If one were to stumble upon the Electric Factory on March 3, they would have met a large mob of people, arranged in a formation with the resemblance of a line, stretched around three sides of the rather large building.

This onlooker would probably be asking themselves this question: “What band could possibly attract such a crowd and not have the coverage of a Top 40 band on all the local pop stations?”

Answer: Weezer- yeah, the guys who sang “The Sweater Song.”

Weezer preformed in the Philadelphia area last August at the TLA, a small venue that couldn’t fill the demand for tickets, resulting in the show selling out in under 5 minutes.

When fans heard that their beloved band would be visiting our area again, with more tickets available, they were more than elated at the report of this news.

Weezer was to be accompanied by Ozma, a rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California and The Get Up Kids, an up and coming emo band.

Ozma kicked off the night with some great rock and roll. The audience began singing along when the band broke out in a cover of the old school “Tetris” anthem.

Next up was The Get Up Kids. They were welcomed with almost as much enthusiasm as the headliners. This show was set up through a musical division of the Internet company, Yahoo!. Yahoo! gave Weezer fans the chance to vote in the opening act of the 2001 tour; needless to say most in attendance were more than familiar with The Get Up Kids.

They opened their set with the ever classic “Oh Amy Don’t Hate Me” from their Four Minute Mile album. The set consisted mostly of material from their most recent release, Something to Write Home About, including “Holiday”, “Red Letter Day” and “Ten Minutes.”

These energy packed songs got the audience pumped for what was to come.

In the down time that preceded Weezer, the fans began to get restless. Chants of “Weezer, Weezer, Weezer” broke out every few minutes.

When lead vocalist Rivers Cuamo got on the microphone while the curtain was still closed and spoke these famous Weezer lyrics: “I asked you to go to the Green Day concert, you said you never heard of them.” the audience roared. A few minutes later, they began their set.

Weezer opened with the first track on their self-titled album, “My Name is Jonas.” Other songs from this album included: “In the Garage”, “Only in Dreams”, “Say it Ain’t So”, “Buddy Holly” and of course- “The Sweater Song”, to name a few. Not forgetting the sophomore album, Pinkerton, the band played “El Scorcho”, “Tired of Sex” and “The Good Life.”

Fans were in for a treat when the band played some new material off a record that has been pending its release date for the past year and hopefully will be making its way to record store shelves in the next few months.

These new tunes were great and defiantly surpassed Weezer standards. Although the audience didn’t know the words, the band still got them tapping their toes, especially to an up tempo song, “Hash Pipe.”

The set closed with the ever popular “Surf Wax America”, with an added bonus of confetti being released on the pit and a huge red, white and blue Weezer “W” lit up in all it’s glory in the background.

“I’ve been waiting about 5 years to see a Weezer show, and I don’t think I could have asked anything more of this one, it was great!” commented senior Ellen Klein.

It’s not hard to see why a band that hasn’t had a radio hit or released a new album in years still has such a big and loyal fan base.

The members of Weezer are all very talented musicians that make it obvious that they love what they are doing- just playing good old-fashioned rock and roll.

Hopefully, no one will have to wait another 5 years to see them again.