Dimebag Darrell
Background information
Birth name	Darrell Lance Abbott
Also known as	Diamond Darrell
Born	August 20, 1966(1966-08-20) Arlington, Texas, U.S.
Died	December 8, 2004 (aged 38) Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Genre(s)	Groove metal,Glam metal ,thrash metal ,heavy metal
Occupation(s)	guitarist, Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s)	guitar, Vocals
Years active	1966 - 2004
Label(s)	Atco, Big Vin
Associated acts	Pantera, Damageplan, Rebel Meets Rebel,
Notable instrument(s)
Signature "Dimebag" models issued by Dean and Washburn

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Best known as a founding member of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan, he was also active in country music, notably the project Rebel Meets Rebel. Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers Vinnie Paul ( drums) and Damageplan was an American heavy metal band from Dallas, Texas that formed in 2003 Rebel Meets Rebel was an Outlaw country crossover project with David Allan Coe on vocals and guitar Dimebag Darrell on guitar & back-up vocals Rex Remembered for his amiable nature and rapport with fans, critic Greg Prato ^[1] describes Abbott as "one of the most influential stylists in modern metal. "

Abbott was shot dead while performing with Damageplan on December 8, 2004.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early years 1.2 Pantera 1.3 Other projects 1.4 Death 2 Magazine appearances 3 Influences 4 Discography and Filmography 4.1 Anthrax 4.2 Damageplan 4.3 Dimebag Darrell 4.4 Dimebag Darrell and Doug Pinnick 4.5 Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul 4.6 Drowning Pool 4.7 King Diamond 4.8 Nickelback 4.9 Pantera 4.10 Premenishen 4.11 Rebel Meets Rebel 4.12 Scum Scunge 4.13 Sebastian Bach and Dimebag Darrell 4.14 Tres Diablos 5 References 6 External links

Biography

Early years

He was born to Jerry Abbott, a noted country musician and producer. Jerry Abbott is a Country music Songwriter and Record producer from Pantego Texas. Darrell took up guitar when he was in his early teens, winning a series of local guitar competitions, where in one he was awarded his first Dean (later known as the ML styled guitar. Dean Guitars is a manufacturer of musical instruments covering everything from electric guitars bass guitars acoustic guitars and bluegrass instruments such as the mandolin ) Coincidentally, his father had bought him a cherryburst finish Dean (ML) standard the morning before the competition, so he only had a few hours of playing time on it. These and another contest prize, his first Randall Amplifier, are the two staples of his style and sound. By the age of 16 he had already won all the bass contests in the area of Texas and was barred from entering any further competitions (as he had already won them all), but was asked to return as a judge.

As a child, Abbott became a member of the KISS Army, enlisting with his neighbor and later girlfriend Rita Haney; the first rock concert they attended was a KISS performance. The Kiss Army is the official Fan club for the American rock band Kiss, as well as the unofficial name used to refer to Kiss fans in general

Abbott has stated that his main influences were Ace Frehley of KISS and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen. Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (born April 27 1951 is an American Guitarist best known as an original member and lead guitarist for the rock Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen (born January 26 1955 is a Dutch Guitarist, Keyboardist, Songwriter and producer Van Halen is a Hard rock band formed in in 1972 They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978 He said he would try and mimic what he'd seen from them, which later developed into his own unique signature playing style.

Pantera

Main article: Pantera

Pantera was formed in 1981 with Dimebag's brother Vinnie Paul on drums. Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers Vinnie Paul ( drums) and Vincent Paul "Vinnie" Abbott (born on March 11 1964 in Dallas Texas, U They began in the glam metal style, but afterwards branched out into a more aggressive, hard-edged sound that achieved commercial success and critical acclaim. Glam metal (also known as pop metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States.

