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Karl Koch: Webmaster, band photographer; archivist. Has known the band since '91 and has been tricked into doing virtually every possible job for them since then. Hates to cause so much trouble, but what are ya gonna do? mini-bio coming soon | Stuart Ross: Tour Manager. Head mensch in charge. Smooth operator. Warning: knows Corky St.Clair. |
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Sheeny Bang: Assistant to Rivers : good with the spreadsheets and suit selections. Likes Harry Potter. Will kick your ass with Wudan style! Possibly the biggest troublemaker of all, but hides it under a veil of shadows and fog. Scrabble Queen! | Sarah Kim: A.K.A. 'the Jade Fox', 'vanilla fire', 'Bocadillo de jamon y queso'. Shadowy figure. Challenge her to a Praying Mantis style tournament at your own risk! Karl still owes her 5000 yen, and is very worried about the repercussions. |
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Todd Sullivan: aka Sully, T-bone Sully and Fast Actin Tenactin.
Originally famous for signing Weezer to Geffen and joining over 30 "12-for-a-penny" record clubs. Presently denounced by
thousands for keeping "Sandwiches Time" off Maladroit. Vicious between
the posts.
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Rod Cervera: Production adviser [i.e."extra set of ears"], and 16mm film master. Look for some of his weez footage in the future. Foosball warrior. Knows Esperanto. |
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Jordan Schur: President of Geffen; Weezer's main man at the record company. Known for kicking ass for his artists, and communicating via text messaging for over 4 hours at a stretch. Likes snacks, platinum records. mini interview coming soon |
Chad Bamford:Engineer. A gifted man behind the boards of lightning. Engineered 'Maladroit'. Has found a way to consume only Diet Coke and live well. |
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Julie Wager: Webmaster. New Kid On The Block, but not a fan of New Kids On The Block. Dreams in HTML; bases her life around the schedule of the Oakland Athletics. | Ridd Sorensen:
head of the brigade of youth for justice and funk. | ![]() |
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Chris Cuervas: Assistant Tour Manager. His unrivalled collection of unicorn memoribilia has toured galleries worldwide. Keeps insisting that its not his. | Curtis Garret: Head of Security. If you see this guy, you'd better hope you have your pass on. |
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Graham Holmes: Production Manager. With a fearsome basso profundo, Graham "the grim reaper" Holmes barks out the commands that get all the gear and personell where they need to be, when they need to be there. Cross him and youll be on the wrong side of a profoundly Shakespearian tounge-lashing. Befreind him and youll be on the wrong side of a profoundly Shakespearian tounge-lashing. | Rose Blagaich: production assistant: Rose makes sure all the t's are crossed and i's are dotted. She gets the "friendly" award, and the "thank god for Rose" award. |
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Dan Choi: Stage Manager: You dont understand how he feels about the funk. He walks with the funk. He lives for the funk. | Nate Flye: Second Stage Coordinator: the bomb-diggity! | ![]() |
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Hal Hamer: US Merchandise guy: Captain Computation! | Andrew Scott AKA Scotty: UK Merch guy: known to eat briskets. | ![]() |
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Craig Overbay: Front of House Sound. The fidgetiest human alive. Stores excess nervous energy, sends it home to power his house. Known to identify things that sound good and amplify them, so that everyone can rock. Despite what it says inside "Maladroit", his last name is not Montgomery! | Dan Hadley: Lighting Director. Makes the guys look much prettier than they actually are. He is known to do the Whop. Definately a troublemaker. | ![]() |
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Aron Michalski: Bass and Drum tech. Has mastered the one inch punch. Praline expert. | Bobby Schneck: Back on the action squad! Rivers and Brian's guitar tech; guitar tech on the Green Album. Able to pull out very dusty guitar riffs without warning. You can tell just by looking at this guy that he's sold his soul to rock n roll. Good natured troublemaker. |
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Derek Van Ord: Monitors: Makes the band able to hear what they are playing. Expert breakdancer. | Pat Ryan: Rigger: Nothing says 'the old west' like Pat when he gets nutty | |
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Andrew Turner: sound crew chief: a tough English bloke known to shred the dulcimer | Nick Brisbois: sound tech: gets medieval on yo ass. | ![]() |
