GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
album by Ween
GodWeenSatan: The Oneness is the debut studio album by American rock band Ween, released on November 16, 1990, by Twin/Tone Records. The album introduces several key themes for the group, including their eclecticism, gonzo sense of humor, and their demon god/mascot, the Boognish.
The album contains several tracks that are long time staples of Ween's live performances, such as "You Fucked Up", "Fat Lenny", "Marble Tulip Juicy Tree", and "L.M.L.Y.P."
Background
Writing
The album was written and performed by Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo, who began writing and recording together when they were 14. They soon adopted the name Ween and began recording home tapes. The apparent earliest GodWeenSatan track, "I Gots a Weasel," first appeared on their 1985 Ween WAD EP in an extended form.
At age 16 Ween released their first album-length tape, The Crucial Squeegie Lip, on Birdo'pray Records, which featured a short version of "You Fucked Up."
On January 10, 1987, Ween played their earliest known live show at 'Weenstock,' a small event held in Freeman's basement. Five months later, they began playing at more prominent venues, such as City Gardens in Trenton, NJ. Shortly afterward, Ween released their second album-length tape, Ween II (Axis: Bold as Boognish), which featured a slower version of "Bumblebee."
Between September and November 1988, Ween recorded a home demo tape referred to as Scraping the Palm for Guava, which contained early versions of four GodWeenSatan songs, "Mushroom Festival in Hell," "Licking the Palm for Guava," "Up on the Hill" and "Don't Laugh (I Love You)."
On January 2, 1989, Ween played a show at Pranzatelli's Stereo and TV in Bound Brook. The show featured the earliest known versions of several GodWeenSatan songs. These included fully formed versions of "Tick" and "Licking the Palm for Guava," shorter unfinished versions of "LMLYP" & "Nan," and extended versions of "Don't Laugh (I Love You)" and "El Camino." An FM broadcast of Ween playing at The Rathskellar on April 18, 1989, showcases Ween performing half of the album's tracks live. The recordings notably feature the earliest known versions of "Never Squeal," "Cold and Wet," "Common Bitch,'' "Old Queen Cole," "Papa Zit," "Squelch the Weasel," and "Fat Lenny."
In January 1990, Ween moved into the Pod, where they continued to record several home tapes.
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