249: Matt Sharp (The Rentals, Weezer)
The Trap Set with Joe Wong
Joe Wong
4.8 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2020
⏱️ 138 minutes
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Summary
Matt Sharp and Joe gulped down thick, black coffee and hung out for well over two hours. We discussed: Matt's itinerant childhood as the son of a government contractor; working with brilliant producers such as Ric Ocasek; how his first band--Weezer--willed themselves to success; working with Nick Zinner and Ronnie Vanucci on the new Rentals album, Q36; and collaborating with multimedia artists via the HITRECORD platform.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Joe Wong. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome to the Trap Set. During the age of social distancing, we're releasing new episodes every day. |
| 0:22.2 | This episode was recorded before the coronavirus lockdown. |
| 0:48.3 | Music Today's guest out in the cosmos |
| 0:54.7 | Today's guest is Matt Sharp. I first became aware of Matt's work when he was the bassist for Weezer on their seminal debut album, |
| 1:00.3 | as well as its highly acclaimed follow-up, Pinkerton. |
| 1:04.0 | For over 25 years, Matt has also been the driving force behind the rentals. |
| 1:09.5 | For the band's upcoming album, Q36, |
| 1:12.5 | Matt teamed up with musicians including the Yeah Yeah's Nick Zinner |
| 1:15.9 | and drummer Ronnie Vanucci of The Killers. |
| 1:19.0 | Over the course of the past several months, |
| 1:21.8 | Matt has been releasing singles and teaming up with multimedia collaborators |
| 1:25.7 | via the hit record platform. |
| 1:29.0 | Q36 is slated for a June 16th release. |
| 1:33.2 | We started our conversation talking about the album's producer, |
| 1:36.7 | Dave Fridman, with whom I also recently mixed my upcoming album. |
| 1:41.9 | I spoke to Matt in Pasadena, California. |
| 1:47.4 | When now... my upcoming album. I spoke to Matt in Pasadena, California. When NASA lost his funding from the Congress, they forgot about |
| 1:51.9 | little old Steve. |
| 1:55.1 | So I was just in Fredonia by myself with, you know, in the studio with nothing to do. And I remember asking him like, |
| 2:04.8 | all right, I had to like just like figure out how to kill time. And it's like, well, maybe I can just |
| 2:08.0 | go for a jog or something like that. And he's like, well, you know, there are some, there are some |
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