Hurt Process, in 1998, and broke up in late 1999. Pennie also recorded drums for his former tourmates in experimental metalcore group All Else Failed on their 2004 album This Never Happened. Pennie describes his band, The Dillinger Escape Plan, as being 'mathcore' where they start each song with no structure and an open palette. He and guitarist Ben Weinman, along with now-departed singer Dimitri Minakakis and bass guitarist Adam Doll, formed Dillinger Escape Plan in March 1997. He and Ben Weinman wrote the majority of Dillinger's material and Pennie called Weinman his "musical soulmate". Pennie also took care of a lot of the electronic influence in the band's material in the studio as well as onstage, triggering effects and loops with footswitch pedals. Chris began working in the studio with rock band Coheed and Cambria, because the drummer Josh Eppard had left the band. Due to contractual obligations, Pennie was not allowed to record for Coheed's 2007 album Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow. Instead, the band recruited Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins for the task. On June 28, 2007, Coheed and Cambria announced on their Myspace that Chris Pennie joined the band. On November 2, 2011, Coheed and Cambria announced on their Facebook page that Pennie had left the band. Chris also announced he had parted ways with Coheed and Cambria, in order to focus on other projects such as Return to Earth and Fight Mannequins. Current projects Pennie lent his talent to the predominantly electronic band Idiot Pilot on their 2007 album Wolves. MTV reported: "the Dillinger Escape Plan's Chris Pennie appears on the album, augmenting several of Wolves' tracks with his drumming prowess. Anderson said the one-two punches of Hoppus, Robinson, Barker, and Pennie are bringing something new to Idiot Pilot's established sound." Equipment Drums (Mapex Saturn Series in Black Cherry Sparkle finish): 20-inch × 22-inch bass drum 9-inch × 12-inch rack tom 16-inch × 16-inch floor tom 7-inch × 14-inch Mapex snare drum Cymbals (Sabian): 14-inch HHX Groove hats 18-inch HHXplosion crash 19-inch HHXplosion crash 21-inch HH Raw Bell dry ride 19-inch Paragon Chinese Sticks (Vater): Vater Xtreme Design 5B Bass Pedals (Mapex): Mapex Falcon double bass pedal 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 2002: Irony Is A Dead