Friends, Fans React With Dismay To DIMEBAG's Shooting

December 10, 2004

John Austin and Susan Schrock of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram report: Even those who saw "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott play as a teenager knew the young guitarist who emerged from local keg parties to rock the metal music world with PANTERA was headed to the top.

"My gosh, I saw that kid and I wanted to give up," said Alan Petsche, a guitarist who played in the PENGWINS and first saw Abbott perform at a club called the Loft. "He was probably 14 years old. It was just unnatural."

Nathan Gale, 25, fatally shot Darrell Lance Abbott, 38, as he performed in Columbus, Ohio, with DAMAGEPLAN, the band he formed with his brother after leaving PANTERA. Five died in the shooting Wednesday night, including the gunman, who was killed by a police officer at the scene.

Dalworthington Gardens, Texas, police, who guarded Abbott's gate Thursday, said the family decided to wait to make a statement to the media until after brother Vinnie Paul Abbott, 40, DAMAGEPLAN's drummer, and other relatives arrived home.

But friends' and fans' memories of Darrell Abbott, who like his brother Vinnie attended Arlington High School, burn bright in North Texas, where the brothers continued to live even after career conquests took them around the world and led to Grammy nominations in 1995 and 2001. Read more.

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