Ween
Ween live in Edmonton, November 2007
Background information
Origin	New Hope, Pennsylvania
Genre(s)	Alternative Rock Experimental Rock Neo-Psychedelia Lo-Fi
Years active	1984–present
Label(s)	Elektra, Chocodog, Sanctuary
Website	ween.com
Members
Dean Ween Gene Ween Dave Dreiwitz Claude Coleman Jr. Glenn McClelland

Ween is an alternative rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class. New Hope, formerly known as Coryell's Ferry is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre and/or which pushes the boundaries Neo-Psychedelia (aka modern psychedelic rock, psy, psych) is the product of the Psychedelic rock explosion of the 1960s Lo-fi is an aesthetic in music production which uses Low fidelity recording practices In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records Chocodog Records was started in 2001. It was founded by Gene Ween and Dean Ween of the band Ween. Sanctuary Records is a Record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Dean Ween (also known as Deaner) is the Stage name of Michael "Mickey" Melchiondo Jr Gene Ween (also known as Gener) the pseudonym for Aaron Freeman (b Dave Dreiwitz is the bassist for the band Ween. He was born on January 2, 1966 in New York City, New York Claude Coleman (also known as "Jimmy Wilson" is the drummer for the alternative rock group Ween. Glenn (Macdogg McClelland is the keyboardist for the band Ween. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of New Hope, formerly known as Coryell's Ferry is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. ^[1] The pair became known respectively as Gene and Dean Ween. Gene Ween (also known as Gener) the pseudonym for Aaron Freeman (b Dean Ween (also known as Deaner) is the Stage name of Michael "Mickey" Melchiondo Jr The name Ween was a cross between the words "wuss" and "peen". ^[2]Thousands of home recordings later, Ween collected a large underground fanbase despite being generally unknown in pop music. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure

Early years

Their earliest home recordings were anarchic and free-spirited, drawing on influences as far-reaching as Syd Barrett, The Beatles, Queen, Prince, Butthole Surfers, The Residents and the lo-fi punk movement. Syd Barrett (born Roger Keith Barrett; 6 January 1946 - 7 July 2006 was an English singer songwriter guitarist and artist The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician Butthole Surfers (also referred to as simply "the Buttholes" is an American Alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary The Residents is an American Avant-garde music and Visual arts collective who have created over sixty albums created numerous musical short films They self-released 6 cassettes in the late eighties; Mrs. Slack, The Crucial Squeegie Lip, Axis: Bold As Boognish, Erica Peterson's Flaming Crib Death, The Live Brain Wedgie/WAD, and Prime 5. The Crucial Squeegie Lip is the first recording by Ween. It was released in 1986 on Bird O' Prey Records Axis Bold As Boognish is the name of Ween 's second released recording in 1987 Erica Peterson's Flaming Crib Death is a tape by Ween released in 1987. The Live Brain Wedgie/WAD is a recording by Ween. It was released in 1988 Prime 5 is a recording by Ween. It was released in 1989. It is a sort of greatest hits compiltation comprising tracks from their first 4 releases The Around this time, Gene also released his own tape, Synthetic Socks, which featured Dean on a few songs. Synthetic Socks is a very early recording by Gene Ween, released on Teen Beat Records in 1987 Ween was often compared in their early years to other offbeat artists such as Frank Zappa and Tom Waits though they eschewed such comparisons. Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Ween's public debut was a "Purple Haze" cover closing a 1987 talent show; the piece featured a solo, stand-up, acoustic bass and Lauren "Rainbow" Fihe, from Elwood, IN, on drums. Purple Haze is a song recorded in 1966 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released as a single in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)

