Stolen Babies Mid-November Update

Mid November Update...

Current mood: dirty
Category: Sports

Well we are towards the end of our run with Lordi.
Thanks to everyone that came out so far!
5 shows left...here's a reminder.

Nov 16 2008 8:00P
Glasshouse Music Hall Pomona, California
Nov 17 2008 9:00P
House of Blues West Hollywood, California
Nov 20 2008 8:00P
Gothic Theatre Englewood, Colorado
Nov 22 2008 10:30P
House of Blues Chicago, Illinois
Nov 23 2008 7:00P
House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio

In other news...since plastic surgery and trying to stay young are so in these days...we've succumbed to pier pressure and thought we'd give our myspace and web site a bit of a "face lift." A good shot of Botox right between the eyes! so stay tuned!

Oh yeah...almost forgot to mention new material and the new album! Well there it has just been mentioned. A release date is being planned...keep you posted.
Thnaks!!!

-a member of the band.

Dead as History Shirt (And Other Updates)

Looks like I got my computer back from repair at just the right time. Here's a picture of Dillinger Escape Plan's latest limited shirt, this time for the track "Dead as History" off Ire Works, and some other updates:

DEAD AS HISTORY shirt...Australia Soundwave dates...DVD info....new songs
Current mood: FACE
Category: FACE Music

Alright....so we've shipped out all the domestic 82588 shirts and the overseas will be shipped within the week. Here's a new limited design for you all to feast upon like lions to a carcass. It's for the song "Dead As History", and only 200 are being made. Around 800 "82588" shirts went in a 24 hour period, so don't sleep on this Dead As History shirt or IT will be history and you'll just be sad and depressed...and miserable....and probably eventually kill yourself honestly. Check it out here then go to the main page to pick it up.





The evil genius who works with us to design all these limited shirts, Shadowmonster, recently won an award or something from the Corcoran Gallery of Art in DC for his design for the Milk Lizard shirt. Check him out here, rocking the 82588 design, next to his Milk Lizard design, in an art gallery!



The best part about that picture...is THE FACE. Ben and I have a theory about THE FACE that I'll share with you real quick(sometimes it's just called FACE, when used as a verb or adjective). Basically, FACE is when you hear a riff, or a part of a song, that is just so nasty and righteous that it makes you make THE FACE. THE FACE is always kinda like you just ate something disgusting but are somehow satisfied with it at the same, like it's somehow gross and tasty all at once. Kinda like the face Bill Cosby always makes when he's dancing or when he eats a kingly piece of pie or one of those big sandwiches he always only gets to take a bite of before Claire yells at him(why did she yell at him for eating sandwiches?! is that what happens when you get married? sandwich eating becomes a crime?!). It's the face I imagine one would make if they got told they won the lottery while constipated. Something like that. So that's a secret of The Dillinger Escape Plan. We don't do anything, ANYTHING...unless it causes us to make THE FACE. If we're sitting around listening to demos or if Ben is playing guitar and we start nodding our head and making THE FACE when a certain part hits....its a keeper for sure. Obviously all of this dude's designs are FACE as a motherfuck, so it's only natural that he's in front of them and obviously can't keep himself from facing the fuck out. Face on, brother.

In other news...we're playing the Soundwave festival in Australia in early 2009. It's gonna be us, Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, Bloodhound Gang, Lamb Of God, Underoath, PTW, ETID, and a bunch of other goodness. If you don't live in Australia THAT FUCKING SUCKS cause this is gonna be ridiculous. Check out the main page for dates or head over here to check it out.

We're wrapping up a DVD, a documentary on early years Dillinger, from the beginning, all the way through the end of the Calculating Infinity cycle, which is gonna be really cool for the ten of you out there who weren't in elementary school when this band started. For everyone else, it'll be a history lesson well worth watching, to see how this beast got started.

We're writing new songs. They will be here soon. When I say soon, I mean DEP time, but soon nevertheless even factoring in DEP time....and I promise you, these songs are gonna make each and every one of you make THE FACE.

PS: If anyone hasn't gotten a shirt they ordered or is just wondering when the fuck to expect it, and they wanna talk to someone the way people who are depressed and wanna die have to call a hotline or whatever(someone out there reading this just got real sensitiiiiive and sad...."HEY! suicide's not funnny!!! don't joke like that!!!! last year one of my best friends blah blah blah". RELAX. Don't have a HEART ATTACK MC Serious) just email dillingermerch@yahoo.com and the guy who checks it will get you sorted out or make you feel better inside. Chances are it just didn't mail yet or your paypal address was wrong.

You can pick up the shirt from MySpace.

Stolen Babies November-December Tour Dates

Stolen Babies are touring throughout November-December this year in the U.S. Make sure you go and check them out. Here are the dates:

Nov 9 2008 7:30P	White Rabbit	San Antonio, Texas
Nov 12 2008 6:30P	House of Blues	Las Vegas, Nevada
Nov 13 2008 7:00P	House of Blues	San Diego, California
Nov 16 2008 8:00P	Glasshouse Music Hall	Pomona, California
Nov 17 2008 9:00P	House of Blues	West Hollywood, California
Nov 20 2008 8:00P	Gothic Theatre	Englewood, Colorado
Nov 22 2008 10:30P	House of Blues	Chicago, Illinois
Nov 23 2008 7:00P	House of Blues	Cleveland, Ohio
Dec 6 2008 8:00P	Macabre-Con Pomona Fairplex	Pomona, California

Gil Sharone Update

From MySpace:

My DVD update and Tour Dates...
Current mood: handsome
Category: Romance and Relationships

HellO Everyone...

Good news regarding my DVD dedicated to Ska/Reggae drumming! I have officially started shooting footage and it's going to be the shit! I got to spend a lot of time with the legendary Lloyd Knibb from The Skatalites this past week and I got some AMAZING footage of Lloyd! Way more than I expected and it was an honor to hang with him. He is a living legend and the godfather of Ska and Reggae! I'll be shooting more in between touring and working around the schedules of people that will be in the DVD with me.Keep chekn for more updates on the video...

Also, Stolen Babies will be out most of Nov. so check out the dates on our page and come out if you can...

