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Weezer sure do love their gimmicks. They love 'em so darn much, they've employed just about every trick in the book-- the Guinness Book, that is-- for their new, just-Forkcasted clip for Red Album highlight "Troublemaker".

Weezer and a cast of many set out to break just about every world record they could come up with over the course of the video's day-long shoot, and they knocked out quite a few of ‘em. Weezer and company can now claim Guinness Book-verified participation in the world's largest game of dodgeball, most people in a custard pie fight, most people riding on a skateboard (22!), largest air guitar ensemble, and longest Guitar Hero World Tour marathon. I dunno, last weekend, me and my bros...

What's more, Weezer stickman Pat Wilson can be seen in the clip jamming on the world's smallest drum kit (in a video), something the band is apparently petitioning the Guinness people to validate as an official record. If only they put this much effort into writing halfway decent songs!

A separate press release announcing the video's Yahoo! premiere claims Weezer and co. also now hold the records for world's biggest rock band and biggest Weezer logo made of nachos. Really? That last one is a thing?

If the guys keep this gimmickry up, they'll have one more record: most tour date reprintings in the pages of Pitchfork News. Find those dates (once again) below, along with some details on the Weezer-set Guinness records you could like so totally break, dude.

Weezer:

10-07 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center *
10-09 Portland OR - Memorial Coliseum *
10-10 Vancouver, British Columbia - GM Place *
10-11 Seattle, WA - Key Arena *
10-13 San Jose, CA - Events Center *
10-14 Inglewood, CA - Great Western Forum *
10-17 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena *
10-18 Phoenix, AZ - Arizona State Fair *
10-20 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center *
10-21 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theater *
10-23 Houston, TX - Reliant Arena *
10-25 Duluth, GA - Gwinnett Arena *

* with Tokyo Police Club, Angels & Airwaves

Records:

Largest Air Guitar Ensemble: The largest air guitar ensemble consisted of 233 participants and took place during during the filming of the music video "Troublemaker" by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA on 21 August 2008.
 
Largest Game of Dodgeball: The largest game of dodgeball consisted of two teams of 50 people (100 total) who played against each other during the filming of the music video "Troublemaker" by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 21 August 2008.
 
Longest Guitar Hero World Tour Marathon: The longest Guitar Hero World Tour Marathon lasted for 10 hr 12 min 54 sec during the filming of the music video "Troublemaker" by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 21 August 2008.
 
Most People in a Custard Pie Fight: The most people in a custard pie fight was 120 during the filming of the music video "Troublemaker" by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 21 August 2008.
 
Most People Riding on a Skateboard: The most people riding on a skateboard is 22 during the filming of the music video "Troublemaker" by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 21 August 2008.