Major releases

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. Twin/Tone Records (also spelled TwinTone was a Record label based out of Minneapolis Minnesota that operated from 1977 until 1994 and helped Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) GodWeenSatan The Oneness was the first official Ween album released on Twin/Tone Records in 1990 Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Smörgåsbord is a Swedish word which refers to a type of Scandinavian meal served Buffet -style in Swedish cuisine. 1991's The Pod became a fast fan favorite, as the duo's use of drum machines, pitch-tweaked guitars and vocals and drug-laced humor became a trademark part of their sound. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Pod is the second studio album by Ween, originally released by Shimmy Disc in 1991 For the early "drum machine" computers that used a rotating cylinder as their main memory see Drum memory A drum machine is an 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. The Pod is the second studio album by Ween, originally released by Shimmy Disc in 1991 Scotchgard is a 3M brand of products used to protect fabric, Furniture, and Carpets Like other fluorochemicals Scotchgard is mostly Inert " The contraption on the album cover is not a Scotchgard inhalation device, but a bong-like device used to send marijuana directly to the brain by use of nitrous oxide, which was said to leave the user intoxicated for days, but nauseated. See also Bong (disambiguation A bong, also commonly known as a water pipe, is a smoking device generally used to smoke cannabis, Tobacco Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a Nitrous oxide, commonly known as " laughing gas," is a Chemical compound with the Chemical formula N 2 O. The cover of The Pod used the cover of the 1975 Leonard Cohen album, The Best of Leonard Cohen, but with the head of Mean Ween (sometime bassist Chris Williams) wearing the mask, pasted onto that of Cohen. The Pod is the second studio album by Ween, originally released by Shimmy Disc in 1991 Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Quebec) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter The Best of Leonard Cohen is a Greatest hits album by Leonard Cohen, released in 1975

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 & Butt-head. Pure Guava is Ween 's third studio album and the first to be released on a major label Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Beavis and Butt-head is an American Animated television series created by Mike Judge. Chocolate and Cheese followed in 1994, heralding 70s pop/rock and soul influenced tracks such as "Freedom of '76" and "Voodoo Lady". Chocolate and Cheese was Ween 's fourth studio album originally released by Elektra Records in 1994 Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The "Freedom of '76" music video was directed by Spike Jonze. Spike Jonze (born Adam Spiegel October 22, 1969) is an American director of Music videos and commercials and an Academy 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). Digital Audio Tape (DAT or R-DAT is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony in the mid 1980s

Ween turned to Nashville studio musicians for the recording of the authentically-spirited 12 Golden Country Greats (1996) which only contained ten tracks. Session musicians are musicians available for hire as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right There are two theories regarding the title of the album. The first is that it refers to the dozen veteran Nashville studio musicians who played on the album. The second is that the band did indeed record twelve songs during the demo sessions for the album, but upon the removal of the tracks "I Got No Darkside" and "So Long, Jerry" (the latter of which was a B-side on the "Piss Up a Rope" single) they decided not to rename it.

The nautically-themed The Mollusk followed in 1997, demonstrating Ween's satirization, deconstruction, and appreciative mastery of genres, including 1960's Brit-pop, sea shanties, Broadway show tunes, and especially progressive rock. The Mollusk is the sixth full length album by Ween. It was released on Elektra Records on June 24, 1997. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sea shanties (singular " shanty " also spelled " chantey " derived from the French word "chanter" 'to sing' were Shipboard Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located A show tune is a Popular song originally written as part of the score of a "show" (or stage musical, especially if the piece in question has become Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Fans, critics and the band themselves has since considered the album to be their definite opus. has since 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. MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a Digital audio encoding format using a form of Lossy data compression Craters of the Sac is a semi-official Mp3 -only album by Ween. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Elektra Records released a live compilation entitled Paintin' The Town Brown: Ween Live 1990-1998 in 1999, followed by White Pepper (2000), their pop-themed album and final studio set for Elektra. Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records Falling Out redirects here For the album by Peter Bjorn and John see Falling Out (album White Pepper was Ween 's seventh 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure The track "Even If You Don't" was made into a music video directed by the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American Animator, Screenwriter, Film director Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Academy Award - nominated Emmy Award - winning American Animator Shortly after White Pepper Ween started the internet radiostation WeenRadio, which was awarded 3rd best internet music site by Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published ^[3]