More updates soooon....

gi

Soundwave Festival - DEP Officially Announced

The Dillinger Escape Plan have now been officially added to the list of bands performing at Soundwave Festival in Australia, 2009. General admission tickets go on sale November 13 for $130 + booking fee/postage. Even though this post was made a little while ago, keep the following in mind if you are considering holding out for a sideshow:

The only sideshow which has been confirmed for Soundwave Festival 2009 has been Goldfinger, which will replace their previously postponed tour, and dates are to be released. It has not been confirmed if any other Sideshows for Soundwave Festival 2009 will be taking place.

Dillinger Escape Plan Playing Soundwave 2009!

Just in, from a recent MySpace post:

....Oh yeah, the tour dates we were talking about! I almost forgot. ;-) We have a lot of stuff in the works, but we'll throw out a little treat right now for our fans in Australia. We're playing Soundwave in 2009!!! We haven't been added to the official contest webpage yet because the webmasters there are slacking, but we're definitely playing. Stay tuned for details.

Early bird tickets have already gone on sale for the Brisbane and Sydney shows, but here are the rest of the dates for ticket sales in other cities:

Melbourne: Saturday 25th @ 9am

Adelaide: Sunday 26th @ 9am

Perth: Sunday 26th @ 9am

All times are LOCAL times.

You need to register in order to obtain the email with the link to the purchase site.

www.soundwavefestival.com

Spreading Like Wings Interviews: J.R. Hayes of Pig Destroyer

In May this year fellow Relapse record colleagues Pig Destroyer teamed up with The Dillinger Escape Plan, Into Eternity, Mayhem and At The Gates for the Extreme The Dojo 20 Japanese Tour. Amongst other things, I spoke with vocalist J.R. Hayes about his experience on that tour and the reception of their latest record Phantom Limb, which was released June last year on Relapse to an extremely favorable reception.

How was touring with The Dillinger Escape Plan recently? Did you find it enjoyable?

Yeah, those guys are cool. Even though we've played together a few times over the years, I'd never really hung out with them, so I didn't know what to expect. They were very gracious. Plus, they're always fun to watch live. The stage is their personal jungle gym.

You have released quite a lot of your material on Relapse Records. What is you relationship with them (and record labels in general) like?

It's great. They don't pressure us too much, which I appreciate. They let us take our time so we can make everything exactly the way we want. Then, when we finally get a record done, they promote the hell out of it. No complaints, really.

What do you think about bands like Radiohead or Nine Inch Nails who are self-releasing their albums?

Good for them. Personally, I like having a label, 'cause they're the ones that do all the dirty work involved in promotion. Fuck that shit. I don't want anything to do with that. I just want to concentrate on writing and playing. It's kind of interesting though, how people can make records and then have them available to the public pretty much instantly. In my experience, it usually takes several months from the time the record's in the can for it to finally hit the streets.

Phantom Limb is an extraordinary album that “sees the band display more ebullient and straight-ahead sensibilities.” (Rock-A-Rolla) What were your intentions for this record as you headed into the studio?

We just wanted to avoid the "concept album" nonsense this time and write the best songs we could, so each one could stand alone as well as being part of the whole. And of course, we wanted to make it brutal.

How would you describe your song-writing process for Phantom Limb?

It was more efficient than usual. We're kind of used to writing and recording simultaneously, but this time we had everything written and polished before we even set foot in the studio. Having all that extra time to tweak the songs was awesome.

Do you think the recording and studio process for Phantom Limb is consistent with what you have done in the past, or were trying to tread new ground?

Most of the time we record our own shit, but this time we wanted to venture into a "real" studio...mostly for the sake of the drums...the drum sounds have kind of been a thorn in our side the last couple records.

The overall reception to Phantom Limb has been extremely favorable. What do you account for the success of the new record?

Some hard work and inspiration from us...some hard work from Relapse...and of course, the support of our fans. It's a team effort.

How did you go about selecting John Dyer Baizley to do the artwork for the new record?

I really dug his art for the first Baroness record, I loved the psychedelic aspect of his style and the vibrant colors he uses. The "terrifyer" art is very stark and bare...so I wanted something with some more depth this time. Something that would draw you in.

Scott Hull has mentioned visual artist Matthew Barney as having an influence on his music. Do you share Scott’s admiration?

I'm not as familiar with his work as Scott is, but I do appreciate his sense of grandeur. He comes up with some epic, breathtaking visuals.

What current bands interest and excite you?

Pygmy Lush, Weekend Nachos, Plague Bringer, Endless Blockade, and even though they're not new...Rotten Sound's new album slays everything.

What’s next for Pig Destroyer?

Hopefully we'll find time to write a couple grindcore songs between all the shots of vodka.



Pig Destroyer will commence an Australian and New Zealand tour this October thanks to the great booking agent/record label Heathen Skulls (of Grey Daturas fame).

If you've enjoyed this interview then please:



Discuss here.

Spreading Like Wings Interviews:

Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan
J.R. Hayes of Pig Destroyer

Huge New MySpace Post, or: How Greg Puciato Ate Rice Krispies For Breakfast Today

From MySpace:

The End Of The Road....
Category: Music

....is a pretty good song by Boys 2 Men. One of those songs that when it comes on, by the end everyone is singing along. It's also a very weird feeling that comes along at the end of an album touring cycle, when you've been on the road for almost a year straight, and you reach the end of it for a while. It's like driving a car at 150mph the whole time then coming to a stop. When you are travelling the world with the same nine people in various forms of transportation, all for a single cause, you don't stop to realize how great it all is until you're done for a while, and how much that whole lifestyle and all of those people have become a part of yourself. We turned ourselves into machines, that play through injuries and violently exorcise rock and roll demons on a nightly basis. What a strange feeling it is to know that we don't have any shows booked at all and that we'll be home for a bit. Like a soldier with no more war to fight. Kinda like Rambo at the end of First Blood. So if you see any of us backpacking through your town mumbling about what time the show starts or yelling at random people to "start the intro", just look the other way. I guess what's weird about it, is that for us the road had become home. We left to record Ire Works in June of 2007, and never really stopped after that. Now we're looking at the first substantial block of time off the road, and it's time to shift gears a bit. Which brings us to our first order of business:

-Some of you may have seen October tour dates posted for a tour we were to take part in. Due to circumstances beyond our control(no we're not breaking up so don't believe anything that might start floating around on the internet) we will not be taking part in that tour. We wish every other band on the tour well, and hope that it is a great success for them and for the people behind the scenes working hard to make it a great tour.

