“End of Me” by Billy Talent featuring Rivers Cuomo

"End of Me" was the fourth single from Crisis of Faith, the sixth album from Canadian punk band Billy Talent, and it comes with a guest who wasn't part of the original plan: Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. While writing it, Benjamin Kowalewicz and Ian D'Sa heard Pinkerton-era Weezer crossed with John Frusciante and Jimi Hendrix, and the working title was simply "Hendrix+Weezer". The band had already tracked, mixed and mastered it when one of them realised he couldn't stop hearing Cuomo's voice on it. They'd never met him, so the managers made the connection, and a month later word came back that he loved it.

D'Sa produced it and plays guitar, piano and percussion, Jonathan Gallant is on bass, Jordan Hastings on drums, and Chris Lord-Alge mixed. The four band members share the writing credit.

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