Ween also formed their own label at this time, Chocodog Records, which oversaw the release of several self-produced live sets. Chocodog Records was started in 2001. It was founded by Gene Ween and Dean Ween of the band Ween. The aforementioned Paintin' the Town Brown, which was compiled and mastered by the band, was meant to be the first Chocodog release. According to Dean Ween, once the album was completed, Elektra realized the sales potential of the CD and denied Ween the right to release it through Chocodog. Later, Ween released the first official Chocodog album, Live in Toronto (a live recording from the 1996 tour, in which Ween performed with The Shit Creek Boys). Live in Toronto Canada, released in 2001, is the first live album released by Ween on their own Chocodog label The limited-pressing CD, available exclusively through the band website, became an instant collector's item. Subsequent Chocodog releases (Live at Stubb's and All Request Live) were produced in higher volumes to meet demand. Live at Stubb's is the name of albums by Blue October Matisyahu Ween All Request Live is the 4th Ween live album and the third to be released on their home record label Chocodog Records. In 2005, the label released the first installment of a rarity compilation series entitled Shinola, and announced plans to re-release the 1987 cassette tape by Gene, Synthetic Socks. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shinola Vol 1 is the ninth studio album by the band Ween. Released by Chocodog on July 19, 2005, Shinola is a collection Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)

The two signed to Sanctuary Records in 2003 and released quebec, their first studio set in 3 years. Sanctuary Records is a Record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Quebec is the 8th album by Ween, released on August 5, 2003 on Sanctuary Records. In 2004, they released Live in Chicago, a DVD and CD set that compiled tracks from three energetic live performances. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

In February of 2006, Dean and Gene, along with their band, rented an old farmhouse and converted it into a working studio. After writing over 50 songs and recording rough versions through 2006, they picked through them and, with Andrew Weiss as producer, re-recorded album versions for what would become "The Friends EP" and, the full-length, La Cucaracha which was released October 23, 2007 on Rounder Records. Andrew Weiss is a Bass guitarist and producer He produced and played bass for most of the Ween albums for Greg Ginn's post Black Flag band Gone; The Friends EP by the band Ween was released on CD June 19 2007 and was set to be released on 12" in July of 2007 La Cucaracha is the tenth full-length album released by the alternative rock band Ween. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge Massachusetts but now based in Burlington, is an Independent record label founded in 1970 by

Miscellaneous works

Ween has participated in various outside collaborations over the years. The band joined members of Japanese group Boredoms to form noise rock group Z-Rock Hawaii, and Dean is also a member of heavy metal band Moistboyz. Boredoms ( (or more recently V∞redoms) is a Noise rock band from Osaka, Japan. Noise rock (also known as noise punk) describes one variety of Post-punk Rock music that became prominent in the 1980s Z-Rock Hawaii was recorded in 1997 by Gene Ween and Dean Ween of the band Ween, and the Japanese artists Yamantaka Eye Moistboyz is a band founded by Mickey Melchiondo Jr (guitar and Guy Heller (vocals Ween's songs are used in several film soundtracks, including The X-Files, Beautiful Girls, Dude, Where's My Car? and Road Trip and Herr Lehmann, and on television they have contributed to SpongeBob SquarePants ('Ocean Man' and a song about tying shoes "Loop de Loop") and Grounded for Life (the theme song). The X-Files The Album was the Soundtrack album by Various artists released in conjunction with the 1998 movie The X-Files. Dude Where's My Car? is a 2000 Comedy film directed by Danny Leiner. This article is about the film Road Trip For the PlayStation 2 video game see Road Trip Adventure. Herr Lehmann is a German novel by Sven Regener, published in 2001 adapted for the screen in 2003 SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series and Media franchise. Grounded for Life is an American Television sitcom that debuted on January 10, 2001 as a mid-season replacement on The team recorded The Shot Heard 'Round the World for a 1996 tribute album of classic School House Rock ditties with the likes of Better than Ezra, Blind Melon, and Moby. The " Shot heard round the world " is a well known phrase that has come to represent several historical incidentals throughout world history Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of animated musical educational short films that aired during Saturday morning children's programming on U Better Than Ezra is an American Alternative rock trio based in New Orleans Louisiana. Blind Melon is an American rock band that originally existed from 1991 to 1995 and ceased with the death of lead vocalist Shannon Hoon shortly after the release of the Richard Melville Hall, also known as Moby (born September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York) is an American DJ Ween had been asked to write a theme song for Greg the Bunny which was rejected. Greg the Bunny was an American Sitcom that originally aired on Fox in 2002.

