bisqit999 0 #1 December 9, 2004 I just heard on the radio that Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed.....anyone else hear this or have any info?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 December 9, 2004 If that's true, that really sucks. I couldn't find anything and I checked a handful of major news sources in DFW...their web source, though. It may not have been updated on the web yet.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBS 0 #3 December 9, 2004 Found this... http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/news/3983737/detail.html -S_____________ I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slowfaller 0 #4 December 9, 2004 Link Chris --"Someday you will die and somehow somethings going to steal your carbon" -MM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #5 December 9, 2004 Well, that would be why it wasn't on any DFW outlets, it didn't happen there. That's what I get for assuming he'd still be in the DFW area after Pantera split ways. Man, that sucks he was one badass guitar player.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bisqit999 0 #6 December 9, 2004 He was awesome...I just heard on the radio that Dimebag was one of the victims. THAT SUCKS!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BGill 0 #7 December 9, 2004 fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck dimebag was fuckin awesome. ive had a poster of him i ripped out of guitar world for like the last 5 years. definitely one badass soloist. damn man, no more dimebag. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kbone 0 #8 December 9, 2004 That is fucking sick! I can't believe someone jumped up on stage and shot him! It sounds like someone killed the gunman afterwards which is awesome! Street justice!! I am in total shock. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kbone 0 #9 December 9, 2004 The news has also been posted on MTV.com and VH1.com as well. I didn't believe it at first. I was hoping that it was a mistake. Dimebag was a guitar legend and really influenced metal in the 90's with Pantera. Nobody could do rhythm guitar and lead guitar as good as him. He will be missed. "Vulgar Display of Power" was one of the best metal albums of all time. I am so mad at Phil Anselmo for not doing another Pantera record. Maybe if he had, this whole disaster would have been averted. They would be playing for thousands of people in arenas with tight security instead of these shitty nightclubs with no security! Music has lost a legend! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyRamone 0 #10 December 9, 2004 I am so mad at Phil Anselmo for not doing another Pantera record. Maybe if he had, this whole disaster would have been averted. They would be playing for thousands of people in arenas with tight security instead of these shitty nightclubs with no security! *** You can not blame Phil, blame the wack job that shot him, it has nothing to do with the band breaking up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #11 December 9, 2004 wow that totally sucks!! WTF???My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kbone 0 #12 December 9, 2004 The rumor is that singer Pat Lachman was the other band member murdered in the incident. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallen1979 0 #13 December 9, 2004 I just found this out this morning when logging into AOL. I heard it on the news, but they had not disclosed what members of the band were effected. Pantera was my favorite band when I was younger I saw them about 8 times... Darrel was a phenominal guitar player this is a true loss to the rock world. Unfortunatly I have been out of the loop, when did Pantera break up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #14 December 9, 2004 There's some crazy bastards over there in Columbus.... More Newsit's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #15 December 9, 2004 Yeah.. details have came out already about the police. He was'nt event security, he just happened to be less then a few blocks away when a 911 call came in. He shot the shooter with his shotgun just after the shooter finished putting a new clip in the pistol. Some of the reports this morning put the shooter as holding a hostage at the time he was shot to death. Shooter was identified as being a 25 year old male from Marysville.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #16 December 9, 2004 Here's the story from CNN.com: COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNN) -- A gunman stormed the stage during a heavy metal concert in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday night, firing at the band and audience and killing four people before a police officer shot and killed him, according to police. One of the dead was guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. The gunman also wounded two people. The man was "targeting members in the band," Columbus police Sgt. Brent Mull said. Before the gunman was shot, police said, he grabbed a hostage and fired into the crowd. It was not clear what happened to the hostage. The attack came shortly after the band, Damageplan, began its performance at the Alrosa Villa nightclub on Columbus' north end. One of the wounded is in critical condition, and the other is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Two others were injured in the incident and treated at the scene, although the nature of their injuries was not clear. According to witnesses, the gunman initially shot the band's guitarist, Dimebag Darrell. Darrell, 38, and his brother, Vinnie Paul, 40, formed Damageplan after Pantera -- a group they formed in the 1980s -- broke up last year. Their father is Jerry Abbott, a country and western songwriter and producer. Police were notified of the shooting around 10:18 p.m., Mull said. A uniformed police officer who was near the scene slipped into the venue from a back entrance, confronted the gunman during the rampage and killed him. "If not for the officer who showed up, there would have been more dead," Mull said. Witnesses described the shooter as a heavyset man, wearing a Columbus Blue Jackets hockey jersey. Police roped off a huge area of the nightclub's parking lot, as 60 detectives questioned hundreds of witnesses. Police brought in buses to keep the witnesses warm as they waited to be questioned. Calvin Bota said he saw the shooting from the mosh pit right in front of the stage, shortly after the band began playing. "Somebody came -- I don't know where they came from, out of the audience or whatnot -- but they come onto (the) stage and ... he shot the guitarist at first, fired a couple of other shots and then he hid behind the stage a little bit," Bota told CNN affiliate WSYX. "Everybody started scattering, you know, there's mayhem everywhere. And then a police officer came into the building, you know, came in professional with his gun raised and then he proceeded to shoot the guy." Gerald Caudill said the gunman shot the guitarist at least four times. "I was up close to the stage and I just saw some guy run up on the side of the stage and I heard some shots and I saw (drummer) Vinnie (Paul) fall and somebody jumped on top of Vinnie, and the guy just stayed around the stage and started shooting other people," Caudill said. "I saw wounded people all over the place, out in the parking lot, inside," he said. "It just didn't sound like gunshots or anything, it didn't occur to me that something like that was happening.""Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #17 December 9, 2004 QuoteI just heard on the radio that Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed.....anyone else hear this or have any info?? Yep, it's true. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20041209/ap_on_re_us/nightclub_shooting It's a tragic loss on many levels. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevlarsxs 0 #18 December 9, 2004 This sucks, good thing they killed that asshole who shot Dimebag. This world really sucks anymore "GIVE 'EM THE AXE" - LIZZY Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #19 December 9, 2004 QuoteThis sucks, good thing they killed that asshole who shot Dimebag. This world really sucks anymore This really does suck, but shouldn't you be working on my canopy right about now?? Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevlarsxs 0 #20 December 9, 2004 Ummm, yeah i am ive got ALL the lines cut off right now "GIVE 'EM THE AXE" - LIZZY Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #21 December 9, 2004 OH SHIT!!!! he and 4 others were shot like 10 minutes from my house! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallen1979 0 #22 December 9, 2004 The really sad part is that his brother saw the entire thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #23 December 9, 2004 FUCKI'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #24 December 9, 2004 Yea i just found out met dimebag many times. He was a really great guy. Have a friend of mine trying to get ahold of phil right now. Have known them for yearsif my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #25 December 9, 2004 Wow, what a way to go... very sad for all his friends and family. He was an amazing guitarist. I remember seeing him play for the first time at Joe's Garage in Fort Worth when I was 18, and I was completely mesmerized. I've seen him play many times since then and he always just blew me away. He was such a gifted musician. I think tonight I'll listen to Cowboys from Hell and drink a couple of blacktooths in his honor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
