Ween's sixth studio album, White Pepper, was the band's final studio release for Elektra and was released in 2000. However, according to Melchiondo, once the album was completed, Elektra realized the sales potential of the CD and denied Ween the right to release it through their independent label. The same year the band had planned to release a live album compilation spanning their entire career up to that point, titled Paintin' the Town Brown: Ween Live 1990-1998. The band's desire to pursue alternate forms of media led to the MP3-only release Craters of the Sac, presented by Melchiondo for online download and free trade. It is considered a prog rock concept album, and featured the singles " Mutilated Lips" and " Ocean Man", the latter gaining a significant following after being a song on the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack. The nautically-themed album The Mollusk followed in 1997. It gave way to the singles " Piss Up a Rope" and "You Were the Fool". Ween's next album, released in 1996, was titled 12 Golden Country Greats and was recorded with several prominent Nashville musicians, featuring a distinct country sound. In 1994 Chocolate and Cheese was released, which spawned the singles " Voodoo Lady", " Freedom of '76", and "I Can't Put My Finger on It". While touring for this album, they played at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, which would later be released as a CD/DVD live album in 2008 titled At the Cat's Cradle, 1992.
It features their highest-charting single to date, " Push th' Little Daisies". Later, Ween signed with Elektra Records and released their major label debut Pure Guava in 1992. In 1991 they signed with another independent label, Shimmy-Disc, and released The Pod. Starting out with a few locally released demo tapes, including The Crucial Squeegie Lip, AXIS: Bold as Boognish, and The Live Brain Wedgie / WAD Excerpts, the band was picked up by independent label Twin/Tone Records in 1990 and released their debut GodWeenSatan: The Oneness. The following is the discography of Ween, a Pennsylvania-based experimental alternative band formed by childhood friends Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo, better known by their respective stage names, Gene Ween and Dean Ween.
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