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R.I.P 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbot
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- this bebo page is in memory of Dimebag Darrell Abbot (born Darrell Lance Abbot)
Dimebag was in Pantera, DamagePlan and Rebel Meets Rebel
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- The Tragedy
- On December 8th, 2004, while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, Dimebag Darrell Abbott was shot and killed onstage by Nathan Gale. Abbott was shot a total of five times, twice at point blank range in the head. He was 38 years old.
Three others were killed in the shooting: concert attendee Nathan Bray, 23, of Columbus; club employee Erin Halk, 29, of northwest Columbus; and Damageplan security guard Jeff "Mayhem" Thompson, 40, of Texas. The band's drum technician, John "Kat" Brooks, and tour manager, Chris Paluska, were injured.
According to police, Gale fired a total of fifteen shots, taking the time to reload once, remaining silent throughout the shooting. When security staff and audience members climbed the stage to try to stop him, Gale fired at them, killing Thompson and Halk, who had attempted to stop the gunman with a wooden table, and wounding Paluska. - The Tragedy Continued
- Gale then took Brooks hostage, holding him in a headlock position after the technician attempted to wrestle him to the ground. When the hostage moved slightly, Columbus police officer James D. Niggemeyer, who was the first police officer to arrive at the scene, shot Gale in the face with a 12 gauge police issue shotgun.
During the rampage, nurse and audience member Mindy Reece, 28, went to the aid of Abbott. She and another fan administered CPR until paramedics arrived. According to some reports, victim Nathan Bray was also attempting to render assistance when he was killed.
Dimebag Darrell was buried at the Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetary in Arlington, Texas.
Due to insufficient seating, several members of Darrell's family were escorted out of the funeral services by security in order to make room for "distinguished guests." Later on during the services, other family members walked out due to the extreme profanity and other vulgarities by some of the speakers. - The Tragedy Continued
- The shootings had occurred on the 24th anniversary of the murder of John Lennon, but there is no indication that this was a factor in Gale's actions.
In May 2005, Officer Niggemeyer testified before the Franklin County grand jury, which is routine procedure in Franklin County after a police shooting. The grand jury did not indict Niggemeyer.
Niggemeyer received a commendation for his outstanding police work in time of crisis.
Early theories of motive suggested that Gale may have acted on rumors of a Pantera breakup, or a public dispute between Abbott and Pantera singer Phil Anselmo, but these have now been ruled out by investigators.
Abbott's family has now decided to sue the night club where he was murdered. They claim that if the club had employed competent security guards, this needless death would have never occurred. The club owner states that his security guards are not trained nor were ever intended to thwart gun wielding guests. - Pantera
- Pantera performed in 1981 with Dimebag's brother Vinnie Paul on drums. In the band's early days, Pantera could be considered what would later be referred to (sometimes in a derogatory sense) as glam metal, but the band eventually evolved into "true" metal (a term used by many scene purists) – often classified under the subgenre groove metal, or, by term coined by the band "power groove". Pantera went on to become one of the most influential and popular heavy metal bands of the 1990s. The band officially split in 2003 due to conflicts between members.
- Damageplan
- After Pantera broke up, Darrell and his brother Vinnie decided to continue their music careers with a new band, Damageplan, with Patrick Lachman (vocals) and Bob Zilla (bass guitar). Their debut album, New Found Power, reached number 37 on the charts in 2004. The band was effectively ended with Dimebag's murder, and Vinnie Paul has not announced any musical projects since his brother's death. In early 2005, Damageplan manager Paul Bassman announced that a second Damageplan album was almost finished at the time of Dimebag's death but there is no word yet as to when this material will be released to the public. According to Vinnie, "...as long as I'm around I think eventually they will get heard
- Equipment
- In his early career as a musician, Dimebag used Dean ML guitars (Most notably the "Dean From Hell" that was custom painted in a lightning bolt design) and Bill Lawrence pickups, which he would install in a reversed position to have the treble blade facing the neck. When Dean guitars went out of business he switched to Washburn. Dimebag used Washburn guitars for the greater half of his career (1996-2004), endorsing various signature models. Seymour Duncan also has a signature pickup co-designed by Dime, called the Dimebucker. Dimebag proudly endorsed Seymour Duncan, but continued to use Bill Lawrence pickups in all of his personal guitars. Several weeks before his death, Darrell ended his long relationship with Washburn guitars, and became a Dean endorsee (Dean Guitars was bought and reopened by Dean Zelinsky). As a tribute to the late great, Dean Guitars released the new Dime Tribute line of ML guitars. These guitars come in various models, ranging from lower end ones that have a stop
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"Bottom line: You've got Jimi Hendrix, you've got Eddie Van Halen, you've got Randy Rhoads and you've got Dimebag Darrell, his influence will be felt forever. And he was the most genuine, kindest guy you ever met. Dime would give you the shirt off his back. The good Lord put him down here to whoop some ass and make everybody happy, and now He needed him, so He took him. I'm sitting in Dime's garage right now — I'm down here to take care of his family, to keep everybody together — and I'm waiting for him to walk through the door. I'm looking at pictures of him on the wall, pictures of us hanging together, and it just crushes me inside. I've never had a brother, but he was as close to blood as possible. My love for him is unconditional and beyond forever."
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Tommy Daly9/3/08dimebag's the dude
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Kip9/21/07Hey, check out my uncles' band called Emerald, der a four piece live rock band dat fukin ROCK!!,iv a live vid of them on my profile, der's a demo of 'I Love Rock An Roll' on my page dat my uncle recorded on his studio-its pretty fukin cool, but mostly check out my uncle's own original material-der all on my profile-der all fukin savage but listen 2 'No Need To Hide', 'Cut Through', 'On Thin Ice' and 'Lies'(Agh just listen 2 dem all
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Will Hone8/5/06man i have recently just got into pantera ..(about 10 months) and i am a drummer so i like the rhythm but what nathan glae did is fukin wrong and im glad he is dead ...dime was the best guitarist of all time ..and i rekon phil anselmo had somehing to do with the death/ .....R.I.P. DIME .ALWAYS REMEMBERED , NEVER FORGOTTEN
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Manurack8/3/06Rest In Peace Dime, your song "Walk" off of the Vulgar Display Of Power changed my life man. Thanks alot.
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Dimebag Darrell Abbott7/30/06Beat ye dere
asdd me anyway if u wanna SDMF
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Rosie. Wicked Lovely.7/17/06
ok he was gr8 RIP
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Davo Dignam7/15/06you should talk about other band members from pantera and where they ended up in the music biz and about damage plan and what happend 2 them aswell