We have a lot of exciting things happening. The best of which is writing for the next album, which we'll record sometime next year. We have a good amount of ideas in the initial testing stages, and we're about to really dive in. We also have a DVD of early years Dillinger in the works for all you old heads or people interested in a history lesson, and we're still gonna be cranking out these limited Ire Works shirts 'til we reach the end of the song list. Party Smasher and 82588 are coming up, wait 'til you see how ridiculous they are. I know that you'll all be stoked on them. I may have to break my rule of not wearing my own band's shirts. Hopefully Lars won't sue us over the 82588 design....(hint hint)

We had a lot of great shows on the US run, we were totally shocked at the amount of people who showed up to see us at the Cavalera shows. Thank you all so much. We had a lot of fun and it was great to see you all. Chain Reaction? Los Angeles House Of Blues? Two shows that will definitely not be forgotten.

Remember when we posted Jeff's number online and you all called saying "Bitch I'm The Boss"....well if you still have Jeff Tuttle's phone number, you may now wanna call him up and say "Bitch, You Are Definitely No Longer The Boss", because he just got engaged. Domestication better not sap your ability to unleash the fury, boy. Please stay the boss Jeff. Wear them pants son! Wear 'em!

You should all probably go see Tropic Thunder. Absolutely ridiculous. Not since Soul Man has anyone turned in a performance like Robert Downey Jr did in that movie. Utterly absurd. I've never been in a theater where there were so many people uncomfortably trying to not laugh at some of the un-PC parts in that movie. Lighten up folks, it's called comedy.

Ben played a crazy avant garde set last night at John Zorn's club the Stone two night's ago with Trevor Dunn. It was filmed, we'll get some stuff up soon. He's got a lot of other cool stuff going on too like programming work with Ephel Duath and who knows what else he's into. Head over to his page at www.myspace.com/benjaminweinman every now and then and maybe he'll fill you in on those things before I do.

Spylacopa, the project with me and John LaMacchia of Candiria fame, that has been slowly materializing in the background for years now, is finally seeing the light of day. Our first EP, with guest appearances from Julie Christmas of Made Out Of Babies/Battle Of Mice fame and Jeff Caxide from Isis, is gonna come out on November 4th. More info on the release and the project as a whole will be forthcoming, keep up to date on that over at www.myspace.com/spylacopa .

Don't worry, we'll definitely still play some shows while we're writing the new album. We'll get another US run in at some point as well as another UK run and some off the beaten path places like Mexico and South America. We'll let you know. Stay tuned to this site for whatever may come...

OR you can always go to our unofficial news page, www.spreadinglikewings.com and the kid who runs that will probably know about anything pertaining to our lives before any of us do. I don't bother making decisions in my life at all anymore, I just check that site and find out what happens. I go there, and it'll say something like "Greg Puciato ate rice krispies for breakfast today", and it'll somehow be before I actually even ate breakfast, but the fact is that I actually was thinking of eating rice krispies. Then I do, thus fulfilling the prophecy. It's a little weird. There's probably news up about this blog even though I haven't posted it yet.

Here's some new FOOTAGE from tour. Check it out if you're into Brent from Mastodon and homosexual zombies(very closely related). We love you all...Asian Steve doesn't though. He hates everyone. Go here and tell him to have a coke and a smile every now and then.

-The Dillinger Escape Plan

In summary:

• The Dillinger Escape Plan will NOT be playing with Suicide Silence in October due to unforeseen circumstances.
  
• A new DVD of the early days of The Dillinger Escape Plan is in the works.
• Limited edition shirts themed on songs from Ire Works will still continue to be produced. "Party Smasher" and "82588" are the next two shirts to be coming out.
  
• Spyaloca will be releasing an EP on the 4th of November.
• And last but not least, Jeff Tuttle has been engaged. Congratulations dude.

Discuss here.

Dillinger Escape Plan: Tour Diary Part 4

Watch the fourth part to The Dillinger Escape Plan's tour diary below, which features live clips, an unplugged version of "Horse Hunter" with Brent Hinds, Maris the Gay Zombie and more!



Previous Tour Diary Entries: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Discuss here.

Ephel Duath News and Other Bits and Pieces

Since news has been a bit slow lately, I've decided to post about a whole bunch of things that at least having a passing relation to The Dillinger Escape Plan.

Firstly, as you may remember, Ben Weinman is appearing on an upcoming full-length release by the great Italian avant-garde/experimental metal group Ephel Duath, which will be released on Earache Records. The following news on the status of the record was posted by Ephel Duath as a MySpace Bulletin just the other day:

Hey all,

We hope the summer's treating you well!

We're doing pretty good, we've just recorded the new album. It's going to be mastered wednesday and we obviously cant wait. We're really impatient to see how you guys will respond to it, but we're also psyched because we really have the feeling to have accomplished something good.

It's still quite hard to describe, but Through My Dog's Eyes should be out october 6!

In the meantime we'd like you to check out our brand new Facebook page.

It's going to be filled with exclusive stuff so make sure to join it!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ephel-Duath/33755520434

Cheers,
ED

Other people who are guesting on the new Ephel Duath album include Stefano Ferrian from Psychofagist playing Saxaphone on the track "Breed" and Italian Techno/Rap producer Lou Chano together with Rough and Fuzzy appears on the song "Nina".

Ben Weinman is involved with a few remixes at present, and is playing a solo set today with special guests Trevor Dunn (bass) Dan Weiss (drums) and Asian Steve (extra noise) at John Zorn's The Stone in NYC. More info here.



