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However, critics were quick to write the band off as a flash in the pan, and Cuomo was, by no means, a household name...
...continues Hanlon. But the independent festival didn’t have the funds to fly Dino up.Nonetheless, the event’s roster still boasts 14 transportation-savvy groups, each of which has agreed to perform on the cheap. RH Fest will feature several prominent niche bands, including hardcore group Ampere, acclaimed Montreal electronica artist Tim Hecker, and much-buzzed DJ C, the local inventor of the hip-hop subgenre “Boston Bounce.” The event promises to be an important one—not just for Harvard, but for the New England underground music scene...
When he arrived on campus, he was bearded, 25, and his band, Weezer, had scored a pair of sizable alt-rock hits—“Undone (The Sweater Song)” and the anthemic “Buddy Holly...
...It’s hard for people of your age, I think, to remember at that time, even though Weezer was popular and had a very successful album, I wasn’t singled out as a celebrity. We were kind of a faceless band. I walk into Harvard with pretty long hair and a really long, bushy beard, glasses, walked with a cane. And, on top of that fact, our album was not successful with college kids—it was successful with ten-year-olds...
...desire for more student participation in planning future events. In past festivals where the President’s Office has offered funding, student control was more limited; however, this year the dynamic of student input has changed. During the preparations for the 2003 Springfest, which featured alterna-rock band The Verve Pipe as a performer, the president’s office, in addition to the HCC, had “some input” in the artists being considered for performance, recalls Michael R. Blickstead ’05, former vice-president of the Undergraduate Council (UC). The creation...