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Here are some questions answered already:
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Will you post Gregs audition tape?
No. Greg called me first thing this morning and asked me if i lost my mind. You will see some practice footage vid soon though with us jamming and prob breaking shit in my house.
I am not a hairy man. More like a man boy actually. All our bass players have been very hairy. Adam actually could look like a werewolf if he didnt shave and painted his nose black. Sometimes I think Liam is wearing a fur coat when he has his shirt off but then I realize he is vegan. Me… I’m just too busy to shave.
Haven’t really gotten to that point yet. I always have a lot of that stuff already written in my head and then its just a matter of whether we use it or not. AT the moment everything sounds the very opposite of Catchy.
Also, when will we know the name of the album?!
refer to the last question I answered. Name of album will be revealed in a press release in the next few days.
How do I grow up to be awesome as you are?
In all seriousness, has your full vision of Dillinger come to fruition yet or are we just hitting the tip of the iceberg?
Also, what’s going on with the label thing? Are you guys still on relapse or you doing some NIN type shit now?
you got a lot of questions haha. Well for one I’m not grown up. I am a dude who actually has hurt his asshole because he was trying to make a fart as loud as I possibly could in a public place and pushed too hard.
I take dillinger day by day. I’m pretty happy with what we have done. NOt every song has always come out exactly the way I wanted and we have not always made the right decisions along the way but i can say that we have pretty much maintained an overall ethic that im very proud of.
We are off relapse and will be doing things all kinds of ways now that we have 100% control of the business side of things. Trent has def been an inspiration on that front.
Yeah Kevin from KTG is a good friend and we are psyched to take him to Europe with us. He runs Backroom studios though so prob couldn’t do that much touring in the future. When you say replace Asian steve do you mean get a new guitar tech or get another dude that we give a name, make famous, and then goes and techs for a band that plays to a dat and doesn’t plug in? Anyway, we wish him luck and a lot of teen poon. We are not really worried about filling the position for now as we will not be full time touring until fall.
Are you the type of band that tries to “reinvent” themselfs?
And are you going to tour South America anytime?
Are planning to kill some kitties on the new album and record it?
I can’t really answer the direction question. We just try and make jams that at least we think kicks the shit out of every other band doing anything remotely similar to us and then actually write a few songs we would actually listen too haha. OF course that is just our opinion.
I don’t really listen to this type of music so I have no idea but that totally contradicts the answer to the last question about what direction we are going in which should totally make you all realize that I am talking out of my ass right now. In fact. I dont have an ipod or a cd player. And I bashed in my car stereo with a drum stick. So I really don’t listen to anything that someone else doesn’t play for me.
Are you going to do an internet only release, or will there be a tangible copy for the new album?
Have you written any new material that will be played in the upcoming tour?
Favorite band at the moment?
Steve is scheduled to do the record unless he cant for some reason then I will prob just do it myself. AT the moment not everyone has heard the new songs so not sure if we can get them going fast enough to play but maybe.
fav band is the new dillinger songs because thats all i hear all day. but we prob suck
also- did you guys attempt to contact the peeps behind that badass-looking johnny depp Dillinger movie? seeing as how you were already on underworld, that movie could only be better by having a chase/tommy gun scene scored to Running Board….
I will prob do one. It’s going to be pretty rad I think. We will prob put some stems up of the new record. Also have midi drums for ire works I would like to give to some peeps who are into that stuff. Never contacted the dillinger movie peeps. WE dont really aggressively try and do anything other then make music and play shows. Prob why we will never be a huge band. hummm any of you want to make some calls for us?
prob will be
Do you like vegan sloppy joes?
I dont drink but ill take the food bro
they didnt teach me to use it but introduced me to the program and answered a few questions for me. Those guys are next level man. I have been writing a lot of the drum parts but Rymer is starting to pull some shit out that is ridiculous and his drum and bass type playing is adding some insane elements to our sound. He is much more aggressive then any drummer we have ever played with and I can’t even believe how quickly he is learning the beats I have given him. WE are super lucky to have found him.
I only drink water and coffee. Mostly just the water that is in coffee though.
Any stand out elements in the new album such as the more electronic feel of Ire Works, also anything on the release similar to the When Acting/Nong Eye Gong set of songs?
Faith No More and DEP tour make it happen brah!
Can I have a job? I work for cheap.
So far what stands out is the more metal note choice. Very thrash. But still dillinger if that makes any sense. I’m sure some of my electronic or piano oriented stuff may make an appearance. Billy’s pissed off aggressive playing is def pushing things. I can’t wait to hear what Greg does with this stuff though. I’m sure he is going to be on another level. He is ready to explode.
Faith No More asked us to play their headline shows in Europe but we cant do it. I want to shoot myself in the tip of my dick. Maybe we can get on some later this summer or in the fall if they do anymore.
YOu can come water my fucking plants and pet my dog if you want.
oh and yeah ill be doing side project stuff. All kinds of stuff. And still doing remixes periodically.
And will you ever make tabs to your songs? I made a power tab for ‘Sunshine the Werewolf’ http://powertabs.net/tablature.php?id=29151. I’m not sure how good it is.
Lastly, any tips for an aspiring guitarist/composer of crazy music that everybody seems to hate? For instance, what kind of exercises do you work on for speed and accuracy?
I dont think i will ever personally make tabs. I have turned down some tab books and instructional video offers. I’m not really into that kind of thing. I really think its great that people are out there tabbing this stuff though and figuring it out.
Yeah we will do more cool stuff like that. The packaging for the next record is going to be out of control. Just wait till you see it.
Ire works is up there I have to say. Everyone is special in it’s own way. Kind of like ex girlfriends or some shit. Got to love all them different titties
DEP and Season of Mist
According to an announcement on Ben Weinman’s twitter account, The Dillinger Escape Plan’s new record will be released on their own record label in association with French metal label Season of Mist, which has been responsible for releases by the likes of Blood Duster, Jarboe, Cynic, Necrophagist, Gorgoroth and Mayhem.