The band officially split in 2003 due to conflicts between members, notably singer Phil Anselmo who, in the throes of a heroin addiction, started lashing out at other members. Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmo (born June 30, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American Musician who is best Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative Anselmo left the band for other projects, such as Superjoint Ritual and Down. Superjoint Ritual was a New Orleans metal band formed by Phil Anselmo, Joe Fazzio, and Jimmy Bower in the early 1990s later to be joined Down is an American heavy metal band formed in 1991 in New Orleans, Louisiana. After a year, brothers Vinnie and Dimebag eventually went on to form Damageplan, and Rebel Meets Rebel with country legend David Allan Coe. Damageplan was an American heavy metal band from Dallas, Texas that formed in 2003 Rebel Meets Rebel was an Outlaw country crossover project with David Allan Coe on vocals and guitar Dimebag Darrell on guitar & back-up vocals Rex David Allan Coe (born September 5, 1936 in Akron Ohio) is an American Country music singer who achieved his greatest popularity in the 1970s

Three of Dimebag's solos from Pantera songs ranked among Guitar World magazine's top 100 of all-time: "Walk" (#57), "Cemetery Gates" (#35), and "Floods" (#15). Guitar solos are a melodic passage section or entire piece of music written for an Electric guitar or an Acoustic guitar. Guitar World is a monthly Music Magazine devoted to Guitarists It contains original interviews album and gear "Walk" is one of Texas heavy metal band Pantera 's most popular and influential songs from the 1992 album Vulgar Display of For the Smiths song "Cemetry Gates" see the album The Queen Is Dead " Cemetery Gates' " is a seven minute song " Floods " is a song by heavy metal band Pantera off of 1996 's The Great Southern Trendkill. ^[2]

Other projects

Shortly before singer Phil Anselmo joined Pantera, Abbott was invited to join Dave Mustaine's Megadeth. Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmo (born June 30, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American Musician who is best Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers Vinnie Paul ( drums) and David Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961 in La Mesa, California USA) is the lead/rhythm Guitarist, Songwriter Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder front man guitarist and songwriter Dave Mustaine. According to both Darrell and Mustaine's telling, Darrell was willing to join, but on the condition that Mustaine also hired his drumming brother Vinnie. Mustaine replied that he had already hired a drummer, Nick Menza, so Darrell turned down his offer and stayed with Pantera. Nick Menza (born 23 July, 1968 in Munich Germany) is a Drummer best known for his work in Megadeth.

In 1992 Pantera teamed up with Rob Halford (Of Judas Priest) releasing a track called 'Light Comes Out Of Black'. Dimebag Darrell played all the guitar parts, Rex Brown played all the bass, Vinnie Paul played all the drums, Rob Halford sang lead vocals while Philip Anselmo sang backing vocals. This song was released on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film) soundtrack on July 28th, 1992. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 1992 action - comedy - Horror film about " Valley girl " cheerleader Buffy

In 1997 an Ace Frehley tribute album called Return Of The Comet: A Tribute To Ace Frehley was released. Dimebag and his brother Vinnie Paul cover Ace's song 'Snowblind' on track 7. Dimebag also covered Ace's instrumental song 'Fractured Mirror' but this was not released on this album.

On and off between 1996 and the formation of Damageplan, the Abbott brothers and Pantera Bassist Rex Brown teamed up with country singer David Allan Coe for a project called Rebel Meets Rebel. Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers Vinnie Paul ( drums) and Rex Robert Brown (born July 27, 1964 in Graham Texas) is an American Heavy metal Bassist. David Allan Coe (born September 5, 1936 in Akron Ohio) is an American Country music singer who achieved his greatest popularity in the 1970s Rebel Meets Rebel was an Outlaw country crossover project with David Allan Coe on vocals and guitar Dimebag Darrell on guitar & back-up vocals Rex Vinnie's favorite recorded Dimebag solo is on this album, part of the track "Get Out Of My Life". Vincent Paul "Vinnie" Abbott (born on March 11 1964 in Dallas Texas, U The album was released May 2, 2006 on Vinnie's "Big Vin Records" label. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Dimebag played guest guitar solos on several Anthrax songs from their John Bush era: "King Size" & "Riding Shotgun" from Stomp 442, "Inside Out" & "Born Again Idiot" from Volume 8: The Threat Is Real, "Strap It On" and "Cadillac Rock Box" (with a voice intro from Dimebag as well) from We've Come for You All. Anthrax is a New York City -based heavy metal band that released its first full-length album in 1984 Stomp 442 is the name of the seventh album by American heavy metal band Anthrax. Volume 8 The Threat is Real! is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Anthrax. We've Come for You All is the ninth studio album by the American heavy metal band Anthrax. In a recent interview Anthrax bassist Frank Bello said "Darrell was basically the sixth member of Anthrax". Anthrax is a New York City -based heavy metal band that released its first full-length album in 1984 Frank Bello (born July 9, 1965) is the Bass guitar player for the metal band Anthrax. Anthrax is a New York City -based heavy metal band that released its first full-length album in 1984 Dimebag also performed a solo on the titular track from King Diamond's Voodoo album. King Diamond is the heavy metal band that King Diamond formed after the split up of his First Wave of Black metal band Mercyful Fate. Voodoo is a Concept album by King Diamond. The album was released in 1998 Additionally a sample to a Dimebag guitar solo has been put in the Nickelback song "Side of a Bullet". Nickelback is a Canadian rock band formed in Hanna Alberta by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and then-drummer

