Ex-PANTERA Drummer VINNIE PAUL On Road To Emotional Recovery

October 24, 2006

Mike Devlin of Victoria, British Columbia's Times Colonist reports:

Vinnie Paul, legendary drummer for metal gods PANTERA and, later, DAMAGEPLAN, has resumed his position behind his drum kit and is on the road to emotional recovery following a disastrous 2004.

In December of that year, Paul's brother and longtime band mate, Dimebag Darrell, was shot and killed on stage during a Columbus, Ohio, DAMAGEPLAN concert.

It took Paul more than a year to recover from the horror of the incident.

"Things are different now, and that's the way I have to look at it, otherwise it is depressing and hard to try to live," says Paul, a native of Dallas, Tex.

"The most important thing for me to do is keep kicking ass because that's what he wants me to do."

Among his many new creative pursuits is a custom Pearl drum kit bearing his signature. He's on the road promoting the snakeskin-embossed set, with a promotional tour that stops tomorrow in Nanaimo. His return to the road — even though he's not playing any music — has been overwhelming. He says 800 fans turned out for his in-store autograph signing Sunday in Prince George.

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