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Reinventing Metal
Author: Neil Daniels
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date: 2000-01-01
Pantera is widely regarded as one of the most influential and revered American metal bands of the past 20 years. Although its output was relatively short – from 1983 to 2000 it released only nine studio albums – its impact on the metal scene since the band split up in 2003 is still felt to this day. Guitarist Dimebag Darrell was tragically killed in 2004 but his legacy remains undiminished. Pantera had an enormous influence on nu-metal, groove metal, metalcore, and grindcore and continues to be publicized and written about. Its 1990 breakthrough album Cowboys from Hell is still regarded as one of the greatest metal albums in history, as is Pantera's sixth opus, Vulgar Display of Power. Previously, the band had been associated with the glam metal scene, but as 1987 saw the release of many important thrash albums by such bands as Slayer and Metallica, Pantera recruited underground metal fan Phil Anselmo and changed its image and sound to something more aggressive, becoming a thrash-groove metal crossover band. With a wide array of research and many first-hand interviews with those who knew the group well, Reinventing Metal is an unauthorized, first-ever biography that focuses on the entire band – from its Texas high school start to the global mega-success that anchored Pantera as one of the most important metal names ever.
Official Truth, 101 Proof
"A tell-all history of the band. . .The most comprehensive insider account of Pantera's rise and fall."― Houston Press "A behind the scenes look at the events that led to the downfall of one of America's greatest rock bands. It's full of conflict, raw emotion and backstage antics." ― Dallas Observer Few heavy metal acts survived the turmoil of the early 1990s music scene. Pantera was different. Instead of humoring the market, the band instead demanded that the audience come to them by releasing a series of fiercely uncompromising, platinum albums, including Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven—two #1 albums that, like Metallica's And Justice for All, sold millions of copies despite minimal airplay. Rex Brown's memoir is the definitive account of life inside one of rock's biggest bands, which succeeded against all odds but ultimately ended in tragedy when iconic lead guitarist Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott was murdered mid-performance by a deranged fan. This is a lucid account of the previously untold story behind one of the most influential bands in heavy metal history, written by the man best qualified to tell the truth about those incredible and often difficult years of fame and excess. "Having witnessed Pantera's rise from metal's favorite Texas bar-band to one of the genre's most towering figures, I found the story from Rex's vantage point to be fascinating. Official Truth, 101 Proof is just one side of that story, of course, but one that's gripping, intimately revealing and passionately delivered with no holds barred." ―Alex Skolnick, lead guitarist of Testament
Pantera
Author: Source Wikipedia
language: en
Publisher: University-Press.org
Release Date: 2013-09
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Pantera albums, Pantera members, Pantera songs, Cowboys from Hell, Dimebag Darrell, Phil Anselmo, Pantera discography, Far Beyond Driven, Rex Brown, Vinnie Paul, The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!, Dimebag Darrell discography and filmography, Vulgar Display of Power, Vulgar Video, Reinventing the Steel, The Great Southern Trendkill, Cowboys from Hell: The Videos, Walk, Official Live: 101 Proof, Power Metal, I'm Broken, 3 Vulgar Videos from Hell, Cemetery Gates, Tommy D. Bradford, Terry Glaze, Cowboys from Hell: The Demos, This Love, 5 Minutes Alone, The Singles 1991-1996, Mouth for War, Metal Magic, Floods, Revolution Is My Name, Driven Downunder Tour '94 - Souvenir Collection, Drag the Waters, Becoming, Projects in the Jungle, Hollow, I Am the Night, Alive and Hostile E.P., 3 Watch It Go, Psycho Holiday, A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa, I'll Cast a Shadow, War Nerve. Excerpt: Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul (drums) and Dimebag Darrell (guitar) in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as the new vocalist. Pantera has been dubbed one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time, and has sold around 20 million albums. Starting as a glam metal band, Pantera became famous for a heavier groove and thrash sound when they released Cowboys from Hell in 1990. Their second album Vulgar Display of Power, released in 1992, revealed a heavier sound than Cowboys from Hell and their 1994 release of Far Beyond Driven debuted at No.1 in the Billboard 200. Tensions began to surface amongst the band members when Phil Anselmo became addicted to heroin in 1995....
