# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-ween
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:25:46.405Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-ween"
name: "Gene Ween"
slug: "gene-ween"
description: "Aaron Freeman, better known by his stage name Gene Ween, is an American singer, guitarist and a founding member of the experimental alternative rock group Ween. Freeman, along with childhood friend Mickey Melchiondo, started the group in the mid-1980s. Ween would expand to five members and perform together until May 2012 when Freeman abruptly quit the band due to his desire to move forward with a solo career, as well as his intention to remain sober. Over the next few years, Freeman would briefly abandon the Gene Ween name and lead a new five-piece band called Freeman. Shortly after reviving the Gene Ween name as a solo act, to perform a series of Billy Joel tribute performances, Ween reunited in February 2016 for three concerts in Broomfield, Colorado. The band continued to perform and tour until going on an indefinite hiatus in August 2024."
tagline: "American rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gene_on_tour_with_Ween_in_Edmonton_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1970-03-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.389165333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/GeneWeen"
    handle:    "GeneWeen"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/geneweenofficial"
    handle:    "geneweenofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917396/"
    handle:    "nm0917396"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://geneween.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/417868"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جين وين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Ween"
    title: "Gene Ween"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Freeman_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Aaron Freeman (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Ween"
    title: "Gene Ween"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Ween"
    title: "Gene Ween"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Ween"
    title: "Gene Ween"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Ween"
    title: "Gene Ween"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/59dd635a-c162-4b14-b270-4d65819f6f9f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3373497"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2267422"
    title: "Aaron Freeman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump