Greg Puciato interview: New music, life on tour and his thoughts on the Dillinger reunion

No filter: Ex Dillinger Escape Plan frontman turned solo artist Greg Puciato joins us to talk us through everything from surprise new music, band secrets and his thoughts on that Dillinger Escape Plan reunion
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[@toddb3414]

Smart guy with an insane work ethic. Met him once and he seemed just like one of the dudes. Respect!

[@KinoRunner_]

Big brother to more of us than he knows. Salute GP

[@Nice_Fella]

Man its so cool when an interviewee is jazzed to be talking to the interviewer and they know eachother, and theres no awkward "constructed interview" vibes its just like 2 people hanging and chatting

[@shockabrahhh]

Just saw him in April with Better Lovers, this man is a legend!

[@ARogolino1]

Nothing but love for GP.

[@kolesteele4242]

Legend. Appreciate Greg signing my Miss Machine vinyl album. That meant so much to me, plus the photo we took together. Super chill guy. 😌🤙🏼

[@davidwilliamson8029]

Black Queen #3 can't wait

[@zampha2065]

I can't believe it's been 6 years since Infinite games. What an album.

[@_knifeprty]

heard that and out loud went LETS FUCKING GOOO ive loved tbq so much lately im so pumped now

[@davidwilliamson8029]

@@_knifeprty great profile name, would love to hear a guest spot with Chino

[@_knifeprty]

@@davidwilliamson8029 thank youuu :D also dudeee it would be a Dream to hear that on the album id love that lol

[@bruffyb3796]

Cool to see steve back on KZbin, Great interview.

[@damagi123]

Cool interview. Cool guy. Dude's been one of the most exciting vocalists forever. Sick that he's doing solo stuff now and Better Lovers fucking rips rips rips

[@react043]

9:11 Great human. You gotta love Greg.

[@MorganaSiobhan]

Genuine response. I think he was pretty stoked to hear that were doing it. I’m also glad he reconnected with Chris.

[@benjouz]

that was a really good interview, thanks a lot !

[@TenmaKenzo-to1so]

Is it me or has GP aged rapidly.

[@_knifeprty]

im SO fucking pumped for the black queen #3 rn holy shit

[@jessiegarcia82]

Greg always churning out bangers no matter what he’s involved in.

[@pollyanna147]

The Joan rivers escape plan

[@jandro]

holy shit, chris pennie is back

[@escherpainting8622]

That show at The Garage was incredible. Nick from Daughters on guitar, and they even played a cover of "The Reason They Hate Me", which was truly mindblowing to watch. Also Greg was completely slaughtered the whole show but somehow didn't forget any words or fuck the vocals up at all.

[@Peoplethatplaymusic]

i wish there was video of this haha

[@theodore89]

Thats awesome and a fantastic Daughters song.

[@TheAlexmynameis]

Loved it when he did a shit on stage at Leeds.

[@theodore89]

Didnt he do that bagging on Puddle Of Mudd?

[@Dalcore80]

Did one at Reading as well 😂

[@jakeraines8542]

CHRIS PENNIE OH HELL YEAH

[@jakej654]

did he have work done?

[@colonelangus2580]

Killer Be Killed was awesome.

[@Metalmaniacsmi]

So awesome

[@laynedirt7994]

Dude just play rusty cage at Graspop and I’m happy.

[@laudennn]

greg n chris, wow! real dillinger reunion

[@spazemunky]

The Black Queen needs to come back

[@ipredictacatastrophe4370]

He looks like he's wearing a mask of his face

[@js024861]

Is he wearing 4 or 5 different jackets at once? Is he touring Antarctica?

[@Jimmyjimjum]

He was touring UK but lives in California so kinda similar difference I guess 😂

[@theodore89]

Greg grew up in the Baltimore ghetto.

[@iii5091]

I'm glad TDEP is done, we are now getting the full spectrum of GP (vocally).

[@earthpart3]

his face looks different..?

[@jakej654]

def looks like he went under the knife

[@ipredictacatastrophe4370]

Looks like a botched surgery

[@maxthescarecrow4038]

Age + significant weight loss. Don't forget he also did a ton of drugs a decade or so ago. Not to mention damage of performing what he did/does on stage. I have no doubt some of those falls were straight impacts to the face.

[@ObeseChess]

@@maxthescarecrow4038yeah, the mustache is making the shape of his mouth look unnatural but barring that he doesn’t look any different to me, just older and leaner. I also saw BL like a month ago and he didn’t look weird, I think it’s just the angle/camera/whatever.

[@FacelessFlesh666]

His front teeth are fake

[@Dan16673]

Did he transition?

[@robjoyner1167]

did Greg had some sort of plastic surgery on his face? He looks almost like another person

[@northtimo666]

Does look like that yeah

[@jandro]

was going to say this. he looks very different

[@alexandereckert5939]

looking like Mickey Roark

[@robjoyner1167]

@@alexandereckert5939 lol exactly

[@SweetDeeSee]

Greg is honestly on par with Trent Reznor in my book, dude literally mixes all the best genres

[@SweetDeeSee]

We need a Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross record with Greg, I know their was an old project that exists somewhere online but I forgot what it was called

[@BradleyFielding]

⁠@@SweetDeeSeeError is the name of the project.

[@theodore89]

Oh my he well exceeds Rezner...

[@bearvsshaan]

YOOO I MISS ASIAN STEVE!

[@KalosPVP]

Is he wearing makeup or something? He doesnt look right.

[@dantelan-i-er5466]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@St1ff]

I can't tell if its that or he had plastic surgery

[@dantelan-i-er5466]

@@St1ff that might be it. Idk why he would need it though

[@bakedspade]

I think it's the facil hair personally.

[@bleakpappa1849]

Looks like fillers tbh

[@eastvillageguitarmethoddd]

Turns out puciato was the one pushing DEP forward all along

[@captainDL3]

? Weird comment. What do you mean by this?

[@eastvillageguitarmethoddd]

@@captainDL3 weinman recently made these (extremely petty) comments in an interview. Totally selling short the contributions of Greg. Meanwhile Puciato is taking the high road and is running laps around that fool: “I think it is very important to mention that Greg has no ownership of the Dillinger Escape Plan as an entity, no ownership in the overarching corporation, and has no ownership over the name and he never has. He has always been paid as an independent contractor and he has no interactions with our booking agent, lawyers, etc. I'm happy to show anyone who doubts this all the paperwork that says otherwise. That's that.”

[@northtimo666]

I don’t think so. Weinman was the main songwriter in the band. He was the one who ended up using more keys on Ire Works for example due to his injury back then. Greg absolutely delivered new sounds for them too. But it was more of a mutual interest to go further.

[@eastvillageguitarmethoddd]

@@northtimo666 I’m aware. I love DEP and ben is one of my all time favorite guitarists. But the way that he referred to Greg as a freelancer in the band rubbed me the wrong way. Really sells short greg’s importance in the band imo

[@Jimmyjimjum]

​@eastvillageguitarmethoddd yeah I think Ben said this in response to Greg saying DEP wouldn't reform..kinda makes more sense in light of more recent events 😂

[@nickfuller]

did homie have a facelift? thats not rock n roll

[@rsaldivar8]

Theyre both wearing makeup but were all looking at greg so were noticing gregs face.

[@simeonhuntsman6416]

Greg got that Biden-brand facelift.

[@EliLemke-ft3fs]

How can you own shit being a muscular dude who did dillinger and then paint your nails black lolol? Im goooooood on that

[@Jimmyjimjum]

Ma'am this is a Wendy's

[@FacelessFlesh666]

​@@JimmyjimjumBwahahahahahahhaa