About Gene Ween
Aaron Freeman, better known by his stage name Gene Ween, is an American singer, guitarist and a founding member of the experimental alternative rock group Ween. Freeman, along with childhood friend Mickey Melchiondo, started the group in the mid-1980s. Ween would expand to five members and perform together until May 2012 when Freeman abruptly quit the band due to his desire to move forward with a solo career, as well as his intention to remain sober. Over the next few years, Freeman would briefly abandon the Gene Ween name and lead a new five-piece band called Freeman. Shortly after reviving the Gene Ween name as a solo act, to perform a series of Billy Joel tribute performances, Ween reunited in February 2016 for three concerts in Broomfield, Colorado. The band continued to perform and tour until going on an indefinite hiatus in August 2024. Ween's music slowly progressed from a bedroom-style recording project, eventually signing to a major record label and transforming into a full live band. The band's shows featured rarely played Ween songs, a few covers, and Freeman-penned songs performed for the first time. That same month, Partisan Records released Freeman's debut solo LP, Marvelous Clouds, a collection of Rod McKuen cover songs produced by Ben Vaughn. In November 2013, Freeman self-released Gener's Gone: The Final Demo Recordings of Gene Ween, a six-song collection of demo tracks Freeman had previously recorded before dropping the Gene Ween moniker.
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