Bad News In Metal

Damn ... my friend Emma told me about that this morning at school, but I thought she was lying, because that's just such a messed-up, freak thing to happen ... but no. Goddamn ... a very sad thing, and so totally senseless.

Cemetary gates :(
 
AnvilSnake said:
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Dude... you just made me cry...
:(
 
sorry my friend... I thought it appropriate to post the image of the one they are branding on the DamagePlan website. it is a sad day. :(
 
VEHEMENCE said:
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Yeah I heard about what happened to Dimebag Darrel, you can read and watch more of it on this link below. Our band Vehemence played at the Al Rosa Villa venue with Decapitated in the summer of 2002, and from what I remember I could step off the stage if I wanted to, you were that close to your fans, they could get close enough to you to flick your ear, or punch your face. Also I remembered that place had no security other than the door guy.

Its unclear still, if this is a conspiracy, or freak psycho incident. I guess this is what happens with rock stars are playing smaller venues; they may think it’s friendly but could lead to many other things like death or assault. I heard the responses from the Howard Stern show.

http://www.nbc4i.com/news/3983630/detail.html

I met him several times, and got the opportunity to hang out with him for some hours and some minutes each time Pantera or Damageplan came through Hollywood, or Phoenix, Arizona. It’s a very sad day in metal. He was a good guy, take it from me. – John from Vehemence
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thanks John..i was gonna IM you about it last night but things got kinda hectic...
anyway i found this in my local paper...they released the name of the shooter..
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RIP Dime
 
Why do people do these things?

These people had hopes, dreams, loved ones and unfinished business, like everyone else. I'm sure none of them were ready to die.

I hope the insignifiant speck that killed them is haunted forever and given the worst sentence. He should be wrapped in wet rawhyde and left in the sun to roast.

-peace to anyone harmed in the shooting
 
Bacchante said:
Why do people do these things?

These people had hopes, dreams, loved ones and unfinished business, like everyone else. I'm sure none of them were ready to die.

I hope the insignifiant speck that killed them is haunted forever and given the worst sentence. He should be wrapped in wet rawhyde and left in the sun to roast.

-peace to anyone harmed in the shooting
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the shooter was killed (not the proper sentence for him)
 
oh, he's dead?

thats unfortunate...I was hoping he would be punished for what he did.
 
This is terrible news. Pantera was one of the first heavy metal bands I got into, and Dimebag still is my favorite guitarists, at least rhythm wise.

I just hope that Phil Anselmo wasn't behind this in some way. I heard today from a friend at work that the motive was that the killer was angry because he thought Dime and Vinnie were responsible for Pantera's breakup.
 
he loved his music, his beer, his converse all-stars, and all of us for the parts we played in his life whether he knew us personally or not. i'm very very saddened :( and anyone who has any crap to say about him will be slapped with a bed of nails. yep. damn.
 
Heavymetal Grandparents WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I heard that “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott was murdered while on stage, all I could think about at the time was then I met him when I was 15 at Zia Records by my house in Phoenix, AZ. I waited some hours to get my poster autographed by all of Pantera, most importantly my favorite metal guitarist of all time. Years later, I had the privilege to talk to him at an adult level about 3 months before this tragedy happened, at the age of 22. With a beer in my hand at the famous Rainbow Room Bar and Grill on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, I ran into Dime by the cigarette machine and asked him if I could speak with him. We talked about a lot of things for about 5 min, like when he played Mesa Amphitheater in Mesa, AZ on The Great Southern Trendkill tour in 1996. He was real responsive and friendly, and I wished him much future success in his new band Damageplan which I was impressed by with the work he did on their debut album New Found Power. When I thought about how we said goodbye, what happened was Dime and I hit both our fists together, and I said, “See ya at the Damageplan show in Tempe, AZ and his typical saying he said to me was “You know it brother,” I basically cried the second I heard the news and reminisced on that great moment.

He was such a down to earth guy, and influenced my life as a guitar player all throughout my teenage years. It was spiritual to get ready for a Pantera concert and to hear the man play live growing up. This affects all the metal communities worldwide, it will affect me for the rest of my life, and he will go down in history as a guitar legend and as a lifestyle. As a musician, I am not afraid when I perform on stage, even if a band doesn’t have any security, there is that sense of decency at least for a human not to harm another human over music. For this person with mental illness or whatever it was that triggered the murder, the stalker like obsession for musicians or any celebrity should be reported immediately to authorities. I don’t think this has ever happened before in the history of music, as far as someone getting on stage and executing someone while they are still handling their instrument. I will never forget this tragic event, to me it hit harder than 9/11.

We dedicated our show to Dimebag Dec 10th, 2004 at The Marquee Theater at the same venue Damageplan performed about a month prior from the show. The show started out as a local metal bands fest, but it was declared a memorial for Dimebag with about 800 in attendance. Channel 5 news did a coverage story about the issue of violence at metal shows with me and some of the Motive members. Our vocalist Nathan Gearhart did guest vocals with a thrash metal band from Phoenix, called Motive, they performed Fucking Hostile by Pantera. R.I.P. Dimebag, shred some licks with Chuck Schuldiner in the spiritual world, and we will meet again. My deepest condolences go to the family and friends of the victims in this berserk asinine shooting. – John from Vehemence
 
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