In Mourning

[kiwimarty]

IN MOURNING


I have just read this news report from the New Zealand Heralds website.

As yet it’s the only source of this report I can find.

I enjoyed meeting the band Pantera at Milton Keynes Bowl in 1992 where I was privileged to have a backstage/access all areas pass. Pantera was an awesome, powerful and energetic band and today I mourn the loss of ex Pantera thrash guitarist Dimebag Darrell whose life has been taken so tragically along with four others. My thoughts are with all there families.

Many of the forum peeps are into heavy metal and the like and im sure this news will sadden many.


Five die in Ohio heavy metal band shooting

10.12.04

CHICAGO - A man opened fire on a heavy metal band during a performance at a crowded bar in Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday night, killing four people and wounding two others before he was killed by police, officials said.

The incident happened at the Alrosa Villa on the city's north side where about 200 patrons were on hand for a performance by Damageplan, according to Sgt. Brent Mull, spokesman for the Columbus police.

He said a man walked on stage and began shooting. A police officer called to the scene shot and killed the gunman, Mull said, and in so doing "we believed he saved other lives."

At least one band member was believed to be among the dead, he said. Two people who were wounded were taken to a hospital.

Mull said the motive for the shooting was not known.

The NBC television affiliate in Columbus, WCMH, reported that one of the dead was Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell. It said the band was playing its first song in a set when the gunman ran on stage and began shooting. Some members of the audience initially thought the affair might have been part of the band's act, the station said.

Dimebag Darrell and his brother, drummer Vinnie Paul, were previously with Texan thrash metal band Pantera, which formed in the early 1980s.

That band topped the US album charts with its 1994 release "Far Beyond Driven," which also yielded a Grammy nomination. After the band's bitter break-up the brothers formed Damageplan with singer Pat Lachman and bassist Bob Zilla.

Damageplan's debut album, "New Found Power" -- hailed for its "violent dissonance" by Blender magazine -- hit No. 38 on the US charts earlier this year.


R.I.P. Dimebag

[Norfolkboy]

Very sad news, Pantera were a great band!!

R.I.P Dimebag and everyone else who died

[Rob M]

Thanks for flagging this up, I'm shattered that Dimebag is dead,after such a shocking act of mindless violence. I'm deeply influenced in my guitar playing by Dimebag and my old band used to play a few Pantera numbers. RIP

Rob

[pingu]

this was just senseless from what i,ve seen, and will add my condolances