Relapse Records posted the following bulletin on MySpace this morning:

Relapse would like to send our condolences to NY-based photographer Lori Baily who has recently suffered a tragic loss. Please help us and our good friends at BrooklynVegan get word and support out to Lori during this time of need.
For more information on Lori and ways you can help, please visit: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/08/condolences_to. html

Also, please repost this and help spread the word.

Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed and (ex) Anal Cunt guitarist/producer Scott Hull has released his debut solo album titled Requiem through Relapse.



Another band on Relapse, Genghis Tron, are set to release five volumes of remix material by an impressive range of artists on various labels, including Relapse. More info below:

Volume 1 [Temporary Residence]:

01 Board Up the House (Steve Moore Remix)
02 Colony Collapse (Justin K. Broadrick Remix)
03 Things Don't Look Good (Rob Crow Remix)
04 Ergot (Eluvium Remix)

Volume 2 [Lovepump United]:

01 Relief (Black Moth Super Rainbow Remix)
02 Recursion (Circle Remix)
03 Recursion (CFCF Remix)
04 The Feast/Ergot (Dntel Remix)

Volume 3 [Relapse Records]:

01 The Feast (Scott Hull Remix)
02 City on a Hill/The Whips Blow Back (Phillip Cope Remix)
03 Board up the House (Danny Lohner Remix)
04 I Won't Come Back Alive (Ulver Remix)
05 Relief (Drumcorps Remix)

Volume 4 [Anticon Records]:

01 Board Up the House (Flying Lotus Remix)
02 Endless Teeth (Lucky Dragons Remix)
03 Relief (Telefon Tel Aviv Remix)
04 City on a Hill/The Whips Blow Back (Subtle Remix)
05 Colony Collapse (Odd Nosdam Remix)

Volume 5 [Crucial Blast Records]:

01 Board Up the House (Tim Hecker Remix)
02 I Won't Come Back Alive (Nadja Remix)

Volume 1 is available now from Temporary Residence at this location.

And lastly, in case you weren't already aware, The Dillinger Escape Plan will be teaming up with Suicide Silence, Beneath the Massacre, Emmure and Architects in October and early November to tour the U.S. and briefly Canada. Tour dates in the sidebar of this page. Oh, and in case you didn't check the post below, Stolen Babies will be the resident band for the 14th annual Halloween Terrorfest in Long Beach, CA. More info in the post below.

Stolen Babies Update

Stolen Babies (fts. Gil Sharone) have updated their MySpace page with some news, which is as follows (original post here):

Stolen Babies, Halloween & a Haunted Ocean Liner from the 30’s????
Current mood: pirate
Category: Parties and Nightlife

That's right folks...All of your cries and prayers have been answered (at least in southern california).

Back by popluar demand...Stolen Babies will be the resident band at the 14th Annual Halloween Terrorfest...SHIPWRECK at the Queen Mary in long beach, ca.

Shipwreck 2008 Dates - October 2008: 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31 & Nov 1st.

Location:
The Queen Mary
1126 Queens Hwy.
Long Beach, Ca. 90802.
Call (562)-435-3511 for more Information or visit www.queenmaryshipwreck.com

Tour Dates coming soon!

More Dates with Suicide Silence *CANCELLED*

NB: DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN HAVE BEEN FORCED TO WITHDRAW FROM THIS TOUR

In addition to the 10th of October show, the Dillinger Escape Plan will be performing with Suicide Silence on the following dates:

• 10/3 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
• 10/4 Denver, CO @ Cervantes Ballroom
• 10/5 Wichita, KS @ Club Oz
• 10/6 St. Louis, MO @ Pop's
• 10/7 Louisville, KY @ Headliners
• 10/8 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
• 10/9 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
• 10/10 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
• 10/11 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
• 10/12 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom (purchase tickets here)
• 10/13 Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
• 10/14 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
• 10/15 Albany, NY @ Northern Lights
• 10/16 Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheels
• 10/17 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
• 10/18 Richmond, VA @ Canal Club (Virginia Metal & Hardcore Festival)
• 10/19 Huntington, WV @ Monkey Bar
• 10/20 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre (purchase tickets here)
• 10/21 Atlanta, GA @ TBA
• 10/22 Tampa, FL @ TBA
• 10/24 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbitntic
• 10/25 Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater
• 10/26 Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
• 10/27 Tulsa, OK @ The Marquee
• 10/29 El Paso, TX @ Club 101
• 11/1 San Diego, CA @ Soma
• 11/2 Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues

Dillinger Escape Plan 2008 Tour Diary Part 3

Previous Tour Diary Entries: Part 1, Part 2

Discuss here.

NYC Show with Suicide Silence and Others *CANCELLED*

NB: DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN HAVE BEEN FORCED TO WITHDRAW FROM THIS TOUR

The Dillinger Escape Plan will be playing at The Filmore, NY at Irving Plaza on the 10th of October with Suicide Silence, Emmure and Beneath the Massacre. You can purchase pre-sale tickets from this location before tickets go on sale to the general public on the 29th of July. More shows of this sort are expected to be announced, so keep watching this space.

Anaheim, Wisconsin, Calgary Info + Baltimore Love

From MySpace:

Good news for Madison, Wisconsin.....bad news for Calgary. We will not be playing Monsters Of Rock on the 26th of this month, travel difficulties, blah blah blah. We WILL however now be playing a show at the Loft in Madison, Wisconsin on that day, so we'll see all our friends there!

Anaheim at the Chain Reaction on the 6th of August is almost sold out. Don't be a fool. Go here to get tickets:

GET TICKETS HERE

We just finished playing Baltimore a few hours ago and it was, as usual, OFF THE CHAIN! You guys in the DC/Baltimore area always make me proud! Best show of the tour thus far. No surprise there.

See you all soon.

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Chicago Update

For those of you attending the upcoming Chicago show and don't already know...

Cavalera Conspiracy's July 23rd date of the Inflictour [with The Dillinger Escape Plan] has been moved from the Vic to Metro. The Cavalera brothers, founding members of groundbreaking metal band Sepultura, are finally back together and hitting the road in support of Cavalera Conspiracy's debut album, Inflikted. These guys have brought back metal with a fury in a reunion fit to be called a metal miracle.

