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Bonnaroo Weezer 2010

Bonnaroo Weezer 2010

|Bonnaroo Weezer 2010

One of their newer tracks! No. It was "Teenage Dirtbag." Could you imagine though? "Here's a cover of a new Wheatus track." That would be bizarre.

Anyway, here's "Teenage Dirtbag," which Weezer covered at both the Reading and Leeds Festivals last weekend:

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It's a good fit, especially with the song's underdog and heavy metal themes. It was featured in the 2000 movie Loser:

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Remember when you could wear a bucket hat and still be a legit pop star? Incidentally, Wheatus are in Brooklyn, and working on a new album. Weezer's not-paid-for-by-Hurley album, Hurley, is out 9/13.

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