Shortly before Abbott's death, he went into the studio with a band named Premenishen to do a guest solo on a track titled "Eyes of the South," which coincidentally is the title of one of the songs featured on the debut album by Anselmo's project Down. The band consists of two of Dimebag's cousins (bassist Heather Manly and guitarist April Adkisson). This song (track 2) can be found on Premenishen's debut album, 'Symphony For The Freaks'.

There was speculation that Abbott and close friend Zakk Wylde would collaborate with Slayer founder Kerry King; however, nothing came of these rumors. Zakk Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt on January 14, 1967 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American musician who Kerry King (born June 3, 1964, in Los Angeles California) is a Guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the Thrash He was also confirmed as one of the original guitar player choices for Liquid Tension Experiment by Mike Portnoy. Liquid Tension Experiment is an instrumental Progressive rock / metal project founded by drummer Mike Portnoy, in 1997 Michael Stephen Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) American Drummer primarily known as the drummer and backing vocalist for the Progressive ^[3]

Abbott's musical roots were in Country Western music; he supported the local music scene in Dallas and would sometimes record with local musicians. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. On December 2, 2006 a rare track of one of his collaborations was discovered. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Abbott sat in on a recording session with local Dallas musician "Throbbin Donnie" Rodd and recorded "Country Western Transvestite Whore". It features Dimebag on lead guitar and lead vocals. ^[4]

Dimebag and his brother Vinnie Paul along with Rex (during the Pantera Era) and Bob Zilla (Damageplan Era) performed at their New Years party every year under the name "Gasoline", which was originally and previously a project involving Dimebag and Vinnie plus Thurber Mingus and Stroker from Pumpjack. Bob Kakaha, known as Bobzilla, was the bass guitarist of Damageplan. Dimebag, Vinnie and Rex also recorded a cover of the ZZ Top song "Heard It on the X" under the band name "Tres Diablos" for ECW wrestling's "Extreme Music" soundtrack. ZZ Top (ˌziːziːˈtɒp is an American rock band formed in late 1969 in Houston Texas.

In 2003 a Dallas band called Scum Scunge released a mini album called Five Bucks Ain't Shit. When they recorded it they were lucky enough to have Dimebag in the studio with them. He played solo's on three of their songs, 'Believe', 'How Many Times' and 'Abuse'. He was credited as Drunkbag on the album.

Death

On December 8, 2004, while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, Abbott was shot and killed onstage by former U. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Damageplan was an American heavy metal band from Dallas, Texas that formed in 2003 The Alrosa Villa, 5055 Sinclair Road Columbus Ohio, United States is a Nightclub that regularly features Heavy metal and other rock Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. S. Marine Nathan Gale. Abbott was shot 3 times in the head, the third time at point blank range, killing him instantly. He was 38 years old.

Three others were killed in the shooting: concert-goer Nathan Bray, age 23 of Columbus; Alrosa Villa roadie Erin Halk, age 29 of northwest Columbus; and Damageplan security chief Jeff "Mayhem" Thompson, age 40 of Texas. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Damageplan's drum technician, John "Kat" Brooks, and tour manager, Chris Paluska, were injured in the rampage. John "Kat" Brooks (born 1971 was a part of the Road crew as a Drum technician for the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan

According to police, Gale fired a total of fifteen shots, taking the time to reload once, remaining silent throughout the shooting. When security staff tried to stop him, Gale fired at them, wounding Paluska, and killing Halk, who had attempted to stop the gunman with a beer bottle as a weapon. Thompson fought with Gale for a short time, stopping him from killing Vinnie Paul Abbott and John Graham, as well as knocking off Gale's glasses (preventing him from seeing Officer Niggemeyer just minutes later), before being fatally wounded by Gale. Audience member Nathan Bray, who jumped onstage to try to give CPR to Dimebag and Thompson, stood up and took a single step towards Gale before being shot once in the chest. Brooks was scuffling with Gale onstage but was overpowered and taken hostage in a headlock position. Brooks was shot several times (once in the right hand, his right leg, and his right side) while attempting to get the gun away from Gale.

