Video: Ben Weinman from The Dillinger Escape Plan talks business

Ben Weinman has long  been the principal creative force behind The Dillinger Escape Plan, doubling as the band’s lead guitarist and as well as their manager. It was due to this that Loyola University New Orleans invited Weinman along for a 45-minute long interview about the obstacles and challenges that The Dillinger Escape Plan have faced as professional musicians in the span of their careers.  The video is very informative and well worth watching.

Members of Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan, Mars Volta and Janes Addiction form supergroup

A new supergroup has been formed worth getting excited about. The currently un-named project includes Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds, Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman, former Mars Volta drummer Thomas Pridgen and ex-Jane's Addiction bassist Eric Avery.

Since the members of the project live on opposite sides of the country, progress been a bit slow. "We tried to get together and do an album, but there's been no time," Hinds recently told Noisecreep. "We want to record crazy stuff and Ben is working on that, but it's been hard to get together."

Even though the project is officially nameless, Hinds wants to call it Giraffe Tongue "because they look sick." Yes, he's speaking about the actual tongue of a giraffe.