Ween (partially found demo songs/tapes from experimental rock band; 1985-2007)

A collection of tapes from Ween.

Status: Partially Found

Ween is an American experimental rock band formed in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in 1985, infamously known for making "Loop de Loop" and "Ocean Man". They have gained a large cult following and critical praise for their genre-hopping music, "brown" sound (drawing on psychedelic music), and crude sense of humor, among other aspects. They released 9 studio albums and 2 compilations before disbanding in 2012 and eventually reforming in 2016.

Since their formation, they have recorded numerous demo tapes and songs alongside their official releases. While most of their extensive demo-and-outtake discography is widely available and shared on platforms such as YouTube and, formerly, Browntracker (a site dedicated to sharing live shows and demos from the band), there are some songs and even entire tapes that have yet to resurface. Some songs were known to be played on Weenradio, and others were shared on the file-sharing site WeenFTP. Unfortunately, certain Weenradio broadcasts aren't known to have been recorded and WeenFTP has long since been rendered inoperative. Further complicating matters is the lack of information for a majority of the tapes.

Notable Lost/Unresurfaced Songs

Name	Tape/Sessions	Status
Kevin the Honky	Music for Drunk Irish Homos	Found
Gotta Burn on My Leg	Pure Guava Sessions	Found
I Got It	Pure Guava sessions	Lost
Boston Chicken	12 Golden Country Greats sessions	Lost
Louise	White Pepper sessions	Found
Streetfight	Freedom tape	Lost
Israel	unknown	Existence Unconfirmed (rerecorded for the Shinola, Vol. 1 compilation of rerecorded versions of demos)

Unfinished 10th Album

In a 2010 interview with The National Post, guitarist Dean Ween shared that Ween were due in the studio for a 10th studio album. It is unknown what became of the sessions, or if any work was done on it, as Ween would announce their breakup 2 years later.

Status

Ween WAD is by far the most complete of the known lost tapes, and even then is still missing two songs, White Haai and Love Excerpt, with the rest (save for Big Baboons) appearing on the live album The Live Brain Wedgie. The Freedom tape is partially accounted for, but missing several songs including alternate versions of What Deaner Was Talking About, Don't Shit Where You Eat, and Fluffy and the song Streetfight. The only song to resurface (and, by extension, the only known song) from Jug is Quaid is Albino Sunburned Girl, though the version of Cover It With Gas and Set it on Fire on the Big Timmy Wasserman tape is said to have originated on Jug is Quaid. The Eindhoven EP is sometimes rumored to be a live show Dean Ween shared in 2018.

Certain .shn files were recovered from a WeenFTP archive by a Discord server dedicated to lost Ween media, but they turned out to be live performances that were already widely shared. The Mrs. Slack, Chris Hoecke, Kim Tulio, Mike Banks, and John Ward tapes were compiled for Prime 5, a 1988 compilation that resurfaced in 2017.

An eBay listing for Ween WAD was found in 2021, apparently in the possession of a tape collector.

The song I Got It was also allegedly circulating around 1994-95, though the legitimacy of this claim is unknown.