#Entire ween discography full

From their humble inception - two middle-school buddies spreading the gospel of an invented deity called the Boognish - to their late-career status as one of popРІР‚в„ўs most beloved cult bands, they never stopped honing their craft. The loss of Ween as a live entity is tragic, to be sure, but the bandРІР‚в„ўs discography is rock solid. ItРІР‚в„ўs a grim moment to be a Ween fan, but itРІР‚в„ўs as good a time as any to assess the bandРІР‚в„ўs legacy: Pure Guava, WeenРІР‚в„ўs major-label debut and the album that spawned their biggest hit, the Beavis and Butt-headРІР‚вЂњmocked РІР‚СљPush thРІР‚в„ў Little Daisies,РІР‚Сњ turns 20 tomorrow, November 15. In May, Freeman called The Onion from rehab, stating that he was РІР‚Сљready to put on the back burner.РІР‚Сњ Later that month, he made a definitive proclamation to Rolling Stone: РІР‚СљIРІР‚в„ўm retiring Gene Ween.РІР‚Сњ Disbelief and increasingly sordid online infighting ensued, and as the situation currently stands, it appears that the Freeman/Melchiondo partnership is no more. Once the publicity cycle for that album kicked in, things started getting weird.

Ween did eventually return to the road, playing select festivals and one-offs through the end of 2011, but this past January brought news of Marvelous Clouds, a Freeman solo record featuring material by the poet-songwriter Rod McKuen. The reasonable assumption was that Freeman would take some time to cool off, as he had after a canceled 2004 tour, and Ween would eventually reemerge with another string of triumphant three-hour gigs and brilliantly offbeat LPs.Р”В®xcept it didnРІР‚в„ўt happen that way. At that point, core members Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo - Gene and Dean Ween, respectively - hadnРІР‚в„ўt put out a new record since 2007РІР‚в„ўs La Cucaracha, and Freeman had freaked out fans with a blotto anti-performance at a Vancouver show two months earlier, but as any Ween devotee could attest, such speed bumps were a familiar feature of the New Hope, PA duoРІР‚в„ўs two-decade-plus cruise. In addition, 'The Golden Eel' has been played numerous times individually by both Gene Ween (solo acoustic and with the Gene Ween Band) and Dean Ween (with the Dean Ween Group).In March of 2011, when I published a book about Ween as part of the 33 1/3 series, it seemed as though the band would go on forever. 'The Golden Eel' was played frequently on the subsequent Mollusk tour, and has remained a common live Ween song ever since. Notably, this appearance was Ween's very first live performance with the modern lineup, including Dave Dreiwitz on bass and Glenn McClelland on keyboards.

#Entire ween discography full

Ween debuted the song with the full live band on the Comedy Central show Viva Variety in April of 1997, two months before the release of The Mollusk. Ween first played 'The Golden Eel' live several times in the spring of 1996 as a duo with DAT-deck accompaniment. Dean added, 'The fact that we were on shrooms or liquid kinda goes without saying.'

The line 'sitting alone in the den, watching the eel' is a literal description of the activity Gene was doing when he was inspired to write the song. The song is about an actual golden eel that Gene's roommate had. It was written by Gene Ween in the fall of 1995 within the first two weeks of the first beach house recording sessions for the album. 'The Golden Eel' was one of the earliest songs written in the creative process for The Mollusk. Gene and Dean Ween performing 'The Golden Eel' on Viva Variety