Dillinger Escape Plan

[iscariot]

now aint that somthin.

[gonsa]

The new album will be called "OPTION PARALYSIS".

[iscariot]

i cant wait to open this thread and not see that chode in the airplane

[Tom]

Dillinger Escape Plan Guitarist Discusses Season of Mist Deal, iPhone App (http://www.metalinsider.net/interviews/dillinger-escape-plan-guitarist-discusses-season-of-mist-deal-iphone-app)
Posted by Dan Rodriguez on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at at 5:34 pm

News quickly broke last week that Dillinger Escape Plan parted ways with longtime label Relapse. Interestingly, the band followed up with an announcement that they had struck a partnership with the smaller Season of Mist Records. We caught up with Dillinger Guitarist Benjamin Weinman to learn more about their unique move, the split with Relapse, his views on the future of the industry, and an upcoming DEP iPhone App.

You say the Season of Mist deal is a collaboration with some partners and your to-be-named label. How does the Seasons of Mist partnership differ from a standard record deal?

There are many things about this release that will be very standard of a typical record deal. The things that are different are what are important. We have been offered record deals, our own labels by major record companies and distribution deals. Every combination of label/artist relationship has come across my desk at some point since our deal with Relapse expired. The truth is that the industry is changing on a daily basis. To seal our fate for the next 10 years at this time could be suicide. The question is, do we want to become a record label? Hell no. I barely have time to handle all the Dillinger business at hand, let alone all the tasks that come with releasing, promoting, marketing and distributing music. But at the same time, we are very hands-on. We know enough about our band at this point to not want to leave it in the hands of someone else completely. The Season of Mist collaboration is the perfect solution for our next release. It provides us with a knowledgeable staff and creative team to help us nurture our vision with the freedom to change our model as things change in the business.

You say Trent Reznor has been an inspiration for how you want to do business moving forward. How much of it will directly influence what you do? He opted to do a direct distribution deal with RED on his last record, why not do something like that?
Trent has proved that any band with a core following, contractual freedom and a little initiative can create a scenario where the gains are much greater for both the artist and the fan much better than a traditional label could. A direct distro deal is definitely a good move for him I think. He has created an online presence that rivals even some of the largest social networking sites. We are not there yet. I think that even smaller bands can really learn from some of the things that he has done, however. We are in the works of supercharging our online world a bit. Working on things like an iPhone app and ways to better connect with the fans more efficiently with as little middle men as possible.

What prompted you to look for something new after working with Relapse for over 10 years?

As I always say, there is the right way of doing things, the wrong way of doing things and then there is the Dillinger way of doing things. I think Relapse records could say the same thing for themselves when talking about how they have developed as a record label out of a basement in Pennsylvania. Relapse and Dillinger covered a lot of new territory together and we are extremely proud to have had such a long-lasting successful relationship. That being said, the old industry model is dead and you can either drown or get on board. Just as established record labels have to reevaluate how they do things, so do established working bands. We are not some one-hit wonder. We are a real working band. This is our job, this is our art, this is our lives. We live this shit every day and will, in some way, for the rest of our lives. While we may not be working with Relapse (or any label for that matter) in the same way that we used to, we are still just doing what we have always done, surviving with as much control as possible over what we do.

How do you feel about the rollout of Ire Works? Was there anything you wish you or Relapse had done differently to help in the promotion of that album? Did anything of that nature have to do with the decision not to re-sign with Relapse?

Well, I don’t want to go into a book about the industry here, but the truth is that when a label puts a great deal of promotion and effort into a record, it is because it is an investment into the future of their relationship with an artist. When there is no future with that artist, there usually is a little less resources put into that particular release. That being said, I think Relapse did a fine job with Ire Works. There were a lot of negative things surrounding this record and not only are we so proud of the record, but just happy it came out at all. With this record, we saw the band’s profile raised to its highest level around the world. Ire Works also got by far the best reviews of any Dillinger record to date. I would have liked the record to be release under different circumstances, but considering I guess I can’t complain.

You’ve been very vocal in the past about being happy to self-manage DEP. Do you think there’s ever a point where a band should consider management?

Managing Dillinger is no easy task. It’s really just a financial and creative decision for us. There are plenty of down sides. I really could be producing a lot more music if I wasn’t always busy with the business side of things, and that is a fact. I also think that some bands just aren’t cut out for it. Every situation and every band is different. I would say that if a band doesn’t have someone who is interested in the business side of things, or at the very least learning and asking a lot of questions, a band is pretty much doomed. If they do have someone like that, then unless some manger comes along who will drastically improve the bands lifestyle by creating so many opportunities that the their percentage is well worth it, then they should considering doing it themselves and seeing how it works out.

[Tom]

NEW VIDEO BLOG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU0-waD5hQI)
small snip of a new song at the end

[encore]

im gonna break into his house and steal all those framed prints.

[Seanasty]

The little clip at the end is just mean. I can't wait for that record.

[Cardinal]

there's a thread on a pittsburgh forum about there being DEP bass tryouts this weekend at a guitar center around here...i have no clue where this came from

[Did I Stutter?]

Link to forum, someone break some news.

[Cardinal]

im pretty sure it's bullshit and since i just lurk there i havent bothered asking. liam was just in the videoblog posted and it's not like this place is somewhere id get reliable news on DEP. i just thought it was weird:

http://nevertellmetheodds.org/t.php?id=90459&r=20

[ElectricT]

Finally got my Lurch/Sick on Sunday Shirts. And less than 2 weeks till the Toronto show. Yay.

[encore]

anyone gone to the first couple shows of this tour? im going to see them in raleigh tonight. to venue is tiny as shit, and im a little nervous about that....

[Weirdoradio]

anyone gone to the first couple shows of this tour? im going to see them in raleigh tonight. to venue is tiny as shit, and im a little nervous about that....

My friend caught them in Philly earlier this week. They do Panasonic Youth straight into 43%. They did Milk Lizard, Lurch and Fix Your Face offa the new album.

[encore]

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yeah heres the venue. i dont think you can fit more than 100-150 in there. place it going to burn down.

[Seanasty]

I saw them in a place that size in Little Rock, AR and Fayetteville, AR and they were the best shows I've ever seen.

[dalb3]

I saw them in a place that size in Little Rock, AR and Fayetteville, AR and they were the best shows I've ever seen.

Let me guess, in Fayetteville, it was at The Music Hall.
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Yeah that show was pretty fucking amazing.

[encore]

a couple pics and vids from friday's show @ the brewery in raleigh. great fucking time. i have plenty of pictures including jeff, just not on me. i'll post more later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNXYpag9HLI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pCg6iYfkGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxLq0D0xkc8

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[Did I Stutter?]

I saw them in a place that size in Little Rock, AR and Fayetteville, AR and they were the best shows I've ever seen.

Did you see them at Vino's on the 'Miss Machine Gets Pregnant' tour? That was a great show.

