Remember the Man.....(A Tribute to Dimebag)...

Subject: Remember the Man.....(A Tribute to Dimebag)... Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:36 am

On this very day, 4 years ago, the heart and soul of the thrash metal
Guitar community was taken away from us. Let us rejoice on this day to
remember the the talented man who made us headbang like no other and
made our
minds boggled with his lead work. Play a Pantera or Damageplan song for him on this day...

Bands Tributes:

1-One of the 3 performance stages at the 2007 Download Festival[4]
held at Donington Park (Derby, UK) was renamed "The Dimebag Darrell
Stage".

2-Machine Head pay tribute to Dimebag Darrell on their sixth studio
album The Blackening with track number three, "Aesthetics Of Hate".
This recounts the outrage felt by the music community and Machine
Head's lead singer,
Robb Flynn, upon reading an article called "Aesthetics of Hate:
R.I.P. Dimebag Darrell, Goodbye & Good Riddance" posted on the web
by William Grimm.

3-Guitarist Buckethead wrote a song paying tribute to Abbott, which
was available for download for a short while on his official website.
The song later made it onto Buckethead's album Kaleidoscalp, entitled
"The Android of Notre Dame".

4-Nickelback wrote the song "Side of a Bullet" about the shooting
as a tribute to Abbott. The song appears on their album All The Right
Reasons. The song features a guitar solo that was composed of outtakes
of Dimebag Darrell playing that had been recorded for previous Pantera
albums.[5] When Nickelback play the song live, they use the actual
recording of Dimebag Darrell's solo.

5-Avenged Sevenfold have paid tribute to him, through their version
of Pantera's "Walk", and in their album City of Evil, the song
"Betrayed" is also dedicated to him.

6-Hellyeah also paid tribute to him, with their song, "Thank You."

7-Zakk Wylde also wrote the song "In this River" prior to Dimebag's death but has since been dedicated to him.

8-GWAR played on a live stage without their costumes on as tribute
in a performance titled "GWAR Live Unmasked Dimebag Tribute Fistful of
Teeth".

9-Noted Seattle band IVEY [6] immortalized Dime in their song
"Bones of Contention" - its lyrics feature "They murdered God..They
murdered God again.."

10-Nickelback paid tribute to Dimebag at Sarnia Bayfest '07

11-The Band 2 Cents wrote the song "A Song For Darrell Abbott"; the
lyrics explain the influence Darrell has on their music and lives.

12-Also the band Cross Canadian Ragweed wrote a song called "Dimebag" as a tribute to him.

13-The band 5 Knuckle Shuffle from New Philadelphia, Ohio wrote the song "Double Double" as a tribute and toast to Dimebag.

14-STEMM's song, "The Memory Remains" is about Dimebag. STEMM were
the last band to share the stage with Dimebag, before his death.

15-Darrel was honored in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. A
player receives the "Dimebag Darrell" award for hitting 100 or more
notes in succession.[7]

16-The character Axel Steel from the video game Guitar Hero III:
Legends of Rock features the likeness of Dimebag in his alternate
costume.

17-The band 24-7 Spyz pays tribute to Darrell in their new album
Face The Day with a song called "Blues For Dimebag", the guitarist for
the song is Bumblefoot.

18-In late 2005, the former guitarist of the band Korn, Brian
"Head" Welch, wrote a song for Darrell titled "Letter To Dimebag."
Welch explains the song was written as a message to the late Dimebag
using no lyrics, only guitar, and speaks of his final good bye to
Dimebag who was a great inspiration and friend to him.

19-Shinedown performed a live cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Simple Man
with a short speech before dedicating the performance to their friend
Dimebag Darrell.

20-Dream Theater along with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, Burton C.
Bell of Fear Factory, and Russell Allen of Symphony X performed the
Pantera classic "Cemetery Gates" as a tribute to Darrell during a
Gigantour show on August 2, 2005 in Dallas, TX. This performance is
included on the bonus disc of the 2005 Gigantour DVD.

