Pantera vs E-Channel

[Acari Rotter]

The E-Channel wanted to do a dramatisation of the murder of Dimebag Darrell. When they contacted Pantera's publicist, they got a very good answer. Have a look.

http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4865

[Olde-E Fever]

Seems odd cause they've shown the actual footage on VH1 before.


It was a behind the music.

[CondemnedBootBoy]

fuck Pantera!

[Beaverseatwood21]

Seems odd cause they've shown the actual footage on VH1 before.


It was a behind the music.


yea but htat was done with help from the band. im assuming this E! show is just a top countdown that the band wants no part of.

[King of all Buffets]

fuck Pantera!

fuck you!
http://www.metalinjection.net/wallpaper/dimebag.jpg

[beer and loathing]

I'm not sure why they'd want to re-enact it when they showed the real footage here on the news every night for a week.

I don't care much for Pantera nor do I know anything about the guy that was shot, but I used to live a few blocks from the club he was shot at - I drove by it every morning on my way to work and I would just think "what a shitty place to have to die in."

He probably played some better gigs in a better places and that club was seriously a fucking dump.

[tousunis]

fuck you!
http://www.metalinjection.net/wallpaper/dimebag.jpg


Fuckin right.

[Olde-E Fever]

fuck you!
http://www.metalinjection.net/wallpaper/dimebag.jpg


Such a good guitarist and a god damn shame.

[eddie shots]

great guitarist, average band, shitty way of dying, i still dont liten to them unless a metal head forces me too.

[Bound Fo' Glory]

fuck Pantera!
Amen to that....

[AttitudeSkin]

great guitarist, average band, shitty way of dying, i still dont liten to them unless a metal head forces me too.
I've said it many times, the only metal band consistently worth listening to is Motorhead. While I don't think he should have been killed for his shitty music, I'm not going to lose any sleep about NEVER having a Pantera reunion.

[CondemnedBootBoy]

Amen to that....

Thank You!

[Weasel]

I've said it many times, the only metal band consistently worth listening to is Motorhead. While I don't think he should have been killed for his shitty music, I'm not going to lose any sleep about NEVER having a Pantera reunion.
i can listen to old metallica quite a bit. and the first two pantera albums. and megadeth'd "rust in peace" a few times a year. and quite a bit of crossover stuff that many people would call metal.

[Blue Blood]

Pantera sounds kind of 'poppy' to me now...Seen them 10,000 times in the 80's-early 90's
I like Down & Superjoint Ritual alot though.

Lousy way to go though.

[Gentle Jones]

Pantera Publicist Bitch-Slaps the E! Channel
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By Newsferatu (newsferatu@knac.com), Writer


Hi Beau. I¹m leaving John¹s comments in cause he¹s a nice guy and I know this was difficult for him to send on through. I¹m also blind copying a whole list of folks who will most likely copy a whole other list of folks until maybe this spreads like a good email should and end up on 100,000 websites to show the world what a collective bunch of tasteless morons you all are.
Dime¹s birthday is this coming Sunday and your timing couldn¹t be worse. Not that there is a good time. In fact, in honor of his birthday, I think I¹ll send this around to a few of our favorite music (http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4865#) websites who will most likely print the whole damn thing word for word, including your phone number and email. For good measure, I¹m going to throw in the top 50 major daily music and some of the top TV (http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4865#) writers in the country and why not, the weeklies as well.
I realize there is nothing anyone can do to stop E! from producing garbage like this below, as you¹ve built your audience on the backs of other people¹s private lives, creating some type of warped reality out of your garbage, which is merely excuses for programming (http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4865#) on the cheap and at the expense of others.
I would like to request that you please read this out out loud to all the creative geniuses in the programming department that came up with this idea.
...
We have received your request to license footage on Dimebag Darrell Abbott for your upcoming production of, "25 Most Chilling Hollywood Murders."
While we realize the average E! audience most likely has the IQ of an umbrella, they collectively are a smarter bunch than the lot of you. Your programming creativity falls somewhere to the bottom of the middle at best, and that¹s saying a lot.
I ask that you all please take a moment from your busy days and close your eyes. Live out the fantasy of playing your favorite instrument onstage. Your closest friends in the world surround you, either in the band or in your crew. From one side of the stage, a man approaches. Thinking he¹s a security guy or a drunk fan who¹s just a bit out a line, you continue to perform. Two seconds later, he lifts his arms, aims a rifle at your brother, your best friend, your buddy and blows his brains out, not three feet from where you are. In the nanosecond it takes you to comprehend the magnitude of what just happened, he does it again ...and again ...and again ...and again ...and again ...and again before taking aim and murdering additional members of your extended family as well as fans that have come to see you play. Two of your crew are shot but survive, but of course, will never be the same gain.
Now imagine it¹s a few years later and you turn on the TV set. Just in case you may be having at least a five minute respite from that scene that plays over and over in your head, just in case .....you flip through the channels and there it is. Again. Only with some two bit actor (http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4865#) who thinks this is his big Hollywood break.
And please, if you don¹t like that scenario, make believe it¹s your child who got his brains splattered all over a stage in Ohio. And then you turn on E! Oh, the magic of television!
In case none of this appears clear enough and you need a definitive answer to your request...no. The answer if no, and on behalf of everyone that was there that night and everyone that misses him every day, you can take that no and shove it up your collective asses.
And, for your second request, yes, you can quote me on that.
Sincerely,
Jane Hoffman
Kick ass, Janie. Enjoy the rants. R.I.P. Dime.

thats some disrespectful shit right there

[Shane]

Odd thing, not sure how appropriate in this thread.

I was stationed with Nathan Gale. He was a friend of mine. I felt bad for the guy because he got alot of shit. I first met him on the bus down to south carolina. He was obsessed with them. It wigged me out when I saw what he had done.