Dimebag Darrell

August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004

http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/12/08/dimebag-darrell-six-year-death-anniversary/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxEJ39aGqMg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0bG_7L3Sw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agX6AiuYmWE&feature=related

John Lennon always gets all the attention.

This is a picture of me, when I was 13, after getting Pantera's autographs at an in-store signing of the newly released "Far Beyond Driven".

I was lucky enough to see them play 3 or 4 times.

Great fucking band. So sad.

every time i think about it, all i can think is.....why?

why?

awesome pic jefferoo

i tech-ed for him at 2 shows before they were signed to atlantic at a club i did FOS for

holy shit

they[he] were on fire

he did a 10 minute guitar solo that was insane

they were hungry and ratty and hard working and they devastated live

he was the coolest dude ever

i met him again years later and he remembered me

i saw them play to like 10 people once in NJ

and they played like they were in an arena

best show ever

rip bro

why?

oh and by the way save for a few bands i hate most new metal

i just listened to the first 2 sbbath lps this morning on vinyl to refresh my satanic lifestyle

  On 12/8/2010 at 6:29 PM, yikes said:

i tech-ed for him at 2 shows before they were signed to atlantic at a club i did FOS for

holy shit

they[he] were on fire

he did a 10 minute guitar solo that was insane

they were hungry and ratty and hard working and they devastated live

 

he was the coolest dude ever

i met him again years later and he remembered me

i saw them play to like 10 people once in NJ

and they played like they were in an arena

best show ever

rip bro

 

why?

 

oh and by the way save for a few bands i hate most new metal

 

 

i just listened to the first 2 sbbath lps this morning on vinyl to refresh my satanic lifestyle

Fucking cool!

I think Pantera doesn't count as "new metal".

To me, they are the tail end of the real shit. Few bands have come after them that are even close to the real deal. They had it all.

btw...

look at how good he thinks his finger is

  On 12/8/2010 at 6:20 PM, ET said:

every time i think about it, all i can think is.....why?

 

 

 

 

why?

 

awesome pic jefferoo

fucking weird ass fan thought he was gonna break up the band <- there's a tear in there too

They should increase security in music concerts.

They went downhill after Far Beyond Driven though, some good songs on TGST but after that it was horribe. I saw them live in 2001 and it fucking sucked. Especially live, all the tempos were slowed down, Phil was drunk, overwheight and couldn't sing. I was kind of smiling ironically and made eye contact with Phil, who started to look at me with a tough guy look, saying nothing, the audience waiting and kept sustaining the eye contact until I realized the guy, knowing his past (he was previously one my teenage heroes) was about to come off the stage and beat the shit out of me if I didnt look away. There were "FUQ EUROPE" stickers on their flight cases too. Well, rednecks.

  On 12/8/2010 at 6:48 PM, Fishtank said:

  On 12/8/2010 at 6:20 PM, ET said:

every time i think about it, all i can think is.....why?why?awesome pic jefferoo

fucking weird ass fan thought he was gonna break up the band <- there's a tear in there too

i heard that wasnt true. supposedly when it happened the music was so loud that nobody could have possibly heard someone yell something as specific as "you killed pantera". so the guy was either completely insane or a government mind control victim. either way, just trajic. i think i saw that there is a video of it on youtube, id like to know what happened, but im not going to watch it...

  On 12/8/2010 at 6:49 PM, Boxing Day said:

They should increase security in music concerts.

 

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Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano admitted yesterday that body scanners would eventually find their way into U.S. public transportation, trains and boats, but Big Sis is already beta-testing technology that goes even further, by forcing Americans to undergo a behavioral interrogation before they are allowed to enter sports events, rock concerts and shopping malls.

source

  On 12/8/2010 at 6:53 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

They went downhill after Far Beyond Driven though, some good songs on TGST but after that it was horribe. I saw them live in 2001 and it fucking sucked. Especially live, all the tempos were slowed down, Phil was drunk, overwheight and couldn't sing. I was kind of smiling ironically and made eye contact with Phil, who started to look at me with a tough guy look, saying nothing, the audience waiting and kept sustaining the eye contact until I realized the guy, knowing his past (he was previously one my teenage heroes) was about to come off the stage and beat the shit out of me if I didnt look away. There were "FUQ EUROPE" stickers on their flight cases too. Well, rednecks.

Fucking weird. I never heard anything they put out after FBD. I think that was when I transitioned into raverness.

I definitely saw them in their prime and it was something special. The first time was on the VDOP tour with Sepultura. I'll never forget it. We got there late and missed Sepultura. It was by far the largest mosh pit I've ever seen at a show. It literally took over the entire venue. I remember as we entered, there was a kid being carried out with huge, deep gashes across his face (and through an eye) from getting "spiked". It was before they started banning spikes and chains at concerts.

I was like "what the fuck am I about to participate in?".

