Here's a project I thought of more as a tribute to the man, a short story anthology which has talented writers in horror and other fiction which the writers have Pantera or Damage Plan as an influence on them. This will include bands or musicians who met Dimebag over the years and they can share their short stories and essays. The word counts that I am considering for this would be 2400 up to 9900 words.
Still want to wait until I get an email back from their label before I go ahead and get this done, but I emailed the editor of Unspeakable Press and CyberPulp Books for the idea and they are game for it. Now it is just getting the writers involved with the project. The contributing authors wearing either Pantera, Dimebag memorial, or Damageplan shirts with their photos. The back cover will have all the authors on the back of it along with scrapbook pictures of fans taken with Darrell. There won't be a deadline with the project but I am trying to get a few websites involved with the idea of this one.
I was deeply saddened by the death of Dimebag, and inspired at the same time hoping that the fans and friends can have something in his memory. I am hoping Vinnie Paul would be game about this too in fact if I do get the goahead with this, I want him to write the introduction and Scott to write the afterward. How many of you would be willing to do something like this, it would be cool to see some of the artists from the Pantera albums get involved with this one too. I will open the submissions for this some time Feburary and the deadline will be September 20, 2005.
If you guys want to get this ahead of time more as for his birthday, let me know. You guys want to do this, let me know -- it is something I felt can be a last gift to Dimebag. As a way to thank him for contributing to the heavy metal community.
I don't understand people and I never will. Music is suppose to bring people together. Not KILL each other!!! What the FUCK!!!!!! Dime was my GOD! I play lead guitar and I looked up to this guy like a higher power. I met him once at a signing and he was the coolest guy in the world. I was wearing my Anthrax Sound of White Noise shirt and the first thing he said was "Cool shirt man! I love Anthrax!" He was so cool to me. I almost cried when I heard this and I don't even know the guy. Today I ran out and bought Damage Plan and it Rocks!!!! It made me so mad becuase he had plans to go back in the studio and now we will never be blessed with his music again. What is happening to the human race??????? He is the Jimi Hendrix of Metal.