Also, "Piss up a Rope" can be heard playing in the garage near the start of the movie "U-Turn".

The band has also made several on-screen appearances, including performing on Letterman, on MTV's Oddville, in puppet form on Crank Yankers, as part of Chef Aid in South Park, and on film as themselves in It's Pat. The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS Crank Yankers is a United States TV show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that features actual For the album based on the episode see Chef Aid The South Park Album " Chef Aid " is the 27th episode of Comedy Central 's South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central Pat was an androgynous Fictional character created and performed by Julia Sweeney for the American Sketch comedy show Saturday

Ween has had their music used for several snowboard video parts, including the notable use of "Johnny on the Spot" during snowboarding legend Peter Line's part in the 2000 Mack Dawg film, "The Resistance".

Dean made significant contributions to two projects by his friend Josh Homme: The Desert Sessions and Queens of the Stone Age. Joshua Michael Homme (born May 17, 1973 in Joshua Tree, California) is an American Rock musician and Record producer The Desert Sessions are a musical collective series "that cannot be defined" founded by Josh Homme in 1997. Queens of the Stone Age (also known as QOTSA or simply Queens) are a rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States On the critically successful 2002 Homme album Songs for the Deaf, Dean played guitar on "Mosquito Song", "Gonna Leave You", and "Six Shooter". Songs for the Deaf is the third Studio album by American Hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age.

In 2002, the advertising agency for Pizza Hut approached the duo to record a promotional jingle, which resulted in a 30-second recording of "Where'd the Cheese Go?". An advertising agency or ad agency is a service Business dedicated to creating planning and handling Advertising (and sometimes other forms of promotion A jingle is a memorable Slogan, set to an engaging Melody, mainly broadcast on Radio and sometimes on Television commercials. It epitomized Ween-style irreverence but did not appeal to the agency, and Pizza Hut rejected several versions of the song outright. True to form (and somewhat indignant), Ween rerecorded the same song with new lyrics as "Where'd the Motherfuckin' Cheese Go At?". Both versions are available here.

In 2003, "Ocean Man" from The Mollusk reappeared on television when Honda used the song in an advertisement for its 2004 Civic Coupe. The Mollusk is the sixth full length album by Ween. It was released on Elektra Records on June 24, 1997. In 2004, the song appeared during the ending credits of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. "Ocean Man" was also featured on the 2008 Skateboarding film, "Baker Has a Deathwish". Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a Skateboard.

In 2005, "Oh My Dear (Falling in Love)", from The Pod, appeared in the film The Motel as the title song. The Pod is the second studio album by Ween, originally released by Shimmy Disc in 1991 The Motel (2005 is the debut feature from director Michael Kang. It also became the DVD Menu song for the film once it was released on DVD.

In 2007, "It's Gonna Be A Long Night" from quebec was featured as the theme song for the launch of internet TV channel RawVegas.tv. Quebec is the 8th album by Ween, released on August 5, 2003 on Sanctuary Records. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks RawVegastv was first launched on January 19 2007 and is the first venture for Raw Networks LLC a Las Vegas-based Internet Television studio that creates and produces "It's Gonna Be A Long Night" was also featured in season 3, episode 14 of the FX television show The Shield. The Shield is an American Police - Drama Television series shown on FX Networks in the U This song also appeared in the soundtrack of Tony Hawks Underground 2. Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (also known as THUG 2 or Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 6) is the sixth installment in Neversoft 's Also from the Quebec album, "Captain" was used in the season 2, episode 2 of Dexter. Dexter is an American Television drama series based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay and adapted for television

In 2007 "You Fucked Up" from "GodWeenSatan: The Oneness" was featured as the last song in the first episode of the third season of Weeds (TV series)

It has been reported that Oliver Stone, used the song Little Birdy, off of the album Pure Guava, to drive Woody Harrelson crazy, during the filming of Natural Born Killers. GodWeenSatan The Oneness was the first official Ween album released on Twin/Tone Records in 1990 William Oliver Stone (born 15 September) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. Pure Guava is Ween 's third studio album and the first to be released on a major label Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23 1961) is an American Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award -nominated Natural Born Killers is a 1994 Crime film Satire directed by Oliver Stone about Serial killers and their coverage by the

In 2007, on the show "Bionic Woman" the character Nathan was shown using a laptop with numerous Ween "Boognish" stickers on it.