[endserenading]

anyone gone to the first couple shows of this tour? im going to see them in raleigh tonight. to venue is tiny as shit, and im a little nervous about that....

went and saw them in raleigh this past weekend and it was phenomenal, hope you got to go. I've seen them several times before and this was the best set I've seen them put on.

and thanks for the vids and pics! I'll check them out when I get home from work. I was hoping someone took some.

[Seanasty]

Yes to both of you. I was at the Miss Machine Gets Pregnant tour at Vinos and the show in Fayetteville was at the Music Hall. I think the Music Hall show was the Miss Machine Has an Abortion tour. I wore a straw cowboy hat to the Fayetteville show. Greg knocked it off with the mic stand in the first four seconds of Panasonic Youth. I love this band.

[flipp jackson]

straw hat huh? well true story i got hit in the head with jacob bannon's microphone in a freak microphone swing accident. AND another time Greg puciato gave me his chocolate milk after he breathed fire for 43% burnt


beat that!

[namedrop]

[Weirdoradio]

straw hat huh? well true story i got hit in the head with jacob bannon's microphone in a freak microphone swing accident. AND another time Greg puciato gave me his chocolate milk after he breathed fire for 43% burnt


beat that!

[namedrop]

Oh Im sure he gave you his milk.

[flipp jackson]

Oh Im sure he gave you his milk.

AND I DRANK IT UP

[Seanasty]

Nice. Judging by the pics from the Music Hall, you were maybe one or two people over from me. That show was a birthday present to myself, just a day early.

[Did I Stutter?]

Saw these guys last night, in Chicago. I had no desire to see The #12...so I took my time getting to the show, and missed whatever happened in the first five minutes of DEP's set.

Walked in during the big climax in 'Sunshine the Werewolf' and I'm guessing that's all I missed. It was extremely loud in Reggie's, all I could hear was a wall of guitars. Bass was being drowned out a bit. New drummer holds up pretty well, but he's no Gil Sharone. After nearly every song, he would hit his china a few times. It got a bit annoying, as I thought they were getting ready to go into something else.

They played 'Horse Hunter', 'Weekend Sex Change', 'Mouth of Ghosts' and 'Come to Daddy' (as far as the few odd ones go). During 'Come to Daddy' some skinny guy that looked like he had a few screws loose, started throwing full beer cans and bottle of water, at the band. In between launching beer and water, he was flipping the band off and trying to spit on them. Guess he didn't like the cover.

'Mouth of Ghosts': Ben played keyboard and whoever their guitar tech/roadie is, played guitar.

I thought it to be slightly odd that during 'Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants' there was a castanet sample playing during that surf-y, low key break near the end of the song. Seems pointless to have that going for such a small 'orchestration'.

Great show, as always. They had their light show with them, and the floods were intense. Made it nearly impossible to watch the band, while the lights were going.

Oddly enough, I'm pretty sure one of the Madina Lake guys was there. The only reason I bring it up, is because I've been seeing him everywhere over the past few weeks.

[Tom]

whoa mouth of ghosts

[encore]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-PbwFVWfNk

[ballsniffer]

so pumped for this show tonight.

about what time did you show up trevor? i'm not too interested in either opening band.

[Tom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-PbwFVWfNk
meh, ok then, i dont think they should play that live

[encore]

or close the show with it for that matter. that song would be a good 7th inning stretch.

[Did I Stutter?]

so pumped for this show tonight.

about what time did you show up trevor? i'm not too interested in either opening band.

I got there at 8:45PM. The club I went to has to have their all ages shows done by 10PM though, so doors were at 6PM last night. Timing wise, that's how it worked out, for me.

[ballsniffer]

yeah that's all i wanted. our doors are at 7, and i have no idea about restrictions age wise.

thanks man

[beLIEve]

just got the call from that girl about that meet and greet thing before hand....should i be stoked?

[Tom]

from greg's latest update, he seems really into the hanging out with a fan before the show thing they are doing. id be pretty stoked.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Random Notes From The Road....

Ok so sitting backstage at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago, about to eat some dinner, figured I'd check in with you guys. First off, thanks to everyone who has come out so far...to Long Island, to Philadelphia, to DC, to Raleigh, to Bonnaroo, to Pontiac. These shows have been amazing and very invigorating for us as a band. Every one of these shows has been shockingly high energy, and the vibe between us and you guys has never been higher. Last night alone, when within seconds the stage barricade was pushed over and eventually taken out, fuuuuuck. There are people coming who have seen us 50 times, 20 times, 7 times, and many people who are just seeing us for the first time. All coming separately, but all leaving as one big sweaty blob ready to tell posers everywhere to SUCK IT.

This meet and greet contest thing we've been doing, has also been very inspiring. We get to meet cool people every day and talk to them about normal every day things, and its really nice and makes us feel more connected to you guys, which is really the whole point right? You have no idea how psyched we were to meet a 14 year old kid with a Drive Like Jehu shirt on, a badass attitude, who knew the names of everyone in Jane's Addiction, who had been listening to us SINCE HE WAS 9, and chill and watch Guns 'N Roses Live At The Ritz 1988 with him. Every day, we meet cool people because of this meet and greet, and we look forward to it. You guys always thank us, but really, THANK YOU, cause it reinforces that we are doing something right when we meet you guys and realize that we have pretty much only awesome people in our audience and an extremely low douchebag percentage. Between interacting with you onstage, meeting you offstage, and talking to some of you on here, I've come to the conclusion and would be willing to bet that percentage wise we have WAAAAY more killer people and WAAAAY less douches than most any other band. It would suck to be in a band and realize that you wouldn't really like 80% of your audience if you got to know them. Fortunately you guys all seem to kick ass, and it's noted and appreciated.

We played that hippie festival Bonnaroo the other day and the night before our set we jammed with Nails again on the "Wish" song, in what apparently was the last song(pre-encore) of their last US tour ever(hopefully not!). That was a great time, thanks goes out to those guys for being the nicest people(band and crew) and to Trent for going out of his way to endorse us as a band and always look out for us when we're around. Check some videos of the Nails/DEP jammer from the fest, a crowd view HERE and a sidestage/backstage view HERE.

We, recently, as some of you may have seen, announced our new album title....."OPTION PARALYSIS". GET FUCKING EXCITED. We are getting together all of our full demos, and we'll be hitting the studio for real to lay down actual tracks in a month and a half to two months or so. Within the next coming months we'll be sneaking bits and pieces of our new stuff into our shows, our blogs, our video thingies, all over the place. I'm sure you caught the snippet at the end of the last video....more is coming.

ALSO....we have announced that we are creating an umbrella known as PARTY SMASHER INC. that we will be putting out all of our future endeavors under. Our records, our shirts, our whatever the fucks....all of it is from now on coming out under that moniker. You'll see that on there no matter where or what it is, and that's how you'll know if something you are getting is really an official DEP release and not a copy, like on the limited shirts and limited other things that we are gonna be doing. That will be on there, and if you don't see it, on EBAY or something, it's not legit.

