Old Ass Ween News(228 total)
May 23rd, 1993
The Ween Machine Wants It All: They look like a classic case of basement-genius novelty, but the real joke is they may turn out to be the second coming of Billy Joel - and not another Frank Zappa
Source: Los Angeles Times
Author: Richard Cromelin
"We are liars. We are horrible liars," says Mickey Melchiondo, the more voluble member of the rock duo Ween. "We can make people believe we're brothers, that we're gay, that we don't play anything onstage - that it's totally lip-synced."...
Read MoreApr 20th, 1993
WEEN: PURE GUAVA
Source: Tharunka via Trove Newspaper Archive
Author: S.R.
The WEEN brothers from New Jersey sure are on some weird trip, which they have somehow managed to translate onto C.D.! PURE GUAVA isn't exactly sweet and delicious but certainly makes for some interesting listening...
Read MoreApr 11th, 1993
Low-Fi Rockers
Source: New York Times
Author: Jon Pareles
Since Ween made its first album in 1988, it has risen from a rumor to a cottage industry to a cult. The two men are community-college dropouts and former gas-pump attendants whose low-budget, do-it-yourself songs crammed onto albums and overflowing onto private cassettes unveil the soul of young suburban slackers...
Read MoreFeb 5th, 1993
Radio Interview: Nardwuar vs. WEEN
Source: Nardwuar vs. Everyone
brownbase note: A 2018 re-broadcast of Nardwuar interviewing WEEN in 1993 - the interview starts at 38:12 and runs until 57:12. The surrounding hour plus is mostly unrelated....
Read MoreMar 14th, 1992
Bucks County 'Pod' Was Launching Pad For Ween
Source: The Morning Call
Author: David Herzog
brownbase note: The site hosting this article put up a dang paywall. The first page of the article can be read on newspapers.com. Sorry bout that. Please contact brownbase if you find the full text hosted elsewhere....
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