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Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo (; born June 13, 1970) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of the alternative rock band Weezer. Raised in an ashram in Connecticut, Cuomo moved to Los Angeles at age 19, where he participated in a number of rock bands before founding Weezer in 1992, with whom he has released ten studio albums. Cuomo has also released three compilation albums of home demos: ''Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo'' (2007), ''Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo'' (2008) and ''Alone III: The Pinkerton Years'' (2011). In 2013, he and Scott Murphy released a self-titled Japanese-language album under the name Scott & Rivers.
==Early life and education==
Rivers Cuomo was born in a Manhattan hospital to parents of Italian and German/English descent. He was raised on Yogaville, an ashram in Pomfret, Connecticut run by the yoga master Sri Swami Satchidananda. Cuomo's mother Beverly named him Rivers because he was born between the East and Hudson rivers in Manhattan. His father, Frank Cuomo, is a musician who played drums on the 1971 album ''Odyssey of Iska'' by jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter.〔Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 3〕 He has a brother, Leaves.〔
Cuomo attended a private school on the ashram.〔Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 5〕 His family moved to nearby Storrs, Connecticut when the ashram was relocated to a plot along the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.〔Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 8〕 Cuomo attended E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut, changed his name to Peter Kitts,〔Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 15〕 and was involved in musical activities including the school choir and a school production of ''Grease.''〔Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 20〕 After graduating from high school, Cuomo reverted to his original name.〔Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 50〕 After the release of Weezer's 1994 debut album, Cuomo enrolled in Harvard College, attending classes on and off from 1995 to 2006. He graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in English and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.〔Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 22〕
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