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MACHINE HEAD's FLYNN: 'DIMEBAG's Murder Brought Out The Best In BLABBERMOUTH's Notoriously Vocal Bunch'

December 9, 2013

In the latest installment of his online blog, "The General Journals: Diary Of A Frontman... And Other Ramblings", MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn wrote about the emotions he felt while he was on the road in Europe around the time of the murder of his friend and one-time tourmate, PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott.

"I read Blabbermouth and PRP endlessly and caught up on the Dimebag story," Flynn said, explaining that spent five days in a hotel in Zurich, Switzerland recovering from severe sinus infections and flu symptoms before flying back home at the end of the band's European run.

He continued: "This is the day that websites became more important than magazines.

"The speed which and wealth of info brought forth in the days following his murder was staggering.

"Amazingly, Dimebag's murder had brought out the best in Blabbermouth's notoriously vocal bunch.

"A letter from the mother of murdered fan Nathan Bray had pretty much everyone on Blabbermouth in tears, and in a bizarre way, brought everyone together. It showed how unimportant things, our petty differences, really were.

"During this time, an article was put up on Blabbermouth from the conservative website The Iconoclast by author William Grim. The article was called 'Aesthetics Of Hate: Goodbye Dimebag Darrell, And Good Riddance.' I seethed with anger reading this article. I wrote a long tribute to Dimebag that night and in it I attacked William Grim. I ended it with 'You WILL burn in hell.'

"A song began forming."

Read Flynn's entire blog at this location.

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