[Flipside]

For those of you that remember him, he was the guitarist for Pantera.

Last night, someone climbed up on stage where he was playing, complained at the fact Pantera had broken up and then proceeded to shoot Dimebag and 5 other people before being killed by Police....

Still trying to get more details....

[aldo_14]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4081073.stm

BBC story.

[Flipside]

Thanks

Did you know it was the Pantera song 'Mouth for War' that helped inspire the original Doom game from ID? It's the first Midi tune that plays in-game.

So he complains about Pantera breaking up and then proceeds to make sure they will never ever reform. Why does this guy remind me of the one who shot John Lennon (I always refuse to use his name because that was why he shot JL, to be famous, no other reason)..

[Unknown Target]

Uh...who shot John Lennon?

EDIT: And it serves that guy right that he got shot, after what he did (the shooter, not the band member).

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
Uh...who shot John Lennon?
 

A nutcase.

Anniversary was yesterday, actually.

[Thorn]

Couple other links. I thought it was a joke when I first read it. I just didnt believe it.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2004/12/09/damageplan-shooting041209.html

Guitarist among 4 killed in club shooting
Last Updated Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:02:44 EST

COLUMBUS, OHIO - A man opened fire in an Ohio nightclub Wednesday night, killing a heavy metal guitarist and three others before a police officer shot him to death.

The unidentified man climbed onto the stage at the Alrosa Villa just as the band Damageplan was opening its show, firing several shots at guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott.

The gunman also killed a club bouncer and two other people before a police officer arriving at the scene shot and killed him.

Two other people were wounded as the man fired into the crowd before police arrived.

Abbott's brother Vinnie Paul Abbott is the drummer for Damageplan and was also on stage Wednesday night.

Both men were original members of pioneer thrash band Pantera when it recorded four albums between 1990 and 1996, including Far Beyond Driven, which debuted at No. 1 in 1994.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/09/obit.dimebag.ap/index.html

'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott killed at 38
Guitarist considered a leading light of metal

Thursday, December 9, 2004 Posted: 1:26 PM EST (1826 GMT)
   
(AP) -- "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, who was fatally shot during a performance, was a frenetic, ear-shattering guitarist whose riffs for Pantera and more recently Damageplan were a staple of heavy metal music. He was 38.

Abbott was shot to death as he took the stage Wednesday with Damageplan and began to play the first song of the concert at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio.

Three other people also were fatally shot before a police officer shot to death the gunman.

The deaths shook the heavy metal music industry as colleagues reeled from the news and fans flooded Web sites to share their grief.

"This is insane and this is beyond travesty," Killswitch Engage frontman and former Damageplan tour partner Howard Jones told MTV. "This is beyond anything I've ever heard. This shouldn't happen in or outside of the rock and metal community. He will be missed and mourned as a person, as a musician, and as a friend."

Rob Blasko Nicholson, the former Ozzy Osbourne bassist, told the music channel Abbott was a legend.

"I'm speechless," he said. "This is totally unreal."

"When you think of '90s heavy metal or hard rock, Pantera is one of these seminal bands. They are quoted today as influences by many bands," said Tom Calderone, MTV's executive vice president. "Hard rock has lost a legendary guitar player."

Abbott and his brother, former Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul, produced Damageplan's debut album, "New Found Power," which was released in February. Other band members are vocalist Patrick Lachman and bassist Bob Zilla.

"Damageplan carries on the tradition Pantera started, the ... hell-raising tradition we were all about," Vinnie Paul Abbott told The Dallas Morning News in October. "We do play some Pantera songs. Me and Dime wrote them, and we feel like we have the right to play them. But the focus is on Damageplan."

Born on August 20, 1966, in Dallas, Darrell Abbott and his brother were introduced to music by their father, country songwriter Jerry Abbott, who owned a recording studio. Although Abbott grew up around country music, he often said he gravitated toward rock music and was influenced by the likes of Tony Iommi, Ace Frehley, Eddie Van Halen and the late Randy Rhodes.

