Ween

In the mid-1980s, Pennsylvania natives and childhood friends Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo began recording goofy, genre-hopping songs under the aliases of Gene Ween and Dean Ween respectively. Extolling the virtues of illegal substances and the Boognish, a deity of their own creation, Ween proceeded to accumulate a large following and, surprisingly, transform into a couple of rather remarkable musicians. A major-label deal in the early 1990s led to a bigger audience for Ween, with the duo eventually employing a full backing band and (for their album 12 GOLDEN COUNTRY GREATS) even veteran Nashville session players. By the late '90s, although still perceived as a novelty act by some, Ween had revealed itself as a formidable and dynamic rock band, with or without the jokes.

• Beck
• Boredoms
• Cibo Matto
• Eels
• Guided By Voices
• King Missile
• Mr. Bungle
• Pavement
• Phish
• Primus
• Soul Coughing
• The Beastie Boys
• The Flaming Lips
• The Tinklers
• Too Much Joy

• Butthole Surfers
• David Bowie
• Frank Zappa
• Hank Williams
• Jimi Hendrix
• Led Zeppelin
• Meat Puppets
• Prince
• Queen
• Steely Dan
• The Beatles
• The Dead Milkmen
• The Violent Femmes
• They Might Be Giants
• Van Halen

• Barenaked Ladies
• Bobby Conn
• Cake
• Dogbowl
• Electric Six
• Queens Of The Stone Age
• Tenacious D

Add to your Bio

Write a memory or review about...