Ben Weinman
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Benjamin A. Weinman (born August 8, 1975) is an American musician best known for his role as the lead guitarist for the Dillinger Escape Plan.
He was the leader and sole consistent member of the band's career (1997–2017), and he currently plays rhythm guitar with Suicidal Tendencies and the progressive rock supergroup Giraffe Tongue Orchestra. By VH1, Weinman was one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time and one of the Top 20 Most Influential Metal Guitarists Of The New Age. Weinman was named one of Guitar World Magazine's 50 fastest guitarists of all time, alongside guitar players Eddie Van Halen and Les Paul.
He was named one of Guitar World's Top 25 Cult Guitarists in 2009 and one of the top modern Metal Guitarists by MetalSucks.
Weinman has also been listed on About.com as one of today's most influential artists under their tag of "guitarist" and was named one of Alternative Press Magazine's "10 Favorite Guitar Slingers."
Early life
Weinman grew up in Morris Plains, New Jersey. He is of Austrian-Jewish and Polish-Jewish/Austrian descent through his grandparents, who immigrated to the United States before the Holocaust. Weinman's family was not particularly keen on Judaism, but he grew up "with a keen appreciation of Judaism's roots." As a child, he was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD). "Music saved his life," he later said, because it helped him to discover new ways of learning, make friends, and give him a sense of purpose.
Weinman earned his undergraduate degree in psychology in 2000 and then in corporate communications, a field in which he worked for a brief period of time as a Web designer.
Personal life
Ben Weinman is single, but he does have an adopted son and a daughter. He established an animal sanctuary on his property in New Jersey after the disbandment of The Dillinger Escape Plan.
Weinman has supported the You Rock Foundation, which is a non-profit group that promotes anxiety, and he appeared in one of its video campaigns. Weinman has made a public display of his decision not to drink, smoke, or use other addictive drugs.
Career
Weinman appeared in various bands from New Jersey, and in 1996, he formed Arcane, Chris Pennie on drums, Dimitri Minakakis on drums, Bruce Fulton on bass, and Brad McMann on second vocals. Due to a lack of innovation, he sees the company as a "lost cause." They changed around their look after a few months, with Adam Doll replacing McMann and Derek Brantley taking the place of Fulton. Arcane eventually developed to the Dillinger Escape Plan in 1997. Weinman gradually shifted his attention away from being a full-time entertainer and into freelance writing.
Weinman has appeared on all of the band's albums since their self-titled debut EP, as well as other musical performances. Since the band's inception, Weinman has either self-managed or been concerned with the operation of The Dillinger Escape Plan. He has published articles and spoken at universities and conferences on the topic of music production and the music industry, and is known for his outspoken views on the subject. In publications such as Forbes, the Huffington Post, and Bloomberg Businessweek, Weinman's business practices and philosophy have been discussed and illustrated.
In the final episode of VH1's Metal Evolution on February 6, 2012, Weinman appeared in "the world's most dangerous band."
Miss Machine, the band's second full-length record, was the first album to be released by record company Relapse Records to crack the Billboard charts. In the book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time by Martin Popoff, Weinman's first full-length studio album, Calculating Infinity, was included. Infinity was also listed as one of the "100 best rock albums of all time" by Kerrang magazine, which gave Weinman a spirit of liberty award.
Kimbra is now the manager of two Grammy award-winning singer Kimbra, who also collaborated with her on her second studio album, The Golden Echo.
Weinman founded the Giraffe Tongue Orchestra in 2012. With it, he unveiled his debut album Broken Lines in 2016.
Weinman collaborated with rapper Wyclef Jean, playing drums on a song that has yet to be announced. Also composed the score for Alien Abduction, Red 48, The Survivalist, and the forthcoming film Banshee.
Weinman has appeared onstage with shows such as Nine Inch Nails and System of a Down, as well as in 2017, when Weinman appeared as a live guitarist/bassist for the electronic ensemble The Prosecutors. Weinman was also a fill-in guitarist on Suicidal Tendencies' summer 2018 tour, and he's now working on new Suicidal Tendencies content.
Weinman will be the composer of the forthcoming film Red 48.