Five officers came in the front entrance led by officer Rick Crum, and moved toward the stage. Officer James D. Niggemeyer came in through the back door, behind the stage. Gale only saw the officers in front of the stage; he never saw officer Niggemeyer. When the hostage moved his head, Officer Niggemeyer shot Gale in the face with a police-issued Remington 870 shotgun. The Remington Model 870 is a US -made Pump-action shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms Company Inc Gale was found to have 35 rounds of ammunition remaining. Officer Niggemeyer's shot was as accurate as he could have hoped for, hitting Gale with 8 out of 9 pellets from the shotgun shell.

During the rampage, nurse and audience member Mindy Reece, 28, went to the aid of Abbott. She and another fan administered CPR until paramedics arrived, but were unable to save him.

Following the shooting, Darrell Abbott was buried in a KISS Kasket at the Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Texas. The Kiss Kasket is an item of merchandise licensed by the rock band Kiss. Arlington is a Suburb of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas ( USA) within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area

In May 2005, Officer Niggemeyer testified before the Franklin County grand jury, which is routine procedure in Franklin County after a police shooting. "Testify" redirects here For other uses see Testify (disambiguation and Testimony (disambiguation. Franklin County is a County located in the state of Ohio, United States. In the Common law, a grand jury is a type of Jury which determines whether there is enough evidence for a trial. The grand jury did not indict Niggemeyer, finding that his actions were justified. In the Common law legal system an indictment (ɪnˈdaɪtmənt (in-DITE-mint is a formal accusation of having committed a criminal offense

Niggemeyer received a commendation from the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission for his outstanding police work in time of crisis as well as The National Rifle Association award as 2005 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year. The five other officers that were first on the scene received Ohio distinguished law enforcement medals for their brave work. In 2006 James Niggemeyer penned the foreword to A Vulgar Display Of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa.

Early theories of motive suggested that Gale may have turned to violence in response to the breakup of Pantera, or the public dispute between Abbott and Pantera singer Phil Anselmo, but these were later ruled out by investigators. In law especially Criminal law, a motive is the cause that moves people to induce a certain action Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmo (born June 30, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American Musician who is best ^[5] Another theory was that Gale believed Abbott had stolen a song Gale wrote. In the A Vulgar Display Of Power book, several of Gale's personal writings, given to the author by Gale's mother, show that the motive of Pantera's breakup or the idea of stolen songs is false, and that due to his condition, paranoid schizophrenia, he believed that the band could read his mind, were stealing his thoughts, and laughing at him. A Vulgar Display of Power Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa was written by rock writer and photographer Chris Armold and released by MJS Music Publications in 2007 Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn

Avenged Sevenfold's song 'Betrayed', Nickelback's 'Side of a Bullet', Cross Canadian Ragweed's 'Dimebag', Black Label Society's 'In This River', Kiuas' 'Bleeding Strings', Type O Negative's 'Halloween in Heaven', Machine Head's 'Aesthetics of Hate' and Shinedown's cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Simple Man' were written in dedication of Dimebag, the second featuring a solo taken from old tapes of Dime demos, mixed in with the Nickelback song. Avenged Sevenfold is an American Hard rock band formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach California. Nickelback is a Canadian rock band formed in Hanna Alberta by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and then-drummer " Side of a Bullet " is Nickelback 's seventh and final single from the album All The Right Reasons, as announced on ultimate-guitar Cross Canadian Ragweed is an American Country music quartet The band's name comes from three of the members' last names Grady Cross, Cody Canada Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with seven studio albums released to date " In This River " is a Song by the heavy metal band Black Label Society from their 2005 Album, Mafia. Kiuas is a heavy metal band from Espoo, Finland. Their music has got influences from Power metal, Folk metal and the different styles Type O Negative is a Heavy metal band from Brooklyn, New York City. Machine Head is an American metal band formed in 1992 in Oakland, California. " Aesthetics of Hate " is a song by heavy metal band Machine Head from their sixth studio album The Blackening. Shinedown is an American Hard rock band from Jacksonville Florida formed in 2001 by Brad Stewart, Jasin Todd, and Barry Lynyrd Skynyrd (ˌlɛnɚdˈskɪnɝd is an American Southern rock band A demo version or demo of a song (shortened from the word "demonstration" is one recorded for reference rather than for release

