Rivers Cuomo

Biography

Rivers Cuomo is an American musician and lead vocalist of Weezer. Raised in a Buddhist community until age five, he later settled in Connecticut before forming the band with his fellow musicians in 1992. After the critical and initial commercial failure of Pinkerton, Cuomo shifted toward pop music for Weezer's next album, The Green Album, released in 2001. He graduated from Harvard University in 2006.