Pantera fans??

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edit: Also I feel the responsibility to make note of the fact that it's idiotic for anyone to think that Pantera's fanbase is mainly made up of rednecks. I've known a lot of Pantera fans in my life... and I don't think I've ever met a redneck. My name may be SouthernTrendkill but I've never been to the south, I just love that album to fucking death. You know that image you get in your head of a band's archetypal fan whenever you hear that band mentioned? Yeah... just because that image pops in your head doesn't mean that their fans are actually like that. Pantera's fans are rednecks like Burzum's fans ae church burning odalists and Snoop Dogg's fans are black gangsters. All the Pantera fans I've met have been long haired thrashers. But maybe your definition of redneck is different form mine; do Slayer fans count as rednecks?
I see a few Pantera rednecks. But not much. I agree that most Pantera fans though are either
A. metal fan
or
B. someone who isn't really much into metal much
 
I hated them before he died, so w/e to all of that above. When I was around 13 I heard everything up to the newest one which was 'Trendkill' and I grew very much out of it as soon as I discovered more music on the Internet. There is nothing I really like or relate to in their music whatsoever, maybe something like 'Floods' if I was pressed to name something but as a whole they are just banal.
 
I got into them when Cowboys From Hell came out after hearing Primal Concrete Sledge on the radio. I ended up swapping that album for Symphonies of Sickness because the rest of the album pretty much sucked. I thought Vulgar Display and Far Beyond Driven were great albums when they came out, but they had a sound that got old pretty fast.
 
Pantera really is one of those "gateway" metal bands. If you never move deeper into metal you are going to find them [brutal] forever. If you do move deeper into metal they do get dull and boring on the whole.
 
As long as you like Pantera's riffs you should be a fan for life. So what if they're not the most brutal band, they made very good riffs and solos and that's what makes music.
 
I think it's annoying as hell to argue about how Pantera suck on a metal board. They weren't bad at all on a large scale. It's just fucking small cock internet tough guy shit to imply that they were the worst band ever now that their guitarist is dead.
DOT

they are THE reason i got into metal and i still listen to Pantera to this day (not often tbh but i still do)
 
I actually do think they're terrible, and every single person that I've ever seen with a Pantera shirt is a total redneck. They definitely aren't the worst band I've ever heard, but I can't see any redeeming qualities in their music.
 
@ Omni, i think it really depends on how long you've been listening to metal to begin with. For a person that just recently got into metal and strictly likes brutaldeath/BM they will probably dismiss Pantera because they are not heavy enough etc. But calling them terrible is ridiculous considering Cowboys From Hell is one of the best Thrash(yes with groove elements) albums of all time.
 
I actually do think they're terrible, and every single person that I've ever seen with a Pantera shirt is a total redneck. They definitely aren't the worst band I've ever heard, but I can't see any redeeming qualities in their music.

They definitely aren't the most technically proficient band or aynthing, but they have a lot of emotion to their music IMO. Listening to something like Vulgar Display of Power, just makes me want to fucking headbang.

And I am not a redneck :V
 
But calling them terrible is ridiculous considering Cowboys From Hell is one of the best Thrash(yes with groove elements) albums of all time.

What do you know? My opinion is different than yours? Unheard of! You think it's one of the best albums ever, I don't. Opinions are cool. Me having an opinion that differs from yours does not make my opinion ridiculous.
 
What do you know? My opinion is different than yours? Unheard of! You think it's one of the best albums ever, I don't. Opinions are cool. Me having an opinion that differs from yours does not make my opinion ridiculous.
Congratulations. I think you have posted something simlilar to this 85108369 times before.
 
I was just pointing out that perhaps your typical perception was not correct.

I've never seen you before, so not really. ;)

Congratulations. I think you have posted something simlilar to this 85108369 times before.

I'm just glad that for once you didn't attack me and try to call me a troll for posting about not liking a band that you like, since you post about not liking bands all the time. But unlike you, I actually explain why I don't like bands instead of just saying they suck.
 
What do you know? My opinion is different than yours? Unheard of! You think it's one of the best albums ever, I don't. Opinions are cool. Me having an opinion that differs from yours does not make my opinion ridiculous.

Tbh, this may be true, but it's still not cool to make generalizations.
 
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