Totally off topic, but a topic that everyone should be checking out if you wanna see punk ethic on display at the highest level...is the scene over in Iran. In case you haven't been paying attention, shit is going OFF over there. Revolution is breaking out, and its really inspiring to see. People over there, young people in particular, are refusing to live under a corrupt rule that disregards their personal liberties and freedoms as human beings, and are taking matters into their own hands. I'm not talking about little protests like we are used to seeing here, I'm talking about shit that you can't even imagine unless you see pictures like THESE. The government there isn't allowing in international media, they are monitoring and regulating anything that comes out of their country's media, and they are monitoring and shutting down phones, power grids, text messaging, internet servers, anything they can do. They are misreporting things to make the situation not look as extreme as it is, they have burned ballot boxes, and are beating their citizens with their own militia and the help of Hezbollah and Hamas resources as well. The only way real news is getting out is from the youth and students managing to get out twitters and pictures like the ones above. Check out a constantly updated twitter account HERE to read about what is really going on. Remember that those people there are our brothers and sisters as human beings, and that we as aware and conscious people should be aware and inspired by their activism and refusal to allow old and restrictive paradigms to shape their future any longer. That shit over there is as punk as it fucking gets, and if we have any fans over there, we are inspired by what you are going through and hope that one day your situation will be such that a band like us will be able to come play for you.

Anyhow....everyone....keep kicking ass....KILLING POSER BULLSHIT EVERYWHERE....and we'll talk to you soon.

-Greg

[beLIEve]

these guys smoke weed?

[Tom]

NIN/DEP bonnaroo
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[ballsniffer]

fuck they rocked it hard last night. got to talk to greg and liam for a little bit after the show and they were both very cool and down to earth.

the only shitty part was that they were basically sold out of every XL tshirt in the awesome designs. i think they only had xl in one design and i didn't really like it.

but i did pick up the spylacopa album for $6. i told greg that it was a steal and he should be selling them for more money.

they played mullet burden which was fucking AWESOME.

all in all one of the best performances i've ever seen.

[iscariot]

dan youre hardly an xl who were you shopping for friend

[ballsniffer]

HEY I HAVE BROAD SHOULDERS!

and most of the shit that was left was S/M. i probably would've settled for a L

[iscariot]

dont you ever settle for nothin baby

[beLIEve]

totally blew the meet and greet thing off....but hopefully they will melt my face tonight and walk on my head

[bloo]

they played my town last night
had nothing to do and no money to spend so i brought some tallboys to the back alley of the venue and caught the set from there
they played awesome

i think they only dig meeting and greeting fans if you pay for that privilege though
i bigged them up when they busted out the door and they either chose not to acknowledge me or met me with a look of disgust
non-paying fans are scum

fun night though, brought me back to my days as a wee lad

[Tom]

no, bum wiggers in back alleys with shit beer are scum

[bloo]

welp, as long as im not a fat fuck

[Tom]

i may be a fat fuck but i would have been inside the show

[bloo]

yeah but unlike you i didnt have to recycle cans on account of getting in, i just didnt feel like paying $20 to see a band ive seen three times previous

the venue they played at is like a second home to me.. i know people living in the building above the club and we were chilling on the fire escape stairs

it was actually a pretty hilarious time and the sound was great
i didnt feel too bad

and i dont actually think youre fat nrok <3

[ElectricT]

The Toronto show on Sunday was amazing. Totally shocked that they played Come To Daddy.

[ballsniffer]

I WANT YOUR SOUL

I WILL EAT YOUR SOUL

COME TO DADDY

[Tom]

spreadinglikewings.com has alerted me to 2 videos

new intro/song being played live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Tzu5MK-HA

really old, but this contains pieces that ended up on ire works, never occured to me to rewatch when the album came out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhUfb6rHq8E

also here is a remix of black bubblegum done by the dude from frodus
http://www.discobelle.net/music/triob_dep-remix.mp3

[ballsniffer]

they played that new shit when i saw them

[encore]

spreadinglikewings.com has alerted me to 2 videos

new intro/song being played live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Tzu5MK-HA

really old, but this contains pieces that ended up on ire works, never occured to me to rewatch when the album came out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhUfb6rHq8E

tom did you see the vids i posted a week or so ago? i copped that intro, not as good quality though. just sayin...

[Tom]

damn, i think i saw the links, but just didnt bother to look. next time put NEW SONG in big letters or something ;)

[encore]

damn, i think i saw the links, but just didnt bother to look. next time put NEW SONG in big letters or something ;)

check em. good footage. i think its the second vid where greg punches my camera. show was nuts.

[ElectricT]

Hah, I might have been standing directly behind whoever took that video of the intro. It's pretty much the same vantage point I had.

[encore]

which one? i shot my vids and took those pics.

[ElectricT]

The one Tom linked to, from Toronto.

[Tom]

http://emusician.com/videos/interviews/ben_weinman/index.html

video interview with ben about his usage of reason. fuck i knew how to use it well enough to make it sound that good.

[beLIEve]

new ETID song featuring Greg pointed

[Cardinal]

holy shit that song is awesome

[JayCal]

etid song is pretty bad ass

[heygirls]

oh shit. i've restricted myself from whining about this thus far but please oh please could you guys point me in the right direction here...

validation-rant
granted i qualify more or less as a mere lurker but i've been around this place since the beginning of the decade and at least used to contribute quite a lot in the YSI thread. and i cannot figure how to get to http://www.mediaskarerecords.com/vegapoint.png
/validation-rant

[Matton]

Just got back from seeing them here in Malmö, Sweden. I took some pictures, but the only way I can get my camera to take non-blurry pictures is to use the "high iso"-setting, which makes the pictures grainy. I want to buy a proper camera with a long lense and shit, but I can't afford it. Anyway:

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/89725/dep1.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/89725/dep2.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/89725/dep3.jpg

[Cardinal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa6m8Oy2CBU

newest video blog of them performing Wish at Bonnaroo with NIN.
like 5 seconds of new song at the end
sounds baller

[Epitaph]

definitely can't wait for another album...one of the few heavier bands that really impresses me with each release still.

[encore]

read on the dep board that tuttle is leaving and dude from psyOpus is coming in. probably a rumor, but anyone got anything on this?

[Cardinal]

haha jesus christ that would suck
psyopus blows

[bloo]

so are all these members only joining for a brief time for the sake of giving themselves more exposure or are dillinger escape plan just a bunch of intolerable assholes?

[JayCal]

nah man it's cuz dillinger is SO INTENNNNNSE and not everyone can handle it

[Epitaph]

read on the dep board that tuttle is leaving and dude from psyOpus is coming in. probably a rumor, but anyone got anything on this?

gosh I hope thats a rumor. that guy from psyopus blows and jeff was actually a solid pickup imo.

