2 years ago today the guitar god, Dimebag Darrell Abott was shot and killed why playing in a bar. He was a great, great man. There isn't one picture of him where he isn't smiling, unless its a picture for a magizene or of him in the middle of playing. He could play one hell of a guitar. He was so good. I just wanted to let everyone know...

RIP Dime....Your missed!

I dont know a thing about his music but it is a shame the grief violence plays in all our lives Well little brother you can at least still lisrten to his recordings Music lives forever  Same day as John Lennon :-/

Thanks Mudd. I love The Beatles as well. This stuff is timeless. Walk down the halls of my school what do you hear? THAT SONG IS OLD!! The music (or noise as I like to call it) of today gets played out. The beatles doesn't get old. You can listen to all their albums all day over and over and never get bored. Same thing with Metallica Pantera Slayer all these bands never ever get old. The John Lennon thread prompted me to post this. I know your more of a Blues or Jazz guy...but if you get a chance look up the solo for a song called Floods by Pantera. Tell me what you think. Darrell was so good that by 16 he was banned from the local guitar comps because he was to good for everyone else. The man that shot him was a paranoid schizophrenic who forgot to take his meds for an extended period of time. The guy thought that Pantera's lyrics were really all written by himself and Pantera stole them without his consent. And get this...his mom bought him the gun.......some people. :-/

Ive been known to listen to Pantera from time to time and DD was a fine guitarist, but I've always thought heavy metal solos are super cheesy. They often go like this:

WEEEE WEEE (gutarist bangs his head a few times) Weedly Weedly Weee (sparklers go off on stage) Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly WEEEEEE ( guitarist places instrument on hip with headstock pointing towards ceiling, crowd seems to love it) Weedly Weedly Weedly WEEE WEEE WEEE (bangs head one more time as back curtain is raised to reveal a 25 ft tall fire breathing beast, crowd goes bezerk) Weedly WEEEEEEEEEEE

Now I know this is a slight exaggeration, but really, were's the melodies? Weres the musical ideas? I know you can weedly wee 30 times a measure, but can you slow down and actually make me use my mind?

Sorry, I'm not trying to ruffle feathers, I just wanted to vent. As I said, I do listen to Pantera and other metal bands every so often, but I usually fast forward thrrough most of the solos

Oh yeah, I forgot. My opinion about metal guitar solos is something I share with another famous guitarist. In fact, I borrowed the idea about the weedly wee guitar soloist (I did add a few of my own clever observations to it) from this same guitarist's book. If you can name him, you win major cool points....and a new car!

Ive been known to listen to Pantera from time to time and DD was a fine guitarist, but I've always thought heavy metal solos are super cheesy. They often go like this:

WEEEE WEEE (gutarist bangs his head a few times) Weedly Weedly Weee (sparklers go off on stage) Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly WEEEEEE ( guitarist places instrument on hip with headstock pointing towards ceiling, crowd seems to love it) Weedly Weedly Weedly WEEE WEEE WEEE (bangs head one more time as back curtain is raised to reveal a 25 ft tall fire breathing beast, crowd goes bezerk) Weedly WEEEEEEEEEEE

Now I know this is a slight exaggeration, but really, were's the melodies? Weres the musical ideas? I know you can weedly wee 30 times a measure, but can you slow down and actually make me use my mind?

Sorry, I'm not trying to ruffle feathers, I just wanted to vent. As I said, I do listen to Pantera and other metal bands every so often, but I usually fast forward thrrough most of the solos

Certainly true with some new bands. But I can't say that with Pantera. You gotta watch how fast he moves his fingers. Listen to what hes doing in all the songs. Look at his face how much he really puts into it. Your not ruffling feathers at all, your simply stating your opinon. Everyone is entilted to one. This guy is the reason why i'm gonna begin to play as soon as I can get lessons set-up. Mudds, thanks for your input. Your a great guy.

I was driving to work listening to Sirius when I heard that Dime had been shot. It honestly ruined my whole day.

His music was/is an important part of my life. Great guitarist.

What other bands do you listen to rulz?

I was driving to work listening to Sirius when I heard that Dime had been shot. It honestly ruined my whole day.

His music was/is an important part of my life. Great guitarist.

What other bands do you listen to rulz?

Whole bunch! Look at my profile on angling masters....

Nice dude! Some of my favorites are on your list too.

Sweet! I love my metal!

I'm also a Pantera and Dimebag fan.Yes,it was a true shame what happened to him.Seems like many of the greats leave us before their time,but we'll always remember them through their art.Although I like Dime's lead solos,I always thought his genius was his catchy and brain numbing rhythm riffs.I was listening to "Cowboys from Hell" a few days ago,and this song is a prime example of his rhythm guitar greatness.He also played a great solo on that song.RIP Dime.

I'm also a Pantera and Dimebag fan.Yes,it was a true shame what happened to him.Seems like many of the greats leave us before their time,but we'll always remember them through their art.Although I like Dime's lead solos,I always thought his genius was his catchy and brain numbing rhythm riffs.I was listening to "Cowboys from Hell" a few days ago,and this song is a prime example of his rhythm guitar greatness.He also played a great solo on that song.RIP Dime.

I second the riffage comment. Check out track 10 on CFH my all time favorite work from his, starts at around 3:50 on that track.

my brother was with some of his frat bro's at a bar in new orleans last year and the bar was playing pantera and one of my brothers frat bro's said "why are they playing this--this sucks" and vinnie paul (the drummer for pantera and the brother of dimbag darrell) turns around and says "this is my band--and my brother wrote this song"

my brother sat down with vinnie paul and bought him a drink. sweet story eh?