Around this time, Gene also released his own tape, Synthetic Socks, which featured Dean on a few songs. They self-released five cassettes in the mid-late 1980s: The Crucial Squeegie Lip, Axis: Bold and Brash As Boognish, Erica Peterson's Flaming Crib Death, The Live Brain Wedgie/WAD, and Prime 5. Ween's earliest home recordings were anarchic and free-spirited, drawing on influences as far-reaching as Syd Barrett, Satan's Big Ass Band, The Jeff Beck Group, The Monkees, The Fresh Beat Band, All The Members Of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Including the Female Singers for Carnal Encounters). Dean and Gene realized they had potential for an audience, and decided to further pursue this direction. They decided to play some random noises on the stage, and after playing Dean and Gene felt dumb and stupid.that was until a group of hippies stood up and did a slow clap session. Later, Ween got together for their high school talent show. Each time they played, they got better and better. Then they could play the entire A-side to Thriller by Michael Jackson. Then they progressed to play seanut brittle. Soon, they were good enough to play fake vomit.
At one point during their musical get-together, Aaron's mom came in with a pack of condoms, saw what was going on, and left them there anyways. With an old guitar Mickey stole from a dead hooker, they played the most deliberately annoying sounds anyone could imagine. After glee club, they cancelled their plans for the day and went home together. Don't forget what I said about the reward!" And with that being said, he vanished.Ī lot changed within the next couple of months. If Frankie Goes to Hollywood can get signed, then you poor shlubs could probably do it hands down.
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I want you to create the greatest band in the world!" They looked at eachother and with a shocked expression they responded, "But, oh flamboyant one, we don't even know how to play an instrument." The man responded: "Oh you're making this difficult. He said "Lo! Righteous motherfuckers! Over here! No! Not over there, right here you dumbasses!" They looked over with shock as the strange theatrical man continued, "I have a mission for you two. He had a red face and a full-body spandex suit that was the cutest shade of periwinkle. They were in the middle of a fiery rendition of "Old McDonald Had a Farm" when a strange figure appeared in the window. Later, Gene and Dean were assigned a duet in glee club. Ever since the band started they had owned a stallion, but after the recording of Chocolates of Cheese it became a pony and coughed on its own mucus after no one helped it.įor those without comedic tastes, the self-proclaimed experts at Wikipedia have an article about Ween. They are known to like boobs and jelly, and Deaner just wants to catch a fish with his own bare hands, big enough to sit on his dick. all out of beat to get this sound, they used obscure Frank Zappa satire and wailing drums. Ween basically sound like a bunch of elephants walking out of a room. Damn!" this comment was likely fueled by a large intake of pork roll, egg, and cheese, a common drug at the time. Geen Ween is quoted as saying, "I love hippy music. Their God and mascot, the "Boognish", is a small pink kitten with a large buttox. Gene Ween plays the organ and the electric acoustic guitar, while Dean Ween writes all the band's material.
The band is known for humorous, vulgar songs and a drug-induced sound, with musical styles ranging from experimental rock to alternative rock, funk, soul, country, gospel, prog, psychedelia, R&B, heavy metal, punk rock, and polka. Recently they have accomplished being certified Bronze by the RIAA and selling 5,000 albums all together. 33333 shows a year to crowds of two (including themselves). With hit singles such as "Ocean Man", "Ocean Man", and "Ocean Man", their humble beginnings have evolved into playing. Thousands of home recordings later, Ween collected a large underground fanbase, despite being generally unknown in pop music. They came to power when the Boognish stole their souls and forced them to smoke all the bananas and blow in Quebec. The pair became known as Gene and Dean Ween, despite them not being brothers in any way, shape, or form. They formed in 1984 in A New Hope, Pennsylvania when forever-young nursery rhymers Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in a junior high school glee club. Ween is an American alternative post-modern pop rock brown magical sound-making group. Notice how happy they are, that's because they think you're a giant piece of toast with strawberry jam on it.
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