Weezer keyboardist likes Syd

tam · #1 07-16-2002, 10:40 AM

From the weezer.com site. Not really important, but just nice to know

Quote:

additional recording info: Shmedly

Here's a little autobiographical writing from recent studio guest keyboardist Shmedly...

"...It's Shmedly, my mother calls me Ryan Maynes. I was born on February 10, 1973- I am an Aquarius. I started playing piano when I was three years old and writing songs at the age of five. I grew up in Huntington Beach and as a child my father would accompany me to local bars and I would stand in and jam with the bands. When I was thirteen I decided to give myself the nickname Shmedly because there were too many Ryan's around and I was tired of being confused with all of the rest of them. I went to the Los Angeles County Highschool of the Arts and played in the jazz band. My first year in school I discovered rock n' roll music when I began to play with all of the older students in school. Mainly I was playing lead guitar rocking out with my
Eddie Van Halen guitar and immediately fell in love with the idea of becoming- well a rock star. I have played in various bands including Floor 13, Date with Dizzy, Holliston Stops, Northern Lights (Keyboards), The Ben Vaughn Desert Classic ( Bass, and Accordion). Right now I live in Pasadena, I am currently playing bass in the band Arlo (Subpop) we are on tour through early
August. I have many musical influences. My favorite artists are ELO, The Beachboys, Beatles, Roy Wood, Sid Barrett, Robyn Hitchcock, The Move, Harry Nillson, Billy Joel, and Paul Williams. As far as my experiences playing with the band- it is an extreme privilage. I have been a fan over the years and it has been a pleasure and a great compliment to play with Weezer. They have been very welcoming to me making me feel at home. I am looking forward to expanding my musical creativity with them. I love all things Disney and Cindy from the Brady Bunch. My prize possession is a painting my grandfather replicated from my Heather Thomas pink bikini poster for me when I was in highschool, it hangs in my bedroom.
Thanks, Shmedly"

yeah they spelled it wrong... someone oughta tell them.

Cluster One · #2 07-16-2002, 12:05 PM

The video for Keep Fishin kicks, with all the Muppets moshing.

Da_Floyd_Fan · #3 07-17-2002, 02:38 AM

Also the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist likes Syd, if I remember correctly.

thorin13 · #4 07-17-2002, 02:44 AM

he became syd for awhile. luckily for him, he made it back.

Da_Floyd_Fan · #5 07-17-2002, 02:45 AM

What do you mean?

Da_Floyd_Fan · #6 07-17-2002, 02:46 AM

Oh, when he was first out of RHCP?

thorin13 · #7 07-17-2002, 02:48 AM

he took a lot of drugs, got really messed up, went into seclusion, made a couple of solo albums with songs that had just him and guitar and some with a more full sound. don't know if he quit the band or was fired though. and he looked like crap when he was really messed up too.

Da_Floyd_Fan · #8 07-17-2002, 02:50 AM

Oh yeah, and after that he realised Syd was his model.

thorin13 · #9 07-17-2002, 02:50 AM

damn i just realized i spelled pronounced wrong in my sig. don't know why i posted this.

Da_Floyd_Fan · #10 07-17-2002, 02:52 AM

Maybe because you wanted it to be your sig.

sarah goode · #11 07-17-2002, 02:53 AM

Weezers' keyboardist likes Syd but I still don't like Weezer.

thorin13 · #12 07-17-2002, 02:55 AM

i've never been a fan either.

Da_Floyd_Fan · #13 07-17-2002, 02:57 AM

I like "Island in the sun" (remember a certain PF song?

), but the other songs kinda suck.

Wing'd Icarus · #14 07-17-2002, 07:53 PM

I dig a few things by Weezer. But which guitarist for RHCP are we talking about? Dave Navarro?

cho.manno · #15 07-17-2002, 08:39 PM

We're talking about John Frusciante, who recorded two albums with Red Hot before quitting in 95, and now is their main guitarist again (since Californication, in 1999). He went deep into drugs, and when some friends found him he was living under a bridge, almost dead. You can see it when he talks, sometimes he sounds like a kid, and his nose is 100% larger now due to abusive cocaine snorting.

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