[DanContogiannis]

nah man it's cuz dillinger is SO INTENNNNNSE and not everyone can handle it

That's pretty much true. To be in that band you have to be willing to tour all the time and basically hurt yourself every night on stage.

[Cardinal]

he's being a dick
not serious

[encore]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWCdwZVTG0Y

New ZOOM promo featuring new song/intro, fix your face.

[Tom]

TERRORIZER INTERVIEWS DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN @ KNOCK-OUT FESTIVAL, POLAND (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5cxe7dMB58)

[JayCal]

tom is the only person who ever tops this thread

[Tom]

07-02-2009, 07:24 PM - matton
07-14-2009, 02:01 PM - encore
07-16-2009, 11:03 AM - encore

[JayCal]

yeah right

[Tom]

"song 3 demo" drums/guitar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS0_ZMJ4rjo)

[Seanasty]

I just got a copy of Miss Machine on clear vinyl. Fucking win.

[dalb3]

pics or it didn't happen

[Tom]

Moe Train’s Track Podcast with Greg (http://cdn.acidplanet.com/mediaserver/c/0003000/ap-20090814-2509.mp3)

[Tom]

"song 2 demo" drums/guitar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFL4La0Jt9E)

[eviljohn]

"song 2 demo" drums/guitar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFL4La0Jt9E)

i just wet my pants

[encore]

drums sound tight as shit.

[Tom]

Monday, August 24, 2009
DEP PLAYING LOS ANGELES! OPTION PARALYSIS NEWS AND NOTES...

Ok....sorry for the lack of recent updates, but we've had our noses to the grind lately getting this record written, and haven't seen the light of day much. If you've been paying attention to our twitter accounts, you know that we've leaked TWO demo snippets so far. We usually demo the entire record pretty extensively before we enter the studio, so that we don't waste too time fiddling around once we get in there. The snippets, for those of you not following along on twitter, are:

EXHIBIT A

EXHIBIT B

We'll be using this myspace as well as our twitters to update you throughout the recording process, so stay tuned.

Latest BIG news though, is that we are playing a show in Los Angeles to kick off the whole recording process. September 5th, we've been added to FYF Fest(formerly Fuck Yeah Fest!....but I guess the new abbreviation now makes it...Fuck Yeah Fest...Fest?). Get PSYCHED if you live around here. This means that for the first time in a long time...DEP and CONVERGE are gonna be playing together!!!! Other killer bands playing include Torche, Lightning Bolt, Fucked Up, and more. Don't miss out. It's only a $20 ticket, at the Los Angeles State Park in Downtown LA, and it's for a good cause! The fest aims to raise awareness of the possible closure of up to 100 State Parks due to recent California budget cuts. It's gonna be nice to play and have fun before the pure torture of recording starts.

Check out the full lineup and details here.

We start recording FOR REAL on September 7th. Oh yeah...those demo snippets....that's Billy playing drums, not a drum machine as some have speculated. Get ready. We've got a bunch of songs that are gonna be more than enough for you all to chew on for a while.

I feel like I'm missing something. I probably am and it's probably because I've been listening to these insane songs and parts on a loop for months now and its basically starting to feel like I'm being dropped down a long flight of steep stairs over and over again. I'm telling you...every time we make a record, I think we all go gradually more and more insane from it, and we haven't even started real recording yet. We wrap on October 30th...hopefully we won't all need lobotomies by then. Why do you think we go through members so fast?

I can't believe that we start actual tracking in less than two weeks! This time two years ago we were mixing Ire Works. Time flies, and things are way different than they were back then. Two years is a relatively short period of time, but things were literally on the brink of destruction at that time and now they are stronger than ever. Crazy. Wait 'til you hear what we've got for you now. The vibe when we recorded Ire Works was defined by a feeling of struggle and hope and just staying alive in the face of almost falling apart, feeling triumphant in making it through the previous couple of years, and now the vibe is "ok now we're just gonna fuck everyone up." As always, we love you guys for being here through it all, through our evolution over the last decade, and we look forward to and get off on interacting with all of you in every way. The Dillinger Escape Plan is like a living entity to us, a cell of sorts, of which you are all a part. We're psyched to bring in 2010 and the next decade of our existence with a total motherfucker of a record.

"Option Paralysis" release date is coming soon. See some of you soon in LA, I'll update this again the day before we start recording, and then you guys can follow along on here, twitter, youtube, whatever.

-Greg
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=13372776&blogId=507122926

[Seanasty]

pics or it didn't happen

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/anthropophagie/clearinger.jpg

[flipp jackson]

I don't feel like rereading a bunch of stuff. Are these guys recording anything yet?

[Cardinal]

I don't feel like rereading a bunch of stuff. Are these guys recording anything yet?

demoing now
start recording sept. 7
plan to finish oct 30

[flipp jackson]

cool cool thanks tom

[Optimus Fag]

no more bumps till theres an actual song, agreed?

dont post to agree, either.

[drd1203]

.........agreed. sorry dude, had to do it.

[Tom]

ill bump this as much as i fucking want

[DanContogiannis]

FYF fest looks incredible.

[Seanasty]

no more bumps till theres an actual song, agreed?

dont post to agree, either.

Why no posting on this but people were more than happy to was pages on "Has the He Is Legend album leaked" crap? That blog is worth reading. I'm jealous my brother is going to FYF Fest and I can't. Lame.

[Cardinal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai3oD0SNIFY

[Ampathy]

What's their twitter addresses?

[Cardinal]

http://twitter.com/GregPuciato
http://twitter.com/dillingerescpln (which is Ben)

im guessing the other dudes have them too, but i dont follow. ben updates pretty frequently, greg not so much

[Tom]

http://twitter.com/liamwilson

[dalb3]

So that whole stink with the DAH shirts being shitty. They refunded me money for 2 shirts and I got to keep my shirt. Pretty sweet!

[DanContogiannis]

Hm. Dillinger posted a studio update on YouTube today and then deleted it a couple of hours later. Weird.

[Seanasty]

Metal Injection got the video before Dillinger removed it from youtube. Here (http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/3564/dillinger-escape-plan-option-paralysis-recording-week-1) it is.

[Tom]

different version of the video up now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYeQbPjeSas

[encore]

rymer kills that shit.

[Tom]

8-bit covers:
4th Grade Dropout (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alw5AB4MslY)
43% Burnt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKMTOrNIfjw)

[Seanasty]

That guy/girl does a version of Colony of Birchman. It sounds like boss music from Castlevania 3.

[encore]

http://www.spreadinglikewings.com/news/2009/09/22/hello-from-ben/

[Tom]

OPTION PARALYSIS Studio Week 2 and 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_JYoLYW880)

and as mentioned in the other thread, going on tour with thursday and fake problems (http://www.theprpboard.com/showthread.php?t=11979)

[Tom]

OPTION PARALYSIS Studio Week 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs8nkRJYCbE)


new mouth of ghosts shirt
http://www.dougchampion.com/

[Cardinal]

greg's vocals and lyrics in that clip are pretty suspect

shirt is sweet but i wont pay $30 for it

[dalb3]

shirt is sweet but i wont pay $30 for it

It would probably show up looking like straight up ass, too.

