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  Gene Ween Says Band's Split Came After Decade of 'Struggle'

  June 20, 2012 – Following comments he made last month that the quarter of a century he and bandmate Mickey Melchiondo spent as the brilliant rock duo Ween had at last come to an end, Aaron Freeman — better known as Gene Ween — released an official statement to Ween fans this afternoon explaining the decision. …
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  A Song for Gene and Dean: A Ween Appreciation

  June 1, 2012 – The first time I went to see Ween play live, I ended up passed out on the floor. I came to with beer in my hair, a friend kicking me in the ribs, and the band singing about a Voodoo Lady. This was maybe an hour into the show, and given the wildly disorienting, unpredictable music that had come before, I can't say I was surprised. God, Ween were a weird band. Great, but weird. …
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  Ween's Aaron Freeman on 'Sober Ninjas' and the Song That Made Him Cry

  May 25, 2012 – "As my music evolves, I want to get more and more adult contemporary." An odd pronouncement coming from Aaron Freeman — a.k.a., Gene Ween, one-half of indomitable shape-shifting pranksters Ween, the funniest (and possibly best) rock band of the past several decades — and yet it makes total sense. Ween, currently on indefinite hiatus (Freeman's cohort, Mickey Melchiondo, a.k.a. …
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  LIVE 'HANGOUT' STREAM: Flaming Lips & More

  May 19, 2011 – Alabama's three-day Hangout Music Festival kicks off Friday, May 20, but you don't have to be on the Gulf Coast to enjoy the rockin' performances: SPIN will be streaming sets from the event all weekend long, right on this page! Among the bands whose appearances will stream in real-time: The Flaming Lips, Avett Brothers, Ween, Primus, Warren Haynes Band, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Matisyahu, Brandi Carlile, Slightly Stoopid, Keller Wil …
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  Oscar Nom Jesse Eisenberg on His Fave Band: Ween!

  February 7, 2011 – If you call Jesse Eisenberg a Weenie, he'll have no choice but to agree with you. The 27-year-old actor, who recently nabbed an Oscar nod for his rapid-fire portrayal of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, told SPIN in 2009: "My favorite band is Ween. …
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  Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews, Beastie Boys Play S.F. Fest

  April 13, 2009 – Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, and the Beastie Boys have been announced as the headlining performers for San Francisco's second Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, which is scheduled to hit Golden Gate Park August 28-30. Other highlights include Jack White's new band the Dead Weather, M.I.A., Modest Mouse, the Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, Ween, Deerhunter, Q-Tip, Built to Spill, Thievery Corporation, Mastodon, and Band of Horses,  …
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