Members

Current members

• Dean Ween, pseudonym for Mickey Melchiondo – lead guitar, vocals, etc. Dean Ween (also known as Deaner) is the Stage name of Michael "Mickey" Melchiondo Jr
• Gene Ween, pseudonym for Aaron Freeman – lead vocal, guitar, etc. Gene Ween (also known as Gener) the pseudonym for Aaron Freeman (b
• Dave Dreiwitz – bass
• Claude Coleman Jr. – drums
• Glenn McClelland – keyboards

Past members

• Andrew Weiss (bass) – producer, bass, etc. Dave Dreiwitz is the bassist for the band Ween. He was born on January 2, 1966 in New York City, New York Claude Coleman (also known as "Jimmy Wilson" is the drummer for the alternative rock group Ween. Glenn (Macdogg McClelland is the keyboardist for the band Ween. Andrew Weiss may refer to Andrew Weiss (economist, American economist and investor Andrew Weiss (guitarist, American bass guitarist
• Jason Fuller – keyboards in touring band 2001
• Mean Ween (Mark Kramer) – bass on "Alone" (The Pod), second vocals on "Little Birdy" (Pure Guava), bass (The Mollusk), live
• Scott Lowe – second vocal and whistling solo on "Don't Get Too Close" (Pure Guava), various backing vocals (Chocolate and Cheese), second vocal on "Rift" (Shinola, Vol. 1)
• Pat Frey – drums on "Baby Bitch", "Mango Woman" , "I'll Miss You" , "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
• Guy Heller – vocals on "Flies On My Dick" (Pure Guava)

Organization

• Management – Greg Frey Management
• Booking – High Road Touring
• Legal – George Regis
• Business Manager – RZO, LLC

Instruments

• Dean Ween- Fender Stratocaster, Acoustic. The Pod is the second studio album by Ween, originally released by Shimmy Disc in 1991 " Little Birdy " is a song by the rock band Ween that appeared as the opening track of their 1992 album Pure Guava. Pure Guava is Ween 's third studio album and the first to be released on a major label The Mollusk is the sixth full length album by Ween. It was released on Elektra Records on June 24, 1997. Pure Guava is Ween 's third studio album and the first to be released on a major label Chocolate and Cheese was Ween 's fourth studio album originally released by Elektra Records in 1994 Shinola Vol 1 is the ninth studio album by the band Ween. Released by Chocodog on July 19, 2005, Shinola is a collection Moistboyz is a band founded by Mickey Melchiondo Jr (guitar and Guy Heller (vocals Pure Guava is Ween 's third studio album and the first to be released on a major label Dean Ween (also known as Deaner) is the Stage name of Michael "Mickey" Melchiondo Jr The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares . .
• Gene Ween- Gibson Les Paul, Acoustic. Gene Ween (also known as Gener) the pseudonym for Aaron Freeman (b The Gibson Les Paul is a solidbody Electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s . .
• Dave Dreiwitz- Rickenbacker Bass
• Claude Coleman Jr.- Drums

Discography

Early independent releases (1986–1989)

Studio albums (1990–present)

Live albums

EPs and singles

Appearances

References

External links

• Official website
• Liveween.com
• Ween at MySpace
• Ween.net - fansite
• Browntracker - Live Ween BitTorrents
• Weenhub - Ween on DirectConnect
• WeenRadio and WeenRadio forums
• Ween collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
• Ween album reviews
• New Hope-Solebury School District
• "Half Joke, All Genius: The Legendary Irreverence of Ween, a CBC Radio 3 live concert session
• Ween at Rolling Stone