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New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States (1984 – present)
Ween is a rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo Jr. met in a junior high school typing class. The pair became known as Gene and Dean Ween. Thousands of home recordings later, Ween collected a large underground fanbase despite being generally unknown in mainstream music circles aside from 1992 fluke hit “Push Th’ Little Daisies”.
Their earliest home recordings were anarchic and free-spirited, drawing on influences as far-reaching as Beatles, Queen, Prince, Butthole Surfers, The Residents and the lo-fi punk movement. Ween was often compared in their early years to other offbeat artists such as Frank Zappa and would always eschew such comparisons.
Ween was signed to Twin/Tone Records in 1989 and released their first album GodWeenSatan: The Oneness in the following year, a 26-track smorgasbord of wild eclecticism. 1991’s The Pod became a fast fan favorite, as the duo’s use of drum machines, pitch-tweaked guitars & vocals and drug-laced humor became a trademark part of their sound. The Pod, according to Ween-lore, was written under the influence of Scotchgard, but this was later refuted by Gene and Dean themselves as being “the most slime-bag thing we could think of.
Their earliest home recordings were anarchic and free-spirited, drawing on influences as far-reaching as Beatles, Queen, Prince, Butthole Surfers, The Residents and the lo-fi punk movement. Ween was often compared in their early years to other offbeat artists such as Frank Zappa and would always eschew such comparisons.
Ween was signed to Twin/Tone Records in 1989 and released their first album GodWeenSatan: The Oneness in the following year, a 26-track smorgasbord of wild eclecticism. 1991’s The Pod became a fast fan favorite, as the duo’s use of drum machines, pitch-tweaked guitars & vocals and drug-laced humor became a trademark part of their sound. The Pod, according to Ween-lore, was written under the influence of Scotchgard, but this was later refuted by Gene and Dean themselves as being “the most slime-bag thing we could think of.
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TheMukeyMu wrote:
so creative
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Quasimoto wrote:
Last.fm need to create a button which lets you love every track by a band and then only allow it to be used for Ween.
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lolstansa wrote:
can I be friends with every weener in the world
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lolstansa wrote:
It's like a noodle in a salad
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Sosen wrote:
Seeing Ween live was great, and yet it was totally unsatisfying, because the instant it ended I just wanted to see them again. It's hard to even listen to them without feeling frustrated about it.
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beyondmountains wrote:
need more live ween in my life
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Imajika wrote:
The New Year's Eve show in Denver was AMAZING! I'm so glad I got to enter 2012 with Ween.
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Geno098 wrote:
FEELIN LIKE A BIG FAT FUCK
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claytonee wrote:
def need a pa show. from the state and have yet to see them!
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StankDank wrote:
I <3 Ween!
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thunderoq wrote:
these guys must be awesome. How else can you explain such a brutal opening song on Quebec heh? :]
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bobo9390 wrote:
SHUT UP FATTY [2] I don't know who this is directed at, but I agree haha
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baseddog wrote:
SHUT UP FATTY
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bobo9390 wrote:
They need to play another PA show soon. I feel like a fool for being such a big fan and from their home state, yet I have not seen them live.
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oceanman1987 wrote:
i have been listening to ween for a decade,my first song was Homo Rainbow in chef aid album. i hope one day will come for a live in greece.Marry X-ams everybody!
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Nagsworth wrote:
How come they never did a Christmas album? I would play it on repeat right through the holiday season for sure but as it stands I have to settle for The Beach boys and The Ventures' festive efforts.
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Kirill88 wrote:
Check out "Caesar Demos" from "Quebec" era (+13 new songs). Cool and free on ween.net
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hardoncollider wrote:
i wanna be frands with em :7
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mrgypsum wrote:
this is one of my fav american bands, i love ween
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AlterThEnding and Emilk666 added Ween to their libraries. 32 minutes ago
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QuietThings430 tagged Ween with comedy rock, sea shanties, calypso and 4 other tags. 14 hours ago
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MuchoAloha, lemuryn, dcabgmyers and 8 other people added Ween to their libraries. yesterday evening
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ThomasTeekens tagged Ween with comed, american, rock and one other tag. Tuesday evening
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ADChaos tagged Ween with ‘alternative’. Tuesday afternoon
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Kitharistas87, brain_eno, dottdoe and 9 other people added Ween to their libraries. Tuesday afternoon
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Suzanne2008 wrote about Ween in Seen Live (a Work in Progress, updated 5 February 2012). Sunday afternoon
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Suzanne2008 wrote about Ween in a deleted journal. Sunday afternoon
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smellsSMELLS, restisalie, wnicolek and 24 other people added Ween to their libraries. Sunday morning
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Seen Live (a Work in Progress, updated 5 February 2012)
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