Chocodog Records is a New Hope, Pennsylvania based independent record label founded by Dean Ween and Gene Ween. Dean and Gene are members of the band Ween. This company was created after thier contract with their record company, Elektra Records, expired. Chocodog humourously suggests the most negative aspect of walking a dog. New Hope , formerly Coryells Ferry, is a borough located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 2,252. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... Dean Ween AKA Mickey Melchiondo Dean Ween (born September 25, 1970) is the stage name of Mickey Melchiondo, Italian American guitarist and very special second half for the alternative rock group Ween. ... Gene Ween is a pseudonym for Aaron Freeman, who was born on March 17, 1970 in New Hope, Pennsylvania. ... Ween is a rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in a junior high school typing class. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ...

To date, Ween has released several live albums through their Chocodog record label. These include Live In Toronto, Canada, Live at Stubb's, and a recording of a live internet radio concert titled All Request Live. Live in Toronto Canada, released in 2001, is the first live album released by Ween on their own Chocodog label. ... Live at Stubbs is a live album by the band Ween, released in 2003. ... All Request Live is the 4th Ween live album and the third to be released on their home record label Chocodog Records. ...

Most recently, Chocodog released Ween's first-in-a-series collection of previously unreleased tracks called Shinola, Vol. 1. Shinola, Vol. ...

See also

• List of record labels

The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ...

External link

• Ween's Official Website

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