A quote from former The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato has been making the rounds recently, and band mastermind Ben Weinman is right here to set the report straight.

In an interview with Revolver, Puciato acknowledged “I don’t miss it at all. And I hate to say this, but if we were to get back together, it would be for money. And I don’t fucking want to do that. Every year, all those festivals… they just throw astronomical amounts of money at us to get back together. And it’s never even been something that we even entertain.”

Over some morning espresso, we caught up with Weinman to debate reunion affords, what occurred to Dillinger Escape Plan, and what Ben has been as much as lately.

Let’s begin with the explanation you and I bought round to speaking, which is alleged rumors of The Dillinger Escape Plan being provided reunions. In a latest interview with Revolver, Greg acknowledged [the above quote]. How correct is that?

Well, initially, it is fairly superb you reside like, two blocks away from me now and we will simply focus on this stuff as neighbors. I wish to be as respectful to the band, its members, and the followers as doable so I’ll attempt to clear some issues up with out moving into an excessive amount of of the ‘he mentioned she mentioned’. To be clear, I’ve not talked on to Greg since simply after the ultimate Dillinger reveals in 2018. One of the explanations for that’s as a result of, with out moving into an excessive amount of element as a few of this data isn’t for me to reveal, I believe it’s secure to say the band’s members – together with myself – don’t share the identical values as Greg. While I cherish the work we did collectively and can at all times acknowledge how instrumental his contributions have been to the legacy of this band, there’s quite a lot of misinformation on the market primarily based on the notion Greg has crafted by means of interviews and what he will get quoted on. At the very least, let’s simply say the remainder of the band has nothing to do with the data Greg has put on the market, and that none of it’s correct.

I believe it is vitally necessary to say that Greg has no possession of the Dillinger Escape Plan as an entity, no possession within the overarching company, and has no possession over the title and he by no means has. He has at all times been paid as an impartial contractor and he has no interactions with our reserving agent, legal professionals, and many others. I’m comfortable to indicate anybody who doubts this all of the paperwork that claims in any other case. That’s that. This band has existed with totally different singers and musicians over time and I’m proud that my continued involvement from day one has helped preserve some consistency in how we functioned and did issues as a unit.

The reality is that any discussions of a reunion with Greg have been shut down earlier than cash was mentioned. There have been no concrete cash affords for a reunion with Greg – that means that the conversations have by no means gotten to cash as they’ve at all times been shut down instantly – that I or anybody on our staff is conscious of. I believe there was some preliminary talks thrown round for us to do Furnace Fest, however our agent’s response was that we aren’t entertaining reunion affords at the moment. The finish. I’ve been approached a number of occasions not directly by individuals who had talked to Greg whereas he was out on the street about doing a reunion, and what was conveyed to me was that he actually needed to do it and that it ought to be mentioned with me.

My response to anybody asking was that the Dillinger Escape Plan wouldn’t be performing with Greg and that we ended that chapter of the band within the applicable method, as everybody noticed. I’d like to depart it at that. That is basically all there’s to it. I’m undecided what Greg’s intention for releasing this data was however hey… not my monkey, not my circus as they are saying. He is a really gifted particular person and I believe the folks on the market collaborating with him will make some superior shit. I actually cherish every little thing we did and really feel extraordinarily happy with our work collectively.

So simply to make clear – Dillinger is your band? On paper, anyway.

I do not prefer to say Dillinger is my band. This band is a collective of individuals, all of whom have been instrumental within the band’s trajectory and success. Yes, I’ve been undeniably possessive about the best way sure issues had been accomplished, however that has each helped the band and possibly damage the band at occasions. I’ll say that I personal all of the logos and am liable for the company the band does enterprise beneath if that’s what you’re asking.

It’s been seven years since The Dillinger Escape Plan broke up, and you have been largely quiet on what occurred. So after all we now have to ask – what occurred?

I believe we communicated in the course of the time fairly properly that the band had reached a pure climax and ending it in the best way we did was the one method for Dillinger to finish, for my part. This was 100% not Greg‘s selection, however after it grew to become clear that I used to be accomplished with the band, I believe he started to embrace the concept and the worth of taking management over one thing like this in the best way we did. I additionally suppose it was actually necessary for Greg to deal with his personal tasks impartial of Dillinger. He clearly nonetheless has extra to say artistically. I, however, already had a band that existed in lots of kinds and, for my part, continued to provide necessary artwork from starting to finish. I simply do not feel the necessity to speak in regards to the band anymore for essentially the most half, different than simply celebrating its legacy from time to time with cool acknowledgments or tasks persons are doing impressed by or work, just like the comedian ebook and the Seven)Suns string quartet model of our album One Of Us Is The Killer.

I’ve been dwelling scoring motion pictures and enjoying guitar in one among my favourite bands of all time with a schedule that also permits me to be a dad to my youngsters. I actually don’t have anything to report that I have never mentioned already. I’m comfortable to reply these questions as I believe you will need to set the report straight from the band’s aspect of issues, after which let folks do what they need with the information put on the market. It’s not in my palms and I actually do have an excessive amount of else occurring to spend time actively selling myself. I’ve no have to create a story in regards to the issues I do in my life. My actions and work communicate for themselves, together with my work with Dillinger. The remainder of the blokes within the band are additionally tremendous busy following their very own paths and all of us speak fairly usually.