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<b>75. Rivers Cuomo, Weezer</b>. The grand vizier of geek-rock has mellowed with age - and the world has come round to his way of thinking. In an age where a <a href="http://bit.ly/a8uXSz">film</a> about Facebook tops the box office, we are all geeks now. And the ecstatic reaction that greeted Weezer at Reading/Leeds this year suggests the band's stock has never been higher.

The Cool List 2010

75. Rivers Cuomo, Weezer. The grand vizier of geek-rock has mellowed with age - and the world has come round to his way of thinking. In an age where a film about Facebook tops the box office, we are all geeks now. And the ecstatic reaction that greeted Weezer at Reading/Leeds this year suggests the band's stock has never been higher.

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