Magazine appearances

Abbott frequently appeared in guitar magazines, both in advertisements for equipment he endorsed and in readers' polls, where he was often included in the top ten metal guitarist spots. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand For the use of the term testimonial in sport (especially Football) see Testimonial match. In addition, Dimebag wrote a long-running Guitar World magazine column, which has been compiled in the book Riffer Madness (ISBN 0-7692-9101-5). Guitar World is a monthly Music Magazine devoted to Guitarists It contains original interviews album and gear Total Guitar frequently featured him and wrote about him in the months leading up to his death. Total Guitar is a monthly Magazine in the United Kingdom. The magazine is the best selling Guitar magazine in Europe. One year after his death, they also made a tribute issue. The January 2008 issue of Metal Hammer was also dedicated to him. In the March 2008 issue of Guitar World Dimebag featured the cover story "Dimebag, The Untold Story," and interviews with Dimebag's then guitar tech's Grady Champion and Rita Haney, and Vinnie Paul Abbott as well as being voted into the Guitar World Hall of Fame.

Influences

Among Dimebag's influences were Ace Frehley, Jimmy Page, Malcolm Young, Jeff Beck, Dave Murray, Janick Gers, Paul Stanley, Tony Iommi, Vinnie Vincent, Keith Richards, Mark St. John, Randy Rhoads, Ted Nugent, Bruce Kulick, Eddie Van Halen, Angus Young, Peter Townshend, Brian May, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Pat Travers. Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (born April 27 1951 is an American Guitarist best known as an original member and lead guitarist for the rock James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer Malcolm Mitchell Young (born January 6 1953) is an Australian Guitarist, best known as a founding member Rhythm guitarist Backing Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, England) is an English Dave Murray (born David Michael Murray on 23 December 1956, Edmonton, London) is an English Guitarist Janick Robert Gers (pronounced YA-nik Gerz (born January 27, 1957 in Hartlepool, England) is one of three current Guitarists Stanley Harvey Eisen (born January 20, 1952, Queens New York) known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American Hard rock Frank Anthony "Iommi (born February 19 1948, in Aston, Birmingham England) is an English Guitarist and Songwriter Vincent John Cusano (born August 6, 1952, in Bridgeport Connecticut) better known as Vinnie Vincent, is a guitarist and songwriter most Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 is an English Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, producer and a founding member of The Rolling Mark Leslie Norton ( February 7, 1956 – April 5, 2007) better known as Mark St Randall William "Randy" Rhoads ( December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American Heavy metal Guitarist Theodore "Ted" Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (aka Bruce Howard Kulick (born on December 12, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Guitarist and a member of the Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen (born January 26 1955 is a Dutch Guitarist, Keyboardist, Songwriter and producer Angus McKinnon Young (born on 31 March 1955 is the lead guitarist songwriter and co-founder of the Australian Hard rock band AC/DC. Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock Guitarist, Singer, Brian Harold May, CBE James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Patrick Henry Travers (born April 12 1954) a native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a guitarist who began his recording career with Dimebag once said in an interview that if there was no Ace Frehley, there would have been no Dimebag Darrell - he even had a tattoo of the KISS guitarist on his chest (in an interview asking why he chose to become a guitar player Dime said that when he was young his father asked him if he wanted a BMX bike or a guitar for his birthday and he chose the BMX but after listening for the first time to a Black Sabbath album he went to his father to try to trade the bike for the guitar). Black Sabbath are an Ace signed the tattoo in pen ink upon meeting him, at Dimebag's request, and then the autograph was painstakingly tattooed over soon after, so as never to be washed off. Eddie Van Halen's black and yellow striped guitar was Dimebag's favorite guitar of all-time, and when Dimebag and Eddie Van Halen met, shortly before Dime's death, he let Eddie know that. That guitar is buried in Dimebag's arms, in his KISS coffin. In addition, he cited many of his contemporaries among his influences, including Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society, Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, Prong's Tommy Victor and Helmet's Page Hamilton. Zakk Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt on January 14, 1967 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American musician who Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with seven studio albums released to date Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. James Alan Hetfield (born August 3, 1963, in Downey California) is the main Songwriter, co-founder vocalist and Rhythm guitarist Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the Lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band Tommy Victor is the lead singer and guitarist for the Crossover thrash / Industrial metal band Prong that he founded in New York in 1986 Helmet is an American Post-hardcore / Alternative metal band formed in New York City by Page Hamilton (vocals/guitar with Page Hamilton (born May 18, 1960 in Portland Oregon) is a Guitarist singer and record producer mostly noted for his work with Alternative He also credits Vito Rulez of Chauncy for convincing him to try Bill Lawrence pickups. According to an interview with Dino Cazares then of Fear Factory Dimebag told him that during the recording of Reinventing the Steel he A/B'd his guitar tone with Dino's (incidentally during the making of Fear Factory's Demanufacture Cazares A/B'd his guitar tone against that of Vulgar Display of Power). Dino Cazares, born September 2nd 1967 in El Centro, CA, was the Guitarist for Los Angeles -based metal / industrial group Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band The band formed in 1989 and have released seven full-length Reinventing the Steel is the last studio album by popular Groove metal band Pantera. Demanufacture is the second Studio album (not including the previous EP Fear Is the Mindkiller) by the Los Angeles Vulgar Display of Power is a Groove metal album by heavy metal band Pantera, released on February 25, 1992.

