Style and Influences
Ween's musical style incorporates elements of genres ranging from country rock, hard rock, punk rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, heavy metal, and speed metal, to country pop, country folk, honky tonk, flamenco, funk, pop, psychedelic pop and soul. Their lyrics are usually humorous in tone, and their influences include Prince, Thin Lizzy, Queen, The Spinners, Pink Floyd, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, David Bowie, Butthole Surfers, The Dead Milkmen, Led Zeppelin, Meat Puppets, Motörhead, Steely Dan, Talking Heads, They Might Be Giants, Violent Femmes, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Seger, Van Halen, Hank Williams, The Residents, America UFO, and Bruce Springsteen.
Ween joined members of Japanese group Boredoms to form noise rock supergroup Z-Rock Hawaii, and Dean is also a member of hardcore band Moistboyz which sometimes features Dave Dreiwitz during live performances.
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