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Greg Puciato

AKA: Greg Puciato of Better Lovers, Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan

Gregory John “Greg” Puciato (born March 27, 1980) is the lead singer of the band The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Black Queen, Killer Be Killed, and Better Lovers, the latter two being supergroups. He also releases music under his own name as a solo project. As if all that wasn’t enough, Greg also performs live with Jerry Cantrell, providing additional vocals (often covering Layne Staley’s parts on Alice in Chains songs).

In a scenario mirroring that of young Henry Rollins and Black Flag, Puciato started out as a fan of Dillinger in their earlier days. When the band split with their singer Dimitri Minakakis (due to him wanting to focus more on graphic design), they searched publicly for a new singer by releasing the instrumental version of the song “43% Burnt” . Puciato sent in a tape with one version of him mimicking Dimitri Minakakis and one with his own take on the song. He was contacted shortly after by the band, auditioned in person, and was subsequently asked to join. Coincidentally, the band’s first release with Puciato was for a Black Flag tribute compilation, where they covered “Damaged I and II”.

In the December 2007 issue of Revolver, Puciato was voted one of the “37 greatest metal frontmen” of all time. In 2013 he was named number one by MetalSucks in their listing of “top 25 modern metal frontmen”.