The death of Dimebag Darrell

[Neemo]

Down and Damageplan are awsome IMO....Superjoint is just ok,but I rather have the other two...Pat Lachman is a great vocalist....I was really looking forward to the follow up Damageplan record.

What is it u like about Down?

I though the first album has the most basic guitar work i have ever heard - makes Green Day guitar work look complex.

I like Phils vocals and lyrics firstoff, I like the fact that i got to hear Phil sing a different type of music than scream your guts out pantera. Pepper Keenan kicks ass. The second album, "a bustle in your Hedgerow" is a bit heavier, and its got this cool southern rock feel to it. Also it was written and recorded in a month. Rex also plays on it. Rex wasn't in Down for the first album. The song "Jail" off the first album is wirtten totally by phil. and Stone the Crow is just a cool song.

[Izzy]

Pantera always had a melody to it thati find Down/SJR totally lacks, in all 4 of Phil's albums i didn't find a riff or solo that impressed me at all, whereas Pantera manage to rarely go a song without both

I find Phil's vocals to be ridiculous cookie monster grunting - can't understand a word he says, whereas with Pantera the message is always clear

I will say that Stained Glass Cross from Down II is a superb song, one of the best tracks i have ever heard - only track that i found even remotely memorable

[Mattman]

I actually just got into Pantera the other week.  I heard "Cemetary Gates" and was just blown away - after that I listened to "Cowboys From Hell" and "Walk".  The band really has more melody than I thought they would.

[Buddy J.B.]

i remember hearing  the bad news during my job in the factory i used to have, I was crushed to hear a man that seemed so awesome get brutally murdered in front of his own fans.   Boy, 2004 was a shitty year in my opinion.

[Malcolm]

MTV News spoke with members of some 30 hard rock and metal bands about their memories of late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. They told MTV how much he'd meant to them, they shared fond memories and spoke of the impact he made on their lives and their music. A few excerpts from the article follow:


David Draiman - frontman, DISTURBED: "During our second Ozzfest, we were holed up in Dallas for about two or three days ... hanging out at Dime's place ? it was an eclectic house. There's all kinds of PANTERA memorabilia and Dimebag memorabilia all over the place. But you could never make the mistake of falling asleep at Dime's. He'd wake you up the way he always did: with firecrackers. He'd always set off an entire chain of firecrackers not two inches from my head. One time ... Dime took us to a strip club where we all judged a bikini contest. There was never a wrong time in the day for Dime to hit a strip club. ... Dime was just this character who was very easy to love. He didn't have a bad bone in his body, and was ready to give you the shirt off his back at all times. It was his mission in life to make sure every single moment you spent with him was the best moment of your life. He was selfless."

Zakk Wylde - frontman, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: "Whenever you were around Dime, there was never a boring moment. He was the coolest guy on the planet. He was an even better person than he was a guitar player, if that's even possible. Whenever me and him would hook up, forget about it, bro. We'd always have to have a spare kidney, liver and pancreas on ice."

Chad Kroeger - frontman, NICKELBACK: "The last time I saw Dime, we were on tour in Dallas. He jumped up on our bus and he'd brought me this little tiny miniature guitar. It almost looked like a ukulele. He goes, 'I brought you something.' And I hate when someone gives me a present and I don't have something to give them back. So, that night, we were both getting pretty sloppy, and I go in the back and I grab my favorite leather jacket. I come out and give it to him and he throws it on. I'm like, 'There you go. What do you think?' We were both ecstatic, and I gave him a big old hug. We jumped back into his Escalade, and we're sitting there, talking for a bit. We were passing this bottle of Jack Daniel's back and forth. ... I tell him I love him and to be careful, and he tells me he loves me and to be careful. I gave him a big old hug and went back to my bus. ... That was the last time I saw him, and that's what I'll always remember when I think of Dime. I miss him a lot."

[Malcolm]

Several New York metal bands will be paying tribute to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott on Saturday, December 10 at Wild Spirits in New York City.

Dimebag Tribute NYC will be hosted by Militia from Fuse TV and will feature performances by KEVORKIAN (playing a full set of PANTERA songs), CENTER OF ZERO, PRIAPISM, EDEN A.D. and SWEAR ON YOUR LIFE (featuring Militia).

[Izzy]

I actually just got into Pantera the other week.? I heard "Cemetary Gates" and was just blown away - after that I listened to "Cowboys From Hell" and "Walk".? The band really has more melody than I thought they would.

Check out Hollow - the solo is just haunting. Cemetery Gates and Hollow have such superb lyrics, there really isn't many songs that match.

Dimebag's guitar work is so consistently superb through all their albums, the way he could fuse melody with sheer power is virtually unrivaled, check out his superb solo on Yesterday don't mean shit - damn good stuff

[Neemo]

I actually just got into Pantera the other week.? I heard "Cemetary Gates" and was just blown away - after that I listened to "Cowboys From Hell" and "Walk".? The band really has more melody than I thought they would.

Check out Hollow - the solo is just haunting. Cemetery Gates and Hollow have such superb lyrics, there really isn't many songs that much.

