Hoaxes and songs misattributed to Ween

Due to Ween's eclectic style and magnitude of songs, there have been several songs misattributed to them, in addition to several hoaxes about music they had supposedly made or been involved with.

This was particularly common on early file-sharing sites like Napster and WeenFTP.

Hoaxes

T. Honeycomb demo

In 2014, in response to two misattributed files on Napster, it was jokingly claimed in a Ween Forum post that they were remnants of a lost demo by Glenn McClelland as a ruse for Ween to keep him in the studio for Quebec, with his supposed solo career as "Terrence Honeycomb" gaining so much popularity he had to leave the band.

The post, minus the ending that made it obvious that it was a joke, was subsequently spread around as if it were authentic. The actual artist of the two songs, labelled "Cats" and "Bitch Ho", is unknown.

Punky Brewster

"Punky Brewster" is a song created by Matt Porter specifically to mock Ween fans for easily falling for fake songs.

Always A Pleasure & Floating Free

Often uploaded to Ween's official Spotify page, these are not official recordings released by Ween. They are low-quality bootlegs posted by someone unreleated to Ween.

Zoloft & "Kim"

Shortly before the release of Quebec in 2003, a folder of songs claiming to be from the upcoming album leaked to Limewire, presumably from someone close to Ween, or Ween themselves. Among the leaked files, a file claiming to be the song Zoloft was actually the song "Kim" by obscure band The Vintage Chimps in disguise; however, fans who downloaded the song thought it was really by Ween. The fake Zoloft was even alleged to have been played by college radio stations thinking it was a new Ween song. When the album officially released, fans realized that the actual Zoloft was a completely different song, and not the song that "leaked" on Limewire. Other songs by The Vintage Chimps have been misattributed to Ween as well, such as "Amber" and "Mother Abigale".

"Time To Yourself"

A fan edit from around the early 2000s of a Gene Ween radio performance in the late 1980s of a song called "Time To Yourself" has often erroneously been considered to be a Pod era outtake. The edit originated from WeenFTP and the WDNF forums.

Non-musical hoaxes and misinformation

Gene Ween's reaction to the Caesar Demos

For years, it was said that Gene Ween vehemently disapproved of Dean Ween's release of the Caesar Demos, with the supposed statement taking place on the Ween.net forums. However, Gener's reaction was far more positive, and the post was faked by users of the forum.

"Chocolate Town" was written by Mean Ween

The common misconception that the song Chocolate Town was written by Mean Ween (a.k.a Chris “Cribber” Williams) appears to have originated in the FAQ section of the now inactive fansite ween.net. The FAQ page contains no references, and no independent source has been identified to support this claim.

Williams is not credited in the Quebec liner notes, nor is he or any member of Ween known to have commented publicly on the authorship of the song. However, Gene Ween has spoken about the highly personal and autobiographical nature of his songwriting on Quebec as the primary lyricist of almost every song on the album (save for “It’s Gonna Be A Long Night”). No credible evidence has emerged to suggest that “Chocolate Town” is an exception.

Eddie Dingle is Larry Curtin

On the Ween Wikipedia page, it is claimed that friend and occasional collaborator of the band Larry Curtin used "Eddie Dingle" as an alias. While Curtin did use a nickname, it was "The Maharishi Lawrence E. Curtin", and "Eddie Dingle" is in fact a character played by Gener.

The band inhaled five cans of Scotchgard during the making of The Pod

In the liner notes for The Pod, the band claimed they huffed five cans of Scotchgard throughout the recording of the album. Gener stated in a 2000 interview that "it was all bullshit" and they added it to the liner notes because they thought it would be funny, and was surprised the band hadn't gotten into legal trouble after seeing fans huff the chemical at shows, while collaborator Guy Heller said in a 2023 interview that they did and merely backpedaled on it after fans started copying them.

Misattributed Songs

Surfeited

Despite being widely circulated as an obscure Ween song, Dean Ween confirmed in 2015 in a YouTube comment that "Surfeited" was not made by Ween. The identity of the original artist is unknown. Notably, it has also circulated as a supposed Beatles rarity.

Crispy Crackly Dave

"Crispy Crackly Dave" is a song by Ben Chatrer sometimes misattributed to Ween, likely due to the song featuring Deaner on guitar.

Chewy

"Chewy" is a song recorded by Ween Forum user "Dr. Jimmy" on April 16, 2000. The song is about fellow Ween Forum user "Chewy Logan".

A Weener Invaded My Beaner

"A Weener Invaded My Beaner" aka "Gene Ween Ultra Smooth Mix" is a track written and recorded by CBH3 in the late '90s.

Suzy Snowflake

"Suzy Snowflake" is a song by Soul Coughing.

Gin & Juice

A cover of the Snoop Dogg song "Gin & Juice" by bluegrass band The Gourds was once misattributed to Ween on Napster in 2000.