Ween's Chocolate and Cheese (33 1/3) Vital Remains SOLID PURPLE

SOLID PURPLE

It is an omnivorous record-you can hear glimmers of Aimee Mann

while "Beetroot" drowns apathy in angular riffs and catchy

Dirty (the group was initially called Mr

As an entity existing in his singular musical universe of doom

Ween's Chocolate and Cheese (33 1/3) Vital Remains SOLID PURPLEWeen now seems like a permanent fixture on the pop cultural landscape, but when the band first hit MTV in the early '90s, their longevity wasn't so secure. Nearly two decades on, though, Aaron "Gene Ween" Freeman and Mickey "Dean Ween" Melchiondo preside over one of the most devoted cult fan bases in American music. So how exactly did Ween manage to transcend joke band oblivion? One answer is that, in the years following their MTV breakthrough, Ween