Dimebag's guitar work is so consistently supern through all their albums, the way he could fuse melody with sheer power is virtually unrivaled, check out his superb solo on Yesterday don't mean shit - damn good stuff

Floods!!!!!! and shedding skin and revolution is my name

[F*ck Fear]

I'm listening to Hollow right now....I don't want Thursday to come...I want last December to not even have happened.
Still feels like yesterday I was talking to the guy.

[Malcolm]

[Neemo]

 

Let's keep it going

[Malcolm]

I think these pictures say it all right here..Thanks for all the memories and kick-ass tunes man

[Neemo]

Here's some old school "Diamond Darrell"



good words malcolm, good words

Here's to you Dime

[F*ck Fear]

[Dead N' Bloated]

I cant believe its been a year already. My love to Vince and His family for the Loss of a Great Guitarist and a Beautiful Human Being.

Rock in Peace Dime.

[F*ck Fear]

To all those lost in the tragedy one year ago,you all are missed...R.I.P

[kupirock]

more pics > http://www.downboard.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2805

[Mr. Dick Purple]

One year of the lost of this man, I wasn't a Pantera fan but I do like a couple of songs and they are pretty cool.
Anyway RIP Dime 

[Malcolm]

[Malcolm]

MTVNews.com reports: December 8 marks the one-year anniversary of one of the most grim and bizarre tragedies in music history ? the onstage shooting death of PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. In the past year, friends and fans have talked at length about Dime's influence and spirit, but the man who knew him best ? his brother and bandmate Vinnie Paul ? has been largely silent. Recently, however, Vinnie sat down with MTV News' Robert Mancini for his first on-camera interview since losing his brother. He recalled a different side of a true metal giant, and helped to remember the talent and the kindness that was Dime as fans mark the anniversary of his death. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

MTV: A lot of folks, the first image that they get of Dimebag is of this really open and good-natured guy who's always up for a party, but he really took music seriously too and was very much a student of his craft, right?

Paul: He was a perfectionist. I know because I was in the studio with him every record we made, I co-produced all the records with Terry Date. He was like, "Man, I've done a thousand bands and I've never seen anybody like your brother sit there and want to get the guitar as hot as it gets, take 20 leads and decide, 'You know what? All those suck. Let's start over and go again.' " He just was a perfectionist, and he was never afraid to experiment. That's something that always blew my mind. You know a lot of people learn certain places on the neck or certain things, and he was really great at accepting other people's ideas. He never said, "Naw, this is my way. This is the way I'm gonna do it." He'd say, "Aw, OK, let me try it, let me see if I could do it the way you're talking about." And a lot of magic came from that, you know, because he just was never afraid to try other things. He was never afraid of people making fun of him, and he wasn't afraid to fail. He would go for it, and if it didn't work, he was the first person that knew.

MTV: That's what you hear so much about him ? you hear a lot about that spirit and that energy. And it's so evident in the scope of the reaction to his death and the number of people who say he impacted them.

Paul: It was heartwarming to see all the people that really respected everything he did, all the people that he touched, in particular the bands that toured with us. So many of them learned to have a good time on the road from him and from our family and everything we did on the road, and he truly touched millions and millions and millions of people and he will continue to forever.

MTV: It's also remarkable how many fans he had direct interaction with, and how many people were connected to him that way. What was it like to see that on the road, to watch him with the fans?

Paul: He never turned a fan down. He knew the minute he came off that bus everybody expected the wild and crazy Dime that they saw in the videos, that they saw onstage, that they came to see, you know? I remember the night before this horrible stuff happened we played in Buffalo, New York, and me and Dime loved gambling. Anytime there was a casino, we wanted to go gamble. And we got on the bus after we did everything with the fans and everything and I said, "Hey, man, let's go to Niagara Falls. Let's go gambling." And he's like, "Man, I'm smoked. I've gotta go to bed. I just gotta rest up, we've got these last two shows. I'll catch you tomorrow." I'm like, "OK." So we take off, we go to the casino, we're having a blast and all that. About two hours later the bus comes to pick us up, and I hop on and there's Dime in the front lounging with seven or eight fans, and they're all doing shots. And I'm like, "I thought you were smoked, man, and going to bed." He goes, "I couldn't let these people down, man. They wanted to f---ing party, so I brought them on the bus." That's how he was, man, he never came first. He was exactly what people thought he was and then some.

MTV: This whole thing must be such a long and difficult process. What was the key thing that you needed to go through to make this a little easier to even just start talking about it?

Paul: Time. That's all it is ... time, man. And it still feels like it's a couple days before December 8 last year. I mean, I've never had a year in my life go by this fast where it just felt like it was null, empty, unproductive, no goals, no future and just unimaginable sadness, you know? I've just had a lot of amazing friends and the support from all the fans, and that's been a big help. That's been a big help, so somehow or another we'll make it through this. I'm going to do everything I can to ensure that Dime's legacy lives on as long as it can, and at some point I'll get on with doing my thing too.

MTV: Is there a thought that sticks with you more than anything else? Not necessarily a memory of him, but sometimes when you go through something like this, something will run over and over in your head.

Paul: Probably the truest phrase that anyone came up with was [Dean Guitars founder] Dean Zelinksy, whom he had an amazing relationship with ? Dean did all his guitars. He said, "He came to rock, and he rocked like no other." And that's all there is to it, man. That puts a smile on my face every time I hear it because it's true. No truer words were ever spoken.