Children Michael Melchiondo Spouse Michelle Ellis (m. 1996) | Role Guitarist | |
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Occupation Musician, fishing guide | ||
Fender Dean Ween Stratocaster With Ween's Dean Ween
Michael Melchiondo, Jr. (born September 25, 1970), better known by his stage name Dean Ween, is an American guitarist, and is one half of the alternative rock group Ween. Melchiondo is currently active in the groups Moistboyz, The Dean Ween Group and Ween.
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- Fender Dean Ween Stratocaster With Weens Dean Ween
- Freedom of 76 master class with dean ween
- Biography
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Freedom of 76 master class with dean ween
Biography
Melchiondo met Aaron Freeman in a junior high school typing class in their hometown of New Hope, Pennsylvania. The two adopted the fictitious surname, Ween, with Melchiondo taking up the name Dean Ween and Freeman the name Gene Ween.
Melchiondo started up another band called the Moistboyz.
After having recorded 12 Golden Country Greats, an album of ten country tunes Ween had written over the years with the help of Charlie McCoy, Buddy Harman, and Bobby Ogdin, in Nashville was released in 1996.
Melchiondo made contributions to two projects by his friend Josh Homme: The Desert Sessions and Queens of the Stone Age. On the 2002 Queens of the Stone Age album Songs for the Deaf, Melchiondo played guitar on "Mosquito Song", "Gonna Leave You", and "Six Shooter".
In 2009 Melchiondo received his captain's license and regularly leads fishing trips off the Jersey shore as Mickey's Guide Service.
In 2013, Melchiondo released the fifth Moistboyz album, "Moistboyz V". In August 2016 the Dean Ween Group's debut album, The Deaner Album, was announced. It was subsequently released on October 21st through ATO Records.