In the late '80s, around the time of Power Metal, Dimebag often covered songs by guitarist Joe Satriani, such as Crushing Day. This article refers to the 1988 album by Pantera. Power metal is also a style of Heavy metal music. Joseph "Satch" Satriani (born July 15, 1956 in Westbury New York, U He also incorporated elements of Satriani songs like "Echo" into his live solos as well.

Dimebag has stated, in various interviews, that his riffs were largely influenced by Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath. Frank Anthony "Iommi (born February 19 1948, in Aston, Birmingham England) is an English Guitarist and Songwriter Tony also influenced Dimebag's tunings, which often went down to C# or lower. Pantera covered Black Sabbath songs "Planet Caravan", "Paranoid", "Hole In the Sky" and "Electric Funeral. "

He has also cited thrash giants Anthrax, Metallica and, despite a sometimes vicious feud, Megadeth as primary influences. Anthrax is a New York City -based heavy metal band that released its first full-length album in 1984 Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder front man guitarist and songwriter Dave Mustaine. He was also a great fan of Slayer and a good friend of Kerry King. Slayer is an American Thrash metal band founded by Guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King in Kerry King (born June 3, 1964, in Los Angeles California) is a Guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the Thrash Dimebag mentioned in an interview with Guitar World that the clean chord passages in the intro to Cemetery Gates were influenced by the clean chord passages found in much Ty Tabor's, of King's X, material. For the Smiths song "Cemetry Gates" see the album The Queen Is Dead " Cemetery Gates' " is a seven minute song Ty Tabor (born September 17 1961 in Pearl Mississippi) is the lead guitarist songwriter and co-lead vocalist for the Progressive metal band King's X is a critically acclaimed American Hard rock band noted for its sophisticated music that combines progressive metal grunge funk and soul with vocal arrangements Dimebag cited Alice in Chains as his favorite grunge band, and Pantera frequently toured with them. Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle Washington in The first song Dimebag learned was said to be "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple. " Smoke on the Water " is a song by the British Hard rock band Deep Purple. Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968 Dimebag has stated on multiple occasions that ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons' bluesy, soulful playing style has, if subtly, had an influence over him. ZZ Top (ˌziːziːˈtɒp is an American rock band formed in late 1969 in Houston Texas. William Frederick (Billy Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) Nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the Guitarist for

As with Gibbons, Dimebag frequently made use of pentatonic scales and slide guitar in both his leads and rhythms. Both guitarist employ blues scales, start / stop dynamics and pedal tones, as in Dimebag's southern style riff in "The Great Southern Trendkill", and the main riff to ZZ Top's "Tush". Randy Rhoads' style chord arpeggios can be heard in much of Dimebag's playing as well, noted examples being "Floods", "Shedding Skin", "The Sleep", and "This Love".

