| Ben Weinman | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, programming |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Associated acts | The Dillinger Escape Plan |
Ben Weinman is a guitarist who plays for the American mathcore band, The Dillinger Escape Plan. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The Dillinger Escape Plan (sometimes abbreviated DEP or TDEP) is an American Mathcore band from Morris Plains New Jersey. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Mathcore (also known as technical metalcore, progressive metalcore, or noisecore) is a Polyrhythmic ref name="helium">Widle Justin The Dillinger Escape Plan (sometimes abbreviated DEP or TDEP) is an American Mathcore band from Morris Plains New Jersey. 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. Fairleigh Dickinson University is an American Private university founded in 1942 Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and He then went on to study corporate communications at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Fairleigh Dickinson University is an American Private university founded in 1942 Weinman, Chris Pennie, Dimitri Minakakis and Adam Doll began The Dillinger Escape Plan in 1997. Dimitri Minakakis (b Northern New Jersey on June 16 1977 Grew up in Morristown NJ Minakakis is the original singer and founding member of The Dillinger Escape Plan. Adam Doll was the original bass player for the band The Dillinger Escape Plan. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
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. Miss Machine is the second album by American Mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan, released in July 2004 by Relapse Records Relapse Records is a Philadelphia Pennsylvania based independent metal Record label. The Billboard charts are music sales airplay and digital ranking reports distributed to the general public by Billboard magazine
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. Kerrang! is a weekly rock Magazine published by Bauer Consumer Media in the United Kingdom.
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 payers 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. Aboutcom is an online source for original information and advice and is among the top 15 US Websites ( Nielsen Online Spring 2008 "
Ben recently remixed "Digital Sea" off of Thrice's The Alchemy Index Vol. Thrice is an American band from Irvine California. The group was founded in 1998 by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while II Water, as a bonus track for their upcoming "Come All You Weary" Single (due on the iTunes Music Store March 4th 2008). According to Thrice's online journal, they are very excited for fans to hear Ben's work.
In a Headbanger's Blog interview, Ben revealed that he went to summer camp with Maroon 5 vocalist Adam Levine. Maroon 5 is a Grammy Award -winning American Pop rock band Formed with only two members at the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts and expanded Adam Noah Levine (born March 18 1979) is an American Singer - Songwriter and Guitarist.
Discography
With Dillinger Escape Plan
- 1997 The Dillinger Escape Plan
- 1998 Under The Running Board
- 1998 Split with Nora
- 1999 Split with Drowningman
- 1999 Calculating Infinity
- 2000 The Dillinger Escape Plan (Reissue)
- 2002 Irony Is A Dead Scene
- 2002 Black On Black: A Tribute To Black Flag (cover of "Damaged, Pt. Calculating Infinity is the debut album by American Mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan, released in September 1999 by Relapse Records Irony Is a Dead Scene is an EP by American Mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton, released on August s I & II")
- 2003 Live Infinity
- 2004 Bring You To Your Knees: A Tribute To Guns 'N Roses (cover of "My Michelle")
- 2004 Miss Machine
- 2006 Plagiarism (Digital EP, 4 covers, Released on iTunes)
- 2007 Ire Works
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