I was driving home from work on December 8th, 2004 crossing the Fremont Bridge when Jolene from KISW broke the crushing news. I was stunned and saddened much like everyone else who cranked Pantera on a regular basis. The weird thing about this was just a couple weeks earlier my buddies and I had ventured up to the Showbox to see Damageplan, Shadows Fall, and The Haunted tear it up, and we were met with a canceled sign. Shadows Fall and The Haunted still ended up playing, but at Studio Seven instead and totally kicked ass. Little did we know what would unfold later on during that same tour.
I was lucky enough to see Pantera on two occasions, once at Ozzfest 2000, and another at the Tacoma Dome as part of the Extreme Steel Tour with SLAYER, Static-X and Morbid Angel. I also saw Damageplan on their first appearance in Seattle at El Corazon. It was a mad house that night and Dime and Vinny drank behind the bar with us fans prior to the show. What cool mutherfuckers they seemed to be. I think I might have to choke down a 'Black Tooth Grin' at tonight's Marduk show in his honor.
RIP Dime, you are missed!
I was lucky enough to see Pantera on two occasions, once at Ozzfest 2000, and another at the Tacoma Dome as part of the Extreme Steel Tour with SLAYER, Static-X and Morbid Angel. I also saw Damageplan on their first appearance in Seattle at El Corazon. It was a mad house that night and Dime and Vinny drank behind the bar with us fans prior to the show. What cool mutherfuckers they seemed to be. I think I might have to choke down a 'Black Tooth Grin' at tonight's Marduk show in his honor.
RIP Dime, you are missed!
I was working a shit temp job in soCal when I walked into work hungover on the morning of the 9th and somebody told me a dude from some band got shot. I went to cnn.com, saw it was Dime, and was totally crushed. Few people could do the shit that guy did to guitars.
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