#Ween discography reviews series#

Indeed, chants of 'Ween' went up by the second song, and a bearded Ween fan in the front row made comparisons to the voice effects of Zapp and Roger as Kid Is Qual wrapped up its set. The schtick wore thin fairly quickly for a crowd that seemed impatient to see the main act.

With drummer Chris McClish providing the backbeat, the two basses offered a surprising amount of different sound textures, with Bryant playing a more traditional rhythm bass and Sullivan tweaking his instrument's sound with pedals and effects to make it sound like a lead guitar.Р”Р‡or all the novelty of the group's approach, a clear and simple formula emerged early on - speedy, straightforward tempos drove Sullivan's effects-laden lyrics, vocals that dealt mostly with girls, taking it slow with girls, 'sexual eruptions' and girls. More photos: Ween at the Fillmore, 12/29/11 Instead of the frenetic Fender work of Dean Ween, however, the trio's most impressive melodic work came on the lead bass of Sullivan, who found a backup in the second bass of Mike Bryant, whose credits include work with Slayer. Kid Is Qual's opening set offered some vague echoes of Ween's early, punk-informed material, boasting speedy, 2/4 tempos and dizzying, dense guitar solos from frontman Jonathan Sullivan. The song selection echoed previous Colorado performances in the past few years, but unlike Ween's Halloween show at the 1STBANK Center in 2010 and the band's two-show Fillmore stint in 2008, they brought along an opening act. Still, plenty of glaring omissions marked the song roster from the first of three shows, an indication that Friday and Saturday still hold plenty of commercial favorites and obscure deep album tracks for those planning to attend. The selection included plenty of numbers that have become proven crowd favorites at a Ween show ('Roses Are Free' from Chocolate and Cheese drew a predictably frenzied response).

The playlist drew from the entirety of the band's discography, easily jumping between tunes from their most recent studio release - 2007's La Cucaracha - to tracks from 1990's GodWeenSatan: The Oneness and 1992's Pure Guava. The band's initial set included more than thirty songs and spanned more than two hours.

#Ween discography reviews series#

If the first show of the series was any indication, the Ween brothers intend to make good on that promise. 'We're gonna play you a shitload of songs over the next three days.' We're the band for the next few days,' Dean Ween (aka Mickey Melchiondo) announced casually as his musical partner in crime Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman) grinned at his side. WEEN FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | NIGHT ONE | 12.29.11 | See also, reviews of: 12/29/11 (night two) and 12/30/11 (night three)Р”В®arly in the first show of Ween's three-night stint at the Fillmore, guitarist and frontman Dean Ween offered the crowd a simple game plan: 'We're Ween.