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Heavy Metal Bands To Honor DIMEBAG At Nebraska Concert
Niz Proskocil of the Omaha World-Herald is reporting that moments after DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was shot to death Dec. 8 while performing onstage at a nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, Omaha musician Jeff Yenzer read about the shooting on an Internet Web site. "I was shocked, mad an...January 21, 2005
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DIMEBAG Line Of Guitars To Be Introduced At NAMM
Janet Zink of the St. Petersburg Times reports that late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott lives on with a line of guitars that Florida-based manufacturer and distributor Dean Guitars will introduce today (Jan. 20) at a music industry conference in Anaheim, Calif. Some guitars in...January 20, 2005
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ALTER BRIDGE Guitarist Pays Tribute To DIMEBAG On 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno'
ALTER BRIDGE/ex-CREED guitarist Mark Tremonti paid tribute to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott by displaying Dimebag's photo on his guitar during ALTER BRIDGE's appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Tuesday night (Jan. 18). Watch ALTER BRIDGE's performance of "Find...January 19, 2005
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'Hero' Police Officer Makes Appearance At DAMAGEPLAN Benefit Concert
Columbus Police Officer James D. Niggemeyer made a brief appearance on stage during BOBAFLEX's set at the Jan. 14 benefit concert held at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, with all proceeds helping the families of two local victims of the DAMAGEPLAN concert shooting, Erin Halk and Nathan Bray. The crowd...January 18, 2005
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PHANTOM-X: Demo Tracks Available For Download
PHANTOM-X, the new project featuring OMEN singer Kevin Goocher along with guitarist Russell D. Contreras (TYR),bassist Glenn Malicki (STRANGERS) and drummer Danny White (ASKA),have uploaded their three-song demo at their official web site. The demo, which was engineered and produced by Sterling Wi...January 18, 2005
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DAMAGEPLAN Shooting: What Happened The Night DIMEBAG Was Murdered?
The following story by John Futty was published in the January 16, 2005 edition of The Columbus Dispatch: His high-pitched scream spoke to all of the things William Wever couldn't say. "It was like he suddenly realized, 'I've got another man's blood on me,' " said his friend Crystal Levings, 25, of...January 16, 2005
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Report: DAMAGEPLAN Club Shooting Prompts Security Check
Ray Waddell of Billboard is reporting that more than a month after a shooting spree at the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio, left five people dead, including the assailant and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, many questions remain unanswered. Still, most in the touring industry do n...January 15, 2005
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Manager: New DAMAGEPLAN Recordings May Surface
Although DAMAGEPLAN may be finished as a touring entity in the wake of last month's on-stage murder of guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, the group's manager told Billboard.com another release is likely. DAMAGEPLAN's lone album was its 2004 Elektra debut, "New Found Power". "There were recordings t...January 14, 2005
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QUEEN Musical May Add DIMEBAG Tribute
antiMUSIC is reporting that the QUEEN musical "We Will Rock You" may add a tribute to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott during a key sequence in the show. Dimebag was shot by a deranged fan that stormed the stage during a DAMAGEPLAN concert in Ohio last month. Paul Crook is...January 12, 2005
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Web Site That Made Light Of DIMEBAG's Murder Apologizes, Suspends Development
The WeWontMissHim.com web site, which recently selected late DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott as its January 2005 "Dead Guy of the Month," has officially "suspended development" after receiving 250,000 hits in less than 24 hours and a number of complaints resulting from a Jan...January 12, 2005
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DIMEBAG On 'L.A. Lloyd's Rock 30': Replay Scheduled For This Weekend
On February 14, 2004, "Dimebag" Darrell and Vinnie Paul of DAMAGEPLAN/PANTERA co-hosted "L.A. Lloyd's Rock 30", a three-hour rock countdown syndicated nationally through Excelsior Radio Networks. Due to the overwhelming e-mail requests from fans, L.A. Lloyd will replay that show this weekend on stat...January 12, 2005
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OBITUARY Frontman Talks About Upcoming Album
OBITUARY frontman John Tardy recently did an interview with Sweden's Global Domination about the group's upcoming album and the group's current label situation, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Global Domination: Last I heard you guys were pretty much done with wri...January 12, 2005
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Founder Of Club Where DIMEBAG Was Murdered Dies At 91
The Associated Press is reporting that one month after a shooting at a nightclub left five dead including the gunman, the club's 91-year-old founder has died. Albert Cautela died Sunday at Riverside Methodist Hospital, said his son, Rick Cautela, owner of the Alrosa Villa. The elder Cautela had suff...January 11, 2005
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Newly Launched Web Site Makes Light Of DIMEBAG's Murder
A newly launched web site, WeWontMissHim.com, has selected late DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott as its January 2005 "Dead Guy of the Month." The site's home page features a photo of Dimebag complete with a superimposed "bullet hole" in his forehead along with the message, "H...January 11, 2005
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DAMAGEPLAN Guitar Being Auctioned For Families Of Men Who Sacrificed Lives For DIMEBAG
Columbus, Ohio radio station The Blitz WBZX 99.7 FM is currently auctioning a Washburn Dime V guitar autographed by all members of DAMAGEPLAN — including late guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott — at this location. Only ten of these guitars were autographed by the entire group and the entire proceeds...January 10, 2005
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