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#31
12-09-2004, 10:18 PM
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He made me a music afficionado. So for anyone to desecrate this day in such a way is extra tragic for me personally. It scares me that it may have been intentional. If it was or was not it does not make the tragedy less abominable. But if it was intentional it makes at atrocious beyond expression... I'm always so grateful for the musicians who are willing to make the sacrifices necessary to deliver to Us the music that keeps us ALL going. None of them ever think they are putting their life on the line like this, why would they have until now? Thank you, musicians for what you do. We know you sacrifice a lot to go out there and play for us. I do not take that for granted. I say an extra prayer for your safety today, even though I know that I should not have to. Please, people, peace... 
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12-09-2004, 10:25 PM
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DBD is the metal-head's John Lennon...All one has to do is go to metal music websites to see the outpouring of love & the heartbreak/grief his passing has caused. He was a musician who enjoyed playing music, hanging/partying with fans (He was never above the fans!) more than the whole "I am a rockstar please adore me" attitude. Brian j.
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12-10-2004, 05:45 PM
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I'm really sorry.  One of the other victims is still in critical condition apparently. I hope he'll be okay.
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12-10-2004, 06:12 PM
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I feel for the family of the 23 yr.old fan who was killed while just enjoying a concert. I wonder if the 40yr.old killed (Who was DamagePlan's bodyguard) may have died while trying to unarm that sick #$%^&!!! I have NO SYMPATHY for the gunman, But I feel bad for his family...I just pray his family does not make it publicly known where he will be buried, Cause I can guarantee his grave will probably be desecrated C.F.H. 4 ever!!!! Brian j.
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12-10-2004, 06:50 PM
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 By ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio USA - The man who shot former Pantera guitarist ''Dimebag'' Darrell Abbott and three other men to death at a nightclub was obsessed with the heavy metal band and made bizarre accusations against the group, a one-time friend said. Nathan Gale apparently believed Pantera musicians were trying to steal his identity and the lyrics to songs he had written, former friend Jeramie Brey told The Columbus Dispatch in Friday's editions. Gale, 25, charged the stage Wednesday at a show by Abbott's new band, Damageplan, and gunned down four people including Abbott before a police officer shot him to death. Two others were wounded. Investigators said they may never know Gale's motive. Some witnesses said he yelled accusations that the influential heavy metal guitarist broke up Pantera, but police had not verified those reports. Brey and former friend Dave Johnson said they had become frightened by Gale's behavior and distanced themselves from him several years ago. By that time, Johnson said, Gale had begun talking and laughing to himself and once appeared to be holding an imaginary dog. "He used to be Pantera's No. 1 fan and has liked them for as long as I've known him," Johnson told the newspaper. "After a while something happened. He just kind of snapped. He went from being a cool guy to being a guy you didn't want to be around." Johnson said he met Gale, known as Nate, in the late 1990s through a mutual friend in their hometown of Marysville, about 25 miles northwest of Columbus. They shared a love of rock music, held jam sessions and attended concerts together. Brey recalled that Gale once showed up at his house with some songs he had written, but the words appeared to be copied from Pantera. Gale told Brey he planned to sue Pantera over the lyrics and for stealing his identity. An imposing figure at 6-foot-3, Gale had made people uneasy at a Marysville tattoo parlor, staring and locking them into conversations about heavy metal music. When he played offensive line for the semi-pro Lima Thunder football team, he psyched himself up before games by piping Pantera music into his headphones, coach Mark Green said. "He seemed like a normal guy you would meet any other day," said Anthony Bundy, 20, who lived on the same block as Gale. "He was a keep-to-yourself type of person. He was real quiet." Hours before the shootings, Gale got into an argument with a worker at the tattoo studio over some equipment he wanted the studio to order for him. He later angrily walked out of the shop. The worker, Bo Toler, said he thought Gale had come to the tattoo parlor because he wanted somebody to hang out with. "I just thought he was quiet. I thought he had low-self esteem because of his thick glasses," Toler said. Gale had had minor run-ins with police since 1997 but wasn't considered a troublemaker, authorities said. He served in the Marines in North Carolina until November 2003, when he was discharged after less than half of the typical four-year stint, Marine spokeswoman Gunnery Sgt. Kristine Scarber said. She declined to explain the discharge, citing privacy rules. Gale's mother, Mary Clark, did not return phone messages seeking comment. The violence at the Alrosa Villa club came just after the opening chords by Texas-based Damageplan, the band formed by Abbott and his brother, drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, after they left Pantera. Gale dodged two band members, grabbed Darrell Abbott and shot him at least five times in the head, witnesses and police said. In less than five minutes, Gale had also killed Erin Halk, 29, a club employee who loaded band equipment; fan Nathan Bray, 23; and band bodyguard Jeff Thompson, 40. Two other band employees, tour manager Chris Paluska and drum technician John Brooks, remained hospitalized Friday with bullet wounds. Paluska was listed in serious condition and Brooks in good condition. Vinnie Paul Abbott thanked fans for their support in a statement the band released Friday. "With all his greatness and accomplishments on the guitar, DIME will be missed more for his giving personality, charisma, caring for others, love and most of all his HEART!! Twice as big as the state of TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!!," Abbott said.
