Ween is a rock duo formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania
when Mickey Melchiondo and Aaron Freeman met in a junior
high school typing class. They christened themselves
with the pseudonyms Dean Ween and Gene Ween respectively,
drawing on such punk surname collectives as the Ramones.
Thousands of home recordings later, Ween created its
own self-contained universe and collected a large underground
fanbase. Supposedly the two were visited by a God/Demon
named Boognish who directed them to start a rock band.
