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The Dillinger Escape Plan

American metalcore band known for dissonant, polyrhythmic music.

The Dillinger Escape Plan evolved from the hardcore punk band Arcane, formed in 1996 by vocalist Dimitri Minakakis, guitarist Ben Weinman, and drummer Chris Pennie among others.[1][2] The band announced they would disband after the touring cycle for their final album Dissociation (2016), with their last shows taking place at Terminal 5 in New York City from December 27–29, 2017.[3]

Quick Facts

Origin
Morris Plains, New Jersey, U.S.
Genre
  • Mathcore
  • metalcore
  • experimental metal
  • progressive metal
Years active
1997–2017; 2023–present
Spinoff of
Arcane
Label
Relapse; Party Smasher
Current members
  • Ben Weinman
  • Liam Wilson
  • Billy Rymer
  • Dimitri Minakakis
  • James Love

Facts from the source article.

Making and release

The Dillinger Escape Plan's first live performance was as a support act for Overcast, organized by friend Matt Backerman who then asked the band to record their self-titled six-track EP for his label Now or Never records.[4] Relapse Records offered the band a multi-record contract based on their first demo and post-tour reputation.[1] The band's second EP, Under the Running Board, was released on October 22, 1998, as their first release for Relapse.[1] Their fifth studio album One of Us Is the Killer was released on May 14, 2013, through Weinman's label Party Smasher Inc. in partnership with various labels worldwide.[5][6]

Mike Patton, the Faith No More vocalist who was among the earliest listeners of the album, extended an invitation for the band to join Mr. Bungle on a two-month tour.[7] Founding vocalist Dimitri Minakakis left the band in 2001 to concentrate on art and design.[1]

What the cited sources add

The Exclaim! article notes that Pennie and Weinman wrote the vast majority of Dillinger's early material collaboratively and referred to each other as "musical soul-mates".[1] The Blabbermouth article states that Party Smasher Inc. first emerged in 2009 and its first release was Option Paralysis, produced in partnership with Season of Mist in France.[6] The MusicRadar interview quotes Weinman saying he had become "desensitised to extreme music" and started searching different places for inspiration because there weren't new bands pushing anything new.[8] The Blabbermouth reunion announcement confirms the band will play Calculating Infinity in its entirety for the first time with original vocalist Dimitri Minakakis at the Brooklyn Paramount on June 21, 2024.[9]

According to the Exclaim! article, bassist Adam Doll was in a minor fender-bender just before the recording of Calculating Infinity began; Wikipedia adds that this accident left him paralyzed from the chest down.[1][10]

References

  1. Natalie Zina Walschots, "The Dillinger Escape Plan Hazard Warning", Exclaim!, June 17, 2013. facts only, no text reused. exclaim.ca
  2. Wikipedia, "The Dillinger Escape Plan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Natalie Zina Walschots, "The Dillinger Escape Plan Hazard Warning", Exclaim!, June 17, 2013; Rosen, "Dillinger Escape Plan's Ben Weinman: 'We Never Want to Be An Assembly Line of Riffs'", Ultimate Guitar Archive, April 16, 2013; Rosen, "Dillinger Escape Plan's Ben Weinman: 'We Never Want to Be An Assembly Line of Riffs'", Ultimate Guitar Archive, April 16, 2013; Natalie Zina Walschots, "The Dillinger Escape Plan Hazard Warning", Exclaim!, June 17, 2013 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "The Dillinger Escape Plan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Announces Reunion Concert With Original Singer DIMITRI MINAKAKIS", Blabbermouth.net, December 12, 2022; "THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Announces Second Reunion Concert With Original Singer DIMITRI MINAKAKIS", Blabbermouth.net, December 13, 2022; "The Dillinger Escape Plan - Announce Reunion Concert With Original Vocalist Dimitri Minakakis", Metal Storm, December 14, 2022 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "The Dillinger Escape Plan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Apostolopoulos, "Dillinger Escape Plan Biography", Sing365.com, January 18, 2011; "band history", Dillingerescapeplan.org; Apostolopoulos, "Dillinger Escape Plan Biography", Sing365.com, January 18, 2011; Apostolopoulos, "Dillinger Escape Plan Biography", Sing365.com, January 18, 2011; Farris 2011, p. 2:16:47; "band history", Dillingerescapeplan.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "The Dillinger Escape Plan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN's BEN WEINMAN Launches PARTY SMASHER INC.", Blabbermouth.net, July 16, 2014 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. "THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN's BEN WEINMAN Launches PARTY SMASHER INC.", Blabbermouth.net, July 16, 2014. facts only, no text reused. blabbermouth.net
  7. Wikipedia, "The Dillinger Escape Plan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Considine, "The Dillinger Escape Plan, Calculating Infinity (1999) - The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time", June 21, 2017; Stewart-Panko, "The Dillinger Escape Plan – Calculating Infinity", Decibel, December 18, 2006; Hartmann 2016, p. 6:32 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Lynham, "Ben Weinman talks Dillinger Escape Plan's origins, Dissociation and destiny", MusicRadar, September 29, 2016. facts only, no text reused. musicradar.com
  9. "THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Announces Reunion Concert With Original Singer DIMITRI MINAKAKIS", Blabbermouth.net, December 12, 2022. facts only, no text reused. blabbermouth.net
  10. Wikipedia, "The Dillinger Escape Plan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mudrian Stewart-Panko 2009, p. 305; "Donnelly, Justin. Blistering.com Feature – Interview with The Dillinger Escape Plan", Blistering, November 22, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article The Dillinger Escape Plan (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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