The Pod

...as the duo's use of drum machines, pitch-tweaked guitars and vocals and drug-laced humor became a trademark part of their sound. The Pod, according to Ween-lore, was written under the influence of Scotchgard, but this was later refuted...

In this article: Gene Ween, Chocodog Records, Ween, MTV, South Park, Road Trip, 12 Golden Country Greats, and Pure Guava

The Pod is the second studio album by Ween, originally released by Shimmy Disc in 1991. Most often considered the band's "challenging album," The Pod (named for the apartment Dean and Gene shared in which all of the album's songs were...

In this article: Gene Ween, Nitrous oxide, Shimmy Disc, Elektra Records, and Ween

...to the liner notes written by Leonard Cohen himself. The band Ween made a parody of this album's cover for their album, The Pod. In July 2009, the compilation was re-released (at least in the UK) under the title Greatest Hits, with...

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...record" ''12 Golden Country Greats, their "nautically-themed" The Mollusk, their Beatlesque "pop" album White Pepper, the dark and murky The Pod and the cheerful and druggy Pure Guava. The song "It's Gonna Be a Long Night" is featured in the...

In this article: Quebec, Ween, Adam Phillips, Disney, Sanctuary Records, White Pepper, Chocolate and Cheese, The Mollusk, and Pure Guava

...see a lot of bands, but every time Ween comes to town it's almost always the best show I see that year, and some of their albums, like The Pod and The Mollusk, are American classics. These are some pretty high expectations to live up to.

In this article: Gene Ween, San Francisco, and The Mollusk

...the roots of it all. I doubt there are many who will count this as their favorite Ween album, but it is a recognizable prelude to The Pod, which takes you into the brownest level of Ween. The songs that impressed me most were Don't Laugh (I...

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...with a handful of self-released cassettes. Then came a pair of brilliant and beloved indie albums (�GodWeenSatan: The Oneness� and �The Pod�) and an amusing run at alt-rock stardom (Ween spent most of the �90s recording for Elektra Records),...

In this article: Gene Ween, Mickey Melchiondo, Pasta, Candy, David Sanborn, Kelefa Sanneh, Pennsylvania, and La Cucaracha

...were on our little break between these two albums, I tried to transfer just our four-track tapes, which were from when we lived at The Pod for two years. And I couldn't do it. I quit after the third day. It was such a massive undertaking. I...

In this article: Ween, La Cucaracha, The A.V. Club, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Amazon.com, IPod, and Quebec