In the Aug-Sep 2000 issue of Magnet-Real Music Alternatives magazine, Ween vocalist Aaron Freeman (Gene) says "Mickey(Dean Ween) was the punk rock guy, I was the new-wave guy. I was into Devo, Laurie Anderson and pop radio. He had thgis whole world open up to me that was totally unfamiliar with. But I was the one who turned Mickey onto Prince." The day Freeman played him Sign O The Times was the day Melchiondo (Dean) stopped calling prince a "fag".