Pantera's music has long served as inspiration for knocking somebody out, but for parents seeking a more responsible method to put their kids to sleep, a new CD, 'Lullaby Versions of Pantera,' has just been released by Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star.
There used to be this little band that played at Circle in the Square all the time back in the 80's...I think their name was Pantera or something...I wonder whatever happened to those guys? Oh yeah...that's right, they went on to become the biggest and heaviest band of all time. Shreveport and Pantera will forever be linked together. The guys discovered Phil after playing a show at Circle on the Square in '87. The Hirsch was the home to the 'Great Pantera Riot of '95'. This city and the band are inseparable.
If you are a musician of any sort, be excited because we FINALLY have a Guitar Center (located at 7460 Youree---in the old Sears store)! Doesn't matter if you want your band to sound like Pantera, Puscifer, SOiL, Pop Evil, Saving Abel or anything in between (I hope that you wouldn't want to sound like Saving Abel, but hey, to each his own), Guitar Center can help you out! They have the largest supply of guitars, amps, basses, recording equipment, dj equipment anywhere...basically, if you need it, they got it and they got it for cheap.
The rift between longtime Pantera bandmates Phil Anselmo and Vinnie Paul has been well documented, but that hasn't kept Anselmo from offering olive branches to open communication in the media over the years.
Slash has been keeping busy of late while focusing his energies on another offshoot of his music career. The guitar great confirmed his participation in the upcoming 'Band Fuse: Rock Legends' video game in a new Twitter posting.
Avenged Sevenfold are starting to map out their 2013 plans that includes the likely release of a new album and a return to the road. One of the major stops on their upcoming itinerary will be at the Rock in Rio festival, which has become a favorite stopping place over the years.
Winger came onto the scene with Madeline. A pretty damn good song...until they broke through with a song about Pedophilia love with a 17 year old girl. (Definitely a sign of the times.)
Is there trouble brewing on the co-headlining Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson Twins of Evil tour only nine shows in? According to sources at the show last night (Oct. 12) at the DTE Energy Music Theater in Clarkston, Mich., the two rockers took up valuable time during their sets to publicly hurl verbal assaults at each other in front of their paying fans.
Slayer's Kerry King and Anthrax's Scott Ian recently sat down on Fuse TV to talk about their collaboration with 'Metal Masters 4', their time touring and playing with Pantera, and getting drunk with Dimebag Darrell. You can check out their convo and some performances from MM4 after the jump.
Throughout the past year, the surviving members of Pantera have commented on the possibility of Zakk Wylde filling in for the late Dimebag Darrell if the band were ever to reunite. While it's all been speculation thus far, singer Phil Anselmo now reveals that he recently discussed the topic with Wylde himself.
Godsmack have always been vocal about how much of an influence Pantera had on their career and so it seemed only fitting that when the 2012 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival rolled into Pantera’s home state of Texas that the band would pay homage to them at some point during the night.
Phil Anselmo & company are dropping the first part of their new album, DOWN IV PART I, next Tuesday September 18th. Which is awesome in it's own right. I mean, what's better than some sludgy, dirty, New Orleans inspired Metal? Well, how about all that awesomeness pummeling in your face live!
