It Was 1 Year Ago Today

[Red Baron 0]

It was one year ago that Metal Guitarist Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed at an Dayton, Ohio gig. If you want to post any comments or what were some of his best work place in here.

 

RE-SPECT! WALK

[DMann2003 0]

Hey his death was in Columbus man, not in my backyard

 

At least his asshole killer got a shotgun to the head

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Dimebag Darrell died on the 24th anniversary of John Lennon's death.

 

I somehow have a feeling that one was more important than the other industry-wide, but one has fans who are more diehard than the other.

Edited December 9, 2005 by Corey_Lazarus

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0]

It has already been a year? Damn.

[haws bah gawd 0]

Damn shame. RIP

Edited December 9, 2005 by Haws bah gawd

[The Czech Republic 0]

Dimebag Darrell died on the 24th anniversary of John Lennon's death.

 

I somehow have a feeling that one was more important than the other industry-wide, but one has fans who are more diehard than the other.

I think more people were diehard fans of John Lennon than "Dimebag" Darrell, Laz.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Yeah, but were they METAL enough?

 

I DON'T THINK SO, THE CZECH REPUBLIC

[Guest]

yeah, sheesh...

[Darthtiki 0]

I raise my horns in salute and pray that Dimebag makes weekend trips to hell to beat the fuck out of his murderer for all eternity.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

Dime a dozen guitarist of a washed up metal band. It really was no big loss. I will always treasure my nostalgia for the first 3 albums from the 90's, however.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Czech, I meant that Lennon had MORE fans, but I feel that Dime's fans were more diehard.

 

Dime's fanbase < Lennon's fanbase

Devotion from Dime's fanbase > devotion from Lennon's fanbase

 

IMO, anyway.

[nl5xsk1 0]

Czech, I meant that Lennon had MORE fans, but I feel that Dime's fans were more diehard.

 

Dime's fanbase < Lennon's fanbase

Devotion from Dime's fanbase > devotion from Lennon's fanbase

 

IMO, anyway.

We'll find out in 24 years when people are or are not saying that "it's been 25 years since DBD got shot." My guess is that it's a conversation that very few people will be having.

[Annabelle 0]

Czech, I meant that Lennon had MORE fans, but I feel that Dime's fans were more diehard.

 

Dime's fanbase < Lennon's fanbase

Devotion from Dime's fanbase > devotion from Lennon's fanbase

 

IMO, anyway.

 

you're an idiot. lennon has been eulagized by so many boomers today. blabbing to their children the importance of the man & his impact on music. little kids now know who lennon is because of this day day & how he died. no one cares about dimebag. let alone more than lennon.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Yes, nobody cares about Dimebag. Nobody cares about one of only guitarists in the last 20 years to do something new. Nobody.

[Copper Feel 0]

Theres no doubt in anyones mind that Lennon had more fans then Dimebag, but considering the kinds of audiences they attracted its almost certainly true that a higher percentage of Dimebag's fans were diehard fans then that of Lennon's fans.

[Guest]

a higher percentage of Dimebag's fans were diehard fans then that of Lennon's fans.

Ok, I like the way you put that. That's more correct.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Which is what I was trying to say but had trouble making out. Because I am retarded.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

Yes, nobody cares about Dimebag. Nobody cares about one of only guitarists in the last 20 years to do something new. Nobody.

 

Honest question:

 

what is it that he did that was new?

[Guest Vitamin X]

I was just thinking the same thing.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Power-groove, man. Power-groove. Everything else he did was just the same old stuff, but how often did you hear the power-groove before Dime came along? He's generally the one credited with, at the very least, innovating it, and since almost every new heavy band in the past 5-7 years has used the power-groove, I'd say that's pretty damn influential.

[Annabelle 0]

Theres no doubt in anyones mind that Lennon had more fans then Dimebag, but considering the kinds of audiences they attracted its almost certainly true that a higher percentage of Dimebag's fans were diehard fans then that of Lennon's fans.

 

idiots.

 

are you saying some fucker from pantara had more hardcore bands than the fuckign leader of the motherfucking BEATLES? the biggest rock band of all-fucking-time? more hardcore fans than the BEATLES? have you ever heard of the BEATLES? or what the BEATLES did? THE BEATLES.

 

and even if his position in the peace movement has been overblown, lennon's solo work yielded many-a-smelly hippy to hang off his every word.

 

i can't believe i am even trying to justify this argument with the braindeads in this folder.