After the show in Metro, stay for the official after party in Smart Bar with Mixhell (Iggor Cavalera and wife Laima Leyton). Make sure to bring your energy drinks for this full night of metal mayhem. Metro show starts at 5:30PM with the after party kicking off at 10. Tickets already purchased for the Vic will be honored at Metro.

Live Footage and Interview From Hellfest

Metal Head TV has some live footage of The Dillinger Escape Plan as well as an interview with Ben Weinman from their appearance at Hellfest Festival in France. Links below:

'Panasonic Youth' (Live)
'Fix Your Face' (Live)
Interview With Ben Weinman

Chain Reaction Anaheim Ticket Info

From MySpace:

Ok....so we are getting an avalanche of people wondering how to get tickets to the Chain Reaction show in Anaheim on August 6th before it sells out.


So here is the link. Click it, buy tickets...show up....unleash fury with us. It's really that simple. PLEASE DON'T WAIT TIL DAY OF AND THEN HARASS US OUTSIDE ABOUT WHY YOU CAN'T GET IN. It makes me feel like shit and sucks.

BUY TICKETS, DON'T BE THAT GUY OUTSIDE

In other news, we've been slacking on the video front, we'll get a new one up soon, we have a lot of footage, give us a few days. Warped tour was killer, we had a lot of friends on that tour, and they fed us great food, and we didn't get kicked off this year! Which is pretty much all we can ask of a tour at this point in our lives. We learned that Florida in July is a perfect place....if you enjoy slowly evaporating/melting because of the heat/humidity. Old people move there to relax? Really? I bet somebody from Florida invented air conditioning. Out of necessity. I wanna shake his hand. People there are probably pretty ready to die by the time the reaper comes, just so they can get the fuck underground and out of the heat. Great shows though! North Carolina and Virginia Beach....you guys killed it too!

We start the tour with the reunited Sepultura brothers tomorrow in Liam's hometown of Philadelphia at the TLA. Check our main page for dates. Jeff Tuttle will more than likely be in the crowd moshing every night when they play "Territory". Jeff is incapable of sitting still while metal is playing. He lays in his bunk all day sleeping and watching movies, and I swear to god if you turn on anything involving distorted guitars or double bass or growling or yelling or the devil or whatever the hell its all about he will instinctively start headbanging and mosh his way out of bed. We'll stand on the side of the stage WATCHING a killer band like At The Gates, and I'll look at Jeff, and he'll be headbanging like he's on stage. Or I'll look out in the crowd and think whoa who's that guy owning the pit, oh that's Jeff. Hahaha. I love him.

We have a string of hometown-esque shows coming up. If you live there you better represent. Ahem. BALTIMORE. NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. Don't be strangers.

-The Dillinger Escape Plan

New MySpace Bulletin *Updated*

From Dillinger Escape Plan's MySpace page:

Ok, in a repeat of what happened earlier in the year in Florida when we were out with Killswitch Engage, we have learned that we will NOT be aloud to play the Disneyland House Of Blues in Anaheim. We are apparently banned from any Disney show for whatever reason. We are working on an alternative right now, like multiple shows in a row at Chain Reaction for a cheap ticket price, which will be killer anyway since we haven't played venues that small in Southern California in a really long time. This is unfortunate because we love playing that House Of Blues and were looking forward to it, but we love and miss our SoCal fans more and its been a long time since we've been there, so we'll figure it all out and have the updated show info ASAP. Stay tuned.

*Update*

The Dillinger Escape Plan will be performing at Chain Reaction on the 6th of August instead. Go to allages.com to book tickets as they are likely to sell out.

Roskilde Festival Interviews and Photos

There are a few new interviews with The Dillinger Escape Plan from when they performed recently at Roskilde Festival in Denmark. The first one is in Danish, done through Roskilde's official website. You can access that here (Danish) or here (English -- translated with Google).

The second interview is a video interview with Denmark's Headbangers Blog (MTV), which you can access here.

Thanks to Troels for writing in with the news!

Edit: I've uploaded a series of photos to Flickr of The Dillinger Escape Plan during their performance at Roskilde Festival, which were taken by Jacob Dinesen. I've added a few of these below:







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There are also some some more photos of Roskilde Festival and The Dillinger Escape Plan's performance by Troels Pleimert, which you can view at this location.

Dillinger Escape Plan Street Team

I got an email from Carrie about The Dillinger Escape Plan's street team. The street team are ALWAYS looking for new members, but more importantly they are in the process of selecting leaders for each city and region. Here's what they wrote:

We're looking for some really dedicated fans who are able to communicate well and oversee tasks for their region like event flyering, etc. Dillinger is about to kick into a whole slew of North American dates-- this is a big time for street teamers to show us what they can do.

In order to join the team, fill out the contact field on the left side of The Dillinger Escape Plan's MySpace. make sure to check the "street team" button on the bottom. And it's important that we get your mailing address and everything.

If anyone wants to be a leader, email us at DEPstreetteam@gmail.com and tell us if you've got what it takes.

Full UVTV Video Up Now *Updated*

The full UVTV video of The Dillinger Escape Plan live in concert (pro-shot footage) is now up. You can access it through the UVTV podcast, or you can watch it below. Note: the video is up on a "very fast server and will work better than uploading somewhere else."



Edit: Unfortunately, the videos have been taken off YouTube due to Copyright Infringement. There is still a slightly better quality clip of "Lurch" on DEP's Facebook page.

Also, if you want to you can download the concert from this location (you can download it without any worry).

Discuss here.

Judas Priest + Cavalera Conspiracy Australian Tour, Pro-Shot Footage of Cavalera Conspiracy

Upcoming Dillinger Escape Plan tour mates, Cavalera Conspiracy, will team up with Judas Priest in an upcoming Australian tour in September.

For those seeing (or considering seeing) Cavalera Conspiracy next month, with The Dillinger Escape Plan, here is some pro-shot footage of them live from June 28, 2008:

Part 1:



Part 2:

Photos from Gods of Metal

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I've uploaded the following photos of Dillinger Escape Plan at Gods of Metal to Flickr, courtesy MusicaMetal, who also have photos of Slayer, Testament, Meshuggah etc.

