Ween v. South Park in Mean Magazine
From the new issue of Mean Magaizne (http://www.meanmag.com):
Mean: There’s the obvious similarities between Ween and South Park...
Matt: (mocking) Two bands of gay friends. Yes, um, the obvious similarities: "You’re all gay."
Matt: When we did the Orgazmo record, and they did a little number for
Trey’s master work, and we sent them a scene where Orgazmo goes out and
tests the Orgazmo ray. We gave them very little direction, and we said
make it sound super gay, and they came back with this thing that was
just the most perfect fucking thing and the best part of the movie.
You guys are in a band called DVDA. Will you ever collaborate with Ween?
Matt: Yeah, we shouldn’t really talk about that.
You have to let the people know about “Fuck That Guy From Bush” and “I
Matt: Trey and I are trying to get the rights to this movie called
Megaforce, which is this shitty movie from the 80’s, and we were going
to talk to Ween about doing the soundtrack.
Gene: Are you going to remake it?
Matt: No, we want to do Megaforce II, like 20 years later. Have you guys
Gene: No, what’s it about?
Matt: It’s the super lamest movie ever made.
Trey: It’s about motorcycles that can fly.
Matt: The big line in the ending is, “Good guys always win...even in the
Trey and Matt, what was your first Ween album?
Trey: My first one was Chocolate and Cheese, the one with the chocolate
Gene: It was actually a bastardization. We were trying to get a gay
sailor to wear that championship belt. This is a true story. I think we
even got to the part of casting the guy, then Elektra got cold feet. We
had already had the belt made by this guy who makes heavyweight prize
title fight belts. So, we just ended up getting the next best thing,
which was a large-breasted model.
Dean: It was actually us. We weren’t man enough to do it.
Matt: Yeah, only someone truly gay would do that.
What do you think about the Smurfs?
Trey: It’s not cool to talk about the Smurfs anymore. I think there’s an
indie movie that analyzes the Smurfs that you should check out. What’s
up with “Ice Castles”, the instrumental on the new album?
Gene: It’s was called “The Baroque Jam”, but it looked so stupid written
down. None of us would listen to a song called “The Baroque Jam.” It was
named that all the way to the mastering sessions, then it was called
“The Anal Plump Fairies,” then we changed it again to “Ice Castles,”
which was a movie. It’s a pretty bad title.
Trey: I heard a couple of these songs when you last played out here.
Dean: We started playing a lot of the new album on our last tour, so
basically we have nothing to look forward to on the tour.
Matt: Do you guys have to get in shape before you go touring?
Trey: Matt just saw Perry Farrell on a bike at an athletic center
because he’s going to go on tour.
Matt: It was 8:15 in the morning at Bodies In Motion, or one of those
types of places and there’s Perry with his little headphones on riding a
Gene: We’re exactly the opposite.
Trey: Perry’s old now. You guys aren’t that old though. You’re the same
Dean: I’m about to turn 30.
Matt: Perry’s like almost 40, so he has to like you know...
Gene: My pre-tour routine is finding all the Valium and Xanax that I can
Matt: Mickey’s turning 30?
Trey: Are you bummed about it?
Dean: No, I’m not. It’s fine. I’m going to Jamaica, so I’m going to be
Trey: I was in Hawaii for mine, and everyone’s like, “You know, it’ll
suck, but then you’ll be psyched to be 30,” and it’s been like three
months, and I’m really not psyched to be 30. Maybe you have to wait until you’re 40, and then you’re like, “You know I was psyched when I
Gene: I’m curious about DVDA. Is there going to be a proper release?
Trey: We had a sweet gig actually at Sundance, and we played for like
2,000 people. We played a song called, “Robert Redford Fucks Babies,”
cause you know that’s his thing.
Dean: How did that go over?
Trey: It went over really well. We played with Les Claypool’s Holy
Mackerel, and it was really fun. We would love to just be a band and not
do this fucking cartoon shit anymore, but we’re just sort of locked in
and we can’t get out of it.
Matt: When we get some stuff on tape I’ll send it to you guys. Some of
the stuff will definitely remind you of you guys, but not as good. Like
you guys when you were like 14. You guys when you were in 8th grade.
Trey: Was this the longest you guys took on an album?
Gene: This record’s been done for a while, but we actually intentionally
pushed it back because we didn’t have our shit together.
What were you guys doing in your hiatus?
Dean: Yeah, I have a kid. A little 14-month-old.
Matt: What do you think about Steely Dan coming out with a new record.
How much does that piss you off?
Gene: No, I bough it actually! It’s not very good. I’m pretty down with
Steely Dan though. When I was a kid, they were the measuring stick for
everything that sucked. I hated them more than anything, and now I thing
Dean: Same with me, it’s scary.
Matt: Yeah, I’m where you were when you were little.
What do you guys think about Night Ranger?
Matt: I don’t really think a lot about Night Ranger.
Gene: They’re right up there with the Smurfs.
I’m going to step back into the corner now.
Matt: (laughing) Yeah, it’s like early 80’s guy keeps stepping in and
asking fucked up questions. "What do you think about Jan Hammer?"
Trey: The question Matt and I always get is, “Are you guys starting to
hate each other now?” Do they ask you if you fight, and shit like that?
Dean: No, people are afraid to ask us that question.
Gene: That’s cause they want you to fight and hate each other.
Matt: Trey and I have never really gotten in a fight.
Trey: You guys have known each other since junior high, right?
Matt: So, do you guys ever get into fights?
Dean: No, we’re in psychotherapy.
Trey: It’s bullshit. Everyone asks us if we hate each other, and if we
say no, then they think we’re gay. Then they’re sure we’re gay because
we’ve been friends since we were 18 or 19.
Have any of you ever seriously sought group counseling?
Dean: No, Gene and I are just gay. There’s a lot of cocksucking.
Gene: The whole key to long relationships is communication. Well, we’re
exactly the opposite—we don’t talk about any of the problem areas and
nothing gets done. That’s kind of how we do it.
Matt: That sounds familiar actually.
Gene: It just builds and builds.
Matt: If you don’t start the communication it doesn’t need to go there.
It just builds and builds and it shapes you both into bitter, horrible
people. I think once Trey and I fuck, we’ll be much better friends. We
just gotta all start fucking. That’s what we should tell those guys who ask if we fight.
Trey: “Yeah, we fucked. You know, it was empty but since we’ve done it,
we’ve become a lot better and closer friends."
Gene: "Well, one night I was drunk, and..."
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