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The Dillinger Escape Plan is a experimental mathcore band that integrates metal, hardcore, free jazz, varying time signatures, and electronic samples. They are known for the intensity and too close for comfort violence of their live shows, which have been known to feature stage-diving and fire-breathing. The band is rumored to choose their music's time signatures with the aid of dice, or with the use of some kind of code, but this is purely speculation. What isn't speculation is their technical prowess.
The band's name refers to John Dillinger, a infamous American criminal who mad ...read more
The Dillinger Escape Plan is a experimental mathcore band that integrates metal, hardcore, free jazz, varying time signatures, and electronic samples. They are known for the intensity and too close for comfort violence of their live shows, which have been known to feature stage-diving and fire-breathing. The band is rumored to choose their music's time signatures with the aid of dice, or with the use of some kind of code, but this is purely speculation. What isn't speculation is their technical prowess.
The band's name refers to John Dillinger, a infamous American criminal who made numerous bank heists and prison breaks in the 1930's. Even though the name was spontaneously chosen during the dissolution of their previous band, Arcane, it metaphorically represents the band's style since Mr. Dillinger's solution to everything was to "shoot your way out."
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The Dillinger Escape Plan arose out of the ashes of a mediocre 'Jersey hardcore band named Arcane in the late 1990's. Arcane consisted of Dmitri Minakakis (vocals), Ben Weinman (guitar), Chris Pennie (percussion), Adam Doll (bass), and Jeff Brantley (guitar). The group recorded a demo for Now or Never Records under the name, The Dillinger Escape Plan and immediately the bland band Arcane was no more. Before their first shows under the new name Brantley left the band and was quickly replaced by the gifted guitarist John Fulton. After recognition (mainly from the buzz surrounding their live shows) and a contract from Relapse Records the band recorded the Under the Running Board EP and soon afterwards Fulton left the band and was replaced by former Jesuit guitarist Brian Benoit. Shortly before the recording of the breakthrough full length, Calculating Infinity, Adam Doll was paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident and would eventually be replaced with former Starkweather bassist Liam Wilson.
The technically proficient jazz and grind influenced full length Calculating Infinity gained the band some serious attention, and arguably for this reason, and amongst other personal reasons the band's vocalist Dmitri Minakakis left the band. The band allowed for open auditions to replace him by posting a instrumental version of one of their most famous tracks, 43% Burnt, on their website and allowing anyone to perform their own vocals for the song. The band decided on Baltimore, MD native Greg Puciato. In the meantime, Sean Ingram of Coalesce and Mike Patton of Faith No More did some guest vocals for the band. Patton even worked with the other members whilst recording the Irony Is A Dead Scene EP.
In 2004, Relapse Records released the band's first full length album with new singer Greg Puciato entitled Miss Machine. It turned out to be a major success but did show a significant change in Dillinger's sound. Also in 2004 while touring for their new release, Benoit suffered nerve damage to his left hand and has been unable to tour with the band since.
In late 2006, founding member Chris Pennie, left the band to join Coheed and Cambria after Dillinger toured with the new prog outfit that year. To replace Benoit, Jeff Tuttle (formerly of Heads Will Roll and Capture the Flag) joined the band. Gil Sharone of the avantgarde band Stolen Babies took over percussion duties for their newest album Ire Works, which was released in 2007 by Relapse Records. Ire Works has been met with mixed reviews as it featured much more electronics and less of the chaotic hardcore-infused metal that the band became famous for. Currently, it is unknown if Sharone is still a permanent member of the band. For the time being, a young lad named Billy Rhymer is taking over drum duties for the band's live shows.
In the summer of 2009 , after Relapse allowed their contract to expire, the band signed with independent label Season of Mist. Season of Mist is best known for their array of foreign pure metal bands, but recently released a major hit with legendary American progressive metal outfit Cynic and their reunion album Traced In Air.
Ben Weinman (the band's only remaining founding member) has said that they plan to release a new album early in 2010 and it is expected that the band will be back in studio with long-time producer Steve Evetts in July of 2009. Weinman has expressed his desire to have Dillinger's music appeal to a underground fanbase and has said that their new material is dark and dreary with heavy thrash metal influence. « hide |
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