Chocolate & Cheese Tour

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The Chocolate & Cheese Tour refers to six tours undertaken by Ween between June 24th, 1994 and May 4th, 1996. The shows were notable for being the first complete tours played with a backing band, consisting of Andrew Weiss on bass and Claude Coleman on drums. Weiss would leave the band after their June 16th, 1995 show.

The show followed the Pure Guava tour (1992-1994) and the Country Tour (1996).

Date[edit | edit source]

First Leg[edit | edit source]

This was the first tour Ween played as a four-piece band. They had played a few shows as a four-piece on The Pod Tour and a handful of one-off shows towards the end of the Pure Guava Tour, but this was the first leg to feature a backing band on each show. The setlist staples featured a healthy blend of the group's more popular songs from Chocolate and Cheese, Pure Guava, and GodWeenSatan, as well as some deep cuts such as the B-Sides "Puerto Rican Power" and "Vallejo." Regular drummer Claude Coleman is not on all these shows and is sometimes replaced by Scott Colburn.

  • June 24th, 1994: City Limits, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • June 25th, 1994:The Buffalo Icon, Buffalo, NY, USA (With Scott Colburn on drums)
  • June 26th, 1994: Threadwaxing Space, New York, NY, USA (With Scott Colburn on drums)
  • June 27th, 1994: Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, USA (With Scott Colburn on drums)
  • June 29th, 1994: Tuxedo Junction, Danbury, CT, USA
  • June 30th, 1994: Fastlane, Asbury Park, NJ, USA
  • July 1st, 1994: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA
  • July 2nd, 1994: Flood Zone, Richmond, VA, USA
  • July 3rd, 1994: Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC, USA
  • July 4th, 1994: Rockafellas', Columbia, SC, USA
  • July 6th, 1994: Club 218, Wilmington, DE, USA
  • August 5th, 1994: John and Peter's, New Hope, PA, USA
  • August 6th, 1994: City Gardens, Trenton, NJ, USA
  • September 1st, 1994: Demarest Hall, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Common Songs (Played more than seven times)

Second Leg[edit | edit source]

Between September 21st and October 9th 1994 Ween played a handful of shows on the East and West coast. These shows featured Claude Coleman as drummer for their first full leg. The shows typically featured Ween playing popular songs from Chocolate and Cheese, as well as newly written material (including "The Blarney Stone" & "Koko.") The number of staples was greatly reduced compared to the first leg and were generally more low-key songs.

  • September 21st, 1994: Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA
  • September 26th, 1994: Chapter 1 Books, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
  • October 6th, 1994: The Viper Room, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • October 7th, 1994: Jack's Sugar Shack, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • October 8th, 1994: Jabberjaw, Los Angeles, CA, USA (With Lob ov Instagon on harmonica)
  • October 9th, 1994: KCRW Radio Studio, Santa Monica, CA, USA
  • October 9th, 1994: McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA, USA

6/7 setlists are known, one of which is noticeably short

Common Songs (Played more than 3 times)

Third Leg[edit | edit source]

  • October 21st, 1994: Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • October 22nd, 1994: Club Babyhead, Providence, RI, USA
  • October 23rd, 1994: Axis, Boston, MA, USA
  • October 24th, 1994: Nietzsche's, Buffalo, NY, USA
  • October 25th, 1994: The Penguin, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • October 26th, 1994: Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • October 27th, 1994: Peabody's, Cleveland, OH, USA
  • October 28th, 1994: Spirit of the Potomac, Washington, DC, USA
  • October 29th, 1994: Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI, USA
  • October 30th, 1994: Metro, Chicago, IL, USA
  • October 31st, 1994: First Avenue Club, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • November 2nd ,1994: Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO, USA
  • November 4th, 1994: Bar and Grill, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • November 6th, 1994: The Starfish Room, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • November 7th, 1994: Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA, USA
  • November 8th, 1994: Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA, USA
  • November 9th, 1994: La Luna, Portland, OR, USA
  • November 11th, 1994: Doc Rickett's Lab, Monterey, CA, USA
  • November 12th, 1994: Slim's, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • November 13th, 1994: Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • November 14th, 1994: Huntridge Theater, Las Vegas, NV, USA (31 minute extract released on Paintin' The Town Brown)
  • November 15th, 1994: Soma, San Diego, CA, USA
  • November 16th, 1994: Boston's, Tempe, AZ, USA
  • November 18th, 1994: Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX, USA
  • November 19th, 1994: Deep Ellum Live, Dallas, TX, USA
  • November 20th, 1994: Urban Art Bar, Houston, TX, USA
  • November 22nd, 1994: The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA, USA
  • November 23rd, 1994: Midnight Sun, Jackson, MS, USA
  • November 25th, 1994: The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • November 26th, 1994: Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC, USA
  • November 27th, 1994: The Machine, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
  • November 29th, 1994: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA
  • December 2nd, 1994: City Gardens, Trenton, NJ, USA

