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Patrick George Wilson (born February 1, 1969) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as a co-founding member and the drummer of the rock band
Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, keyboards, backing ...
, with whom he has recorded 15 studio albums. In addition to his work with Weezer, Wilson also fronts his own band, the Special Goodness.


Career


Early life

Patrick Wilson was born in
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, on February 1, 1969, and raised in nearby Clarence.Luerssen D., John. ''Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story''. ECW Press, 2004, p. 47 He was introduced to music very early, making his first musical purchase of
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's 1976 album '' This One's for You''. Shortly after his 15th birthday, he attended his first concert, seeing
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. As a result, he was inspired to start taking drum lessons. By his senior year at Clarence High School, Wilson and his friend Greg Czarnecki began teaching the instrument, eventually attracting more than 30 students.Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 48 After graduating from high school in 1987, Wilson attended a local college briefly, withdrawing after one semester. He commented, "College is such bunk. Too much politics and jockeying for favor. I just couldn't do it. College is great if you want to learn, but that's not what college is about, it's about making your professor happy and getting good grades and getting into
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. Any place that says that they're only accepting college graduates is not a place I'm very interested in being." Growing tired of the local music scene, and at the urging of friend Patrick Finn, Wilson moved to
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at the age of 21.Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 49 Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Wilson joined a short-lived band called Bush in which he met friend and future Weezer bassist
Matt Sharp Matthew Kelly Sharp (born September 22, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Until 1998, he was the bassist for the Rock music, rock band Weezer, which he co-founded in 1992. He appears on their first two albums, the ''Weezer (B ...
.Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 50 Wilson was also in another band with future Weezer frontman
Rivers Cuomo Rivers Cuomo ( ; born June 13, 1970) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Weezer. Cuomo was born in New York City and raised in several Buddhist communities in the northeaste ...
called Fuzz that dissolved within three months.Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 54 Wilson said: "By the time I had met Matt Sharp, and we were trying to figure out something to do. We had a lot of passion and interested in certain kinds of music, but we didn't know how that was going to translate into what we were going to do. So we met Rivers – 'He's got an 8-track, let's get with him' – and we convinced him to move into this apartment with us. Rivers was just starting to write songs and he asked me to play drums on a song for him. That turned into a band called Fuzz, with this girl bass player. That was pretty cool, but it had to die."Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 55 In the spring of 1991, Sharp moved north to
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to pursue what Karl Koch called "some sorta symphonic keyboard sequencing music."Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 56 Other members of the band moved to separate apartments.Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 58 During this time, Wilson performed in a number of different bands such as the Dum Dums and United Dirt.Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 57 Cuomo, Wilson and Cropper reunited in a band called Sixty Wrong Sausages with Patrick Finn.Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 59 Later, after Sixty Wrong Sausages dissolved in late 1991, Sharp replaced Finn.Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 60 During this time, Wilson and Cuomo embarked on a "50-song project" in which they would dedicate themselves to writing 50 new songs.Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 61 Out of this project, future Weezer songs were created, such as " Undone—The Sweater Song", " My Name Is Jonas", "Lullaby for Wayne" and " The World Has Turned and Left Me Here." In January 1992, Sharp reconnected with former bandmates Cuomo, Wilson and Cropper, and Wilson showed him material from his and Cuomo's "50-song project."Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 62 Sharp was pleased with the material and returned to Los Angeles to join the band, consisting of Cuomo, Wilson, and Cropper, now under the name of Weezer.


