PHILIP ANSELMO Says Door Is Always Open For VINNIE PAUL To Come Back Into His Life

April 16, 2010

In a recent interview with Noisecreep's "Creep Show", vocalist Philip Anselmo revealed that the door's always open for his former PANTERA bandmate and drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott to come back into his life.

"He can come through that door with fifths, a handshake — any of the above — just as long as he comes, because I love the guy," Anselmo said. "I love him. I love Vince. He's a big part of my life, man. I just want to say on my end, I am an open door. I am an open door."

Anselmo remains hopeful that Vinnie Paul will one day be able to forgive him for disparaging remarks Philip made to England's Metal Hammer magazine about Vinnie's brother "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott shortly before Dimebag was murdered while performing with Vinnie in Columbus, Ohio with DAMAGEPLAN. In the meantime, he can take some consolation in knowing that Dimebag's longtime girlfriend Rita Haney has reopened the lines of communication with him.

"Rita and I met for the first time in a long time, since a lot of rocks had been thrown in my direction, and we worked things out to a good point," Anselmo said. "She had some very strong points to make, important questions to ask me; and for me it was a very tremendous night.

"Just simply put, when something that traumatic happens to a group of people there is an element of madness — and I'm not talking about anger — it's madness, man," Anselmo continued. "And in all honesty, it's real easy for me to sit here and say, 'Well, we should have all come together. It would have helped the healing process a lot quicker.'

"But I can't speak for everybody, and I'm not going to. But it was very good that we did meet again, because we are friends. And that's the truth. And I've e-mailed with her back and forth here and there. And everything's very friendly. We touched base this past December, which was good, which was healthy. I needed to. This past year was probably the toughest year without Darrell. It just keeps getting tougher and tougher."

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