"The Deaner Album" was subsequently released on Octothrough ATO Records. On OctoMelchiondo's first-ever solo music video was released for the song "Exercise Man", the music video was directed by Monica Hampton. In August 2016 the Dean Ween Group's debut album, The Deaner Album, was announced with the release of the first track entitled "Mercedes Benz".
The two adopted the fictitious surname Ween after the demon-god Boognish appeared to them, with Melchiondo taking up the name Dean Ween and Freeman the name Gene Ween.
In 1984, Melchiondo met Aaron Freeman in a junior high school typing class, in their hometown of New Hope, Pennsylvania. He is currently active in the groups Ween, Moistboyz and The Dean Ween Group. Michael Melchiondo Jr., better known by his stage name Dean Ween, is an American guitarist, singer and a founding member of the alternative rock group Ween.