[ManOfAtom]

They've got a date at Camden Barfly in London on Feb 12th, so I guess more UK/Europe shows are gunna sho up soon

Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=350909

[Snitchy McSnoop]

Camden Barfly is a super small venue so it looks like it is probably a one off show, especially for the UK. There might be some euro shows thou.

Oh and just got my ticket.

[David 635]

Yeah if they're playing Bafly it's extreamly unlikly to be a tour. Can't wait, should be nuts.

[Tom]

Escape To Europe - wookubus
(2:35 PM PST 10/09/2009)
Tentative dates have begun to emerge for The Dillinger Escape Plan's upcoming UK/European run for early next year, they run as follows:
February 01st Vienna, AUT - Chelsea
February 03rd Milan, ITA - Circolo Magnolia
February 04th Munchen, GER - 59:1
February 05th Cologne, GER - MTC
February 06th Brussels, BEL - Ancienne Belgique
February 08th Berlin, GER - Magnet Club
February 09th Amsterdam, NET - Paradiso
February 10th Paris, FRA - La Maroquinerie
February 12th London, UK - Barfly
An official schedule is expected to be revealed in the coming weeks. At present the band are in the midst of tracking their new album "Option Paralysis" with producer Steve Evetts (Every Time I Die, Sepultura). A release early next year through their own Party Smasher Inc. label in association with Season Of Mist is being eyed.

[Snitchy McSnoop]

Camden Barfly is a super small venue so it looks like it is probably a one off show, especially for the UK. There might be some euro shows thou.

Oh and just got my ticket.


Yeah if they're playing Bafly it's extreamly unlikly to be a tour. Can't wait, should be nuts.

Escape To Europe - wookubus
(2:35 PM PST 10/09/2009)
Tentative dates have begun to emerge for The Dillinger Escape Plan's upcoming UK/European run for early next year, they run as follows:
February 01st Vienna, AUT - Chelsea
February 03rd Milan, ITA - Circolo Magnolia
February 04th Munchen, GER - 59:1
February 05th Cologne, GER - MTC
February 06th Brussels, BEL - Ancienne Belgique
February 08th Berlin, GER - Magnet Club
February 09th Amsterdam, NET - Paradiso
February 10th Paris, FRA - La Maroquinerie
February 12th London, UK - Barfly
An official schedule is expected to be revealed in the coming weeks. At present the band are in the midst of tracking their new album "Option Paralysis" with producer Steve Evetts (Every Time I Die, Sepultura). A release early next year through their own Party Smasher Inc. label in association with Season Of Mist is being eyed.

[Tom]

pointless quote

i also dont see why you guys seem to think the barfly is the gauging of whether there will be other UK dates or not

[David 635]

Because basically it's a pub. So when a band the size of DEP are playing it, it's more of a special event type of gig. Saying that there have been bands that have booked it because they just want to do an intimate gig in the middle of their massive venu tour i.e. KSE.

[ManOfAtom]

It's not a pub at all! It has a bar that can operate apart from the upstairs but it's a proper venue, it's just got shit acoustics.

They mentioned on the myspace blog that they'd be touring everywhere didn't they? Plus it's not economically sound to just do one tiny show.
Who knows really though.

[Tom]

"OPTION PARALYSIS" Studio Week 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0bOV3Btr_M)

87 HETFIELD!!!!!!!!11

[ry-bunal]

that is freakin awesome adam doll was there. he was freaking great. i saw them 1 time with him before the accident...then the dude from SHAT. wow.

[Tom]

dillinger cds half off at relapse until 31st

http://shop.relapse.com/search_results.aspx?st=1&ss=dillinger%20escape%20plan

[milhouse]

any guesses on who the special guest is that was in the studio with them?

My money is on Trent Reznor

[Seanasty]

Option Paralysis officially coming out March 23, 2010.

[ry-bunal]

Option Paralysis officially coming out March 23, 2010.

that is tooooooo fucking far off.

[Tom]

two new song titles: "Farewell, Mona Lisa" and "Good Neighbor"

[Tom]

http://www.theprp.com/2009/12/05/news/the-dillinger-escape-plan-offering-three-bonus-tracks-with-digital-version-of-option-paralysis/

In other news, the band debuted two new tracks (”Good Neighbor” and “Farewell, Mona Lisa“) at their live show at The Crazy Donkey in Long Island, NY last night, December 04th. The set list for the night went as follows:

“Good Neighbor“
“Panasonic Youth“
“Fix Your Face“
“Milk Lizard“
“Sugar Coated Sour“
“When Good Dogs Do Bad Things“
“Mouth Of Ghosts“
“Sunshine The Werewolf“
“Horse Hunter“
“Lurch“
“Farewell, Mona Lisa“
“43% Burnt“

[Cardinal]

hopefully someone got some video
they mentioned that they were playing new jams on their twitter, so someone has to have some

like the setlist, hopefully they play new jams in a week

[encore]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATgy1ci_a7Y

[Weirdoradio]

Exact same setlist tonight, only Sunshine was played third-to-last. Great presence, shitty-ass technical difficulties throughout most of the set. Jeff jumped off the stage a bunch of times, he seemed more pissed off than usual. Not the best performance I've seen the band give, but Greg is still a charismatic frontman who knows his audience.

[Tom]

Better Quality Live Footage Of The Dillinger Escape Plan’s “Good Neighbor” Available Online (http://www.theprp.com/2009/12/13/news/better-quality-live-footage-of-the-dillinger-escape-plans-good-neighbor-available-online/)

[Cardinal]

band ruled tonight
new drummer sounds great live
new songs are fucking awesome
the changes to the end of Sunshine and 43% are fucking crushing

[Tom]

that dude who filmed the good good neighbor video did 43% too, they fucking go OFF at the end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yK3bKKpuC4

[321Drum!]

wait, what happened to Gil?

[Badwong]

DEP makes up for a lot of shitty things in life.

[Tom]

wait, what happened to Gil?
he hasnt been in the band for well over a year dude

[321Drum!]

well that sucks. did he go back to Stolen Babies?

[Tom]

pretty sure that was the reasoning of leaving, wanted to focus more on them

[bloo]

given how it went down, i have to assume the reason he joined DEP in the first place was to bring more exposure to his own band.. hence him recording ire works, gaining recognition as the dude who gracefully replaced chris pennie, pulling double duty on the DEP/SB tour, and then him going back full time to his own band

[Human Resources]

So...Liam's got a kind of crabcore thing going on...

[Logg]

I love DEP as much as anyone but really are there even words to 43% burnt live.