More Disturbed Stuff

From Blabbermouth:

The war of words between DISTURBED and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN guitarist Ben Weinman has come to an end after DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan "confronted" Weinman in person at the UK's Download festival and "cleared up" the matter once and for all.

The entire thing started when Australia's Beat magazine published an article on New Jersey's THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN in which Weinman said he was taken aback by what he witnessed at one of DISTURBED's soundchecks. "[They were] practicing where they were going to walk and when they were going to put their leg up on the monitor and pose," Weinman said. "That was weird for us. There are times [during live gigs] where I don't even know where I am."

Weinman's comment sparked a response from Dan Donegan, who told MTV News' "Metal File" in a May 16 interview, "When we do a bigger production, there may be certain lighting cues for certain highlights of the show, but I wouldn’t call it 'posing.' [It's] just a cue for our lighting guy, so he can add more drama to the set. If [DILLINGER] sold some records, and were at the level we’re at, maybe they'd see that, for bands like KISS and METALLICA, there are certain highlight points during a set that you want to focus on. If I'm going to go over to one spot and do a guitar solo, my lighting guy may need to know that, so he can focus in on that. If that's posing, then so be it. We have millions of fans, and we find ways to connect with them. We utilize theatrics and pyro, so we have to rehearse where the pyro is going to go off, because we don't want to have a James Hetfield moment and get caught in the flame. But that's something DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN would know nothing about, because they don't play arenas — they play clubs."

A June 2 post on the THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN MySpace page added fuel to the fire when it referred to Donegan as "the guitar player Dom Deluise or whatever his name is with the little-peen complex from that band DISBURBIA or whatever they're called" and proceeded to slam the guitarist for being a "douche bag" who "thinks that we care about them." It added, "What's that I hear? The sound of your band still sucking?"

Fed up with the media feeding frenzy, Weinman agreed to write a guest blog for Headbanger's Blog to explain how the whole fiasco is really much ado about nothing.

In an interview with Norway's "Tinitus" radio show conducted at this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods on June 16 in London, Donegan and DISTURBED frontman David Draiman were asked if this "silly feud" between them and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN had finally ended.

"Oh, absolutely," Draiman replied. "In fact, there wasn't really a feud. I mean, Danny walked to them and confronted them…"

Donegan added, "Whatever. A few things were said, and we had the opportunity at Download [festival, held June 13-15, 2008 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK], I'd seen the guy [Weinman] and confronted him on it and we cleared it up. I just asked him, personally, just one-on-one, if there is a problem."

Draiman continued: "We wish them whatever luck and success they may have. They just need to learn that, look, you know [chuckles], be careful what you say, because there are guys like Danny who'll walk up to you, so…"

War Child Charity Auction

War Child are holding a charity auction for a deluxe package for four to go to Wakestock Festival (The Dillinger Escape Plan are part of the lineup). More info:

Welcome to War Child's Online Charity Auction, the only place on the web where you can bid on amazing music memorabilia, tickets and experiences, while helping children in war zones. War Child will be announcing new auction items each week at 7pm on 102.1 The Edge's Friday Night Live, broadcasting straight from The Sound Academy.

This week, we've got a deluxe package for four to go to Wakestock in style.

This item includes:

• Four passes to Wakestock (July 25, 26, 27, 28)
• 4 Passes to “Barry’s Big Deck” ---102.1 The Edge’s private broadcast area and lounge
• 4 Afterparty passes to the Sound Academy After Party July 26^th (guaranteed entry)
• A Wakestock “Survival Kit” includes CD’s and T’shirts signed by performing artists (TBA), sunglasses, sunblock and more

Bid quickly as this item will only be up for one week.

Wakestock is Toronto's must-see summer festival. Hosted on Toronto Island, Wakestock is four jampacked days of wakeboarding, skateboarding and killer music. This year, the festival has taken it to another level with an amazing roster of bands, including:

Friday July 25
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY
DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN
THROWDOWN
AGE OF DAZE
KATLEEN TURNER OVERDRIVE
FAREWELL TO FREEWAY
DEAD AND DIVINE

Saturday July 26
GZA & RZA of WU-TANG CLAN
HOT WATER MUSIC
SILVERSTEIN
CLASSIFIED
REBEL EMERGENCY + More TBA

Sunday July 27
METRIC
WE ARE SCIENTISTS
DRAGONETTE
LIGHTS
CRASH PARALLEL
SHAWN HEWITT + More TBA

Bid Today!

Bands subject to change. Auction winner and guests must be 19+ to attend. The retail value of this item is: priceless!

Go here to bid.

Edit: I can't believe that this only went for $100.

New Video Interview With Ben and Liam

Ben Weinman and Liam Wilson were interviewed at Download Festival recently, which you can watch below:

Black Bubblegum Shirts *Updated*

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Limited edition, internet only "Black Bubblegum" t-shirts designed by ShadowMonster (pictured above) are up for purchase from Dillinger Escape Plan's MySpace page. They are limited to 200, and come with a signed copy of Ire Works CD! For $30, which includes shipping to anywhere in the world, that's pretty damn good. Shit will go fast, indeed.

Discuss here.

Totally off topic, but for anyone here in Australia, there are a few Dillinger-related bands that are touring this year that you should check out, including Meshuggah and Thrice (the latter of which just announced dates). There's also going to be an album launch by Tango Salon, a band who recently supported Mike Patton, got their first album released on Ipecac, and who have the drummer from Mr Bungle. It's only $20 at the Factory, so you should definitely check it out.

Update: Shirts have SOLD OUT. From this latest post by DEP on MySapce:

The Black Bubblegum online limited shirts have sold out, so if you ordered one or two or hell maybe even three, they're coming soon, with a signed copy of Ire Works! New shirt designs coming soon.

BBC Radio 1 Interview At Download Festival

The following is a BBC interview with Greg Puciato and Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan at this year's Download Festival:

New Interview With Ben

Kerrang interviewed Ben Weinman, as part of their exclusive Download festival 2008 podcasts from Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK. Watch it below:



Thanks to Blabbermouth.

Summer 2008 Tour Diary, Part 2

The following is the second part of an ongoing series of video blogs by The Dillinger Escape Plan, documenting their current tour.



