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The Roots
The Roots


Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Jazz
Soul
Rock
Funk
Years active 1987—present
Label(s) Def Jam Recordings
Geffen Records
Interscope Records
Island Def Jam Music Group
MCA Records
DGC Records
Website Website
Members
Black Thought
Questlove
Kamal Gray
F. Knuckles
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson
Owen Biddle
Former members
Ben Kenney
Kenyatta "Kid Crumbs" Warren
Josh "Rubberband" Abrams
Malik B.
Rahzel
Scott Storch
Martin Luther
Scratch
Dice Raw
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Weezer Defend Using Jorge Garcia On 'Hurley' Album Cover

September 15, 2010
Weezer Defend Using Jorge Garcia On 'Hurley' Album CoverWeezer have defended their decision to put actor Jorge Garcia on the cover of their new album 'Hurley'.

Several critics have accused the band of selling out by using the picture of Garcia, who played Hurley in the hit TV series Lost. The album also shares its name with a well known clothing brand.

But in an interview with BBC 6 Music, drummer Pat Wilson said people had overreacted.

"Pitchfork's like it's an outrageous cover, really outrageous? are you outraged? it's just a guy smiling, a large moonface smiling at you," he said.

Singer Rivers Cuomo said that the cover was a “striking image”, that contained “so much warmth and love”.

He also revealed that the band decided to call the album 'Hurley' because fans would have linked the name to the picture.

'Hurley', which is Weezer's eighth studio album, was released this week.

(by Jason Gregory)



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