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There are two bands charting as The Rentals:

1.) An American alternative rock band fronted by Matt Sharp, former bass player for Weezer. The Rentals have released three LPs, Return Of The Rentals (1995), Seven More Minutes (1999) and Resilience (2011) and four EPs, The Last Little Life EP (2007), The Story of a Thousand Seasons Past (2009), It’s Time to Come Home (2009), and The Future (2009). The 2009 EPs make up the musical end of the Songs About Time project, which also includes daily photos and weekly short films.

Band members on Return Of included Patrick Wilson (also of Weezer) on drums, Rod Cervera (guitar), Tom Grimley (moog), Petra Haden (violin, vocals), and Cherielynn Westrich (vocals, moog). Petra’s triplet sister, Rachel Haden, appears as an additional vocalist. After Sharp left Weezer, Wilson’s studio replacement on the drums was Kevin March and Mike Fletcher was the band’s most frequent touring drummer. Maya Rudolph, of Saturday Night Live fame, also briefly toured with the band as a keyboardist. They are known for their quirky Moog-driven melodies. The single “Friends of P” off their first album was a modern rock radio hit, peaking at #7 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Chart and #92 on the Billboard Hot 100. After touring for Seven More Minutes the band disbanded.

Yet on October 24, 2005, the tenth anniversary of the band’s formation, Matt Sharp announced he was bringing back The Rentals after a six year absence.

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1	Friends of P.	204
2	The Love I'm Searching For	172
3	Waiting	154
4	Please Let That Be You	125
5	Sweetness and Tenderness	122
6	Move On	110
7	My Summer Girl	107
8	Naive	86
9	Little Bit of You In Everything	85
10	These Days	81
11	Brilliant Boy	77
12	Getting By	58
13	Hello, Hello	43
14	Friends of P	42
15	She Says It's Alright	37

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everybodyyurts wrote:
Thursday morning

I almost forgot how old I was

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Phlunked wrote:
November 2011

I almost forgot how great this was.

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chester-A wrote:
November 2011

I like both bands, but way to say there are two bands and not mention the Rentals from 1979 at all.

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coffee_and_TV_ wrote:
October 2011

underrated as fuck. one of the best bands ever.

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clevergirlooooo wrote:
October 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ow3mDQKG_A

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chuckgiscool wrote:
August 2011

The Rentals, Return of The Rentals specifically, was in our top three inspirations when making our album. Our other 2 are Violent Femmes and Neutral Milk Hotel. So yeah, have a listen http://theyouthonfire.bandcamp.com/

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rockandpie wrote:
August 2011

goodbye Virgina. with your lousy style.

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sda_casl wrote:
August 2011

Those who are interested in this band may be interested in Weezer and Pat Wilson, well check out an exclusive drum cam video here if you are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB5lLcwZK1E

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_Caldera wrote:
July 2011

I think we can all say that Weezer was a lot better when Matt was still in it.

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ErasedLittleMan wrote:
July 2011

Weezer + The Anniversary = The Rentals

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erickcdecampos wrote:
July 2011

Nobody has listened the new album?

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M4theeus wrote:
July 2011

Big Daddy C.

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SupahShadow wrote:
June 2011

poor man's Weezer

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TheSeasonsGuy wrote:
May 2011

Fuck Weezer, Rentals All Day =R=

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OptimusDan wrote:
May 2011

Really liked Last Little Life, but not too impressed with Songs About Time. [2]

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WarriorJones wrote:
April 2011

Really liked Last Little Life, but not too impressed with Songs About Time.

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pixelatedbrain wrote:
March 2011

so good. thanks guys for existing during my lifetime.made my mud existence easier :D

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garyb13th wrote:
March 2011

anyone got any good quality bootlegs?

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Lhomme21 wrote:
December 2010

Matt arruined weezer when went out.

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gerry04 wrote:
November 2010

is any1 able to send me their albums on my e-mail, please? i had problems with my comp and i lost all rentals' music.. <write me on p-r-i-v, thx>

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