Darrell was also an avid consumer of alcoholic beverages. He invented a cocktail, known as the "Black Tooth Grin", named after a lyric in the Megadeth song "Sweating Bullets". A cocktail is a style of Mixed drink. Originally a mixture of distilled spirits, Sugar, Water, and Bitters, the word has gradually Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder front man guitarist and songwriter Dave Mustaine. The drink consists of one shot of both "Seagrams 7" and "Crown Royal" whiskey, with a splash of just enough Coca-Cola to darken the whiskey's color. ^[6]

Darrell co-designed a guitar with Dean just months before his death. Called the Razorback, it was a modified version of the ML. The Dean Razorback is an Electric guitar made by Dean Guitars. The Dean ML is an Electric guitar made by Dean Guitars in 1977 along with its counterparts the Dean V, Dean Cadillac and Dean Z. It is more pointed and has extra barbs on the wings. This design spawned variations, such as a 24-fret version, different paint jobs including a flamed maple top with natural finish, EMG pickups, and also helped with the design of the V-shaped version, the Razorback V (lacking the neck-pointing front wing). The Razorback V is an Electric guitar designed by Dean Guitars and Dimebag Darrell in 2004 shortly before his death Dean issued a tribute guitar to honor Darrell's death, featuring the tribute logo on the neck, razor inlay on the 12th fret, and hand-painted rusty-metal graphics. The pickups include a Dimebucker at the Bridge and a standard "zebra" Dean pickup at the neck, the tremolo is a Floyd Rose double-locking, and the knobs are the Dimebag Traction knobs. All of the Dean Razorback guitars feature black hardware, and almost all of them feature 22 frets, a Floyd Rose tremolo, Seymour Duncan pickups (including the SH-13 Dimebucker), and set-neck construction.

Dimebag used his pickups differently, he used the magnets where the low-E string was on the Major-E string because he wanted the sound not to be so shrill, similar to Jimi Hendrix. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter

Discography and Filmography

Anthrax

• Stomp 442 (1995) GUEST ONLY
• Volume 8: The Threat Is Real (1998) GUEST ONLY
• We've Come for You All (2003) GUEST ONLY

Damageplan

• Devastation Sampler (2003)
• New Found Power (2004)

Dimebag Darrell

• Country Western Transvestite Whore (?) ONE SONG ONLY
• Fractured Mirror (Ace Frehley Cover) (?) ONE SONG ONLY

Dimebag Darrell and Doug Pinnick

• Born Under A Bad Sign (Cream Cover) (?) ONE SONG ONLY

Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul

• Return Of The Comet: A Tribute To Ace Frehley (1997) GUESTS

Drowning Pool

• Drowning Pool: Sinema (2002) INTERVIEW and FOOTAGE COMPILER

King Diamond

• Voodoo (1998) GUEST ONLY

Nickelback

• All the Right Reasons (2005) SOLO USED AFTER DIME'S DEATH

Pantera

• Power Metal (1988)
• Cowboys from Hell Demos (1989)
• Cowboys from Hell (1990)
• Cowboys from Hell: The Videos (1991)
• For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow (1992)
• Vulgar Display of Power (1992)
• Vulgar Video (1993)
• Hostile Mixes (1992)
• Walk Biomechanical (1993)
• Walk Cervical (1993)
• Walk (Ep) (1993)
• Walk Live Material (1993)
• Hostile Moments (1994)
• Far Beyond Driven (1994)
• Planet Caravan Part 1 (1994)
• Planet Caravan Part 2 (1994)
• Planet Caravan Limited Tour Edition (1994)
• Planet Caravan (Vinyl) (1994)
• I'm Broken / Slaughtered Part 1 (1994)
• Driven Downunder Tour '94 Souvenir Collection (1994)
• aLIVE and hostile e.p. (1994)
• The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)
• The Singles 1991 - 1996 (1996)
• 3 - Watch It Go (1997)
• Official Live: 101 Proof (1997)
• 3 Vulgar Videos from Hell (2000)
• Reinventing the Steel (2000)
• The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! (2003)
• Reinventing Hell: The Best of Pantera (2003)
• 3 Vulgar Videos From Hell re-release (2006)
• VH1 Behind The Music: Pantera (2006)

Premenishen

• Symphony For The Freaks (200?) GUEST ONLY

Rebel Meets Rebel

• Rebel Meets Rebel (2004)

Scum Scunge

• Five Bucks Ain't Shit (2003) GUEST ON 3 TRACKS

Sebastian Bach and Dimebag Darrell

• Believer (?) GUEST ON RANDY RHOADS TRIBUTE

Tres Diablos

• Heard It on the X (?) ONE SONG ONLY

References

External links

• Official Damageplan website
• Official Pantera website
• Official Rebel Meets Rebel Site
• Tribute Site Great Musician
• Obituary by Sebastian Bach

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