21-The booklet for Static-x's 4th studio album, Start a War,
contains the message '"This album is dedicated to Dimebag Darrell, we
miss you"

22-The booklet for Corrosion Of Conformity's 2005 album In The Arms Of God contains the message "R.I.P. Dime"

23-The booklet for Disturbed's 3rd studio album, Ten Thousand Fists
contains the message "We would like to dedicate this record in memory
of our late fallen brother Dimebag Darrell, one of the greatest guitar
players to ever walk the face of the earth."

24-Metal fans across America will be donning Pantera and Dimebag Darrell T-Shirts on the unofficial Dimebag Darrell Day

25-Metal Hammer made a tribute on their latest Nov.2007 edition

26-Trivium had a rest in peace message to Dimebag written in the back of the leaflet of their latest album, The Crusade.

27-Nickleback paid another tribute for Dimebag Darrell at the
Festival D'Ã‰tÃ© de QuÃ©bec during the summer of 2007 during a live
concert at which attented more than 85000 fans who all sang along for
the tribute.

28-Curtis Larsen of Co-vex wrote a song about Darrell titled "Razorback" to pay tribute to his idol.

29-Zakk Wylde wrote a song called "The Last Goodbye" after Dimebag's death, it is also usually associated to him.

30-Vital Remains paid tribute to Dimebag with the song "In Infamy" on their 2007 album, "Icons of Evil".

31-In Flames performed "Fuckin' Hostile" to celebrate the life of Dimebag Darrell on their latest boxset "Used & Abused"

32-Finnish metal band Kiuas honored Dimebag with a song titled "Bleeding Strings" on their album "Reformation".

33-On the last track of Reinventing Hell the Pantera greatest hits
you can hear someone shouting "I'll Kill you" repeatedly and then a
gunshot at the end. This is supposed to symbolise Dimebags last
moments.

34-Phil Anselmo wrote the song "Mourn" which is about Dime's death. The song is featured on "Down III: Over the Under"

35-The "Ride for Dime" motorcycle ride is dedicated to Dimebag.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimebag_Da ... _to_Abbott

Slide Show Pix along with Zakk Wyldes (In This River)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0e_tOs6EfE&feature=related

Some Of Dimebag Explosive Solos!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkfphAF56Fk

Pix & Vids along with (Cemetary Gates)...Girlfriend,Dimebag father speaks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PMFIL3neU&feature=related

***Rare Track (Free Download)

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/onl ... faces.html

Happy Eid Every1....make it Pantera Day

HE IZ A LEGEND....R.I.P DIME

Number of posts : 64 Registration date : 2008-12-07

man am gonna cry here !!!!

looooooooooooool

lolo_evil wrote:: man am gonna cry here !!!!

looooooooooooool

sure he's a legend. i still rem. this exact day ,4 years ago when i read abt. in the morning and went to tell my friends...i couldn't believe it.

today i got my Dec.issue of guitar world, & there was a full page dedicated to him with rare old pix of him jamming with Metallica,Testament,Megadeth and other guitarist from early 80's era.....he was the best among them all...may his soul rest in peace

*RIP* dimebag
where ever he is now , i guess hes rippin the shit outta his guitar with chucky and vitek on drums and cliff on bass Very Happy

fuckin legends live forever!!!

man i get the chills whenever i listen to his solos and riffs on floods!!

thanks a lot bro for this beautiful topic Smile

aboomen wrote:: *RIP* dimebag
where ever he is now , i guess hes rippin the shit outta his guitar with chucky and vitek on drums and cliff on bass
fuckin legends live forever!!!

man i get the chills whenever i listen to his solos and riffs on floods!!

thanks a lot bro for this beautiful topic

im glad u liked it ! Smile

Dec.8th is a weird day, John Lennon of The Beatles And Dimebag died on the same day !
my uncle and Marty Friedman born on this day as well ! lol

within 3 days only it'd be 7 years since Chuck died ....so make it a tribute day for him and listen to the legend...Respect

Rest in peace ... Pantera was the first time i listened to this amazing band was in 1998 after the 4 days war which happined in iraq, the album was The Great Southern Trendkill after it i was so fuckin aaaaaaaaaa, it was so amazing ... and then i loved thier work in Reinventing the Steel .
they are really the soul of metal music
RIP

whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

coz that's life ! he'll be always remembered as ??...LEGEND