I remember, in those days at least, a Pantera show was like a rogue state in which pot was legal. People used to throw bags of grass on stage and the band would throw it back at the crowd. Always tons of doobage at a Pantera show. I think at one point they even had a smoking, 5 foot long joint prop they used to bring out. Good times.

  On 12/8/2010 at 7:10 PM, jefferoo said:

The first time was on the VDOP tour with Sepultura. I'll never forget it.

No kidding, must have been awesome. Vulgar display revolutionized metal. Phil Anselmo = best metal singer ever.

I remember watching the Pantera 3 home video the 1st time I tripped on Acid. I saw them with white zombie back in the day, although I forget what year off the top. My Pantera days were good days indeed, although looking up to them as a tween and teen probably fucked me up in a bad way :/

i play my guitar with dimebags pick. actually it´s my only pick.

i saw him with damageplan 2 or 3 nights before his murder. my girlfriend at the time (now my wife) met him right after that show. pantera has been her favorite band forever. she called my crying a couple nights later saying he was shot in the head on stage. i still have trouble visualizing what that must have been like at the concert.

we have a beautiful photo she took of him that night framed on our living room wall.

RIP.

RIP

Someone's comment on a youtube vid sums it up:

"He'll be back, God just wanted Dime to teach him to play guitar".

What a horrible fucking story. For some reason, I don't think I ever knew what happened to him. Jesus...

  On 12/8/2010 at 7:10 PM, jefferoo said:

  On 12/8/2010 at 6:53 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

They went downhill after Far Beyond Driven though, some good songs on TGST but after that it was horribe. I saw them live in 2001 and it fucking sucked. Especially live, all the tempos were slowed down, Phil was drunk, overwheight and couldn't sing. I was kind of smiling ironically and made eye contact with Phil, who started to look at me with a tough guy look, saying nothing, the audience waiting and kept sustaining the eye contact until I realized the guy, knowing his past (he was previously one my teenage heroes) was about to come off the stage and beat the shit out of me if I didnt look away. There were "FUQ EUROPE" stickers on their flight cases too. Well, rednecks.

 

Fucking weird. I never heard anything they put out after FBD. I think that was when I transitioned into raverness.

I definitely saw them in their prime and it was something special. The first time was on the VDOP tour with Sepultura. I'll never forget it. We got there late and missed Sepultura. It was by far the largest mosh pit I've ever seen at a show. It literally took over the entire venue. I remember as we entered, there was a kid being carried out with huge, deep gashes across his face (and through an eye) from getting "spiked". It was before they started banning spikes and chains at concerts.

I was like "what the fuck am I about to participate in?".

I remember, in those days at least, a Pantera show was like a rogue state in which pot was legal. People used to throw bags of grass on stage and the band would throw it back at the crowd. Always tons of doobage at a Pantera show. I think at one point they even had a smoking, 5 foot long joint prop they used to bring out. Good times.

That was a seriously HEAVY tour... One of the greatest in hard music history Imo...

Right up their with The Clash Of Titans Tour...

Pantera really struck a chord with people... From what I've seen, slower heavy music tends to bring out the deep fear/aggression in people...

One of my friends in high school saw pantera right before VDP came out. The next day he whipped out a sewing needle and ink and gave himself a tattoo that read "BY DEAMONS" on his arm.

Long live DBD

i rarely listen to metal anymore..

occaisonally i whip out meshuggah..

but i had forgotten about pantera!

i don't care how deep into house

and the avant garde i go, pantera is just great stuff all around.

  On 12/8/2010 at 8:52 PM, jules said:

we have a beautiful photo she took of him that night framed on our living room wall.

Pics or no one will believe you.

P.S. R.I.P. Db.D.

  On 12/9/2010 at 3:57 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 12/8/2010 at 8:52 PM, jules said:

we have a beautiful photo she took of him that night framed on our living room wall.

 

Pics or no one will believe you.

 

P.S. R.I.P. Db.D.

I mean the night we saw damageplan a few days before he was shot. not the night of his murder. I will post it tomorrow anyway.

  On 12/9/2010 at 3:57 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 12/8/2010 at 8:52 PM, jules said:

we have a beautiful photo she took of him that night framed on our living room wall.

 

Pics or no one will believe you.

 

P.S. R.I.P. Db.D.

Picture of a picture , that's so avant garde

  On 12/9/2010 at 4:15 AM, jules said:

  On 12/9/2010 at 3:57 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 12/8/2010 at 8:52 PM, jules said:

we have a beautiful photo she took of him that night framed on our living room wall.

 

Pics or no one will believe you.

 

P.S. R.I.P. Db.D.

 

I mean the night we saw damageplan a few days before he was shot. not the night of his murder. I will post it tomorrow anyway.

No confusion here, your words read proper and sound even as Roasty McToasteD as I am.

FYI I take pictures of pictures all the time with my Polaroid iPhone app while I am riding my fixie. It's no big deal whateva