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I was in a huge 90s band selling 45m albums but I stepped away from the spotlight to study Shakespeare


HE sold 45 million albums worldwide as component of large US 90s rock band Weezer.

But musician Brian Bell – who is the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist – invested his downtime away from the band researching and doing the operates of William Shakespeare.

Weezer have sold more than 43 million albums worldwide

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Weezer have marketed more than 43 million albums globallyCredit: Alamy
Brian Bell of Weezer fame studied and performed Shakespeare in the early noughties

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Brian Bell of Weezer fame examined and carried out Shakespeare in the early noughtiesCredit history: Instagram /@brianbell

Brian, 54, still tours with Weezer, who are most effective recognised for their hits Say It Ain’t So and Undone – The Sweater Track, but has also indulges his really like of the Bard when he is just not gigging with the band.

Iowa-born Brian spent a hiatus from the band concerning 2003 and 2004 finding out the works of the Considerably Ado About Absolutely nothing playwright.

He and former girlfriend Nunez swotted up on Shakespeare and other poetry theory, culminating in them starring in a output of Twelfth Night.

Brian even wrote 4 songs for the manufacturing, employing Shakespearean language in the tunes.

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The talented chap has had pretty the different profession, even showing up as himself in an episode of The Simpsons in 2020, alongside with the relaxation of Weezer.

As properly as Brian, the band is produced up of Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson and Scott Shriner.

Their self titled debut album turned a multi-platinum smash and is greatly regarded by many critics to be 1 of the finest albums of the 90s.

The group have introduced 15 studio albums because the 90s, and their latest EP arrived out in December 2022.

Even though they were being normally far more popular in their indigenous US, in the British isles their maximum charting album was 2005’s Make Consider.

It arrived at selection 11 on the formal albums charts.

Brian, here in 2019, is still part of the band today

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Brian, right here in 2019, is however component of the band todayCredit history: Alamy
The band at the Grammys in 2017

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The band at the Grammys in 2017Credit score: Alamy



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