“There’s no, ‘Godd**n that such and such!’ For me, I’d like to think it’s a door I can close finally.”įreeman and Melchiondo released a slew of home-recorded tapes in the Eighties before they tasted unlikely MTV success in 1992 with “Push th’ Little Daisies,” from their major-label debut “Pure Guava.” After that novelty single, Ween went on to release albums that reflected their intense love of music, from metal to MOR and all points in between. In life sometimes, in the universe, you have to close some doors to have others open,” says Freeman. He says the pair are still on speaking terms, even though he’s been contemplating the decision for the past eight years. It was a good run.”įreeman, who released his solo debut “Marvelous Clouds” earlier this month, says there’s no animosity towards his bandmates or Melchiondo, who he met in the eighth grade. Dean Ween) in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in the mid-Eighties? So does that mean the end for Ween, the band that Freeman formed with high school friend Mickey Melchiondo (a.k.a. “It’s time to move on,” Freeman told Rolling Stone from his home in New Jersey. For 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.
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