GodWeenSatan: The Oneness

The album was written and performed by Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo, who had been writing and recording together when they were 14.[4] They soon adopted the name Ween and began recording home tapes. The apparent earliest GodWeenSatan track, "I Gots A Weasel," first appeared on their 1985 Ween WAD EP in an extended form.[5]

At age 16[6] Ween released their first album-length tape, The Crucial Squeegie Lip, on Birdo'pray Records, which featured a short version of "You Fucked Up."[7]

On January 10, 1987, Ween played their earliest known live show at 'Weenstock,' a small event held in Freeman's basement. Five months later, they began playing at more prominent venues, such as City Gardens in Trenton, NJ.[8] Shortly afterward, Ween released their second album-length tape, Ween II (Axis: Bold As Boognish), which featured a slower version of "Bumblebee."[9]

Between September and November 1988, Ween recorded a home demo tape referred to as Scraping The Palm For Guava, which contained early versions of four GodWeenSatan songs, "Mushroom Festival In Hell," "Licking The Palm For Guava," "Up On The Hill" and "Don't Laugh (I Love You)."[10]

On January 2, 1989,[11] Ween played a show at Pranzatelli's Stereo and TV in Bound Brook.[12] The show featured the earliest known versions of several GodWeenSatan songs. These included fully formed versions of "Tick" and "Licking the Palm For Guava," shorter unfinished versions of "LMLYP" & "Nan," and extended versions of "Don't Laugh (I Love You)" and "El Camino."[13] An FM broadcast of Ween playing at The Rathskellar on April 18, 1989, showcases Ween performing half of the album's tracks live. The recordings notably feature the earliest known versions of "Never Squeal," "Cold and Wet," "Common Bitch,'' "Old Queen Cole," "Papa Zit," "Squelch the Weasel," and "Fat Lenny."[14]

In January 1990, Ween moved into the Pod, where they continued to record several home tapes. A majority of the released material from these tapes appeared on The Pod album, but songs like "Birthday Boy," "Squelch The Weasel," "Blackjack," & "Puffy Cloud[15] appeared on GodWeenSatan.

Dean Ween later referred to the album as a 'greatest hits' of material the duo had written during their first six years. He used a 1958 Fender Musicmaster during recording.[16]

By the time the album was released in November of 1990,[3] the duo had already recorded their second album, The Pod. GodWeenSatan would be Ween's only release on Twin/Tone.

Restless Records reissued the album on September 11, 2001,[16] jokingly referring to it as the "25th anniversary edition", despite the album only being eleven years old at the time. The reissue featured digitally remastered sound, new packaging, and the inclusion of three bonus tracks—"Bumblebee Part 2", "Stacey", and "Hippy Smell"—integrated into the original album's playlist. The band performed the album in its entirety on September 14, 2001.

In 2016, Ween released GodWeenSatan Live, a live recording from a show recorded on September 14, 2001, during which the group performed the entirety of the album.[16][17][18] It was their first live release since 2008.[19][20] The album was released near the time of The Deaner Album by The Dean Ween group.[21]