Previous Tour Diary Entries: Part 1

Newer Tour Diary Entries: Part 3

Free MP3s With Monster Energy Drink

So apparently if you buy a Monster Energy drink, you're able to get a free MP3 (one of which is a Dillinger Escape Plan track), which you can redeem here. It looks like Monster Energy has teamed up with Warped Tour, and all of the 25 tracks you have a chance to get are from bands playing at this year's festival. I'm guessing that the drink probably tastes like shit, and the track you're going to get is probably a shitty 128 kbps file with DRM -- so you're far better off just downloading/purchasing the tracks from Amazon yourself (if you are so inclined).

DEP To Guest DJ at Download

Straight from the horse's mouth:

We are stoked to announce that we have been invited to play records with Crossfire DJ's Zac Slack and James Sherry at the Duracell Tent at Download this year on Friday 13th June as special guests. Basically we have been told that anything goes and it will be a 'fucking riot' so we are up for it and going in head first! We will make sure that you get our fave records stuffed into your ears from 10.30pm-3am. Bring a war helmet…

DEP Summer 2008 Tour Diary, Part 1

The following video was posted to YouTube, and is apparently going to be the first of an ongoing series of videos documenting The Dillinger Escape Plan's Summer tour in Europe (and briefly in Canada and the U.S.) that will later get released as a DVD.



Discuss here.

Newer Tour Diary Entries: Part 2, Part 3

Clinton "Bär" McKinnon to Guest with DEP in Melbourne

According to Stubbadub, Clinton "Bär" McKinnon (Mr Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, etc.) will guest star on a few songs in Melbourne, this Friday the 17th with Dillinger Escape Plan.

New/Confirmed Dates

The Dillinger Escape Plan have updated their tour schedule on their MySpace account, with a few new dates in between other previously scheduled dates, and confirms specific dates they're playing at festivals. These dates include:

• 13/6/08: Download Festival Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK
• 14/6/08: Club Tochka, Mosko
• 15/8/08: Port Club, St. Petersberg
• 16/6/08: Nosturi, Helsinki
• 3/7/08: Sticky Fingers, Gothenberg
• 4/7/08: Quart Festival, Kristiansand
• 5/7/08: Roskilde Festival, Denmark
• 9/7/08: Lakewood Amphitheater - WARPED TOUR, Atlanta, Georgia
• 10/7/08: Central Florida Fairgrounds - WARPED TOUR, Orlando, Florida
• 11/7/08: Vinoy Park - WARPED TOUR, St Petersburg, Florida
• 12/7/08: Bicentennial Park - WARPED TOUR, Miami, Florida
• 13/7/08: St. Johns County Fairgrounds - WARPED TOUR, Elkton, Florida
• 14/7/08: Verizon Wireless Amph. - WARPED TOUR, Charlotte, North Carolina
• 15/7/08: Verizon Wireless Amph. - WARPED TOUR, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  

Check their MySpace page or the list of tour dates in the sidebar of this page to see all the dates they're scheduled to be playing.

More Dates with Cavalera Conspiracy

Blabbermouth has posted the following additional dates for the upcoming U.S. Cavalera Conspiracy/DEP tour:

• July 27 - St. Paul, MN @ Myth
• July 29 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theater
• July 31 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
• Aug. 02 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
• Aug. 05 - Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
  

New Post on MySpace: Mailing List and Ben Interview

The Dillinger Escape Plan have posted a new post on their MySpace account, which covers a few new things (as well as some things already covered here at SLW, including their Australian tour announcement, their upcoming European tour, the Gil Sharone giveaway and the Peta2 footage). The new things covered in this post include the following:

• With FanBridge, DEP have initiated a mailing list/fan club, which you can right onto at this location.
  
• Ben Weinman has recently conducted an interview with MySpace, which you can view here or below.
  

Confirmed Dates With Cavalera Conspiracy

According to Blabbermouth, the first string of dates for The Dillinger Escape Plan's tour with Cavalera Conspiracy are as following:

• 17/7/08 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 18/7/08 - Palladium - Worcester, Massachusetts
• 19/7/08 - The Fillmore at Irving Plaza - New York, New York
• 20/7/08 - The Fillmore at Irving Plaza - New York, New York
• 21/7/08 - Rams Head Live - Baltimore, Massachusetts
• 25/7/08 - Toronto Island - Wakefest Toronto, Ontario
• 26/7/08: Monsters of Rock, McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Canada
  

DEP's Video Message for Aus Tour

The Dillinger Escape Plan posted the following video on their MySpace account, which talks briefly about the upcoming Australian tour. It doesn't give away any new info, but I thought I'd post it here anyway.

Just to Clarify: Gods of Metal *Updated*

The 30th of June date in the sidebar is actually a show Dillinger Escape Plan will be playing at this year's Gods of Metal festival in Italy, with Between the Buried and Me and Meshuggah. This actually contradicts information that Blabbermouth put out a little while ago, which states that DEP are actually playing in Bolzana, not Bologna (where Gods of Metal is happening). It probably means that they've (DEP) have pulled out of their Bologna show to play at Gods of Metal, but it'd be nice to wait for some confirmation and info as to whether they'll reschedule or whatnot.

*Update*

DEP will actually be playing Gods of Metal on the 28th of June and Bolzano on the 30th of June according to their official MySpace account. Sorry for the mix-up.

DEP to Play Roskilde Festival in Denmark

The Dillinger Escape Plan will be performing at the Roskilde Festival in Demnmark. The festival runs from 3-6 July, with warm-ups and camping beginning on the 29th of June. The exact times for their performance has yet been posted. For more info, go to the official Roskilde Festival site, which you can view here.

DEP At Ozzy's Monsters of Rock

According to this post by Blabbermouth, Shadows Fall have announced that they, along with a stream of bands including Dillinger Escape Plan, will be part of the line-up for the July 26 Monsters Of Rock show at McMahon Stadium in Calgary (Alberta), Canada.

