a guy that phil obviously trusts has shed some light on the whole situation,if might ease the pain a just a little for all u dimebag fans
the picture is just perfrect.
the picture is just perfrect.
vinnieanddime.com,phils statement dimebag was best of the best.
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Jono
Hail Satan!
I Don't Die
Soldier Of Metal
Listening to 'Floods' Looking at that pic of Phil & Dime, reading it......Shit i'm crying again 
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 4:01 am Post subject: Message from Philip
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I don't have a big official statement. I do have a lot of inside knowledge on the Pantera feud from Philip's side and tonight he gave me the green light to let everyone else in on what I know. He trusts me to do this, and I take 100% responsibility for anything that is inaccurate, but I'm confident you all know I'm not going to touch on this subject unless it's from the heart. He didn't even give me any specifics except for the final part of this post... he just wants me to tell people what I know to be true.
Philip loved Darrell like a brother, always. They accomplished things together that most wouldn't even dare to dream. None of us can know what it's like to be riding such a big machine, it changes the face of music and brings joy millions of people's lives around the globe. The rewards are big, but the stress is unimaginable if things don't go perfectly. Yes Pantera broke up and there was a lot of shit talking through the media. There are two people on this board (WOLVIE and NGJ) who would periodically ask me about what's going to happen with Pantera in the future. I told them each time that I don't know when, but I'm 100% sure that we will see Pantera together again. I told them that when Pantera does get back together, you will know somebody who never lost faith, not for a second. Why did I tell them this? Because I know Philip loves those guys and when he was ready, he would reach out to them and try to make it work again. I had the feeling that one morning (afternoon maybe), all the CFH boys would just roll out of the rack and say "let's go!".
Of all the time I've spent with Rex and Philip, I never badgered them about Pantera, but the subject did come up every once in a while. As for Rex, he would refer to the state of things simply as "silly nonsense". All I ever got out of Philip was something like "nyaaaa... I just don't feel like sitting down and writing Pantera riffs right now."... and that's it! No crazy accusations, name calling, or carrying on. As a matter of fact, in the middle of all the heat, Philip described Vinnie as "the perfect drummer" and that Vinnie could drum more perfect than a drum machine if he so chose. What he said of Dime, he also repeated tonight. "The best of the best".
It's sad that the media would irritate the situation so much. Countless times, Kate and I would listen in on Phil doing interviews. Always, always, always, the jackals wanted Pantera dirt. Sometimes Philip would give it to them, sometimes he would not. However every single time I was there, he expressed his love for, and wished luck to Vinnie and Dime but that was somehow left out of the final print more times than not. I was at Philip's house a few weeks ago and I informed him that I handle the Official Pantera site now, and he asked me if I talked to Dime. I said "No, when was the last time YOU talked to him?" with a sigh, he said "three years". Not a "fuckin right 3 years" not a "yeah three years and it's gonna be three more"... but the dude was genuinely disappointed about the situation. I could tell... the time to patch things up was drawing near.
There's more I want to share, but it's almost 5AM right now, and I just managed to hold myself together long enough to get that out.
Philip isn't hiding out or waiting for the right moment to speak, he's in Texas right now searching for answers to this tragedy the best he can. There was one thing he asked of me, that I humbly bring to you all:
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 4:01 am Post subject: Message from Philip
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I don't have a big official statement. I do have a lot of inside knowledge on the Pantera feud from Philip's side and tonight he gave me the green light to let everyone else in on what I know. He trusts me to do this, and I take 100% responsibility for anything that is inaccurate, but I'm confident you all know I'm not going to touch on this subject unless it's from the heart. He didn't even give me any specifics except for the final part of this post... he just wants me to tell people what I know to be true.
Philip loved Darrell like a brother, always. They accomplished things together that most wouldn't even dare to dream. None of us can know what it's like to be riding such a big machine, it changes the face of music and brings joy millions of people's lives around the globe. The rewards are big, but the stress is unimaginable if things don't go perfectly. Yes Pantera broke up and there was a lot of shit talking through the media. There are two people on this board (WOLVIE and NGJ) who would periodically ask me about what's going to happen with Pantera in the future. I told them each time that I don't know when, but I'm 100% sure that we will see Pantera together again. I told them that when Pantera does get back together, you will know somebody who never lost faith, not for a second. Why did I tell them this? Because I know Philip loves those guys and when he was ready, he would reach out to them and try to make it work again. I had the feeling that one morning (afternoon maybe), all the CFH boys would just roll out of the rack and say "let's go!".
Of all the time I've spent with Rex and Philip, I never badgered them about Pantera, but the subject did come up every once in a while. As for Rex, he would refer to the state of things simply as "silly nonsense". All I ever got out of Philip was something like "nyaaaa... I just don't feel like sitting down and writing Pantera riffs right now."... and that's it! No crazy accusations, name calling, or carrying on. As a matter of fact, in the middle of all the heat, Philip described Vinnie as "the perfect drummer" and that Vinnie could drum more perfect than a drum machine if he so chose. What he said of Dime, he also repeated tonight. "The best of the best".
It's sad that the media would irritate the situation so much. Countless times, Kate and I would listen in on Phil doing interviews. Always, always, always, the jackals wanted Pantera dirt. Sometimes Philip would give it to them, sometimes he would not. However every single time I was there, he expressed his love for, and wished luck to Vinnie and Dime but that was somehow left out of the final print more times than not. I was at Philip's house a few weeks ago and I informed him that I handle the Official Pantera site now, and he asked me if I talked to Dime. I said "No, when was the last time YOU talked to him?" with a sigh, he said "three years". Not a "fuckin right 3 years" not a "yeah three years and it's gonna be three more"... but the dude was genuinely disappointed about the situation. I could tell... the time to patch things up was drawing near.
There's more I want to share, but it's almost 5AM right now, and I just managed to hold myself together long enough to get that out.
Philip isn't hiding out or waiting for the right moment to speak, he's in Texas right now searching for answers to this tragedy the best he can. There was one thing he asked of me, that I humbly bring to you all:
Good to finally hear something from Phil. I think we all wanted to hear that there wasn't going to be any more ill words towards Dime. All is fun and games in media hype and publicity, but it sucks when you don't have the opportunity to go back and mend. Unfortunately Phil will have to live with that regret for the rest of his life. Perhaps he didn't really mean the things he did say. So very sad to be him right now. "Regret"
johnny5
It's a bear! A HUGE bear!
i think i can understand where phil is coming from in a way. i had a big fight with my sister about two and a half years ago and we haven't spoken since. we were pretty close and it hurt both of us. i know one day we will patch things up, she said some pretty mean things to my wife and accused her of keeping me from my family which is the farthest thing from the truth. i know we both made mistakes and some day we will make up for them. i think the same thing happened with phil. he knows things went sour and one day he planned on making it right again, but unfortunately it can't happen now. phil is a complicated person and can be portrayed in the media as a real hardass sometimes, but the fact is he's still a person with feelings and emotions and maybe he just let his emotions get the best of him for a while. i don't know any of the guys personally, so i don't know anythign for sure. that's just my $.02.
Born Again Idiot
668-Neighbor Of The BEAST
I think the thing that really hurts the most is that it really sounds like Phil was starting to think about doing something again with the rest of the guys. I don't think a reformation of Pantera now would ever be the same without Dimebag.
Personally, I hope they don't even bother. Not now anyway. Last week I would have said "YES - get those fuckers back together!" But I think I speak for many when I say that getting back together and finding someone to take Dime's place would be a waste of time.SDSwami said:
