“I was completely defenceless, I had nothing… it was deeply traumatic”: How Dinosaur Pile-Up came back from the brink

Momentarily unable to talk or swallow, covered in excruciating ulcers and isolated due to the pandemic, Matt Bigland’s health hit its lowest point across 2021 and 2022. In fact, the Dinosaur Pile-Up frontman wouldn’t have even been able to physically blurt out an ironic laugh if you told him that the next time he went on a proper tour, it would be supporting Limp Bizkit. On guitar duties for his wife Karen Dió, Matt is calling Kerrang! from Zurich, in the belly of the wildest nu-metal tour that the UK and Europe have seen this year. He’s living the high life, too. The Karen Dió camp have been kitted out with a swanky tour bus – personally arranged by Fred Durst – which they are sharing with Ecca Vandal. “That type of generosity is few and far between,” muses a cheery Matt, a...

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