[skinticket]

Option Paralysis officially coming out March 23, 2010.

holy shitttt that's my birthday. what an amazing birthday present...

[JayCal]

oh weird it sounds basically like every other dep song

[Tom]

hardtimes.ca interview with greg and liam
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=101425873

holiday message
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlX-r45OgXQ

[eviljohn]

holiday message
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlX-r45OgXQ

he he he :D

[Logg]

ETID, DEP, and Poker guess I will be there.

[flipp jackson]

you sound like it's going to be a weekend in vegas

[Logg]

Sorta is buddy.

[Tom]

The Dillinger Escape Plan To Release Digital Single Next Month, Preview Available Online (http://www.theprp.com/2009/12/21/news/the-dillinger-escape-plan-to-release-digital-single-next-month-preview-available-online/)

[eviljohn]

hard to tell with the crap quality, but it sounds promising.

[Tom]

bad sound, but 23 minutes of their montreal set, including new song

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=101543208

[encore]

fan made video for dead as history

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybPD-R4T5Y0

[dmf sauce]

wow

[Weirdoradio]

bad sound, but 23 minutes of their montreal set, including new song

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=101543208

Haha, you can watch me get hit in the head in this one.

[Optimus Fag]

fan made video for dead as history

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybPD-R4T5Y0

wow

[WTA]

cool video, but i havent heard any newer DEP stuff, man this shit is nu metal as fuck

also pretty cool how a bunch of it ripped this off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q25Zx6B5HJA

[Tom]

i love how easy people throw around the term nu metal these days

[Logg]

Yes DEP is very Nu-Metal

[WTA]

i love how easy people throw around the term nu metal these days

though i know they are capable of much more, this shit is just generic chug riffing, aggro delivery and then a really shitty clean chorus. if that ain't nu metal, i don't know what is.

[Tom]

you just described pretty much every metal band ever

[WTA]

naiveté: on tap in maine

[Tom]

how does you being a musical moron make me naive?

[WTA]

because between the two of us, we could name a hundred thousand metal bands who don't fit that formula?

[Tom]

OH BECAUSE I WAS TOTALLY BEING SERIOUS ABOUT EVERY METAL BAND BEING LIKE THAT

your definition of nu metal is wrong. deal with it.

[WTA]

explain to me what's wrong about it, o guru of nu metal

LOL

[johnnyutah]

if nin b-sides are numetal then yeah

[321Drum!]

fan made video for dead as history

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybPD-R4T5Y0

ok yeah, so that was amazing

[eviljohn]

^^^
the video is made by footage from the israeli movie "waltz with bashir", pretty amazing animations, semi documentary, but unfortunately it ends with propaganda instead of closure for the character that tells the story.
most of it is still pretty enjoyable

[Tom]

full version of farewell mona lisa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vz728MTS00

edit: better quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryYWG3h28ms
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1CIMR7XJ

[bloo]

damn
if that song is indicative of the album on the whole, dep have officially stopped being interesting

[johnnyutah]

yeah it's just a lesser sunshine or good dogs, aka 'tech' into the whole epic rock outro but nowhere near as good

[Cardinal]

i guess im the only one who likes it. i think the tech part is sweet. yeah it's like those other two songs, and the singing part is kinda wack, but the buildup is good at the end.

good neighbor is definitely better though

[tabarnak]

i love it too

[encore]

new song rips.

sick drummer on billy rymer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Exz1aBtgdU)

[Tom]

hmm

http://optionparalysis.net

[Logg]

DEP is my 3rd favorite "metal" band

[ThrashBoy]

Got added to Liquid Metal if anyone here has Sirius or XM.

[iscariot]

I like this.

[JayCal]

fan made video for dead as history

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybPD-R4T5Y0

haha, that is fuckin awful. might as well be primer 55 or some shit. calculating infinity-era dep would be absolutely embarrassed by this.

full version of farewell mona lisa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vz728MTS00

edit: better quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryYWG3h28ms
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1CIMR7XJ

much better, but not great. dudes are continuing their quest to dumb the music down and appeal to more and more people. all the while ripping off better artists left and right. good luck, hosers.

[ballsniffer]

this just in, jaycal doesn't like something new

[JayCal]

this just in, prp fellates dep to no end

[role model]

Can't handle DEP melodies?

[JayCal]

that melody was cool when i first heard it on director's cut. trying to remember which song.

[milhouse]

that melody was cool when i first heard it on director's cut. trying to remember which song.

not every band or song has to be groundbreaking to be good or interesting, just enjoy it for what it is.

[JayCal]

not every band or song has to be groundbreaking to be good or interesting, just enjoy it for what it is.

of course not. it still stinks, though.

[ballsniffer]

the prp: haters and homers

[Tom]

dillinger opened for gogol bordello last night WTF
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/12/dillinger_escap_2.html

[Human Resources]

Haha I'm not sure the Gogol Bordello crowd really appreciated that.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/dllingerescapeplan/webster/26.jpg

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/dllingerescapeplan/webster/51.jpg

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/dllingerescapeplan/webster/57.jpg

[tabarnak]

dudes are continuing their quest to dumb the music down and appeal to more and more people.
what's the point of that? if their goal is to appeal more people all they have to do is stop playing metal right fucking now

[foeprkl]

Haha I'm not sure the Gogol Bordello crowd really appreciated that.

hah, they really seem to be enjoying it.

[encore]

so dillinger opened up for glassjaw last night. the club told them not to play 43% burnt buit they did anyway. all you can hear is the house music, drumset, and whatever amp was sitting in front of the drumset that the mics picked up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNt5tZtPyBM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjmBU51gClk

[Cardinal]

why wouldnt they be allowed to play that song?

[JayCal]

REBELS

[role model]

why wouldnt they be allowed to play that song?

I guess perhaps it 'incites' the crowd too much.

[Tom]

so dillinger opened up for glassjaw last night. the club told them not to play 43% burnt buit they did anyway. all you can hear is the house music, drumset, and whatever amp was sitting in front of the drumset that the mics picked up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNt5tZtPyBM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjmBU51gClk
where did you hear this? maybe they were just over their set time and it had nothing to do with what song it was?

only reason i can think of for them to not want 43% played period is greg's tendency to do the fire breathing during it, which i dont even think he has done in a long ass time

edit: and now actually watching the videos, id have to assume it was simply to due with the time

[encore]

http://www.smnnews.com/board/showthread.php?t=219338&page=6#175

[purityrecs]

I was at the glassjaw show too. DEP stole it through, very tight and the new sound was pretty good live

[Tom]

so can you clarify what happened?

[JayCal]

yeah they played a song with no lights or pa

[Tom]

shut the fuck up grandpa

[JayCal]

well, what? you expect someone in the crowd to know more?

have fun jerkin' off tonight at midnight, brah.

