Band news: Week of 10/1 – 10/8

Band and album news; week of 10/1-10/8 2012:

This week saw major milestones for 80s/90s Rock/Alternative/Indie stalwarts REM, Rage Against the Machine, and New Order, as well as a big announcement from Indie Dean Ween of the recently defunct Indie favorite Ween.

Consequence of Sound reports this week that Dean Ween has broken his silence following the surprise breakup of his band Ween, with Dean announcing that he’s

[at work on his first solo album with] “the best musicians [he’s] encountered over the years,” including Josh Homme (who is serving as producer),Ween’s Glenn McClelland and Claude Coleman, Nick Oliveri, Joe Kramer, Andrew Weiss, Dave Dreiwitz, Joe Russo, Chuck Treece, Scott Metzger, and Guy Heller

Check out the full COS article here as well as this YouTube vid – Sing For Me’s pick from Ween

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