The Abbott brothers and bassist Rex Rocker formed Pantera in 1982. Then Abbott went by the name "Diamond Darrell." Abbott later began to use "Dimebag" and was often referred to as "Dime" by fans and friends.

Pantera's early music leaned more toward hard rock. Joined in 1987 by singer Phil Anselmo, the band began to develop a heavier sound. After releasing a few independent albums, Pantera signed with Atlantic Records in 1990. It was also the period when Abbott came into his own as a guitar player, developing his heavy, frenetic sound that can first be heard on the 1990 album "Cowboys from Hell" and on the 1992 standout "Vulgar Display of Power." It was followed up by 1994's "Far Beyond Driven."

Pantera's manager Kim Zide-Davis, who worked with Abbott 1994 to 2003, was overwhelmed by the news of his death. She told the AP she often told the guitarist he was "a living cartoon character."

"He would do things that you wouldn't believe a real person was capable of," she said.

She said there was a sweet and caring side of Abbott that many people never saw.

"Everything you saw from him was real. That was who he was," she said. "He lived and unfortunately died by his guitar. What you saw on stage was his enjoyment."

Abbott and his brother left Pantera in 2003 and formed Damageplan. In recent years, he also made recording appearances on Nickleback's "The Long Road" and with one of his influences, KISS' Ace Frehley.

Dozens of messages were posted to the Dallas band's Web site after the shootings.

"This is the worst day in metal history," one posting read.

"The metal world feels your pain," another wrote.

[01010]

I read this too today.

Why the **** is it the the ****ing psychopaths have to target musicians that are ****ing talented. Mother****er. I tell you, next time target the singer of creed or some of Busted or Westlife for ****s sake and do us all a favour.

At least he died onstage doing what he loved, that's how I'd want to go.

[phreak]

RIP Dimebag

i wish i had a pantera shirt to wear to school tomorrow

[01010]

In all fairness, I've never been a huge Pantera fan, however, Dimebag was such a good guitarist that it is impossible for me not to be affected by this, the guy was a legend and will always remain that way now.

[phreak]

apparently the guy took vinnie paul hostage and was about to kill him before the cop shot the dickwad.

[pyro-manic]

I can't find the words to express how I feel about this, so I won't try.

Dimebag was possibly the guitarist of the 1990s, at a time when heavy metal was hugely unfashionable. The influence of Pantera cannot be underestimated when looking at the contemporary metal scene today. He will be hugely missed, and his loss is a terrible blow to alternative music.

My thoughts are with his family, his bandmates and especially Vinnie Paul. I can't even begin to imagine how he must feel, having seen his brother murdered in front of him.

EDIT: I wish the guy hadn't been shot by the cop - he'll never have to face up to the misery he's caused now...

[demon442]

Pantera shaped who I am today, they were the first band I ever really got into.  Im speachless...


RIP Dimebag

[01010]

Originally posted by pyro-manic

EDIT: I wish the guy hadn't been shot by the cop - he'll never have to face up to the misery he's caused now...

I agree, however, we might be missing Vinnie too had it not been for that cop. It's a double edged sword. I feel Pantera fans may have their way with his corpse though from some of the message board posting I've witnessed.

[Flipside]

It was Dimebag Darrell and Pantera that led me into the world of Drop-D tuning....... many many years ago

[phreak]

well it was eddie van halen, dime, and zakk wylde that started doing drop-d .

i can probably get a few friends together and record mouth for war since i can do the rhythm parts.  except for the lack of a bassist

[Thrilla]

Yeah, it was pretty shocking to here.  It really hit home too, because he is from where I live and used to be a usual customer to the bar down the street.  We will definately miss him.  It also shows that the next day isn't always coming.

[Knight Templar]

Heard about it this morning on the tele. God that's ****ed up.

[Andreas]

I just read about this in the morning papers, seriously f****** up.