Often classified as power pop or geek rock, Rock and Roll Part Three relies heavily on uptempo songs with distorted guitar and keyboards.

A strongly nostalgic album, many of the songs contain backward-looking lyrics[2] and catchy choruses.

"[5] The "11 slabs of infectiously singable power pop on this little-album-that-could" compelled Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo to insist that Ozma open two nationwide tours for Weezer in 2001 and 2002.

[6] In an "Ask Me Anything" interview on the website Reddit, Cuomo recommended Rock and Roll Part Three in response to what two albums every Weezer fan should listen to (the other album being Pet Sounds).

[7] All tracks are written by Ryen Slegr, Jose Galvez and Daniel Brummel, except where notedThe song "Rocks" was heard in the Nickelodeon teen sitcom iCarly, in the 2008 episode iMight Switch Schools.