In an interview on the "Music Is My Life" podcast, former THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN vocalist Greg Puciato addressed one of the most frequently asked questions in heavy music: would he ever reunite with the band that defined an era of extreme metal?
His answer was nuanced. Puciato made clear he would not do a single-album playthrough — specifically ruling out a "Miss Machine" anniversary run — calling it "a little weird." But he stopped short of a flat-out refusal. Any reunion, he said, would need to be broader in scope: "It would have to encapsulate everything from 'Miss Machine' to 'Dissociation.'" And crucially, it would need a defined endpoint: "It would have to have a cap on it."
The reason isn't animosity — far from it. "There's not a single ounce of me that has any negativity towards it," Puciato said of the band and his time with them. "I wasn't on ['Calculating Infinity']. What would be goofy is if I was included in that." He views the band's catalog as foundational to every subsequent project he and his former bandmates have pursued.
The real obstacle, Puciato admitted, is time and creative energy. "It takes a lot of your time to do that. And I have a lot of gas for doing new things." Between his solo career, THE BLACK QUEEN, and various collaborations, he remains one of the busiest musicians in heavy music — and clearly has little appetite for trading present-tense creativity for nostalgia.
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN disbanded in 2017 following a series of farewell shows. Puciato has since released two acclaimed solo albums and continues to tour.