BEN WEINMAN

'Ben Weinman' is a guitarist who plays for Dillinger Escape Plan. 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. He then went on to study corporate communications at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Weinman, Chris Pennie, Dimitri Minakakis and Adam Doll began Dillinger Escape Plan in 1997.
Weinman has been involved in production all of 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 Relapse Records to make the Billboard charts.
Weinman's first studio full length 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 (the biggest weekly music magazine in the UK).
Ben Weinman has also self-managed or has been involved with the management of Dillinger Escape Plan since the band’s inception. He managed the artist Jeffree Star who's self released iTunes EP went number one on the dance charts before it was even officially released.
A fond player of ESP LTD guitars, Ben favors the M and MH series. For amps, Weinman is seen using a variety of amps in 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 important guitarists under their definition of "guitarist."

Contents

Discography

With Dillinger Escape Plan

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.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''