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The Un-official Pantera Fact Sheet
Taken from Circus Magazine. By Edward Fruchtman.
Part 1:
Profiles
PHIL ANSELMO
Instrument: vocals
Birthday: June 30, 1968
Birthplace/Hometown: New Orleans (where he owns
a 60-year-old house said to be haunted)
Hobbies: boxing, smoking marijuana (he claims
he used to smoke it with his father when he was six-
years-old)
Side Projects: Down (featuring), Body and Blood,
Crist Inversion, Superjoint Revival; he's done some
work on Anthrax's newest album
Controversies: Was pronounced dead for four
minutes during thier opening set for White Zombie in
in July 1996.
Did You Know That?: He likes to record only one
take of his vocals to capture the rawness of his voice.
DIMEBAG DARRELL
Instrument: guitar
Real Name: Darrell Lance Abbott
Birthday: August 20, 1966
Birthplace: Dallas
Family: His father is C & W songwriter Jerry
Abbott, who has penned material for Emmylou Harris and
Buck Owens
Musical Education: learned from his dad; he was
raised watching his dad jam with buddies like Bugs
Hendreson; by his mid-teen years, he was turned away
from compititions because of his advanced playing
How He Got Into Music: he learned how to play
guitar after being turned onto Kiss when he was 13
Did You Know That?: Dimebag was asked to join
Megadeath, but turned down the offer.
REX BROWN
Instrument: bass
Birthday: July 24, 1964
Birthplace: Graham, TX
Influences: Micheal Anthony, John Paul Jones,
Gene Simmons
Did You Know That?: He guests on Jerry
Cantrell's first full-length solo effort, Bogey Depot.
VINNIE PAUL
Instrument: drums
Real Name: Vincent Paul Abbott
Birthday: March 11, 1964
Birthplace/Hometown: Dallas, TX
Family: Dimebag is his brother
Musical Upbringing: Vinnie learned the drums early
in high school
Did You Know That?: He has co-produced all of
Pantera's albums since 1990's Coyboys From Hell (the first to
benefit from thier newer, angry sound)
PART 2:
ABOUT THE BAND
Formed: 1981
Former Members: Terry Glaze (stage name: Terrence Lee) was
was their last vocalist before Anselmo joined the band.
Brief History: Based in Dallas, Texas, they (with original
vocalist Terrence Lee) started around the same time as many other
hair bands from that time. Unlike all the others who died away and
and returned on those nostalgic package tours, Pantera beefed up
their earlier glam-metal sound and only perfected thier craft
through endless stretches of touring. Thier direction toward
grindcore was cemented by the introduction of Anselmo in 1998.
Influences: Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Judas Priest,
Van Halen
Name: Their original title was Pantego, after the suburb
outside Dallas where thier studio is located; thier current
moniker is Spanish for "panther"
Sound: power grooves in the '80s, but in the '90s,
grindcore
Opened For: Exodus, Suicidal Tendencies, Ozzy Osbourne,
Kiss, Judas Priest, Skid Row, White Zombie
Supported By: Coal Chamber, Machinehead, Type O Negative,
Deftones, Clutch, Eyehategod, Neurosis
Performed With:
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