Spanish Punk Band Airbag Loved Weezer So Much They Played Entire Sets of Covers in Their Early Years: “We Wanted to Be Like Them”

Long before releasing their ninth studio album, Spanish punk rock trio Airbag were so obsessed with Weezer that they started playing entire concerts made up exclusively of the American band’s songs. In a new interview with Spanish music publication CrazyMinds, Airbag recalled how their admiration for the Rivers Cuomo-led band led them to launch an occasional cover project in the early 2000s, around the time they were establishing themselves in Spain’s punk rock scene. Find Weezer Tickets Here “We started a project alongside Airbag, just for fun, where we only played Weezer covers,” frontman Adolfo Díaz explained. “Our first show like that was in the early 2000s.” The project featured all three members of Airbag, sometimes joined by a second guitarist. According to bassist José Andrés, they performed roughly five or six Weezer-only concerts, including one built around the band’s 2001 self-titled album, commonly known as The Green Album. “We were basically presenting Weezer’s albums,” Díaz recalled. For the Green Album show, the trio even recreated the record’s visual aesthetic on their concert poster, posing together against a green background. But the Weezer connection went beyond ...