxe edition of the band's debut album

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Britt, Ryan (July 5, 2023). "29 Years Ago, One Iconic '90s Band Peaked With Their First Album". Fatherly. ...on August 1, 1992, Weezer recorded a demo called The Kitchen Tape, which has only shown up as a bootleg over the years. The songs were recorded on an 8-track tape recorder...
  2. ^ a b Luerssen D., John. Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story. ECW Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55022-619-3 p. 69
  3. ^ "Weezer Record History page 3". Weezer.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-11-24.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Kitchen_Tape&oldid=1214356066"