December by Weezer Song Info
December" was first recorded on May 27, 2001 at Monster Island Studios in Washington, D.C., during a stop on the Hooptie Tour, with the intention of sending the recordings to prospective producers for the band's planned fourth album. Several of these recordings were posted to weezer.com, but "December" was not among them. The song was attempted again for the Radio 1 show The Evening Session, presented by Steve Lamacq, on June 13, 2001. Normally, bands record four songs to promote a new album, but Weezer performed eight entirely new songs. "December" was not one of the songs aired, but was finished in Los Angeles on July 9 and later released for free on weezer.com. The song was brought back during the sessions for Maladroit in December of that year. The band shared several in-progress recordings of the song with fans during the album's production. Rivers Cuomo's guitar solo and Brian Bell's counterpoint were reportedly composed independently, without either guitarist having heard the other. "We just mashed them together to see what would happen, and it sounded beautiful," Cuomo later told Guitar Player in 2002. "December" was played live at several shows throughout June and July of 2001, during the Hooptie Tour and Euro Freak Out Tour, though it was only performed three times during the tours in support of Maladroit in 2002. In early December of 2014, Rivers Cuomo created a Christmas-themed Spotify playlist titled "Everything Will Be Jolly in the End," featuring several songs by Weezer, among others. "December" was included on this playlist. On December 6, at a show in Atlanta, Georgia on the Everything Will Be Alright in the End Tour, Weezer performed the song for the first time in twelve years, acoustically. The song was also played during that tour's final two remaining shows.
