Old Ass Ween News(233 total)

Jul 15th, 1996
Nashville cats spill the beans on '12 Golden Country Greats'

Source: Aquarian Weekly
Author: Al Muzer

brownbase note: the article is no longer at the original URL - this now links to a copy someone made on facebook.
brownbase note update: aaaaand it's gone. or perhaps you must be logged into facebook. fuck facebook. if you see this article posted elsewhere live on the infernets, please contact brownbase...

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Apr 6th, 1995
The goofy duo serves up 'Chocolate and Cheese' on their latest effort

Source: Rolling Stone
Author: Chuck Dean

If you are unfamiliar with rock's consummate idiot savants from Pennsylvania way, then (1) you'll need to watch more TV, and (2) you're taking life way too seriously. With that said, we are very proud to introduce you to the whacked world of the Ween brothers...

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Nov 29th, 1994
Instant Death with Ween

Source: ram.org
Author: Ram Samudrala

"I Can't Put My Finger On It"... Neither can you on Ween's music, since it does everything!...

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Jul 1st, 1994
Push th' little daisies and make them come out... up!!

Source: ram.org
Author: Ram Samudrala

In this world where a band can easily become stuck in a musical rut, producing the same uninspired boring garbage again and again, Ween stands out as a beacon offering hope to the eclectic sailor engulfed by the mostly-unimaginative musical sea...

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"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."...

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Apr 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...

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Apr 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...

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Feb 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....

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Mar 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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Mar 4th, 1991
WEEN at 7th Street Entry 3/4/1991

Source: The City Pages (probably), via Jambands.ca
Author: Jim Walsh

I have seen the future of rock & roll and they are brain dead...

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