And so far, his plan is an unqualified success. Though he may develop an ulcer one day, for now Cuomo handles each Weezer trauma with the steady voice and inner calm of Leonard Cohen after a stay at the monastery. The latest suit is over back royalties purportedly owed to founding bassist Matt Sharp, who claims to have cowritten several songs on the band's first two albums (an assertion Cuomo says is "completely without merit"). "Every time we release an album it happens," Cuomo says. Apparently, the only thing he doesn't do-and he probably would, if he could-is represent himself in court when the band gets sued. He personally placed calls to Spin in the weeks leading up to (and after) this interview. These days, Cuomo is Weezer's unrivaled dungeon master. That's because most of the people who used to tell him what to do have gotten the sack-including the band's longtime manager and publicist. "I could have sworn last night while we were doing the video shoot for 'Dope Nose' the somebody was gonna make me shave. He always pauses before he says anything. "Before, there was always someone around telling me what to do now, suddenly, there's nobody telling me what to do," Cuomo says with equal parts pride and amazement, after a long pause. Playfully riding a scooter around a shabby chill-out area (threadbare couches, laptops, herbal teal, toasted bagels and jam), the newly bearded, 31-year-old Weezer leader is looking more ZZ Top than Buddy Holly. The frequent subject of such fervid discussion, and the oft-suggested heir to Wilson's California pop dreamscape, Rivers Cuomo, occupies a nearby Cello studio.
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