Born Michael Melchiondo, Jr. in 1970, Dean Ween, American guitarist extraordinaire, has become a popular face from groups such as Moistboyz, The Dean Ween Group, and half of Ween.

Now, Dean Ween has announced his second album to be released for The Dean Ween Group on March 9th of 2018 through the tasty Schnitzel Records. It was recorded in Ween’s studio in New Jersey just across his home state of Pennsylvania where he discovered his stage name in a junior high typing class. 

Through a press release about the album Ween has made the following statement describing how his life has changed since the early 80s and how that is emanated in his new album titled Deaner Rock 2:

“Since 1984, I dedicated my life to recording in all of my free time. Later on, after living with Aaron for a few years, I moved into an apartment with my girlfriend (who is now my wife; Hi baby!) She would get up at 5:30 am to go to work teaching and I would record all day while she was gone. When she came home I would stop. When she went to sleep I’d go over to Aaron’s place at Brookridge Farms and record all night with him, or Guy Heller, or Billy Fowler.

“30 years later and I’ve found myself back at that same place, at a different address, with the best equipment money can buy. See, that’s the thing about being a musician (I dare not call myself an artist, although technically I guess I am). Anyway, success affords you better tools for your trade-money buys you time as well. There are no excuses when you have shit like Neve consoles and Neumann microphones, that shit is there to be used. For 4 years now I have been in my studio recording all day and all night, every day and every night when I’m not on tour. A song-a-day sounds far-fetched I know… we usually average at least 2 per day. Sorting through all of this has become a task unto itself, I still haven’t caught up or begun to catalog everything I’ve done since 1984 so there is a log jam in the filing and archiving process. This album is a snapshot of the fall of 2016–there have been a lot of tunes recorded before then and even more since then, but this is my second official solo album. These were written for this sole purpose and recorded with the entire lineup: the best band in the world, Ween — Claude Coleman Jr., Dave Dreiwitz, and Glenn McClelland, also the other best band in the world, the lineup of the DWG — Mike Dillon, Bill Fowler, Ray Kubian, Scott Rednor, and the other 50 members and usual suspects.” 

There will also be a tour in support of their album, check out our coverage on it here. 

In 2016, The Dean Ween Group released their debut album titled The Deaner Album. The Dean Ween Group is comprised of members Claude Coleman Jr., Dave Dreiwitz, Glenn McClelland, Bill Fowler, and, of course, Dean Ween.