Ween Announce New Live Box Set ‘Boognish Provides’ Documenting ‘Chocolate And Cheese’ Era

Ween are opening the vaults with Boognish Provides, a new collection of seven previously unreleased concerts from their 1994-95 Chocolate And Cheese tour. Arriving next month via Rhino, the 14-CD box set and condensed 2-LP edition capture the band at a pivotal moment, shortly after they began touring with a full backing band featuring bassist Andrew Weiss and drummer Claude Coleman.

The collection spans performances at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, the Metro in Chicago, First Avenue in Minneapolis, the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Hof Ter Lo in Antwerp, the Fox Theatre in Boulder, and Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia. The shows feature 12 of the 16 tracks from Chocolate And Cheese, alongside songs from GodWeenSatan, The Pod, and Pure Guava, as well as early versions of material that would appear on later albums.

One highlight is a 24-minute version of “Vallejo” recorded at Athens’ 40 Watt Club in February 1995. Tour engineer Kirk Miller recalls: “From the start, the band and crowd were hyped, and the show ended with Mickey diving over the drum kit into Claude, and the two of them rolling down the couple of stairs into the dressing room, locking the door behind them.”

Ween have also created an interactive online game called “The Altar Of The Boognish.” Play that here, and check out the “Vallejo” performance below.

VINYL TRACKLIST:

LP One
Side One
01 “Don’t Sweat It” (02-10-95)
02 “Take Me Away” (10-31-94)
03 “Don’t Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)” (05-20-95)
04 “The HIV Song” (10-30-94)
05 “Ode To Rene” (10-09-94)

Side Two
01 “Weed Whore” (06-16-95)
02 “Demon Sweat” (10-30-94)
03 “Flutes Of Chi” (10-09-94)
04 “Fat Lenny” (03-27-95)
05 “Pumpin’ 4 The Man” (06-16-95)
06 “Nan” (02-10-95)
07 “The Stallion, Pt. 3” (05-20-95)

LP Two
Side Three
01 “Doctor Rock” (02-10-95)
02 “Papa Zit” (10-30-94)
03 “Voodoo Lady” (06-16-95)
04 “Drifter In The Dark” (02-10-95)
05 “Mister Would You Please Help My Pony?” (10-09-94)
06 “Reggaejunkiejew” (10-31-94)

Side Four
01 “Vallejo” (02-10-95)

Boognish Provides is out 10/16 via Rhino. Pre-order here, and check out the full tracklist for the 14-CD version here.