Amid his newly launched episode of Gibson TV‘s ‘Icon‘ documentary sequence, Pantera bassist/vocalist Rex Brown weighed in on a number of the controversy that has surrounded the groove metallic titans since they hung it up again in 2003.
Amid an unpleasant breakup within the early 2000s, a disagreement between Phil Anselmo and the band’s late brotherly duo of the “Dimebag” Darrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott emerged. That dangerous blood spilled over into the press by way of a 2004 Metallic Hammer interview, during which Anselmo outlined his feud with Dimebag on the time.
Anselmo mentioned of the divide that festered between himself and “Dimebag” within the Xmas 2004 version of that publication:
“…It lies between Dimebag and I. There was by no means some extent when he couldn’t get drunk. Which was just about daily. And now I’m listening to it’s worse than ever.
He would assault me, vocally. And simply realizing that he was a lot smaller than me I may kill him like a fuckin’ piece of vapor, , he would flip into vapor — his chin would, at the very least, if I fuckin’ smacked it. And he is aware of that. The world ought to know that. So bodily, after all, he deserves to be overwhelmed severely.
He would assault me, vocally. And simply realizing that he was a lot smaller than me I may kill him like a fuckin’ piece of vapor, , he would flip into vapor — his chin would, at the very least, if I fuckin’ smacked it. And he is aware of that. The world ought to know that. So bodily, after all, he deserves to be overwhelmed severely.
However after all, that’s legal and I gained’t do such a factor… Actually, I simply let him prattle on. I grew very uninterested in it in a short time, and each time it got here up, prefer it has come up immediately, I simply selected to want them one of the best of luck. And in all honesty I actually want that they might be males, which could be very arduous for them, figuring that they have been dwelling of their mom’s home till they’re 30 years outdated.
As compared, I used to be on the road by alternative on the age of 15, dwelling wherever I may — however dwelling, and efficiently dwelling, by means of my will.”
That interview was performed roughly ten weeks previous to the incident that befell on December 08th of 2004, the place a deranged obvious fan stormed the stage whereas the Abbott brothers have been performing onstage with their post-Pantera outfit Damageplan.
Brandishing a sidearm, the person proceeded to homicide Dimebag onstage in Columbus, OH. The band’s head of safety Jeffrey “Mayhem” Thompson, in addition to a fan and worker of the venue have been additionally murdered by the assailant, with a number of others additionally being wounded earlier than the person was shot useless by a police officer attending the scene.
Whereas there was by no means official proof introduced of the killer’s motivations, Vinnie Paul would go on in charge Anselmo for not directly inflicting the homicide of his brother that evening, seemingly intent that Anselmo feedback and actions within the press helped to encourage the shooter’s actions. As such, Vinnie Paul was extensively reported to have refused all makes an attempt by Anselmo to fix fences within the years up till his personal dying in 2018 as a consequence of coronary heart illness.
In 2014, Vinnie as soon as once more distanced himself from a then constant rumor of Pantera reuniting with Zakk Wylde instead of his late brother. Chatting with Revolvermag.com, Vinnie made clear that there was no method for him to personally ever reconcile with Anselmo, stating to the publication:
“Should you had an ex-wife, and it was a reasonably bitter break up, you won’t ever wish to speak to her once more. Who cares if all people within the household and your folks need you to say howdy once more? It’s your alternative whether or not you wish to do it or not. And I believe lots of people are egocentric. They are saying, ‘Oh, he oughtta simply kiss and make up with Phil and all the pieces will probably be cool. After which they will go get Zakk Wylde and all the pieces’s gonna be nice.’ No, all the pieces’s not gonna be nice.”
In Rex Brown‘s simply premiered ‘Icons‘ episode, Brown weighed in along with his private opinion on the matter, providing:
“[Vinnie] wouldn’t have something to do with Phil—interval. He thought that that was the rationale his brother was useless. I disagree with that. I believe this was a nut that had already been on the market planning and premeditating no matter transfer he was gonna make.”
In the direction of the acrimonious finish of their run, Pantera have been typically seen as having established separate factions, with Anselmo and Brown in a single camp, and the Abbott brothers in one other. As such, Brown additionally spoke within the new documentary of his personal relationship with Vinnie Paul within the post-Pantera years, stating:
“Vinnie and I, we’d trade pleasantries over… Let me simply put it this fashion. I do know he cherished me, and I cherished him. That’s all I have to know.”
The tensions and extensively publicized grudges talked about above are partly why Anselmo and Brown‘s determination to formally reunite as Pantera this yr proved to be controversial to some. The pair may seemingly haven’t discovered higher replacements; Zakk Wylde and Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante have been shut buddies of the departed Abbott brothers.
However given the circumstances surrounding Dimebag‘s homicide and Vinnie Paul‘s long-held beef, the return underneath the Pantera identify, not to mention with out the brothers themselves, rubbed quite a lot of the mistaken method. That mentioned, each the estates of Vinnie Paul and Dimebag have since given their blessing to the Pantera ‘reunion’.
At current, the reconfigured Texan chart-toppers have the next exhibits booked:
12/09 Bogotá, COL – Knotfest Colombia
12/11 Santiago, CHL – Knotfest Chile
12/12 Santiago, CHL – Movistar Area
12/15 São Paulo, BRA – Vibra São Paulo (feat. Judas Priest)
12/18 São Paulo, BRA – Knotfest Brazil
05/26 Sofia, BUL – Armeets Area
05/27 Bucharest, ROM – Metalhead Assembly Open Air Pageant
05/30 Budapest, HUN – Barba Negra
05/31 Vienna, AUT – Gasometer
06/02-04 Nürburg, GER – Rock am Ring
06/02-04 Nuremberg, GER – Rock im Park
06/05 Lodz, POL – Atlas Area
06/08-10 Hyvinkaa, FIN – Rock Fest
06/10 Solvesborg, SWE – Sweden Rock Pageant
06/12 Prague, CZE – O2 Area
06/13 Berlin, GER – Verti Music Corridor
06/15 Copenhagen, DEN – Copenhell
06/21 Hamburg, GER – Edel Optics
06/22-24 Oslo, NOR – Tons Of Rock
07/02 Bologna, ITA – The Return Of The Gods Pageant
08/04 East Rutherford, NJ – Metlife Stadium (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
08/11 Montreal, QC – Stade Olympique (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
08/18 Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
08/25 Los Angeles, CA – Sofi Stadium (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
09/01 Phoenix, AZ – State Farm Stadium (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
11/03 St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Heart (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
11/10 Detroit, MI – Ford Discipline (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
2024:
08/02 Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
08/09 Chicago, IL – Soldier Discipline (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
08/16 Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Financial institution Stadium (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
08/23 Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
08/30 Seattle, WA – Lumen Discipline (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
