Many drummers have cited Pennie as an influence or expressed admiration for his work, including Brann Dailor,[3] Richard Christy of Death,[4] Peter Wildoer,[5] Dave Witte,[6] Tyshawn Sorey,[7] Charlie Zeleny,[8] Dan Searle of Architects,[9] Andy Dalton of See You Next Tuesday,[10] J. R. Conners of Cave In,[11] Craig Reynolds of Stray from the Path,[12] Jean-François Richard of Ion Dissonance,[13] Andrew McEnaney of Structures,[14] Tobias Persson of Visceral Bleeding,[15] Stephen Carr of Exotic Animal Petting Zoo,[16] Stefano Ghigliano of Stigma,[17] Danny Grossarth of Candiria,[18] Eric Schnee of Paria,[19][20] Darren Pugh of Collibus,[21] Eli Litwin of John Frum,[22] Chris Golding of Sulaco[23] and Corey Melom of The Crinn.

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.

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.

[25] 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.

MTV reported: "the Dillinger Escape Plan's Chris Pennie appears on the album, augmenting several of Wolves' tracks with his drumming prowess.