With Weezer

In addition to his drum duties, Wilson has three cowriting credits for Weezer songs ("The World Has Turned and Left Me Here", "Surf Wax America" and "My Name Is Jonas") and two solo writing credits ("Automatic" and "In the Mall"). He also has lead vocal/lead guitar duties on "Automatic". However, Cuomo and Wilson have written many more songs collaboratively, including "Lemonade" (released on '' Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo'') and "Lullaby for Wayne" (released on the deluxe version of 1994's ''
Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, keyboards, backing ...
''). Wilson's stunts on skateboards, scooters and bicycles have been videotaped and released on Weezer's official website. Some of these videos can be seen on Weezer's
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''Video Capture Device'', released in 2004. Wilson plays acoustic guitar for some songs on tour, and in 2005 on tour with
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, he played
lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...
and sang "Photograph", which he would follow with a cover of Blur's "
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". Wilson wrote and performed lead vocals/guitars on "Automatic" on Weezer's third self-titled album. The song was remixed by LA Riots for the video game ''
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''. Wilson also sang lead vocals on the album's B-side covers of " Life's What You Make It" (
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) and "
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). He also contributed vocals to Weezer's cover of
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", which he had sung live with Weezer in 2005. During Weezer's 2008 Troublemaker tour, Wilson played drums and sang in a three-part lead vocal with
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and Cuomo on " My Name Is Jonas"; sang lead vocals and played lead guitar on "Automatic" and covers of
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"; and played drums and sang backup vocals on " The Greatest Man That Ever Lived". During Weezer's 2009 tour supporting
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played drums for Weezer while Wilson played guitar for the majority of their set, necessitated by Cuomo's desire to be more interactive and mobile on stage and less involved with guitar work.


Other projects

Wilson records and performs with his own band, the Special Goodness, for which he writes songs, performs vocals and plays the majority of the instruments. The band has released several albums, and Wilson has made songs available on his website. Almost immediately after Weezer's initial success, Wilson played drums on
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' first record ''
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'', but he never toured with the band. Wilson and Weezer guitarist
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collaborated on a cover of the
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song "
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" for the 2006 film '' Factory Girl''. Additionally, Wilson and Bell were given small roles in the film as
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, respectively. Wilson has served as an executive producer for the ''
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'' podcast. He also participated in Episode 82 of the ''MacBreak Weekly'' podcast.


Discography


With Weezer

* 1994 – ''
Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, keyboards, backing ...
'' (Blue Album) * 1996 – '' Pinkerton'' * 2001 – ''
Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, keyboards, backing ...
'' (Green Album) * 2002 – ''
Maladroit ''Maladroit'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Weezer, released on May 14, 2002, by Geffen Records. It was self-produced by the band, and was their first album to feature bassist Scott Shriner, following the departure of former b ...
'' * 2005 – ''
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'' * 2008 – ''
Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, keyboards, backing ...
'' (Red Album) * 2009 – '' Raditude'' * 2010 – '' Hurley'' * 2010 – ''
Death to False Metal ''Death to False Metal'' is a compilation album by American rock band Weezer, the final compilation album released on November 2, 2010 by Geffen Records. The album comprises several previously unreleased tracks from throughout Weezer's career, w ...
'' * 2014 – ''
Everything Will Be Alright in the End ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' (acronymed as EWBAITE) is the ninth studio album by American rock band Weezer, released on October 7, 2014. It is Weezer's only album released by Republic Records, and the third and final Weezer album prod ...
'' * 2016 – ''
Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, keyboards, backing ...
'' (White Album) * 2017 – '' Pacific Daydream'' * 2019 – ''
Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, keyboards, backing ...
'' (Teal Album) * 2019 – ''
Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, keyboards, backing ...
'' (Black Album) * 2021 – ''
OK Human ''OK Human'' is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Weezer, released on January 29, 2021 by Crush Music and Atlantic Records. Featuring a baroque-pop influenced sound, inspired by albums such as Harry Nilsson's '' Nilsson Sings New ...
'' * 2021 – '' Van Weezer'' * 2022 - '' SZNZ: Spring'' * 2022 - '' SZNZ: Summer'' * 2022 - '' SZNZ: Autumn'' * 2022 - '' SZNZ: Winter''


With the Special Goodness

* 1998 – ''Special Goodness'' (a.k.a. "The Bunny Record") * 2001 – ''At Some Point, Birds and Flowers Became Interesting'' (a.k.a. "Pinecone") * 2003 – '' Land Air Sea'' * 2012 – ''
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''


With the Rentals

* 1995 – ''
Return of the Rentals ''Return of the Rentals'' is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band The Rentals, released on October 31, 1995, through Maverick Records and Reprise Records. The album features Matt Sharp—Weezer's bassist at the time—on voca ...
''


With Rivers Cuomo

* 2007 – '' Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo'' (cowrote and plays drums on "Lemonade")


With Homie

* 1998 – ''
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'' soundtrack (plays drums on "American Girls") Wilson has also sung background vocals on Rancid's album ''
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''.


References


External links


Patrick Wilson – Biography
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