the sincerest form of flattery I hear. Weezer has cut a new video for their “Song of the Summer” submission, which pays homage to GnR’s “Paradise City”…and they do it in fine weird Weezer fashion.

The video finds singer Rivers Cuomo dressed in his best Axl Rose duds, complete with an acid-washed denim jacket and a long wig of red hair tied up with a fat bandanna. Meanwhile, guitarist Brian Bell sports the requisite Slash top hat and Scott Shriner dons Duff McKagan-like aviator sunglasses (though declines to mimic the bassist’s flowing blonde locks). As for drummer Pat Wilson – he remains, simply, drummer Pat Wilson

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