Ben Weinman
Musician
Best Of The Decade: Best of the Decade:The decade's best metal...a D.I.Y. ethos, emotional and personal approach to politics, and angular, almost free-jazz musical attack recall the trio from Pedro, and Ben Weinman is equally thoughtful and passionate about his work in interviews. (Both have also been... In this article: Matt Pike, Melvins, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, The A.V. Club, Boris, Oceanic, Deftones, Opeth, Slayer, and Anaal Nathrakh |
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
The Dillinger Escape Plan
...are from Morris Plains, New Jersey. The band originated in 1997 after the disbanding of Arcane, a hardcore punk trio consisting of Ben Weinman, Dimitri Minakakis, and Chris Pennie. The band's current line-up consists of Ben Weinman (lead...
In this article: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Greg Puciato, Chris Pennie, Ire Works, Adam Doll, Brian Benoit, Coheed and Cambria, and Miss Machine
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Ire Works
...of the songs. This is their first album since 2004's Miss Machine, and their first without founding drummer Chris Pennie. Guitarist Ben Weinman plays all the guitar parts on the record, due to Brian Benoit's injury. According to an interview...
In this article: Miss Machine, Ire Works, Chris Pennie, Decahedron, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Gil Sharone, Brian Benoit, Relapse Records, and Dimitri Minakakis
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Ephel Duath (band)
...the band released a new album titled Through My Dog's Eyes, featuring the drummer Marco Minnemann and Dillinger Escape Plan's Ben Weinman, who composes 'electronics' on the song "Bark Loud". On 4 June 2009, Davide Tiso announced that Ephel...
In this article: Ephel Duath, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dog, Earache Records, Pain Necessary to Know, Rephormula, Kerrang! magazine, and J.R.R. Tolkien
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Ben Weinman
...one of "100 best rock albums of all time" by Kerrang magazine, who recently presented Weinman with a spirit of independence award. Ben Weinman has self-managed or has been involved with the management of The Dillinger Escape Plan since...
In this article: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Calculating Infinity, About.com, Come All You Weary, Kerrang, Itunes, Guitar World, and Digital Sea
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Brian Benoit
...2005 as Keyboardist/Electronics but only for a few months. He has been replaced on tour by James Love, and recently Jeff Tuttle. Ben Weinman has been the only guitar player on subsequent releases, however frontman Greg Puciato has said that...
In this article: Brian Benoit, Time Flies, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Greg Puciato, Moo Cow, Nate Newton, Calculating Infinity, and Converge
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Come All You Weary
...was released on iTunes on March 4, 2008. . The lyrics are based on the biblical passage of . Riley Breckenridge comments on the Ben Weinman remix of "Digital Sea": "As far as the remix goes, we've all been fans of Dillinger Escape Plan...
In this article: Come All You Weary, Dillinger Escape Plan, Thrice, Itunes, Digital Sea, MySpace, Alchemy Index, and Riley Breckenridge
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Detroit Free Press | June 10, 2009
Brian McCollum's Big Gigs
...this dare-you-not-to-listen New Jersey outfit carved a distinct nook on the decade's rock landscape. Lightning-fingered guitarist Ben Weinman leads. 7 p.m., the Pike Room, 1 S. Saginaw, Pontiac. 248-858-9333. $16. WEDNESDAY: Johnny...
In this article: Detroit, Clay Walker, CCR, R&B, Chrisette Michele, and Doug Clifford
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Ultimate Guitar | May 29, 2009
Dillinger Escape Plan Join New Label [News]
...Works". They have now signed to Season of Mist Records and formed their own imprint, Phonogetic Records. The band's guitarist Ben Weinman commented: "It is becoming clear that as the music industry standard continues to morph and change...
In this article: Dillinger Escape Plan, Season of Mist, Ire Works, Punknews.org, Relapse Records, Under the Running Board, and Europe
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Drowned in Sound - News | October 03, 2007
Drowned In Sound // Music News / DEP forced to postpone UK dates
...metalheads The Dillinger Escape Plan have postponed their already rescheduled UK dates for next month following an injury to guitarist Ben Weinman. In an echo, of sorts, of something that happened to similarly successful rockers My...
In this article: UK, My Chemical Romance, Drowned in Sound, MySpace, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Ire Works, New Jersey, and US
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IGN Music | October 02, 2007
IGN: The Dillinger Escape Plan In The Emergency Room
...- The Dillinger Escape Plan have been forced to cancel their upcoming tour due to a severe injury suffered by the band's guitarist Ben Weinman during a recent video shoot. "Unfortunately due to a freak accident during our video shoot I...
In this article: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Nintendo, Wii, Crysis, Saw V, Ire Works, Punisher: War Zone, Austin, and US
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Description from Wikipedia:
Ben Weinman is a Jewish-American guitarist who plays for the American mathcore band, The Dillinger Escape Plan. He is the founder and only original member in the band.
Ben attended Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey where he received a degree in psychology. He then went on to study corporate communications at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Weinman, Chris Pennie, Dimitri Minakakis and Adam Doll began The Dillinger Escape Plan in 1997.
Weinman has been involved in the production of all the band's releases since their self-titled debut EP, as well as various other musical works. The band's second full-length album, Miss Machine, was the first album released by record label Relapse Records to make the Billboard charts.
Weinman's first full-length studio album with the Dillinger Escape Plan, entitled "Calculating Infinity" was listed in the book "The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" by Martin Popoff. Calculating Infinity was also recently named one of "100 best rock albums of all time" by Kerrang magazine.
Ben Weinman has self-managed or has been involved with the management of The Dillinger Escape Plan since the band’s inception.
Weinman was recently named one of Guitar World Magazine's 50 fastest guitar players of all time along side Guitar players such as Eddie Van Halen and Les Paul.
A skilled guitar player, Weinman is fond of ESP LTD guitars, and favors the M and MH series. For amps, Weinman is seen using a variety in the studio, ranging from a Bogner Uberschall to a Marshall JCM to a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier.
Benjamin Weinman has also been listed on About.com as an example of today's most important musicians under their definition of "guitarist."
In a Headbanger's Blog interview, Ben revealed that he went to summer camp with Maroon 5 vocalist Adam Levine.
- Occupation:
- Musician
- Instrument Played:
- Guitar, programming
- Years Active:
- 1997–present
- Associated With:
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
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