BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's WYLDE Talks About DIMEBAG Tribute Video 'In This River'

August 26, 2005

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman Zakk Wylde recently spoke to MTV.com about the band's "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott tribute video, "In This River".

Wylde wrote "In This River" for BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's 2005 album "Mafia", several months before Darrell was killed. It wasn't until after his death that the track was turned into a Dimebag tribute. "I was looking at the lyrics, and I just said, 'Man, this has gotta be Dime's tune,' so we just made it Dime's song and that's how the video came about," he said. "I think it's really emotional and it came out great. Everyone loves it: [Dimebag's brother] Vinnie, Rita [Darrell's widow]. It's all about Dime's memory and there ain't a dry eye in the house every time you see it."

In the clip, the guitarists are depicted as children who ride their bikes to the edge of a river, then dive in and attempt to swim across. The young Wylde makes it to the other side; Darrell doesn't.

"The river is a metaphor for life in general," Wylde said, "all the bullsh-- that you deal with from being a kid growing up. The whole thing's just about life and death."

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