[3] A few months after the Clique disbanded, Sharp befriended the drummer Patrick Wilson, with whom he created the band 60 Wrong Sausages.

[5] In mid-1991, Sharp moved north to Berkeley, California, to pursue what the Weezer collaborator Karl Koch described as "some sorta symphonic keyboard sequencing music".

[8] The demo was heard by Todd Sullivan, an A&R man at Geffen Records, who signed Weezer in June 1993.

Among its contributors were Damon Albarn (of Blur and Gorillaz), Donna Matthews (of Elastica), Miki Berenyi (of Lush), and Tim Wheeler (of Ash).

[23] He alleged he was owed royalties for co-writing Weezer's first hit, "Undone – The Sweater Song", and that he owned a 25% interest in the first nine tracks of Pinkerton, which had been credited solely to Cuomo despite all four band members working on the album.

Sharp also said he had handled most of Weezer's business affairs during their early success, including the hiring of accountants and attorneys and securing their record deal.

[24] Finally, Sharp additionally charged his former bandmates Patrick Wilson and Brian Bell with breach of fiduciary duty, legal malpractice, dissolution of partnership, and declaratory relief.

On February 12, 2004, Cuomo sat in during a solo performance by Sharp at California State University, Fullerton.

[29] Later in 2004, Sharp announced on his website that although he and Cuomo had come up with "15 or 16 new song ideas", their "special brand of dysfunctionality" might keep them from finishing the project.

[30]In March 2004, Sharp recorded synthesizer on So Jealous by Canadian indie pop band Tegan and Sara.

The possibility of him rejoining Weezer was also an option;[31] although this did not happen, in a 2006 interview, Sharp credited these conversations with Cuomo as giving him the idea to return to writing pop music, which eventually led him to re-form the Rentals.

[33][34] In 2005, six years after 1999's Seven More Minutes, the Rentals re-formed; the new lineup included original backup vocalist Rachel Haden, Sara Radle, Ben Pringle of Nerf Herder, Lauren Chipman, and Dan Joeright.

Between Rentals tours, Sharp returned to work in early 2007 with Tegan and Sara on their next album, The Con, later appearing at their concerts in 2008 to play bass in a cover of Weezer's "Tired of Sex".

His Orange Matamp Lead 200 was purchased by Greg Veerman, bassist of Canadian rock band San Sebastian.

[citation needed] In November 2010, Cuomo mentioned in an interview with Spin that "the idea came up" of having Sharp rejoin the band for their "Memories Tour", in which they play The Blue Album and Pinkerton.