[1] By his senior year at Clarence High School, Wilson and his friend Greg Czarnecki began teaching the instrument, eventually attracting more than 30 students.

[2] After graduating from high school in 1987, Wilson attended a local college briefly, withdrawing after one semester.

"[2] Growing tired of the local music scene, and at the urging of friend Patrick Finn, Wilson moved to Los Angeles at the age of 21.

[2][3] Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Wilson joined a short-lived band called Bush[3] in which met friend and future Weezer bassist Matt Sharp.

[4] Wilson was also in another band with future Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo called Fuzz that dissolved within three months.

"[6] In the spring of 1991, Sharp moved north to Berkeley to pursue what Karl Koch called "some sorta symphonic keyboard sequencing music.

[9] Cuomo, Wilson and Cropper reunited in a band called Sixty Wrong Sausages with Patrick Finn.

"[13] Sharp was pleased with the material and returned to Los Angeles to join the band, consisting of Cuomo, Wilson, and Cropper, now under the name of Weezer.

During Weezer's 2008 Troublemaker tour, Wilson played drums and sang in a three-part lead vocal with Scott Shriner and Cuomo on "My Name Is Jonas"; sang lead vocals and played lead guitar on "Automatic" and covers of Nirvana's "Sliver," Oasis's "Morning Glory" and Pink Floyd's "Time"; and played drums and sang backup vocals on "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived."

Wilson and Weezer guitarist Brian Bell collaborated on a cover of the Velvet Underground song "Heroin" for the 2006 film Factory Girl.