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Revolution or Satisfaction? Cuomo gives us the skinny (© Brian Hineline/Retna Ltd./Corbis)

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Storybook7 asks, If you could be in any band other than Weezer, who would it be and why?

"It'd be cool to be in Metallica for a week or two. I love those super-heavy riffs and I wouldn't mind playing them, but I think I'd want to come back to the melody of Weezer pretty soon."

Johnfranco888 wants to know if your song Only In Dreams came from a jam session or was it planned out?

"The main section, the verse and the chorus, was written by myself in my bedroom. Then we recorded the basic track in the studio. I wasn't really sure how the whole instrumental section would develop, but I had the guys lay down their parts individually.

"Pat Wilson put down this long drum build, then Matt [Sharp, Weezer ex-bassist] played the bass line. Slowly, I started putting guitars over it all and building it up. So it wasn't really a jam, but it wasn't planned out either."

Bucketheadrules wants to know, If you could play only one of your guitars for the rest of your life, which would it be?

"That's easy. My Les Paul Jr. I recorded most of our records with it. Love that guitar. It's a late-'50s model, probably a '58, I believe. It's totally stock; I haven't changed anything to it. It does everything I want."

And finally, MusicRadar asked Cuomo to weigh in on that all-important question: The Beatles or The Stones?

"The Beatles," Cuomo said quickly. "John Lennon is my favorite singer of all time. Plus, The Beatles have such great melodies. The Stones are alright, but they never did that much for me."

Keep it locked on MusicRadar as next week we'll continue our conversation with Rivers Cuomo, during which he'll discuss Weezer's upcoming album Raditude.

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