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Patrick Wilson (musician)

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Patrick "Pat" George Wilson (born February 1, 1969 in Buffalo, New York) is best known as the drummer for the alt-rock band Weezer and as the frontman in The Special Goodness.

Career

Early Career

Prior to the formation of Weezer, Wilson appeared in several bands, including Bush (but not Gavin Rossdale's Bush), The Dum Dums and United Dirt, all of which featured members who would go on to be in Wax. He later joined a band called Sixty Wrong Sausages that featured members of Weezer. In February 1992, Wilson, Cuomo, Cropper and bassist Matt Sharp formed Weezer.

In late spring of 1994, Pat Wilson produced The Suburban Advantage EP using a TR-808 drum machine. The EP had a very limited official release among friends and industry contacts but was bootlegged and is frequently traded online among Weezer fans.

With Weezer

In addition to his drum duties, Wilson has three song co-writing credits on Weezer songs "The World has Turned and Left Me Here," "Surf Wax America" and "My Name is Jonas."

In the past, Wilson's amusing stunts on skateboards, scooters, and bicycles have been video taped and released on Weezer's official website. Some of these videos can be seen on Weezer's DVD, Video Capture Device, released in 2004. Wilson can be seen playing guitar for Weezer when they play acoustic versions of songs on tour; during the Foozer tour, Wilson played lead guitar and sang for the song "Photograph."

Wilson and Rivers Cuomo are the only two founding members of Weezer that have remained in the band.

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 himself has made songs available on his website in the past.

Almost immediately after Weezer's initial success, Wilson played drums on The Rentals' first record Return of the Rentals but never toured with the band.

Wilson and Weezer guitarist Brian Bell collaborated on a cover of the Velvet Underground song "Heroin" for the 2006 film Factory Girl. Additionally, Wilson and Bell were given small roles in the film as John Cale and Lou Reed, respectively.

Personal Life

Wilson is married to Mrs. Jennifer Wilson (wed 1994) and they also have two sons, Charlie, born in 2004, and Ian Patrick Wilson in early 2008.

Discography

With Weezer

With The Special Goodness

  • 1998 - Special Goodness
  • 2001 - At Some Point, Birds and Flowers Became Interesting (aka "Pinecone")
  • 2003 - Land Air Sea

With The Rentals

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