VINNIE PAUL, COREY TAYLOR Open Up About Deaths Of DIMEBAG, PAUL GRAY (Video)

Norwegian TV show "Lydverket" (web site) aired a mini-documentary about the deaths of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (PANTERA, SLIPKNOT) and Paul Gray (SLIPKNOT). During the eight-minute segment, which can be viewed below (with English subtitles),Vinnie Paul Abbott (PANTERA, HELLYEAH) and Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR) spoke openly about how they dealt with the losses of their bandmembers and friends, and in Vinnie's case, his brother.

The interviews were conducted on October 30, 2010 before Vinnie and Taylor were due to go on stage at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England with HELLYEAH and STONE SOUR, respectively.

While Taylor used concerts as therapy and as a tribute to Paul Gray, Vinnie Paul said he didn't know if he would ever go on stage again. "I lived inside a bottle of vodka for eight months," the drummer told "Lydverket".

Asbjørn Slettemark, who hosts the "Lydverket" show and conducted the interviews, says he was moved by how both Paul and Taylor spoke openly about the tragedies in their lives.

"We're so used to seeing our favorite bands really confident and cool on stage, but to me it says volumes about Vinnie Paul and Corey Taylor's greatness that they can share these painful memories, and hopefully their stories will inspire people to keep on living and fighting after such tragic incidents happens."

"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was co-founder and lead guitarist for PANTERA. When PANTERA broke up in 2003, Dimebag and his brother Vinnie Paul formed DAMAGEPLAN. On December 8, 2004, while performing with DAMAGEPLAN at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, Dimebag was shot and killed onstage by Nathan Gale. He was 38 years old.

Gray's body was found on May 24 in a hotel room in a Des Moines, Iowa suburb. A coroner ruled that the 38-year-old musician died of an accidental overdose of morphine.