Common Songs (Played more than 16 times)

  • Captain Fantasy
  • Doctor Rock
  • Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)
  • Don't Shit Where You Eat
  • I Can't Put My Finger on It
  • LMLYP
  • Marble Tulip Juicy Tree
  • Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony?
  • Nan
  • Poopship Destroyer
  • Pumpin' 4 the Man
  • Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)
  • Take Me Away
  • The HIV Song
  • The Stallion pt 3
  • Tick
  • Vallejo
  • You Fucked Up

Fourth Leg[edit | edit source]

  • December 28th, 1994: John and Peter's, New Hope, PA, USA (With guest guitarist Willie O'Tucker)
  • December 31st, 1994: Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL, USA (Without backing band)
  • January 10th, 1995: WDRE Radio Studio, Garden City, NY, USA (Radio appearance, without backing band)
  • January 18th, 1995: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, USA (TV appearance)
  • January 21st, 1995: Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY, USA
  • January 22nd, 1995: Network, Buffalo, NY, USA
  • January 24th, 1995: WNEW Radio Studio, New York, NY, USA (Radio appearance, acoustic, without backing band)
  • January 24th, 1995: Mercury Lounge, New York, NY, USA (Acoustic show, with guest violinist Stefon)
  • January 25th, 1995: Tramps, New York, NY, USA
  • January 27th, 1995: Nyabinghi Dance Hall, Morgantown, WV, USA (Short excerpt featured on Paintin' The Town Brown)
  • January 28th, 1995: Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, USA
  • January 29th, 1995: Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  • January 31st, 1995: The Blue Note, Columbia, MO, USA (Excerpt featured on Paintin' The Town Brown)
  • February 1st, 1995: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO, USA
  • February 2nd, 1995: Antenna Club, Memphis, TN, USA
  • February 4th, 1995: The Oasis, Tallahassee, FL, USA
  • February 5th, 1995: Club Detroit, St. Petersburg, FL, USA (With ARP Odyessy on 'Awesome Sound')
  • February 7th, 1995: The Edge, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
  • February 8th, 1995: The Edge, Orlando, FL, USA
  • February 10th, 1995: The 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, USA
  • February 11th, 1995: Rockafellas', Columbia, SC, USA
  • February 12th, 1995: The Underground, Fredericksburg, VA, USA

All setlists known, including 3 short appearances.

Common Songs (Songs played more than 11 times)

Fifth Leg[edit | edit source]

In a 1997 interview, Dean Ween said this of this leg "Absolutely the worst tour that we've ever done. I think we've toured Europe four times and America probably seven or eight times but this was us at our lowest, most drunken, unhealthy state. We had a British tour manager- I probably shouldn't talk about him, he might see it. Our tour started off, we didn't sleep for two days, then we drove to Milan from London to play- we sat upright in the car and didn't sleep for two days straight and then the next day got into an accident in the mountains of Northern Italy. He drove away, so we got busted when we got to the Swiss border cause they were waiting for us. Somehow we ended up in Cologne. I heard when we got back there we won award for worst interview ever in the history of Euro TV."

