Pantera
Pantera
Pantera were an American Metal band that founded in 1981 by the brothers Vinnie Paul Abbott and Darrel Lance Abbott in Fort Worth, Texas. With Vinnie on the drums , his brother Dimebag Darell on guitar, bassist Rex Brown and their Singer Phil Anselmo, Pantera reinvented the Heavy Metal and shaped the face of todays Extreme Metal.
The Early Years: Glam Metal
No More Spandex:Cowboys From Hell
1. Cowboys From Hell
2. Primal Concrete Sledge
3. Psycho Holiday
4. Heresy
5. Cemetary Gates
6. Domination
7. Shattered
8. Clash With Reality
9. Medicine Man
10. Message In Blood
11. The Sleep
12. The Art Of Shredding
In Your Face:Vulgar Display Of Power
1. Mouth For War
2. New Level
3. Walk
4. Fucking Hostile
5. This Love
6. Rise
7. No Good(Attack The Radical)
8. Live In A Hole
9. Regular People(Conceit)
10. By Demons Be Driven
11. Hollow
Brutality on Billboard #1:Far Beyond Driven
1. Strength Beyond Strength
2. Becoming
3. 5 Minutes Alone
4. I'm Broken
5. Good Friends And A Bottle Of Pills
6. Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks
7. Slaughtered
8. 25 Years
9. Shedding Skin
10. Use My Thurd Arm
11. Throes Of Rejection
12. Planet Caravan(Sabbath Cover)
13. The Badge (Bonus Track)
Band Tensions:The Great Southern Trendkill
As Pantera were at the height of their fame in the mid-90s, Anselmo began to behave erratically and distance himself from his band mates on Far Beyond Driven Tour in 1995. Anselmo later cited a chronic back injury as the cause of his erratic behavior and isolation from his band mates. As his pain continued to worsen, Anselmo began using heroin to alleviate his problem, while at the same time continuing to isolate himself from his band mates. The distancing became so great that when the band recorded their 1996 album The Great Southern Trendkill, Anselmo cut his vocal tracks separate from the rest of the band in New Orleans while the rest of the Band layed down the Tracks in Dallas.
Welcome Back To Life, You Overdosed On Heroin
The End Of Pantera:Reinventing The Steel
On-Stage Murder
On December 8, 2004, while performing with his new band Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, Abbott was shot and killed onstage by former U.S. Marine Nathan Gale. Abbott was shot 3 times in the head with a handgun, the third time at point blank range, killing him instantly. He was 38 years old.Three others were killed in the shooting, the murderer was shot shortly after the assault by a Police officer. The official statement said that Nathan Gale was psychologicaly weak and could not accept the fact that his favourite Band Pantera had split up and sought revenge by killing the founders of Pantera: Dime and Vinnie.
Side Projects
Over the years every member of Pantera took part in side projects like guesta appearances or other band projects. Vocalist Phil Anselmo was most productive besides his main Band Pantera. He played the guitar for the Black Metal Bands Eibon and Necrophagia. He formed two new side Projects where he took part of the vocalist again, accompanied by Rex Brown on the Bass guitar: Southern/Doom Metal Band Down and the Hardcore Band Superjoint Ritual. They released several Albums with both bands and are still active with Down on the present Day. Phil was also a guest singer on records of Anal Cunt, Crowbar, Soilent Green und Vision of Disorder. Bassist Rex Brown played with Down and Superjoint Ritual and added Basslines to a song from Cavalera Conspiracy. Dimebag Darrell released a few solo tracks, had a guest appearance on the Anthrax record We've come for you all and formed the Band Damageplan with his Brother Vinnie Paul on the drums after the split of Pantera. Rex, Vinnie and Dimebag recorded the Album Rebell Meets Rebell, a country/Metal project with country Legend David Allen Cole.
Dimebag Darrel Lance Abbott
Vinnie Paul Abbott
Rex Brown
Phillip Hansen Anselmo
Discography
Studiorecords
* 1983: Metal Magic * 1984: Projects in the Jungle * 1985: I Am the Night * 1988: Power Metal * 1990: Cowboys From Hell * 1992: Vulgar Display of Power * 1994: Far Beyond Driven * 1996: The Great Southern Trendkill * 2000: Reinventing the Steel
Live-records & Compilations
* 1994: Driven Down Under (Live) * 1997: Official Live: 101 Proof * 1998: Singles 1991-1996 * 2003: Reinventing Hell - The Best Of
Singles & EPs
* 1992: Mouth For War * 1992: Walk * 1994: I'm Broken * 1994: 5 Minutes Alone * 1994: Planet Caravan * 1994: Walk EP * 1994: Alive and Hostile EP
Videos & DVDs
* 1985: The Hot 'N' Heavy Home Vid (VHS) * 1991: Cowboys From Hell - The Videos (VHS) * 1993: Vulgar Video (VHS) * 1997: Pantera 3 - Watch It Go (VHS) * 1999: Pantera 3 - Watch It Go (DVD) * 2006: 3 Vulgar Videos From Hell (Re-Release) (Doppel-DVD)
Chart Entries
Vulgar Display of Power
GER: 69 – 01.03.1993 – 9 Weeks. [2] US: 44 – 14.03.1992 – 77 Weeks.[3]
Far Beyond Driven
DE: 7 – 04.04.1994 – 26 Weeks. [2] AT: 8 – 03.04.1994 – 22 Weeks. [4] CH: 21 – 03.04.1994 – 9 Weeks. [5] UK: 3 – Apr 1994 [6] US: 1 – 09.04.1994 – 29 Weeks.[7]
The Great Southern Trendkill
GER: 29 – 20.05.1996 – 9 Weeks. [2] AT: 14 – 19.05.1996 – 16 Weeks. [4] CH: 37 – 19.05.1996 – 3 Weeks. [5] UK: 17 – May 1996 [6] US: 4 – 28.05.1996 – 16 Weeks.[8]
Official Live 101 Proof
GER: 84 – 18.08.1997 – 1 Week. [2] AT: 46 – 07.09.1997 – 1 Week. [4] US: 15 – 16.08.1997 – 12 Weeks.[9]
Reinventing the Steel
GER: 18 – 10.04.2000 – 7 Weeks. [2] AT: 26 – 09.04.2000 – 3 Weeks. [4] CH: 84 – 09.04.2000 – 2 Weeks. [5] UK: 33 – Apr 2000 [6] US: 4 – 08.04.2000 – 12 Weeks.[10]
The Best Of Pantera
US: 38 – 11.10.2003 – 5 Weeks.[11]
