Dean Ween

ABOUT DEAN WEEN

Guitarist born Michael Melchiondo, Jr. and known by the nickname of "Dean Ween." He co-founded a Pennsylvania-based, experimental rock band called Ween and later formed the heavy metal and punk group Moistboyz.

Before releasing such albums as Chocolate & Cheese and Pure Guava, he and his Ween band opened for such notable musicians as Henry Rollins and the Butthole Surfers.

He played guitar on Songs for the Deaf, a 2002 album by the Queens of the Stone Age.

He was born and raised in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

He and Ween band mate Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman) met during a middle school computer class.