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Mike McKinnon: Lighting Crew Chief: The Metropolitician. The Medicine Man. | Mel Dorough: Lighting Tech: His body is a temple. Knows that the road ain't no place to start a family. | ![]() |
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Gary Bishop: Pyro Tech: Heartbreaker. Dream Maker. Love Taker. | Chaim Chavarria: Lighting Tech: Able to administer the Soul Heart Transplant. | ![]() |
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Drivers, Enlightenment Tour: Trucks (L): Billy Olsen, Ana Loschen, Stan Sooter. not pictured: Charlotte Sooter. Busses (not pictured): Jim Boatman, Todd Brewer/Dominick Placco, Randy Dennis, Dale Hunt | Atom Willard:Ocassional
drum tech for Pat (not currently). Used to drum for Rocket from the Crypt,
and from fall 2000 to Summer 2001 had a long stint as Pat's drum tech and
band assistant. Now drummer in Pat's The Special Goodness. When not on the
road with us, his special seagull impression is very missed. |
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Anuj Behal: O.G. Webmaster.[semi-retired]
Unhealthy obsession with the Spice Girls and Brittany Spears causes ocassional
disappearences. Ladies' man. Dangerous if moustache present. Believe it
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Dan Gdowski: O.G. Webmaster. [retired] Workaholic code-miester. Known to rock. If you tell him no secrets, he will tell you no lies. Currently graduating college and pitchin' smiles to all the pretty ladies (in the ville). | ![]() |
| Staff O' The Past:
Lee Tomlin: Rigger: robbin' little kids fo' bags. Mark Ellis: Lighting Crew Chief: has a rap treehouse like Ludacris. Greg Walker: Lighting Tech: definately not afraid of electricity. Chris Markferding: Production Assistant. Swooped in and saved the day for most of the Extended Midget Tour when Rose had a prior commitment. Chris kicked ass and got the job done with a smile. Gus Brandt: Tour Manager. The guy everyone asked "when are we checking out tomorrow?" (response: "read your tourbook, thats why I had them printed up.") Known for his abominable taste in films. Knows EVERYBODY in the world, seriously. Pushed the word "creedly" into common usage. Ian Beveridge: Monitors. A tuff Scotsman. Has worked with the band on and off since 1995. Once said "I cannae fiynd th' speah mickrafon!". Ocassional troublemaker. Thom Lowry:Guitar Tech to Rivers and Brian. An enigma, a man of mystery. May know Wudan style. Seen practicing the grasshopper maneuver. Rodney Johnson: Rigger: definately not afraid of heights. Mike Reinhart: Lighting Crew Chief: also definately not afraid of heights. Shon Hartman : sound crew chief: he likes the cars, the cars that go boom. Kenny Butler : Drum and Bass tech: Can shatter wine glasses with his metal screech. Ladies like to comb his sideburns. Kevin Dugan: Bass and Drum tech. (not 'Drum-n-bass' tech!) Has worked for Van Halen since the good ol days, so he's got us dead to rights on the whole flying =w=/VH thing. Has caused so much trouble its off the scale. Drivers, Extended Midget Tour: Trucks: Mike Stamps, Fred Boham, Dave Schmidt; Busses: Larry Fullam, Dominick Placco, Jr.(mid tour: switched to Charlie Brown), and John Harper/(Peter Dabler?). Drivers, Hyper Extended Midget Tour: Trucks: Mike Stamps, Shawn Bean, Dave Schmidt. Busses: Charlie Brown, Jim Boatman, Randy Dennis Drivers, Dusty West Tour: Trucks: Dan Fisher, Art Anderson, Ron Rawls. Busses: Jim Boatman, Charlie Brown, Randy Dennis
Joe Bebee: (AKA: Krusty, Ol' Paint, Maverick) . Drum and Bass tech. A true renaissance man, able to play, sing, skateboard, and geek out on the palm pilot. Watch out for this guy, he's so much trouble you'll end up chilling with him whenever possible. Currently working with Tenacious D. "Pops" Clements:: Guitar Tech to Rivers and Brian. A wizard of wood and wires. Rumored to have worked with some smokey rock bands who turn up on 70's collections. If rumor is true, troublemaker status is assured. Cindy Mah: Merchandise seller, USA. Impossible to rip off. Pulls rabbits out of hats. Rife with hidden talents. Troublemaker. Alan Hornall: Production Manager, spring/summer 2001. In his Scottish brouge he dispenses mad wisdom on all things wine-oriented. Not a troublemaker. Tim "Blan-Blan" Malouf: Guitar tech, summer/fall 2000. Wore berets. Could not live on bread alone. Membert of Brian's Space Twins. Said "Oh, Man!" Neil Young: Tour Manager/Front of house sound, summer/fall 2000. *Not* the classic rock superstar, just shared his name. Also recorded one of the tracks on the Christmas CD. bonus pix:Nov-Dec '02 Extended Midget Tour: Crew/Band photo here Nov-Dec '02 Extended Midget Tour: Truck drivers photo here
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