White Pepper press kit
1984 - Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo meet in 8th grade typing class at New Hope-Solebury High School in Pennsylvania. Both are making home recordings at the time and begin swapping records from their collections. The boys are visited by the demon-god BOOGNISH, prompting them to form WEEN and assume the alter egos Dean and Gene Ween . 1985 - Ween skips all developmental stages of being a rock band and are hopelessly addicted to drugs by age 15. First of two cassettes and an EP released on Bird O' Pray (intentional misspelling, fact-checkers) Records , Trenton, NJ label run by friends of Ween , Jeff Rusnak and Andrew Weiss , who goes on to produce much of the band's future output. 1986 - Ween plays first ever club show at Trenton's City Gardens, opening for the Butthole Surfers . Live "outfit" comprised of Dean and Gene on guitar and vocals respectively, and a cassette deck with the drums and bass on tape. 1987- Dean and Gene are forced to attend summe...