Panucci's Pizza

**Members** | Lou Diamond, Brock Benzel

**Panucci's Pizza** was an emo band from West Chester, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2013 by Lou (formerly Matt) Diamond and Brock Benzel, they would be active until 2015.

## Background

Lou Diamond and Brock Benzel were both students at the School of Rock in Downingtown, Pennsylvania from at least 2010 (video of them performing together can be seen here). Before PP, Lou had another project, *And I Am Caesar*, that was started in the summer of 2010. Many of the songs were written and recorded while Lou was still learning the basics of guitar, and they would handle all instrument duties. The project would come to an end in 2012 with the release of their self titled album. Lou would briefly release experimental folk songs under the name *No More Skies (For Walter White)* before starting Panucci's Pizza.

## Band History

### 2013

Panucci's Pizza formed in the summer of 2013 with Lou Diamond on guitar and vocals and Brock Benzel on drums, releasing *Demo Numero Uno (Perfecto!)* on 14 August 2013. Over the next month the band would release the EP *That is One Jank​-​ass Sweater Vest My Friend,* and a handful of singles. All of the band's material at this point, along with two new tracks, would appear on their debut album *Don't Tip The Delivery Boy,* released on 21 September 2013. In December, the band played an acoustic session and released the album *Tressions on 15 December 2013*. *Black Metal,* a split with *Robins*, was released on 24 December 2013 and was Panucci's first split.

### 2014

Most of the band's material would be released in 2014. *Panooky Dads* was released on 14 February 2014. An oddball in their discography, *Panooky Dads* is an experimental noise rock concept album. Recorded with a video camera, the album was written by the band and some friends in Halifax, Pennsylvania. On 17 February 2014, the band released *Songs for Ghosts to Thrash to. 600 Billion Double Dollar Bounty on Your Fucking Head (I Have Feelings Too)* was released sometime in early/mid 2014. The album was more heavily inspired by screamo than anything they did previously. The album was later removed from the Panucci's Pizza bandcamp after Lou made up with the person they wrote it about. For the rest of 2014, most Panucci's Pizza material came from numerous splits or EPs. On 31 July 2014 the band released their second studio album *All of my Friends are Familiar and the Steps I Took to Realise This.* An EP and a couple of singles would be released in late 2014.

### 2015

The only PP material released in 2015 was their side of a 5-way split on 03 January. In the summer of 2015, the band embarked on their first and last tour with *Invalids*, Brock's side project, playing in numerous states across the Midwest before playing their last show in Cincinnati, Ohio on 30 August 2015. Lou and Brock did not keep in touch after the breakup.

### Post Breakup

After Panucci's dissolved, Lou briefly played in the band *Birthright (Bornwrong)* before leaving the band along with drummer Sam Becht to form *JANK.* *JANK* instantly became a prominent figure in the Philadelphia DIY scene. In September 2016 Lou would face accusations of sexual abuse and *JANK* would immediately disband. In August 2017, Lou and Sam released *Fail Better, Heal Faster,* a project reflecting Lou's feelings about the events of the past year. Lou stated that the project would not go on tour and and that all profits would be donated to charities. Lou has since released music under the names *Exilius Bliss* and *Oblivienne*. *Fallens memes dump* is a YouTube channel run by a friend of Lou's, named Lain, whose archived Lou's music from nearly all of their projects, as well as several guitar sketches. The channel has been on hiatus since 02 December 2021 and Lou has not released any new material since. As of August 2023, Lou is "safe and still creating".

Brock is still playing with *Invalids* and *Good Game* and has had numerous side projects since 2015.

## Discography

\*Some releases have missing dates due to not being archived

### Studio Albums

* Don't Tip the Delivery Boy (21 September 2013)
* Panooky Dads (14 February 2014)
* 600 Billion Double Dollar Bounty On Your Fucking Head (I Have Feelings Too) [early/mid 2014]
* All of my Friends are Familiar and the Steps I Took to Realise This (31 July 2014)

### EPs

* That is One Jank-ass Sweater Vest My Friend (27 August 2013)
* Tressions (15 December 2013)
* Songs for Ghosts to Thrash to (17 February 2014)
* Songs We Didn't Write Oops (29 May 2014)
* All Things Are Transient And So Are You (08 December 2014)

### Splits

* Black Metal w/ Robins (24 December 2013)
* 4-way split w/ Bonjour Machines, Important Things, Personality Disorders (08 April 2014)
* I Love You T̶o̶o̶ (Split w/ Blankbook) [11 May 2014]
* 3-way split w/ Bag of Bones & Unraveler (18 July 2014)
* 5-way split w/ Kill the Intellectuals, Personality Disorders, Flatsound, Emo Side Project (03 January 2015)

### Singles

* You know when the Trojans got that horse and they were all "Yeah this is totally a gift" Thats how sure I am (September 2013)
* Pokemon Cards and an Empty Bottle of Grape Juice (September 2013)
* Reno Bambino (The Feline Al Pacino) [31 October 2013]
* Obligatory Folk Punk Song (from Empty Headed Booking Compilation III) [08 October 2014]
* Tyrants (02 December 2014)
* Mmm, Hum (Cyberbully Mom Club & Panucci's Pizza) [12 December 2014]

### Live Albums

* WPTS Session (23 June 2014)
* Panucci's Pizza's last show in Philly (via Ron Borisovsky bandcamp) [July 11 2015]

### Demos

* Demo Numero Uno (Perfecto!) (14 August 2013)