[Tom]

because theres no way greg could have said into the mic "hey they want us to stop, fuck them", or seeing some stage hand off to the side waving his hands pissed off

[tabarnak]

jaycal is so gonna be a pleasant man to be around when he'll hit 60

[JayCal]

i'm actually quite pleasant in 3d. i channel 90% of my vitriol towards the board.

[tabarnak]

same here, im quite a nice guy in real life

[iscariot]

Man, you shut the hell up, tabarnak. If that's your real name.

[Badwong]

I'd be willing to bet that hanging out with JayCal would be just like posting in a thread with him.

[flipp jackson]

Man, you shut the hell up, tabarnak. If that's your real name.

hahaha

I'd be willing to bet that hanging out with JayCal would be just like posting in a thread with him.

next time i'm in boston my #1 goal is to meet up with jay

[johnnyutah]

me n jay get along like a house on fiyah

[JayCal]

I'd be willing to bet that hanging out with JayCal would be just like posting in a thread with him.

nah, exact opposite.

next time i'm in boston my #1 goal is to meet up with jay

that would be an absolute must. any boston plans soon?

me n jay get along like a house on fiyah

o/

[Tom]

Good Neighbor (Dec 30 @ Starland Ballroom)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxTcon87dls

some videos from that gogol opening set

farewell mona lisa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8FGIByZl0Y
sunshine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_nFWOQxnh0
good dogs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0VL8YQnkl8
mouth of ghosts - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUndvBFq-2I

greg with thursday in boston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pWakrtwiWw

[flipp jackson]

you know thursday would be the sort of band i'd assume greg would talk shit on

[encore]

so can you clarify what happened?

http://www.smnnews.com/board/showpost.php?p=3410636&postcount=188

Well we had 5 minutes less for our set at this show than normal and I think someone uhh.. Forgot.. To take a song or two off the set so we were way way way over. That projection screen comes down during change over and the second Farewell ended they dropped the screen and started playing ICP over the PA. But I mean cmon.. You can't NOT play 43% at a sold out christmas show with nearly 3000 people.. They muted all the mics.. They started out just muting the vocals.. Then they killed the guitars.. Then the drums.. I was doing Ben's pedals with my hands so he could keep playing in front of the screen. Billy was playing without being able to hear those dudes at all.. It sounded like a mess but they all know that song well enough to be able to play it without hearing anyone else. The venue dudes were screaming at ME like I have any control over a band that hangs china symbols from electrical wires in the ceiling.

[ry-bunal]

i have seen them about 10 times and out of the 10 times i think they only got through the entire set 4 times before getting shut down.

[Optimus Fag]

ahahaha that last sentence is great, fuck i love greg

[Tom]

greg didnt write that

[Optimus Fag]

oh, well shit, i just assumed cause whoever it was said they were using pedals with their hands

oh well, whoever wrote it is funny

[Tom]

2010 New Years State Of The DEP Address....and info on DRUM LESSONS WITH BILLY (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=13372776&blogId=524751138)

Jeez....has it really been three months since the last blog? Time goes by fast when you're busy SCORCHING POSEURS. Hopefully you guys all know what I'm talkin' about and the time's gone by fast for you too, and if you don't and it hasn't, SHAPE THE FUCK UP AND GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER cause that's what you should be doing at all times! Setting the proverbial flamethrower to eleven and taking aim. In fact, let that be your New Years resolution. Repeat after me: "I, (insert name), do solemnly swear, no matter how old and tired and worn down by idiots I may become, to make it my life's duty, to SCORCH POSEURS in whichever field I choose to operate in, no matter what it is that I'm doing...FOREVER." There. You just made a fucking COVENANT. Like the Jews of old, except this time the burning smell shouldn't be coming from a talking bush in the desert, it should be the stench rising up from the trail of seared dorks you leave in your wake like a just blown out match. Got it?

Since the last checkpoint, we finished recording our new album "Option Paralysis", played a bunch of killer shows with Thursday, Fake Problems, and Endless Hallway, and then capped off the decade with two exceptional shows with our buddies Gogol Bordello, Glassjaw, Thursday, and United Nations. 2010 is gonna be a really big one for us. There's no better way for us to start a decade then by releasing a new album in the first quarter(March 23) of the first year, and then by touring and playing everywhere that this big spinning rock will have us. Hopefully we'll manage to avoid self destructing by 2011, cause as I'm sure you guys can tell we always have our finger hovering around the red button no matter how long we're around. It's the only way we know how to roll. Full speed or die. This shit ain't fun when it's safe, folks. Safety and comfort is boring, and leads to even more boring art. What I'm trying to tell you guys is to SABOTAGE YOUR LIFE NOW WHILE YOU CAN BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!! What I'm really trying to say is that things in The Dillinger Escape Plan are unbelievably great right now. We're about to unleash what we all and a lot of close longtime critical eared friends feel is our best album to date, and we're all healthy and playing furious shows lately, so lets embrace it all while it's here cause given our track record who the hell knows how fast and how long we can keep the train runnin' this time. Lets all kick ass and make 2010 the best it can be and try to start strong, and finish even stronger than we began it. We're ready to do our part.

On another note, our drummer Billy is a man of few public words so far, since he pretty much keeps himself in a dungeon playing drums nonstop. He has, however, recently expressed a desire to share his freakish gift with others and wants to expand his super select pool of students. I don't know what the hell he and his tiny club of drum disciples do when they get together, cause it gets weird like a freemason society or something and they speak in code that only other drum wizards seem to understand, but if you play the drums and are already better than most and want in, he's ready to unleash the Secrets of the Skins(if any of you turn that into an X-rated film name or a documentary about Native Americans, I want royalties.) The man of few words and many paradiddles had this to say:

"Greetings and happy New Year to all. As we have some time off for the month of January, and some more time here and there coming up, I am currently offering private lessons to skilled drummers in the Long Island/NYC area, where I reside. If this interests you, contact me at bill.rymer@gmail.com.

-Billy"

I mean imagine him emerging out of his drum cave and saying that in a wizard's voice in a hooded cloak while waving his hand in the air. Things like "Greetings....to all," and "where I reside." He even speaks like someone who plays drums 23 of the 24 hours out of the day, and by that I mean WIZARD-LIKE. Like a wise drum wizard who plays weird shit at freakish speed. Seriously though, he sees drumming the way Neo saw the Matrix when he got all Jesus-ish, he's insane even by our high standards of mental insanity, so if you wanna take your skills to another place hit him up.

What else? Hmm. Our tourdates on the front page are about to get about a hundred dates longer, so keep an eye out for that, cause chances are unless you live in Yemen or on a mountaintop in Tibet we'll be heading your way this year. Only two months and some change left until our new album comes out, and we can't wait. Presales will start soon, with all kinds of options(enough to paralyze you...we're punbelievable OH!!!!) including a completely one of a kind box set that makes the Hellraiser box look like a happy meal box(I hear they're bagged now? what a crime), and ruined the lives and crushed the souls of everyone we had working on it to try to make it a reality. Happy New Year everyone, I hope you all have a good one. Become a better version of you. Talk to you sooner than later...

