Photo via Disco Biscuits’ Facebook page

On Thursday, the Disco Biscuits reunited with their original drummer, Sam Altman during their headlining show at Huntington, NY’s Paramount. Altman, who co-founded the band in 1995 while a student at the University of Pennsylvania and left in 2005 to become a doctor, grew up on Long Island and has rejoined the Disco Biscuits a handful of times since his departure. However, Thursday’s sit in marked his first appearance with the band since 2019–and, most importantly, his first guest spot since Marlon Lewis took over the drum chair this past fall.

For his Huntington appearance, Altman assumed drum duties for the Disco Biscuits’ second set while Lewis moved over to an auxiliary percussion rig. The segment mostly consisted of material from Altman’s tenure with the Disco Biscuits, kicking off with their first take on “Basis for a Day” since September 7, 2025, before Lewis signed on. The quintet then segued into another Altman-era Biscuits classic, “I-Man,” that eventually returned to “Basis for a Day.” From there, the group surprised fans with bassist Marc Brownstein’s “Chemical Warfare Brigade,” the title track from his 2000 rock opera, which the Disco Biscuits had played just one show earlier when they ran through the entire Chemical Warfare Brigade opera, after keeping the tune on the shelf since 2022. The Disco Biscuits then launched into their ’90s favorite “Aceetobee,” which dipped into “Neck Romancer,” an Aron Magner-penned number that was debuted after Altman left the band, and finally the end of “Aceetobee.” (During their first set, the Disco Biscuits also played “Tempest” for the first time since August 22, 2025, a few months before Lewis joined the band.)

Lewis returned to the kit for the Disco Biscuits’ encore, after Altman left the stage, to help close the show. The two-song offering kicked off with a newer original from 2025, “Postcard,” and then the Biscuits nodded to Altman one final time by transitioning into “Sound One,” a tune he wrote that the group still includes in their setlists.

The collaborations continued last night at Westport, CT’s Levitt Pavilion, when Eggy guitarist Jake Brownstein sat in on a lengthy sequence. At the end of the Disco Biscuits’ first set, as the group segued out of “Voices Insane,” the Connecticut-based musician, who plays with Marc Brownstein in the side-project the Brownstein Family Band, took the stage for “Freeze” and remained as the medley moved into “Portal to an Empty Head” and “Home Again.” In addition to Jake and Marc, the Brownstein Family Band also features the bassist’s son Zach on drums and Eggy keyboardist Dani Battat.

The Disco Biscuits will return to the Levitt Pavilion this evening.