Written by: Alex Green
The Dillinger Escape Plan have reunited with original singer Dimitri Minakakis.
The legendary New Jersey metalcore outfit has announced they will play their 1999 debut album Calculating Infinity in its entirety.
Planned as a one-off, the clamoring for more shows was so loud, the band added two more dates, making it a late June weekend run in Brooklyn (21-23) later next year.
Rising out of the ashes of Arcane, a politically-charged hardcore band, The Dillinger Escape Plan was comprised of two/fifths of that band: guitarist Ben Weinman and singer Minakakis.
Although Minakakis left the band in 2000, and was replaced by singer Greg Puciato for a five-album output, he and Weinman remained friends.
“It’s been a long time coming for this opportunity to perform in a project I helped create over 25 years ago,” Minakakis wrote in a press release. “Having the chance to celebrate 25 years of Calculating Infinity with my closest friends in life is just a dream turned real. I’m looking forward to seeing all the old faces, as well as all the new ones. The Dillinger Escape Plan has always been more than just a band. We were a force of nature. This reunion show is our way of thanking the fans who have stood by us and the album we made in a small basement in NJ all those years ago.”
Weinman, who now plays with Suicidal Tendencies added: “Dimitri has remained one of my longest and closest friends. Even after leaving the band, his support and contributions through his work on our first albums have kept an everlasting spark in my heart for what we did together. I remember the first day we met. He was the new guy in school and I drove by him and gave him the finger. Then I reversed the car and asked him if he wanted to hang out and make a band. I said, ‘You look like a singer, dude.’ We could have never imagined what an impact that moment would have. While we are all very happy with the resolve of the band in 2017 with Greg, something still feels unsaid as far as the Dimitri era of the band.”
