Frank sits down with his pals Ben Weinman and Dimitri Minakakis of The Dillinger Escape Plan to discuss their triumphant 25th anniversary reunion, Dimitri’s last shows and what its like to come back now, Ben’s thoughts on whether or not he ever expected to perform DEP songs again, how Frank Godla of Metal Injection played a role in this return, mentally revisiting 25 years ago, relearning the material, feelings on people’s favorite era of the band, trying to figure out what 43% burnt really means, and how their love for soap operas lead to become an influence in early DEP music.


00:00 Greetings & New Years
00:45 Talking about Dimitri’s last shows with the band and now his return
05:40 Ben on his thoughts whether DEP would ever reunite in any way
08:19 What DEP has in mind for the future, after the NY shows
10:30 How Frank of Metal Injection helped the DEP return this year
12:38 How its going relearning Calculating Infinity
15:09 Dimitri's feelings on performing a full set decades later
16:15 Giving fans a new look into the band and how they started
20:22 Mentally revisiting where they were 25 years ago
25:44 Feelings on which era of the band people want
26:52 How the band’s return is a rare and beautiful human exchange
29:17 Trying to figure out the real meaning behind “43% Burnt”
33:20 The truth about how Soap Opera shows influenced DEP



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