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Morris Plains, New York NJ, United States (1998 – present)

The Dillinger Escape Plan is a band from Morris Plains, New Jersey. The band performs a fast-tempo, technically proficient style of music popularly known as mathcore. The band recorded their second EP with Relapse Records in 1998 entitled Under the Running Board. A year later, this was followed with the album Calculating Infinity, which was met with great acclaim from both underground and mainstream press. The band were renowned in the hardcore scene for the intensity of their performances, which have at times incorporated spectacular light shows, fireworks, fire breathing, and other special effects.

While the band’s lineup has changed over the years, in part due to a variety of injuries, guitarist Ben Weinman and former drummer Chris Pennie have been present in many of the lineups. After the departure of vocalist Dimitri Minakakis in 2000, the band held a nationwide search and selected Greg Puciato as the new singer. The band has since released two full length albums with Puciato on vocals: 2004’s Miss Machine and 2007’s Ire Works.

Early years (1996–1998)
The band’s beginnings can be traced back to a hardcore band called Arcane. Previous to Arcane, Adam Doll, John Fulton and Chris Pennie played together in the bands Samsara and Malfactor from 1992–1997. Managed by longtime friend Tom Apostolopoulos and guitarist Ben Weinman, Arcane recorded a self-titled demo under the name The Dillinger Escape Plan which Now or Never Records offered to release on CD. Shortly before their first tour under the new name, guitarist Derek Brantley left the group and was replaced by John Fulton.

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rodrigobreaks wrote:
2 hours ago

The new album is fucking lovely.

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j-pk wrote:
3 hours ago

lol. I though DEP picked up shitloads of new fans via Ire Works but but Option Paralysis is already blowing that out of the water o_O

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maradonavselvis wrote:
yesterday evening

THIS SHOUTBOX IS PAINFULLY BUTTHURT

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Vilejose wrote:
yesterday evening

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nine4ever wrote:
yesterday evening

new album rules

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deadsongs wrote:
yesterday evening

new album is teh tits

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dzintars wrote:
yesterday evening

he's still here, jesus christ.

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jilbobod wrote:
yesterday evening

hey guys, if you like their music go check out http://digg.com/u1RDJa it's kind of awesome source with daily updates, you can download almost any music there, but try to keep it secret so google will not notice it

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reeeezy wrote:
yesterday evening

this shoutbox

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Matharsis wrote:
yesterday evening

Endless Endings is so fuckin wonderful

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tothevultures wrote:
yesterday evening

and lol @ substancex .. wtf do you mean "mainstream fans"? are you some kind of vber cool super underground fan? wipe the jizz off your chin

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tothevultures wrote:
yesterday evening

yes, Calculating Infinity is their most complex, technical release but it's also quite repetitive and boring to be honest. It runs at one speed, and the songs are sort of hard to tell from one another. Fast fretting and polyrhythmic drumming are only impressive for so long until you're bored. Every other release they've put out seems to have just the right mix of impressive musicianship and memorable experimental moments.

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Bora-02 wrote:
yesterday evening

z0z0bra: please answer my earlier question before saying the word "refreshing" again

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cletus77 wrote:
yesterday evening

New album is great!

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z0z0bra wrote:
yesterday evening

"Mainstream fans don't really care about interplay with the instruments, since all the complexity just sounds like random noise to them anyway", im not sure if you got the point here. it would be great if dillinger released another record like calculating infinity, since im also a huge fan of this "random noise" sound (which i dont understand of course, since i am only a mainstream music fan). but fact is that they kept refreshing their sound - in a good way - on each album. so if you dont like this direction, thats fine. just keep listening to the old stuff until the end of time and think about how cool it would have been if they released the same album over and over again. in the meantime i have fun with my "cutting edge" band and hope lady gaga will make a guest appereance on the next album just to see the pain in your face.

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ack44 wrote:
yesterday evening

In this shoutbox: pissed off stubborn people

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avantish wrote:
yesterday afternoon

substancex obviously has something stuck in his pooper, that's for sure

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maradonavselvis wrote:
yesterday afternoon

I hate the elitism that comes from the 'older' DEP fans who've liked them since CI or whatever. Who cares?

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substancex wrote:
yesterday afternoon

I know I started it, but it really is lame to argue on shoutboxes. Have fun with your "cutting edge" band, kids.

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substancex wrote:
yesterday afternoon

The difference between the original and new DEP material extends far beyond just the vocals. Mainstream fans don't really care about interplay with the instruments, since all the complexity just sounds like random noise to them anyway, so having shiny 80s rock vocals mixed fucking HIGH over the music equals some sort of musical "progression" to them. Talk about liking a band for the wrong reasons...

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Events

Mar 24 The Dillinger Escape Plan Masquerade, Atlanta GA, United States
8 shouts | 19 attendees
Jul 26 Vans Warped Tour 2010 Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA, Atlanta, United States
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Mar 25 The Dillinger Escape Plan Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC, United States
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6 Mar 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/dillingerescapeplan

This is gonna be quick but I wanna keep you guys in the loop on random things:- Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, check the premiere of “Chinese Whispers” on Full Metal Jackie’s syndicated radio show br. …

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