Rivers Cuomo

Rivers Cuomo
Cuomo performing at Rock am Ring 2022
Background information
Also known as	Peter Kitts (1985–1987)
Born	(1970-06-13) June 13, 1970 (age 54)[1] New York City, U.S.
Origin	Mansfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock power pop pop rock pop punk geek rock emo indie rock glam metal
Occupation(s)	Singer musician songwriter
Instruments	Vocals guitar keyboards harmonica
Years active	1985–present
Member of	Weezer Scott & Rivers
Formerly of	Homie Avant Garde Zoom
Spouse(s)	Kyoko Ito ​ (m. 2006)​
Website	riverscuomo.com

Rivers Cuomo (/ˈkwoʊmoʊ/ KWOH-moh; born June 13, 1970) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter of the rock band Weezer. Cuomo was born in New York City and raised in several Buddhist communities in the northeastern U.S. until the age of 10, when his family settled in Connecticut. He played in several bands in Connecticut and California before forming Weezer in 1992.

After the success of Weezer's debut, the Blue Album (1994), Cuomo enrolled at Harvard University, but dropped out after recording Weezer's second album, Pinkerton (1996). He later re-enrolled and graduated in 2006. Though Pinkerton is now frequently cited among the best albums of the 1990s and has been certified platinum, it was initially a commercial and critical failure, pushing Cuomo's songwriting toward pop music for Weezer's next album, the Green Album (2001). Weezer has released more than a dozen albums since.

Cuomo has released several compilations of demos, including Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo (2007) and Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo (2008), and has released thousands of home recordings on his website. He has collaborated with artists including AJR, Todd Rundgren and Panic! at the Disco. With the American songwriter Scott Murphy, Cuomo has released two Japanese-language albums under the name Scott & Rivers.