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Submission Form : In the Garage

 

Weezer’s Record of Our Heart


                        SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 10.31.2025

What is 'In the Garage'?


A fan-led, fan-made love-letter-- not to the band, but to each other. 

Stories, experiences, fan art, photos, tattoos, memorabilia, (sweaters; lots of sweaters) and collections. Our fandom, packed into a 30-year retrospective to celebrate a kind, genuine, often quirky garage of misfits. 

Each time we attend a concert or a meet-up, join a fan space, at least one person shares something meaningful we've neve heard before. They show us something we've never seen before, that gets us excited all over again to be here. How many of these objects and experiences are out there waiting to be shared? 

You tell us. 


Who?

We’re a ragtag neighborhood of Weezer fans — spanning generations, cities, countries, and yes, opinions about Raditude. Artists, authors, graphic designers, programmers, musicians, students, doctors - we strive to represent the diversity of our Weezer community.  

What our community means to you. How you celebrate it. How it saved you or subtly changed your life. Made you laugh or helped you cry. We're looking for your Weezer-related stories, short and long. Art, photos, comics, tattoos, collections, symbols of devotion to the fandom. This project is for us — the fans who discovered belonging vs fitting in, in the garage. Where we feel safe. 



Ultimately, our collection will be formatted and printed in honor of the original fan club Weezines and messages sent out by Mykel and Carli, and in the spirit of Alec Longstreth's 'Weezer Fan'.


Follow along here as the project unfolds, and feel free to share ideas that make this a true expression of our community.

Let’s make something as quirky, heartfelt, and unforgettable as the music that brought us together. 


💙🎶💙

-Team Weezels

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