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Weezer, also known as The Green Album, is the third studio album by the American alternative rock...

Weezer, also known as The Green Album, is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Weezer, released on May 15, 2001 on Geffen. The release is the second Weezer album to be produced by Ric Ocasek. The Green Album became a worldwide commercial success, reaching #4 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and charting in numerous countries. The album featured the hit singles "Hash Pipe," "Island in the Sun," and "Photograph", and was seen as a rebirth for Weezer, following a hiatus since their 1996 album, Pinkerton, which was initially a commercial and critical failure. Weezer was the band's first release without longtime bassist Matt Sharp, who had quit the band in 1998 to focus on his own band, The Rentals. Sharp was replaced with Mikey Welsh, who performs bass on this album, his only album appearance with the band. Following the commercial and critical failure of Pinkerton, frontman Rivers Cuomo placed the band on hiatus. He retreated to Harvard, but eventually dropped out to focus on songwriting. During this time, he played with a different rotation of musicians in Boston called Homie. One of the members of Homie was Mikey Welsh, who would eventually be asked to replace Matt