RIP Dimebag Darrell
by Tom on Dec.09, 2004, under Uncategorized
Anger.
Vulgar Display of Power is probably one of my 10 favorite albums, if not in the top 5. Pantera was a band that I got into relatively late. I had gotten a tape of VDoP back when I wanted “workout music” for the gym, although that didn’t really fly that well.
During the ECW heyday, one of the most over them songs in the company was “Walk”. To watch almost the entire Bingo Hall chant “RE…SPECT…WALK…WHADDYA SAY?” along to the song (which was eventually redone by Kilgore for the ECW soundtrack - opinions vary) was awesome, and it drew me back to VDoP, and I fell in love with the entire album.
I never really went out and explored other works of Pantera, mainly because I liked VDoP so much. Apparently, the shooter made some sort of comment about Pantera’s breakup before going on his shooting spree.
Odd that it should take place on the 24th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder. This is by no means an attempt to liken Lennon with Darrell, but both were apparently killed by crazed fans who were upset about the breakup of their previous bands.
Yet Nelly still stands.
