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THE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Alan Sculley is a free-lance writer living in the St. Louis area.
WITH the single "Undone - The Sweater Song" beginning to gain airplay on alternative stations (including KPNT (The Point) in St. Louis), Weezer is making a name for itself in the modern rock world.
But if bassist Matt Sharp refuses to be caught up in this first brush with recognition, one can hardly blame him. Nothing, it seems, has come easily to this Los Angeles quartet.
In fact, when Sharp met future band mates Rivers Cuomo (guitar/vocals) and Patrick Wilson (drums) about four years ago, doing a musical project together wasn't on their minds. At the time, the three aspiring musicians were just looking for a place to live in Los Angeles. A mutual friend suggested they rent a place together.
It wasn't a fortuitous beginning.
"I don't know if we even liked each other very much. We just kind of lived together for nine months or a year and then we all went our separate ways," Sharp said. "I moved to San Francisco, and they moved to different places. Then, like a year after that, Pat the drummer was coming through, and he said,...