The band's desire to pursue alternate forms of media led to the MP3-only release Craters of the Sac (1999), presented by Dean for online download and free trade. In 2007, Melchiondo himself named The Mollusk his favorite among Ween's oeuvre. Some fans and critics consider the album to be a culmination of Ween's penchant for satire, deconstruction, and their appreciative mastery of genres, including 1960's Brit-pop, sea shanties, Broadway show tunes, and especially progressive rock. The nautically themed album The Mollusk followed in 1997. The 'greats' are those Nashville session guys." According to Aaron, "That's why it's called 12 Golden Country Greats, even though there's only 10 songs on there. Ween turned to Nashville studio musicians for the recording of 12 Golden Country Greats (1996) which only contained ten tracks. Chocolate and Cheese was also produced by Andrew Weiss, who has gone on to produce the majority of Ween's albums and become the duo's primary collaborator in the studio. At this time, Ween began to expand their live and studio line-up, providing both a crisper production sound in the studio and an easier live setup (up until this time, Ween had been using DAT tapes to provide backings for their songs).
The "Freedom of '76" music video was directed by Spike Jonze.
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Pure Guava, the first of a series of releases on the Elektra label, featured their highest charting single, " Push th' Little Daisies" (1992) which gained them media and MTV attention, as the video was a highlighted target on MTV's Beavis and Butt-head reflecting the annoying quality but high popularity of the song.Ĭhocolate and Cheese followed in 1994, featuring tracks influenced by 70s pop/rock and soul, such as "Freedom of '76" and "Voodoo Lady," the latter of which appeared on the Road Trip and Dude, Where's My Car? soundtracks. The cover of The Pod was a parody of the cover of the 1975 Leonard Cohen album, The Best of Leonard Cohen, but with the head of Mean Ween (sometime bassist Chris Williams) in place of Cohen's. The duo's use of drum machines, pitch-tweaked guitars and vocals and drug-laced humor became a trademark part of their sound. This album, The Pod, was released in 1991, named after the apartment where it was recorded. The band recorded a second album on a four-track cassette recorder from January to October 1990, in an apartment called the Pod, located in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania. Produced by Andrew Weiss, it was made up of an eclectic 26 tracks. Ween signed to Twin/Tone Records in 1989 and released their first album GodWeenSatan: The Oneness. Ween gained local recognition by playing bars in New Hope, PA such as John & Peter's on Main Street, and still frequent the establishment to this day. Ween's public debut was a " Purple Haze" cover closing a 1987 talent show featuring Lauren "Rainbow" Fihe on drums. Ween were often compared in their early years to other offbeat artists such as Frank Zappa and Tom Waits, though they would eschew such comparisons. Around this time, Gene also released his own tape, Synthetic Socks, which featured Dean on a few songs. Slack, The Crucial Squeegie Lip, Axis: Bold as Boognish, Erica Peterson's Flaming Crib Death, The Live Brain Wedgie/WAD, and Prime 5. They self-released six cassettes in the late eighties: Mrs. Stevie Moore, Syd Barrett, The Beatles, Queen, Frank Zappa, Prince, Butthole Surfers, The Residents, and the lo-fi punk movement. Their earliest home recordings were drug fueled and free-spirited, drawing on influences as far-reaching as R. Lead singer Freeman announced to Rolling Stone on that he was "retiring Gene Ween", and a few days later, Ween's manager, Greg Frey, told fans on Facebook that Freeman had decided to "end his musical relationship with Ween," in order to "more fully explore and pursue his solo career". Gene is normally the lead vocalist and Dean the lead guitarist.
Both Gene and Dean are skilled multi-instrumentalists who overdubbed various instruments on their recordings, though they also record with the regular touring band. The band's style is eclectic, and while they could generally be referred to as rock music, one of their defining tendencies has been experimentation with various styles incorporating a strong element of humor and absurdity. Ween has a large cult underground fanbase despite being less known in American pop music. They formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when central members Aaron Freeman ( Gene Ween) and Mickey Melchiondo ( Dean Ween) met in an eighth grade typing class. Ween was an American experimental rock band. WeenĪlternative rock, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia, lo-fi For other uses, see Ween (disambiguation).
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