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Ween is tagged as: alternative, rock, experimental, indie, indie rock

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.R...
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Top 10 Ween Songs
Ocean Man
Voodoo Lady
Mutilated Lips
Buckingham Green
Baby Bitch
Cold Blows the Wind
The Mollusk
Even If You Don't
Buenas Tardes Amigo
Freedom of '76
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Top 10 Ween Albums
The Mollusk
White Pepper
Quebec
La Cucaracha
Chocolate & Cheese
The Pod
Pure Guava
12 Golden Country Greats
Shinola (Vol. 1)
All Request Live
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