-Greg

[flipp jackson]

once again greg tries too hard to sound "smart" and "cool"

[Tom]

once again greg tries too hard to sound like buddyhead

The Dillinger Escape Plan Reveal Full Track Listing For “Option Paralysis” (http://www.theprp.com/2010/01/06/news/the-dillinger-escape-plan-reveal-full-track-listing-for-option-paralysis/)

ben in the new guitar world
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6702/depguitarworld20100201.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2710/depguitarworld20100202.jpg

[Seanasty]

The Dillinger Escape Plan Reveal Full Track Listing For “Option Paralysis” (http://www.theprp.com/2010/01/06/news/the-dillinger-escape-plan-reveal-full-track-listing-for-option-paralysis/)

No mention of the Japanese bonus track "Chuck McChip".

[Logg]

After much time has passed, many shows, bands and real life, I would say 43% Burnt is the 4th best song ever made.

[Weirdoradio]

After much time has passed, many shows, bands and real life, I would say 43% Burnt is the 4th best song ever made.

Where does Warrant's "Cherry Pie" figure on your list?

[Logg]

Youth Gone Wild is the best hair metal song.

[jar]

Youth Gone Wild is the best hair metal song.

hahah. it's up there.

[Tom]

The diminutive wailer for New Jersey spazzers Dillinger Escape Plan is ripped enough for a man five-times his size, and though he's denied using steroids (he chalks his physique up to "eat[ing] a lot of protein and work[ing] out a lot"), we're still not entirely convinced. Then again, positively destroying the stage on a nightly basis has to have some benefits, right?
http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/01/12/mark-mcgwire/
Dillinger Escape Plan Singer Responds to Steroid Accusation
Posted on Jan 12th 2010 7:00PM by Amy Sciarretto

Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato has responded exclusively to Noisecreep about an unfounded steroid accusation levied at his doorstep by MTV.com. A post claimed "the diminutive wailer for New Jersey spazzers Dillinger Escape Plan is ripped enough for a man five-times his size, and though he's denied using steroids (he chalks his physique up to "eat[ing] a lot of protein and work[ing] out a lot"), we're still not entirely convinced. Then again, positively destroying the stage on a nightly basis has to have some benefits, right?" To say "not entirely convinced" indicates that the writer still questions whether or not Puciato is juiced up. In the wake of Mark McGwire admitting his steroid usage -- as if the whole world wasn't already aware of that -- MTV.com's statement has certainly sparked Puciato's ire. And no, we don't think his response is a symptom of 'roid rage. We believe that he's just physically fit and well within his rights to be totally pissed off.

"In a bizarre MTV news story today about Mark McGwire and steroids, some writer guy who writes 'news' that nobody probably reads anyway decided to basically accuse me and some other musicians of steroid use," Puciato said. "Irresponsible? Yes. Understandable? Of course, because he obviously doesn't know what it feels like to have actual willpower and drive. I don't know what it feels like to be a total p---- who manifests his own inadequacies by accusing other people of cheating in order to achieve something of notice."

Puciato continued, "Unfortunately for him, they don't have 'writer potions' that he can take to better himself at his chosen hobby. While this isn't the first time that someone has presumed that I take steroids, it is the first time that I can think of that it's been publicly presumed. Although I usually take it as a compliment, it borders on slander when done in this way, and in actuality, it's more of a shame that we live in a time in which people assume that you need to cheat somehow in order to actually achieve anything worthwhile.

"Your article says more about you, James, than it says about me. Regardless, thanks for the publicity softball pitch, and you can thank me in return. Keep practicing the whole 'writing' thing, cause it apparently doesn't come that naturally to you. And meanwhile I'll go pop all the huge zits that I have on my back, beat the s--- out of my girlfriend for having a guy friend, start a fight at a sports bar, drunk-bang a bunch of 19-year-old sorority chicks and crush 20 Wendy's double stacks."

Greg, we salute your honestly-earned yard hard body and everything you said! Dillinger Escape Plan's new album 'Option Paralysis' is due out in March.
http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/01/12/dillinger-escape-plan-greg-puciato-steroid-accusation/

[dalb3]

Hahaha, that's one of the better Greg reactions.

[Tom]

http://bettween.com/GregPuciato/positivnegativ

read from the bottom up

[whiteriot]

http://bettween.com/detuned/gregpuciato

[Tom]

greg and i go way back, best friends

[johnnyutah]

i'd like him more if he juiced honestly

[Skids]

i just assume that ripped people in hollywood, music or whatever use at LEAST hgh. Reznor, Puciato, eminem back in the day, carrot top, christian bale etc etc. There's a huge list of people in that world that went from twigs to massive.

"I spend all day in the gym and am very disciplined" (g)

[Tom]

@GregPuciato: There are a couple things...some "options"...on the internet that weren't there a mere few hours ago...can you find them? about 8 hours ago from web i assume one of the things is farewell mona lisa which is now for sale on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Farewell-Mona-Lisa/dp/B0030IO032/

someone figure out what the fuck else he is talking about

edit: oh maybe he means the album cover too

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/reviewpics/dillingeroptioncd.jpg

[bloo]

er, nevermind

[JayCal]

sounds like... dep. with some patton ripoff bullshit. fuckin yawn.

[flipp jackson]

you know bands don't necessarily have to reinvent themselves every album to stay good

[gmfb]

sounds like... dep. with some patton ripoff bullshit. fuckin yawn.


you're such a shitty local band faggot

[JayCal]

next time i listen to director's cut i gotta find the song where that shit is stolen from

[Counterfeit]

next time i listen to director's cut i gotta find the song where that shit is stolen from

If it's stolen from anything, it's from one of their older albums.

p.s. - is that your true post count?

[321Drum!]

If it's stolen from anything, it's from one of their older albums.

p.s. - is that your true post count?

Dalb has a gimmick?

[johnnyutah]

If it's stolen from anything, it's from one of their older albums.

p.s. - is that your true post count?

figured him out ?

[flipp jackson]

WELL I'M SICK OF YOU TOO

[JayCal]

ha flipp

[dalb3]

LETCHA PUNKS KNOW I'M AN OLD SCHOOL SOLDJA!!

[gnutella]

all your desperation causes separation

[Tom]

‘Option Paralysis’: First Review (http://www.rocksound.tv/features/article/dillinger-e)

[johnnyutah]

samples are on the amazon page. i know its just clips but like 3 or so songs sound....baaaad

[heygirls]

this album can only disappoint

[JayCal]

dmitri look what you've done

[Cardinal]

chinese whispers is the only one that sounds really really bad
gold teeth on a bum is suspect
the rest sounds alright

[JayCal]

widower sounds ridiculous

[Tom]

shit sounds good to me fuck yall