Concert Review: Disco Biscuits at The Royal in Boston

Joanna Gleason
4 days ago
2 min read

On Dec 30, 2025, The Disco Biscuits performed at The Royal in Boston. The group put on a 4-hour show in front of their admirers, who welcomed them by singing, dancing, and sharing their experience with each other. I had heard that The Disco Biscuits were fantastic; effectively, they were incredible.

Formed in 1995, The Disco Biscuits are the most popular Jam band in Philadelphia. The band consists of a list of talented musicians such as: Jon Gutwillig (guitar, vocals), Marc Brownstein (bass, vocals), Aron Magner (keyboards, vocals), and Marlon B. Lewis (drums).

A Jam band is “a rock band that plays music characterized by long improvisational passages” and The Disco Biscuits is one of the best!

At The Royal in Boston, The Disco Biscuits’ concert was terrific. The lights, the sound and their jam band music made this one of the best concerts that I have been to in a long time. Before the show I was chatting with a group of fans at the rail and they described themselves as Disco Biscuits addicts, who often follow them from show to show, kind of like Deadheads. Much of the crowd has been to as many as 200 shows and one man had been to 400. They treasured every minute of the incredible music and light show and made sure I was having fun. Allison Wonderland, who came from upstate New York told me: “What a blast! The Disco Biscuits destroyed and brought the party to the Royal. So happy we made the trip!”

The Disco Biscuits are an entirely different band today than they were when they first broke out of Philadelphia in the mid-90s. That’s not to say that they’ve abandoned their foundation, switched gears or set sail for distant shores. “The Disco Biscuits are still very much the pioneers of “transfusion,” bridging the gap between electronic music and jam bands. They still remain rock pioneers whose soul belongs as much to marathon dance parties as it does to live improvisational journeys. They still employ emerging technologies to help them create music that is 100 percent human although, perhaps, not entirely of this earth.” (11 E1EVEN GROUP Website”)

Adapting itself from the new technology, the band incorporates elements from a variety of musical genres with a base of electronic and rock music. Their music flows from one song to another beautifully as the listener goes in a mystical and magical trance. The laser light show enhances the trance experience, but after four hours, the music sadly must stop.