Ween: Next Steps

Once you think you've cracked Gene and Dean Ween's code, it only gets more confusing. Are they the raw metal screamers of "Stroker Ace" or the epic acid rockers of "Captain"? Are they tuneful disco balladeers ("Friends") or baroque Sgt. Peppers ("Buckingham Green")? Gene's beautiful instrumental tribute to Funkadelic's late lead guitarist, "A Tear for Eddie," offers sincerity, if not answers.