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Cult Rockers Ween Split Amid Band Confusion

4789 days ago
ContactMusicWeen rocker Mickey Melchiondo has been left stunned by band co-founder Aaron Freemans decision to split from the cult group after more than 25 years Melchiondo and Freeman founded Ween in 1984 and adopted the alter egos Dean and Gene The group rel... more info

Ween sets the table for the inevitable reunion

4789 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissThe band Ween is done, says principal Aaron Freeman, who has moved on to soft rock crooning on the recently released solo effort "Marvelous Clouds." But that is evidently news to his partner in Ween, Mickey Melchiondo, who was unaware of any breakup. more info

Aaron Freeman Disbands 'ween', Without Telling Bandmates

4790 days ago
ContactMusicNot everyone was in on the news that Ween would be breaking up after almost 30 years together so it would seem When Aaron Freeman - stage name Gene Ween - was going through his list of people to tell first about his decision to leave the group youd h... more info

The end of Ween

4790 days ago
CNN ShowbizFor most of his life he's been Gene Ween, the nimble-voiced frontman of one of rock's great genre-hoppers -- but Aaron Freeman is finally ready to put his alter-ego to bed. more info

Gene Ween says Ween are no more, which is news to Dean

4790 days ago
Brooklyn VeganWeen at Summerstage in 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair) "It's time to move on," Freeman told Rolling Stone from his home in New Jersey. "I'm retiring Gene Ween." So does that mean the end for Ween, the band that Freeman... more info

Gene's goodbye to Dean means the end of Ween

4790 days ago
Guardian MusicCo-founder of US alt-rock's dedicated provocateurs leaves the group after 25 yearsGene Ween has left Ween. The band's co-founder has announced his retirement from one of the most provocative roups in American alternative rock, choosing instead to foc... more info

Ween Break Up

4790 days ago
Chorus.fm*Ween (http://www.ween.com)* have decided to call it quits (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/aaron-freeman-closes-the-book-on-ween-20120529) after 25 years. more info

Gene Ween's 'Marvelous Clouds': Fans text reactions

4805 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissAaron Freeman, best known as "Gene Ween," has released his first solo album, "Marvelous Clouds." A tribute to singer/poet Rod McKuen, the album brims with soft rock irony. Freeman recently asked fans to text him their reactions to the record. more info

Aaron Freeman - Marvelous Clouds (album stream)

4817 days ago
Totally Fuzzy Aaron Freeman, who is best known as Gene Ween (of alt-prankster band Ween), will put out his tribute to poet/songwriter Rod McKuen in a few days. Now, the whole album is already available for streaming below. Read more » more info

Gene Ween Goes Solo

4929 days ago
StereogumAaron Freeman will step out from behind the Gene Ween moniker to release Marvelous Clouds , a 13-song tribute to the poet and songwriter Rod McKuen, under his own name later this spring. A prolific writer, McKuen wrote songs for the likes of Perry Co... more info

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