[Guest]

He said a percentage, which is more correct when you consider that Dimebag didn't have nearly as many fans as Lennon. With there being so many Lennon fans and Beatle fans, saying that there is a higher percentage of Dimebag fans in comparison to Lennon fans is likely correct. Lennon had a lot more, but how many were hardcore? It would have to be a humongous amount.

[Copper Feel 0]

idiots.

 

And yet im able to read, which is more then i can say for you judging from your interpratation of my post.

 

are you saying some fucker from pantara had more hardcore bands

 

Do you mean fans?

 

than the fuckign leader of the motherfucking BEATLES?

 

No, i said a higher percentage of his fans are probably diehard then Lennon's, and what makes you think John Lennon was any more the leader of The Beatles then Paul Mcartney?

 

the biggest rock band of all-fucking-time?

 

The Beatles were a pop band actually.

 

can't believe i am even trying to justify this argument with the braindeads in this folder.

 

Youre having an argument that no one else is having.

Edited December 10, 2005 by cyber mark

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

No one else is having the argument because the answer is obvious. Banky was being charitable. I mean, how are you going to define "die hard"? The fact is that, regardless of how many concerts they went to or how much they know about power-grooves, Lennon's fans were incredibly die-hard, and they remain so to this day--hence the 25th anniversary of his death being a big deal. You could argue that his remaining fanbase is die-hard as a direct result of his untimely death; that I might buy.

 

Also:

No, i said a higher percentage of his fans are probably diehard then Lennon's, and what makes you think John Lennon was any more the leader of The Beatles then Paul Mcartney?

Having any knowledge about the Beatles, really.

 

The Beatles were a pop band actually.

There's really no such thing as a pop "band." I would argue that pop is a descriptor of appeal, not style. Pop and rock surely aren't mutually exclusive. I don't know what your standards for a rock band are if the Beatles don't fit them.

Edited December 10, 2005 by Edwin MacPhisto

[Copper Feel 0]

Having any knowledge about the Beatles, really.

 

That was actually an honest question because i really dont know, but would you like to tell me why Lennon was the leader when i was under the impression that Paul obviously had better relationships with the rest of the band?

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Sure. Lennon and McCartney were the two de facto leaders, but Lennon was their musical leader, at least in the sense of moving forward. Most people (rightly, I'd say) consider Lennon the driving force behind the Beatles' most experimental moments musically--he's "Tomorrow Never Knows," "Strawberry Fields Forever," etc. McCartney was more of a perfect love song guy (and was great at it, mind you). Although they wrote as a team, most of the Lennon/McCartney songs from the second half of their career are actually 90% one guy, 10% the other. Their solo careers thereafter speak pretty well to this--Lennon was writing Plastic Ono Band, and McCartney was doing pretty typical stuff with Wings.

[haVoc 0]

I forgot where I heard/read it, but Vinnie Paul is doing his first interview since the death of Dimebag on Headbangers Ball tonight.

[mister foozel 0]

Getting away from the completely ridiculous argument about the Beatles vs. Pantera (give me a fucking break),

 

Dimebag Darrel was a guitarist and metal revolutionary only for the fact (the only one i need to justify my argument) that Pantera became such a well known and respected metal band despite having next to no mainstream appeal, something the fucking Beatles were all about.

 

Fuck the fucking Beatles.

 

By the way Thumbtack guy, The Great Southern Trendkill was Pantera's best album, but I haven't heard Reinventing The Steel.

[mister foozel 0]

Getting away from the completely ridiculous argument about the Beatles vs. Pantera (give me a fucking break),

 

Dimebag Darrel was a guitarist and metal revolutionary only for the fact (the only one i need to justify my argument) that Pantera became such a well known and respected metal band despite having next to no mainstream appeal, something the fucking Beatles were all about.

 

Fuck the fucking Beatles.

 

By the way Thumbtack guy, The Great Southern Trendkill was Pantera's best album, but I haven't heard Reinventing The Steel.

[spiny norman 0]

Getting away from the completely ridiculous argument about the Beatles vs. Pantera (give me a fucking break),

 

Dimebag Darrel was a guitarist and metal revolutionary only for the fact (the only one i need to justify my argument) that Pantera became such a well known and respected metal band despite having next to no mainstream appeal, something the fucking Beatles were all about.

 

Fuck the fucking Beatles.

 

You have no idea how ignorant you're coming across as.