DEP to Tour With Meshuggah and Between the Buried and Me in Europe

DEP have announced a string of shows they will be playing in Europe with Meshuggah and Between the Buried and Me in June. The dates are as following:


17/6/08 - Rohre - Stuttgart, Germany
18/6/08 - Roxy - Aschaffenburg, Germany
20/6/08 - VK - Brussels, Belgium
21/6/08 - 013 - Tilburg, Holland
22/6/08 - Hellfest - Clisson, France
24/6/08 - Salzhaus - Winterthur, Switzerland
25/6/08 - Roxy - Prague, Czech Republic
27/6/08 - Club Vaudeville - Lindau, Germany
30/6/08 - Palasport - Bolzano, Italy

If you haven't already, go and check out Meshuggah's latest album obZen, which is great. Likewise check out Colors by BTBAM -- great, as well. And since I'm name dropping recommendations, check out The Red Paintings. I just came back from an amazing show of theirs that was executed excellently in both musical and visual senses.

Australian/NZ Tour Ticket Info *Updated* *And Updated Again*

OK, I'm really tired, having come back late last night (really, this morning) from seeing The Jesus and Mary Chain, so please bear with me, my bad grammar and probably a lot of incoherences.

Live Guide and Undertheradar have released some additional info about the upcoming Australian/NZ leg of the DEP tour.

Ticket prices: $52.00 + BF for all Australian shows, and the NZ show is NZ$58.00 + BF. I have no idea when the Australian shows go on sale (I've been looking them up regularly myself), but apparently the NZ show is on sale now from Undertheradar.

Support: Undertheradar have posted that Akaname and Strangers will be the NZ support acts, while apparently (according to Live Guide) Coliseum will be supporting on the Aus dates. However, I'm not sure if this is correct because Coliseum's MySpace account has a big list of U.S. dates at the exact same time.

All Ages: No info on this yet for the Aus dates, but Undertheradar have listed the NZ show as all ages. I'm assuming the Aus dates will be the same.

As soon as I found out more info on support, ticket sales and whether or not the shows will be all ages I'll update this post.

*Update 1*: Apparently Melbourne based Five Star Prison Sell will be supporting DEP in Perth and Melbourne (though their MySpace account has only Perth listed). I don't know if this is an indication that FSPS will also be supporting DEP on the other Australian dates. Thanks to Fraudulent Wretch for the heads-up.

In other news, I'm still tired as hell. Late concerts and early morning neighbor renovations do not slice and dice nicely together.

*2nd Update*: OK, apparently all tickets for the Australian dates go on sale April 14th according to Your Gigs. However, they also have Coliseum as the support act for every show. I have a feeling that the lineup will be Five Star Prison Sell + Coliseum + DEP for every show, meaning that Coliseum pulls out of their U.S. shows to tour with DEP (similar to what happened with Liars pulling out to support Radiohead). Then again, my guess is as good as yours. Tickets will probably be sold through Ticketek, though you'd better wait for some confirmation on that closer to April the 14th (not sure if there is going to be a pre-sale but doesn't seem likely).

*3rd (and final) Update*: Coliseum ARE going to be the support for the Australian dates, as confirmed by a recent post made by the band on their MySpace account. Tickets sales are still going ahead for the 14th of April (no pre-sale that I'm aware of). This listing (finally) came up on Ticketek for the Sydney show, confirming that it will be an ALL AGES show, but also that it's going to cost $75.10 + BF, which means live guide is wrong and I'm going to have to cough up some more money somehow.

FULL INFO:

13TH May – Perth – Capitol Theatre W/ Eleventh He Reaches London & Five Star Prison Cell

15TH May – Adelaide – Live on Light Square W/ Coliseum & Robotosaurus

16TH May – Melbourne – The Palace W/ Coliseum & Five Star Prison Cell

17TH May – Sydney – UNSW Roundhouse (ALL AGES) W/ Coliseum & TBA

19TH May – Brisbane – The Arena W/ Coliseum & TBA

Tickets for Peth from Moshtix, Adelaide Venuetix, All other shows from Ticketek

The Bled to Support DEP in April

A recent post by The Bled on their MySpace account revealed that they, in addition to Heavy Heavy Low Low, will be supporting DEP in April. The original post (from the 5th of March), which includes the dates they will be supporting, is as follows:

"Yo, peep these new dates we'll be playing after the Take Action! Tour ends with our buds in THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN. The tour will also feature support from HEAVY HEAVY LOW LOW. This shit WILL rule. See you there pimps and players.

4/7/08 bottom of the hill - san francisco, CA
4/9/08 hawthorne theatre - portland, OR
4/10/08 el corazon - seattle, WA
4/11/08 the venue - boise, ID
4/12/08 avalon theatre - salt lake city, UT
4/13/08 the canyon - las vegas, NV
4/14/08 brickhouse theatre - phoenix, AZ
4/16/08 marquis theatre - denver, CO
4/17/08 jake's - lubbock, TX
4/18/08 ridglea theatre ft. worth, TX
4/19/08 emo's austin, TX"

DEP to Play 2008 Warped tour

According to Jacksonville, Wikipedia and the official Warped Tour website, The Dillinger Escape Plan have been confirmed and will be performing at this years Warped Tour. They will be playing 9-15 July at a variety of locations. Pre-sale tickets have already gone on sale today at Music Today. Go to Music Today or the Warped Tour's website for more info, prices and whatnot.

DEP Playing Download Fesitval

According to Blabbermouth, DEP are confirmed to play this year's Download Festival, which is set for the 13th-15th of June at Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK. You can go to their site or Blabbermouth to see the rest of the line-up, but I find it interesting that Coheed and Cambria on the same bill. Anyway, go here (the official site) for more info, ticket prices and so forth.

Australian and New Zealand Dates

DEP will be making its way down to Australia and New Zealand this May. The dates for these concerts are as following:

• 13/4/08: Capitol Theatre, Perth
• 15/5/08: Live On Lighthouse Square, Adelaide
• 16/5/08: TBC, Melbourne
• 17/5/08: UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney
• 19/5/08: The Arena, Brisbane
• 21/5/08: Transmission Room Auckland, Auckland
  

Make sure that you check out DEP's MySpace account for full details and for any changes that might occur.