Wow, I am bummed :(

[Helevitia]

One of my favorite Guitarists ever, Dimebag Darrell (yes it is dimebag) and possibly his brother Vinnie Paul (the drummer) were shot and killed tonight 5 minutes into playing their show

Most of you probably don't know who they are. They are ex-Pantera members. One of the most influential metal bands of the 90's and you could argue that they were one of the best metal bands of all time.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/09/nightclub.shooting/index.html

RIP Vinnie and Darrell

[Wombat]

Holy ****!

[Jammrock]

That band was pretty cool too Bummer.

[ZokesPro]

I see you've changed your av to honour him.

[Helevitia]

Yeah, I did.

Metal isn't exactly the kind of music that is plastered across MTV all the time. I look back and think of the times all of the rap stars died such as Tupac. It was a huge deal, everyone knew about it.

I'd say 25% of those people know about Dime. This is unfortuante because he was truly a great person and killer musician. He deserves a lot of respect and I want people to know about this so he gets that respect.

I believe that as time goes on, people will realize how much of a talented musician he was and he will be amongst the best. Even though people in the metal community already know it.

In the end, he was a huge influence on me through out my late teens up until this very moment.

I guess I needed to talk about it more. I'm actually amazed on how much this has affected me. Maybe it was the shock of the tragedy? I now understand how people felt when Tupac died. Yet another lesson learned in life.

[capt. marvel]

I think the drummer's fine. (physically)

[Helevitia]

Yeah, he is. Last night, noone was sure. But the rest of the band is OK.

[capt. marvel]

what's it with the marine corps and mass murderers?? Apparently this guy was booted out before his 2nd year of a normally 4 yr stint. I guess that says everything when they won't even send him to Iraq... (I hope you dont think this is OT but it's pertinent to this thread)

[capt. marvel]

Rolling stone has a good article. (about the incident)

[Helevitia]

This is the best article I've read about him.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1494685/12092004/pantera.jhtml

[gt40]

He had 20 times the talent of any crap star.
sorry to hear of his death.