The Dillinger Escape Plan officially called it quits as a band in 2017 with one supermassive world tour and their final, pretty out-there album Dissociation. The band's members have all moved on to other musical endeavors, with vocalist Greg Puciato doing his electronica project The Black Queen and probably another Killer Be Killed record.
In an interview with Revolver, Puciato discusses the band's final tour and final album, and how he felt the morning after the last show had been played. Essentially, he says it was just a big relief to be done. He also reveals the band knew they would be ending long before they announced it.
"I felt fucking great," he enthuses. "Which is funny, because I felt horrible for the whole cycle. I felt horrible when we were making our last record, and I felt horrible when we were making the record before that, because that's when I first knew we were ending the band. And then you go on tour and you're dispelling all this raw, toxic energy. People don't realize that — they think you're the ambassador for a room full of excited people. But it's like ripping a scab off every night."
He also opens up about The Dillinger Escape Plan's lyrics, saying that a lot of the songs deal with intimacy disorder and the frustrations that ensue.
"Most people don't know that a lot of Dillinger lyrics deal with intimacy disorder, and the frustration that comes from not being able to get close to people or to resolve a broken relationship," he reveals. "Things like co-dependency and toxic relationships — and the cumulative long-term effects they have on you — have always been a recurring theme. The Black Queen kinda deals with the opposite of that — the glimpses you have that might not be your fate, and celebrating the times you felt connected with people. A lot of it comes from hopefulness that I have for intimacy."
If you haven't been tuned into them already, The Black Queen will release their sophomore effort Infinite Games this Friday. Which is amazing.
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