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Pantera

#5
Garrett Mireles said:
Rex and Phil basicly stopped associating themselves with the rest of pantera, with that side project ^^ mentioned.
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It's not that they stopped associating really...Phil has gotten really into drugs, and Vinnie and Dime were basically tired of putting up with all his bull. Apparently, Phil's a pretty big ***hole about 90% of the time.

Since DamagePlan is playing at Ozzfest this year, the members of Pantera got together to discuss possibly reforming and atleast playing a short set at Ozzfest. The meeting was brought to an end, as Phil and Dime started beating the crap out of eachother when Phil told Dime that DamagePlan "Sucked worse than a 90-year-old-woman" (no offense).
 
#6
Almighty Bass said:
The meeting was brought to an end, as Phil and Dime started beating the crap out of eachother when Phil told Dime that DamagePlan "Sucked worse than a 90-year-old-woman" (no offense).
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OH MAN :D

Yeah the singer guy generally comes off as an arse. Most metal-bands-frontment-that-dont-play-an-instrument are arses. See, just look at Guns N Roses.

Because those like us who PLAY an instrument have a bit more discipline, whereas those who get rich and famous just for screaming into a microphone generally have their egos inflated....just something I've noticed.
 
#7
Phil does actually play a pretty mean guitar, or at least he did a few years back when I saw Pantera play a slayer's raining blood, dunno if he's kept it up tho.
Sad to see whats happened to what used to be my favourite band.
Down's two albums were pretty fantastic, but I heard they've broken up too, as Phil wanted to concentrate on superjoint ritual.

I doubt any of the Pantera member's new projects will surpass their previous successes, but heres hoping.
 
#9
Razor said:
Damage Plan.........Good Times!!! (Best thing to happen to metal since BLS) :hyper:
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I don't know about that. My roommate, who is a pretty big Pantera fan, bought that CD. I listened to it, and I just couldn't get into it. The album just has way too many "sounds" on it, like they're trying to go in a hundred different directions, so they haven't found "their sound" yet. some songs were pretty cool though, heard some stuff that sounded like Voivod, KoRn, and various other Metal and Nu Metal groups.
 
#14
vegaas said:
Where have you guys heard all these things about Phil and Dimebag not getting along?
I am sure it is true, I just havent heard it before.
Thanks.
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The way I've understood it is that Phil has been talking trash about Dime and Vinnie on stage with Superjoint for a while now. Supposedly Dime and Vinnie have only starting shooting back very recently. Who knows? :confused:
 
#16
Phil and Dime were very tight in years previous before they started recording "Reinventing the Steel." At that time, Phil started refusing to do certain types of songs, some of which Dime had spent a lot of time writing the music to. The Main type Phil refused to do were the "slower" songs, similar to "Cemetary Gates" and "This Love." This, in addition to Phil's constant drug and alcohol abuse (though I hear Phil recently kicked his heroin addiction) fueled the breakup and the constant at odds since then.
 
#17
i heard rex is the full time bassist for crowbar

phil isnt doing down anymore because of trouble with the record lable

superjoint are rubbish and phill has ruined one of the greatest bands ever, IMO

damage plan are pretty good though i think but they just arent pantera :( :bawl:
 
#18
Almighty Bass said:
Phil and Dime were very tight in years previous before they started recording "Reinventing the Steel." At that time, Phil started refusing to do certain types of songs, some of which Dime had spent a lot of time writing the music to. The Main type Phil refused to do were the "slower" songs, similar to "Cemetary Gates" and "This Love." This, in addition to Phil's constant drug and alcohol abuse (though I hear Phil recently kicked his heroin addiction) fueled the breakup and the constant at odds since then.
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I think the main reason for that is that Phil can't sing stuff like that anymore! :D Listen to Cemetary Gates on Cowboys From Hell, then listen to the live version on Official Live 101 Proof - he just can't hit the high notes anymore.

Russ :bassist:
 

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