Weezer Fans Recreate Rivers Cuomo's Long-Lost Space Opera

Published Sep 07, 2012

While Weezer have certainly been generous with fans by issuing behind-the-scenes fare like the Alone albums and The Pinkerton Diaries , one of the most sought-after releases is the band's long-lost rock opera.Entitled, the space-themed concept album was intended to be the band's sophomore effort before it was scrapped and replaced withAs this Wikipedia page indicates, there's plenty of information out there about the abandoned album, though not a listenable finished product. At least, not until now, as a group called Operation Space Opera have done their best to recreate the entire album from scratch.They explain themselves with the following statement on their Bandcamp page:The entire 27-track album can be streamed below, though the band says, "We recommend downloading rather than streaming if you want the full effect of the seamless transitions from one song to the next."The whole thing can be downloaded for free here