  • March 3rd, 1995: MTV Studios, New York, NY, USA (TV appearance, acoustic with Claude Coleman Jr)
  • March 15th, 1995: MTV Europe Headquarters, London, England (TV appearance)
  • March 16th, 1995: Beau Gest, Milan, Italy
  • March 17th, 1995: Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland
  • March 18th, 1995: Backstage, Munich, Germany
  • March 20th, 1995: Knaack Club, Berlin, Germany
  • March 21st, 1995: Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
  • March 22nd, 1995: Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne, Germany
  • March 23rd, 1995: Vera, Groningen, Netherlands
  • March 24th, 1995: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • March 26th, 1995: VPRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Netherlands
  • March 26th, 1995: Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • March 27th, 1995: Hof Ter Lo, Antwerp, Belgium
  • March 29th, 1995: The Cathouse, Glasgow, Scotland
  • March 30th, 1995: Hop and Grape, Manchester, England
  • March 31st, 1995: The Garage, London, England
  • April 1st, 1995: The Leadmill, Sheffield, England
  • April 12th, 1995: The Roxy, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • April 13th, 1995: Chandler Sports Complex - Alternative Nation Festival, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • April 15th, 1995: Eastern Creek Raceway - Alternative Nation Festival, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • April 16th, 1995: Olympic Park - Alternative Nation Festival, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • April 17th, 1995: Lenny's Tavern, Adelaide, SAU, Australia
  • April 18th, 1995: RRR Studios, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Radio concert, with call-in harmonica player 'Dylan' on jam)
  • April 19th, 1995: The Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • April 20th, 1995: JJJ Studios, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • April 20th, 1995: The Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (With Dylan)
  • April 21st, 1995: Narrabeen Sands Hotel, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • April 22nd, 1995: Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • April 23rd, 1995: The Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand
  • April 25th, 1995: After Dark, Honolulu, HI, USA
  • May 17th, 1995: Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS, USA
  • May 18th, 1995: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA
  • May 19th, 1995: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA
  • May 20th, 1995: Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO, USA
  • June 3rd, 1995: John and Peter's, New Hope, PA, USA
  • June 4th, 1995: Skating Rink, Warrington, PA, USA
  • June 16th, 1995: Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Common Songs (Performed more than 18 times)

One Off Shows[edit | edit source]

  • September 9th, 1995: Mill Hill Park - Trenton Avant Garde Festival, Trenton, NJ, USA (With Bill Fowler on guitar/vocals, possibly backed by False Front)
  • October 7th, 1995: Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ, USA (Moistboyz show)
  • November 10th, 1995: The Bayou, Washington, DC, USA (No backing band)

Sixth Leg[edit | edit source]

The sixth and final leg of the Chocolate & Cheese tour saw Ween scaled back to its original duo formation. While Coleman would continue to play with the group later, Weiss would no longer perform with Ween but continue to produce their studio material.

For this leg, Ween acted as the opening band for the Foo Fighters, who were promoting their debut album. The duo only played only three headlining shows on this tour, and their opening slots lasted between 29 and 34 minutes.

As the band was once again performing as a duo with a backing track, but since they had not recorded any new backing tapes since 1993, they were limited largely to their earlier material. Dean Ween likened the tour to a repeat of the Pure Guava tour. Despite this, there was more variety in setlists compared to their 1994-1995 shows. The few staples include popular songs from their two Elektra albums, "Piss Up A Rope" from their upcoming 12 Golden Country Greats album, and "The Golden Eel," a newly written song that would eventually appear on The Mollusk. Staples from the previous leg, "Drifter In The Dark," "Marble Tulip Juicy Tree," "The Stallion pt 3" & "Tick" were performed less on this final leg, and "Pumpin' 4 the Man," & "Take Me Away," were dropped entirely.

The songs "Help Me Scrape the Mucus Off My Brain," "Mutilated Lips," "The Mollusk" & "Waving My Dick in the Wind" were played during this leg, all during the April 18th show at their home state of New Jersey..

Dates

  • March 29th, 1996: MacPhie Hall, Medford, MA, USA
  • April 18th, 1996: Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ, USA (With guest violinist Stefon)
  • April 20th, 1996: Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK, USA
  • April 21st, 1996: Cotillion Ballroom, Wichita, KS, USA (Noticeably short, 29 minutes long)
  • April 21st, 1996: Panama Red's Cafe and Roadhouse, Wichita, KS, USA)
  • April 23rd, 1996: Saltair Pavilion, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • April 26th, 1996: CUB Ballroom, Pullman, WA, USA
  • April 27th, 1996: Salem Armory Auditorium, Salem, OR, USA
  • April 29th, 1996: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • April 30th, 1996: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA (Extract released on Paintin' The Town Brown)
  • May 2nd, 1996: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Ween invited to play on "Freedom of '76" during Foo Fighter's set)
  • May 3rd, 1996: Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • May 4th, 1996: Crawford Hall, Irvine, CA, USA

Common Songs (Played more than 6 times)

  • Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)
  • Don't Shit Where You Eat
  • I Can't Put My Finger on It
  • Piss Up a Rope
  • Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)
  • The Golden Eel
  • The HIV Song
  • Voodoo Lady

See Also[edit | edit source]

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