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INDIE 103.1 FM To Pay Tribute To DIMEBAG DARRELL This Wednesday

On Wednesday, December 7, Los Angeles radio station Indie 103.1 FM will be playing a two-hour tribute to the late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott on the "Chaos Rock" show beginning at 10 p.m. PST at www.indie1031.fm. Listeners can either e-mail DJ Jackie Kay their favorite PANT...

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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE Wants 'Completely Classy' Tribute To DIMEBAG On GIGANTOUR DVD

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "What an amazing and super strange last week it has been. Everything since Thanksgiving has been just a hyperspeed blur, and I hope that it was just as painless and fun for you al...

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Heavy Metal Musicians Remember DIMEBAG DARRELL

MTV News spoke with members of some 30 hard rock and metal bands about their memories of late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. They told MTV how much he'd meant to them, they shared fond memories and spoke of the impact he made on their lives and their music. A few excerpts fro...

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DIMEBAG Tribute To Air Online This Wednesday

"Midweek Mayhem", an online metal program that airs weekly from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST on KWTF Worldwide, will feature a two-hour, unedited and uncensored tribute to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott on Wednesday, December 7. The show will include music from Dimebag's re...

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Report: 'DIMEBAG' DARRELL's Guitar Work Made A Mark On Metal

Tim Brouk of Indiana's Journal and Courier Online has issued the following report: Thursday [Dec. 8] will mark the one-year anniversary of one of the most shocking moments in rock 'n' roll history. On a cold night in Columbus, Ohio, the new heavy metal band DAMAGEPLAN was launching into its first ea...

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Friends Mark Anniversary Of DIMEBAG's Death

Greg Prato of Billboard.com has issued the following report: Next Thursday (Dec. 8) will mark a year since the on-stage murder of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, who was shot to death by an enraged fan during a DAMAGEPLAN show in Columbus, Ohio. While rumors swirl of impending...

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DIMEBAG Memorial Fund Benefit To Be Held In Brooklyn

Duff's in Brooklyn, New York will be hosting a benefit for the Dimebag Memorial Fund on Friday, December 9, 2005. Commented Duff's owner Jimmy Duff: "December 8th, 2004 is a day that we remember all too clearly — the day Dimebag was senselessly murdered onstage in Ohio. Personally, for me, I'll be o...

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Former PANTERA Manager: PHILIP ANSELMO 'Was Beyond Anybody's Control'

In the February 2006 issue of Revolver magazine (web site),several of PANTERA's former business associates recount the band's amazing rise to the status of the biggest extreme metal act in the world and the circumstances that led to their eventual break-up. Though it would be unfair to blame PANTER...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: 'I Would Have Taken A Bullet' For DIMEBAG

Former PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has spoken exclusively to Revolver magazine (web site) about the death of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, Anselmo's much-rumored substance-abuse problems and the role the heavy metal media has played in PANTERA's eventual demise, among many other topics. Several exce...

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Finnish Metal Musicians To Take Part In DIMEBAG BEYOND FOREVER Tour

A dozen or so Finnish metal musicians will be taking part in the "Dimebag Beyond Forever Tour", set to kick off in early December. A posting at the trek's official web site, www.dimetour.com, reads as follows: "Once again it is the time to raise our hands and salute our fallen brother Dimebag Darrel...

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POISON Frontman Discusses Drive-By Shooting Incident

POISON frontman Bret Michaels called into Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM this past Friday, November 25 to discuss the the incident Monday night (Nov. 21) when his tour bus was fired at in a drive-by shooting in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The following is Michaels...

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Former PANTERA Drummer Launches BIG VIN RECORDS

Former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott has launched Big Vin Records, a new Dallas-based record label with distribution via Fontana. Vinnie was a founding member, producer, and one of the masterminds behind the success of PANTERA, the seminal '90s Grammy-nominated metal band whose world...

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THE DIMEBAG ALLSTARS To Perform Tribute Show In Vancouver

According to Straight.com, THE DIMEBAG ALLSTARS — featuring members of SOULBENDER, SHOCORE, BURLAP, RAW, SOUTHERN DEATH THREAT, and OMEGACROM — will perform a full PANTERA set in tribute to slain heavy-metal guitar hero "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott on December 9 at the Brickyard in Vancouver, British Co...

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DRAGONFORCE Sign With ROADRUNNER For U.K., France, Australia And New Zealand

Roadrunner Records has announced the signing of "extreme power metal" icons DRAGONFORCE, for the U.K., France, Australia and New Zealand. The truly multi-national London-based outfit is fronted by South African-born frontman ZP Theart and completed by drummer David Mackintosh, Ukrainian keyboardsman...

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Former DAMAGEPLAN Frontman Reports On THE MERCY CLINIC's Live Debut

Former DAMAGEPLAN and current THE MERCY CLINIC frontman Patrick Lachman has issued the following report from THE MERCY CLINIC's shows over the weekend as the support act for BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and BRAND NEW SIN: "Well, we fuckin did it. We got out of the garage and made it official. What a way to s...