Words and Magic from... WEEN
From Sphere of Influence , written by Chris Griffith Probably the hottest up and coming punk band on the East Coast is the two piece extravaganza known as the brothers WEEN. This interview was conducted by myself with Poppa Gene Ween and Dean Ween on the evening of July 26th, 1990 before a free performance by the band at Princeton Community Park in Princeton, NJ. It went something like this... Q: = Chris Griffith G: = Poppa Gene Ween (Vocals & Stuff) D: = Dean Ween (Guitar wizardry & Stuff) Q: Where, when & how did you guys start this phenomina that is Ween? G: Well, ah, we started back in '83. What we were doing was, ah, trying to scrounge by, ya know, trying to pay the rent, pay the bills things like that, get as many women as possible at all times, so we desided we would start a rock band and get really fucked up and play some rock'n'roll, right man? D: Yeah, right. That was the basic idea... Back then. Q: How did the name come about? D: We started b...