In 1994, one perfect alt-rock album harbored more secret geekiness than any other. With references to Dungeons & Dragons’s multi-sided dice and the X-Men character Kitty Pryde, the audience for the debut Weezer album — now generally called The Blue Album — was decidedly aimed at those who felt like outsiders. Calling Weezer “geek rock” might not be entirely fair, but it would be utterly incorrect to pretend like they weren’t at least a little bit geek-adjacent.
