“Tired of Sex” by Weezer

Rivers Cuomo wrote "Tired of Sex" on his own, and it sits on Pinkerton, Weezer's second album, which DGC released in 1996. Cuomo wrote most of that record while studying at Harvard, after he'd shelved plans for a rock opera called Songs from the Black Hole.

The band produced Pinkerton themselves, chasing their live sound, and came out with something darker and more abrasive than their 1994 debut, an album whose lyrics dwell on loneliness and a sour view of the rock-star life. It was the last Weezer record with bassist Matt Sharp. The album stumbled out of the gate, with mixed reviews and sales that fell short, then got reassessed into one of the most admired albums of the '90s, with several emo bands naming it as an influence.

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