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12-10-2004, 11:34 PM
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12-11-2004, 03:06 PM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...ic/4086101.stm
Magazine highlighted band's feud A UK magazine printed an interview two weeks before former Pantera guitarist Darrell Abbott was shot and killed, saying he should be "severely beaten". Metal Hammer published the interview with singer Phil Anselmo, who featured in Pantera with Abbott. Abbott was one of five people killed in Ohio as his band Damageplan performed. A spokesman for publisher Future said it was "really sorry" to hear of the deaths, adding: "We extend our sympathies to the families involved." Abbott, nicknamed "Dimebag", and three others were shot when a man stormed the stage at the Alrosa Villa Club in Columbus and began firing at the band and crowd. Nathan Gale, 25, was then shot and killed by a police officer who arrived shortly after the first shots were fired. The other men killed were named as club employee Erin Halk, 29, fan Nathan Bray, 23, and Jeff Thompson, 40, who was affiliated with the band. Two other people were taken to hospital following the incident but their condition is unknown. Anselmo, who is now lead singer for Superjoint Ritual, was interviewed in the Christmas edition of the magazine, talking about the acrimonious break-up of Pantera. No motive has yet been established for the killings, although Columbus police have said witnesses had described hearing Gale accuse Abbott of being behind the split of Pantera. "He deserves to be beaten severely," Anselmo told the magazine, which is not published in the US. The magazine's cover features Anselmo brandishing two knives at the camera. Pantera were one of the most popular metal bands of the early 1990s, topping the US album charts and getting a Grammy nomination for 1994 release Far Beyond Driven. A spokesman for Future said it had no further comment to make. Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne was one of many in the rock world who paid tribute to Abbott. The Black Sabbath frontman, who often toured with the 38-year-old, said: "I'm absolutely beside myself with grief. "I can't for the life of me understand why someone would do this." What a tough guy Anselmo is huh?  You don't go around making comments like that in public... Hope he's full of remorse.. 
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12-11-2004, 03:52 PM
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"Philip Anselmo's (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, DOWN, ex-PANTERA) friend "J" has posted the following message on the official DOWN forum in regards to the tragic death of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "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 percent 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 ****-talking through the media. There are two people on this board 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 percent 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 'Cowboys From Hell' 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 '****in 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: "'Darrell my brother. The best of the best.' — Philip H Anselmo"
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#39
12-11-2004, 04:10 PM
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Here's a link...
to the interview with Phil that is in question...Makes ya wonder which side of his mouth he is talkin' out of:
http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/f...idx/1/menuid/1 Brian j.
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12-11-2004, 04:18 PM
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I think most artists and many fans, not necessarily just Pantera fans, are searching for answers to this.. It could have happened to any artist on any stage and it's gonna scare a lot of people out of touring in the near future I think. I also think it was just a matter of time before it happened to somebody, somewhere.. The world has gone so crazy and it's no longer safe to bring joy into peoples lives by entertaining.. When I said about it only able to happen in America in an earlier post I meant storming the stage with a gun... The sick minded can strike anywhere... I blame George Harrison's illness and subsequent death on physical stress triggered by the stabbing of him in the UK a few years back (I'm listening to "Your Love Is Forever" by George as I write this actually)..
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12-11-2004, 04:41 PM
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"He would attack me, vocally. And just knowing that he was so much smaller than me I could kill him like a f**kin' piece of vapor, you know, he would turn into vapour — his chin would, at least, if I f**kin' smacked it. And he knows that. The world should know that. So physically, of course, he deserves to be beaten severely." "But of course, that's criminal and I won't do such a thing… Really, I just let him prattle on. "I think I proved clearly to everybody what I was in PANTERA! And what I was was a unique, unbelievably magnetic frontman that had not been around since the days of Robert Plant and Ozzy Osbourne. I am one in a million. . . I have staying power! I have a devoted following that would do anything for me! Anything that I say. And there's not many people that can say that, that are in my position." Quote:
I agree about George...I think the stabbing caused great stress that led to worse. Btw, Axl's band does seem like a "GNR Tribute Band" doesnt it  Brian j.
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12-11-2004, 05:11 PM
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12-11-2004, 05:25 PM
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Below is a link...
for a Guest Book provided by the Dallas Morning News, Just in case anyone wants to sign it in and share their memory of DBD:
http://www.legacy.com/dallasmorningn...rsonID=2905037 Brian j.
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12-11-2004, 08:50 PM
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12-11-2004, 09:02 PM
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 Thanks for notice of my braindead mistake, Corrected it now Brian j.
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