Will Heath/NBCA lot of people saw last weekend's Saturday Night Live sketch about Weezer, in which host Matt Damon and cast member Leslie Jones argue about whether the band is still good, but Rivers Cuomo was not one of them.
Even though Cuomo tweeted, in all caps, that he was "actually crying" about the sketch, the frontman tells Rolling Stone he hasn't actually watched it.
"Everyone's been texting me and emailing me," Cuomo says. "My mom saw it."
In the sketch, Jones argues that Weezer's first two albums -- 1994's self-titled debut, aka The Blue Album, and its 1996 follow-up, the initial disappointment-turned-cult classic Pinkerton -- are the band's only good records, while Damon contends that their post-Pinkerton output, such as 2009's Ratitude and 2010's Hurley, are actually peak Weezer.
Speaking with Rolling Stone, Cuomo reacts to the interviewer describing moments in the sketch, such as when Damon declares that 2008's Red Album single "Pork in Beans" is "better" than Weezer's 1994 hit, "Buddy Holly."
"Everyone's entitled to their opinion," Cuomo replies.
When the interviewer brings up the part where Jones says Weezer "died" when original bassist Matt Sharp left and Damon fires back that Weezer "didn't start" until current bassist Scott Shriner joined, Cuomo apparently responds with "long laughter."
"It's so deep, man!" Cuomo says. "Who even knows what they're talking about? I'm totally honored, but I hope people weren't changing the channel."
While he hasn't seen the sketch, Cuomo is impressed that it exists at all.
"I still can't believe it," he says. "It can't be that big of an audience that would appreciate such a specific little niche as the Weezer fandom."
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