From Dean Ween, circa 1002:
"The whole idea of brown, Ween being the most brown of all bands
The origins of brown go all the way back to this record store I used to work at in the 80s called The Princeton Record exchange. The whole thing was started by the owner of the place, this guy Barry, and its become this cult thing now. Even my wife uses the word "brown."
Brown is when something is, like, ass-backwards, but its not necessarily always a bad thing. I think brown is like Ween showing up to a festival where every band has their techs and their road managers or something, and we dont even have any guitar strings.
Thats what makes Ween what it is a totally brown operation.
And its not something you can hide from or pretend youre not; that makes you even more brown.
Brown is like Led Zeppelin bootlegs. You ever listen to Jimmy Page play guitar live, how sloppy it is in a great way? Its what makes him a better guitar player than, like, Joe Satriani: one is technically better than the other, but Jimmy Page is just brown sitting there on heroin, drooling on himself, playing so badly, but not.
Its the essence of everything thats right about rock.
Brown is when Im leaving home on my way to rehearsal and I run out of gas a hundred yards out of my driveway. But its not necessarily when something is just fucked up, its actually a strength." |
