We spent those years cultivating a fan base that’s just as active decades later. But those formative years of traversing the country back and forth is what allowed our songs and our sound to develop. Well … we’re not traveling around anymore in a Ford E-150 van eating dried ramen. How has life on the road changed over the years? Is it better now, or worse? Today (March 12) marks the start of a tour that will last through mid-July.
Your bio says that you’re an “entirely different band” today than you were when you broke out of Philly in the mid-90s. PW recently caught up with Aron Magner of the group to talk about all things Disco Biscuits. The band will be on its headline Act 1 tour, performing its hits and a few new tracks off of their upcoming full-length album. Now you have the chance to see the band up close and personal when it comes back home for three shows starting today (March 12) and running through Saturday at The Fillmore. They still employ emerging technologies to help them create music that is 100 percent human although, perhaps, not entirely of this earth. They still remain rock pioneers whose soul belongs as much to marathon dance parties as it does to live improvisational journeys. While the band has changed over the years, as most bands do, The Disco Biscuits are still very much the pioneers of “trancefusion,” bridging the gap between electronic music and jam bands. Flash forward to today, and the band is as strong as ever. * TranceFusion Radio Broadcast Vol.Those of a certain age will remember when The Disco Biscuits burst out of Philly in the mid-90s.
* Encephalous Crime (self-released, 1996) Bandmembers from both Umphrey's and Bisco have further more found each other in The Brain Damaged Eggmen, a Pink Floyd and The Beatles coverband (Disco-Umphrey's McGee-Biscuits) tour with Umphrey's McGee. In 2007, the band co-headlined the D.U.M.B. The band announced that Allen Aucoin would replace Altman as the full-time drummer on 12/12/05, ending months of speculation. The band had toured only sporadically from the end of the summer of 2003 until Sammy's official departure was confirmed. On 11/5/04 The Disco Biscuits announced that drummer Sam Altman was leaving the band to attend medical school. The band has 2 rock operas as part of their catalog: the Hot Air Balloon (written by guitarist Jon Gutwillig) and the Chemical Warfare Brigade (written by bassist Marc Brownstein). On the other hand, many are fascinated by the game of "what song are they going to play next", and are disappointed when their ears are attuned enough to know the answers in advance. This forces the listener to be immediately willing to immerse themselves in the Disco Biscuits' large catalog, which can prove to be a rather overwhelming task for novices to undertake.
The nature of their setlists is both a blessing and a curse while the myriad variations on their songs are interesting to hardcore fans of the band, it can confuse people who are not already familiar with their catalog. Another technique employed by the band is a fakeout, which occurs when the band plays a jam that usually leads into one song, but segues into another unexpectedly.ĭue to the separation of their segments, dyslexic songs can begin on one night's show and end the next night. A dyslexic song is played the same way as an inverted one, with its main difference being that the pieces of the song are not played consecutively (e.g. The Disco Biscuits are also well-known for their ability to run long sets together, sometimes even playing their songs backwards, in styles referred to as "inverted" and "dyslexic." An inverted version of a song occurs when the band starts a song by playing its ending segment, followed immediately by its beginning segment and a jam that segues out of that song and into another.
Formed in 1995 at the University of Pennsylvania, the group has quickly emerged as one of the most successful independent bands in the country. This style is referred to generally as trance-fusion. Comprised of Jon Gutwillig (vocals/guitar), Marc Brownstein (vocals/bass), Aron Magner (keyboard/vocals), and Allen Aucoin (drums), the quartet continues to bridge the gap between the jamband and electronica/dance worlds by drawing on elements from seemingly disparate genres.
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