Vince speaks his mind on Phil

Hailblaze · Post by **Hailblaze** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 6:41 pm

In 1990 the Arlington heavy metal band Pantera broke out with its major-label debut, Cowboys From Hell, which spotlighted â€œDiamondâ€ (later â€œDimebagâ€) Darrell Abbottâ€™s pyrotechnic guitar playing and Phil Anselmoâ€™s overdriven vocals. A little more than a decade later, the band had a particularly ugly breakup, largely due to tensions surrounding Anselmoâ€™s heroin addiction. Much worse was to come: In 2004, while Darrell and his brother, Vinnie Paul, Panteraâ€™s drummer, were performing with their new band, Damageplan, a crazed fan stormed the stage and shot and killed Darrell.

On the occasion of Cowboysâ€™ twentieth anniversary, Rhino has released an expanded edition of the album, available in two-CD and three-CD formats, as well as an $85 Texas-shaped box set and a $100 Ultimate Edition. The 46-year-old Vinnie Paul splits his time between Arlington and Las Vegas, where he has become â€œreally good friends with Carrot Top and the Amazing Johnathan and
all the top entertainers out there.â€

Before Cowboys From Hell, you guys were a typical eighties glam metal bandâ€”you had the teased hair, the spandex, the makeupâ€”and then on this record your sound got a lot heavier and your look got a lot grimier. Which change came first? The look or the sound? It was a combination. Megadeth called Dime-bag up and pretty much offered him the world to come play guitar with them, but he turned them down. And we all went, â€œWow, we gotta do something here to turn this band into something special.â€ Our independent releases were kind of mimicking the bands we were listening to at the time, so basically we said, â€œLetâ€™s get rid of these magic clothesâ€”they donâ€™t play music for us. Letâ€™s strip this thing down.â€ We were ready to do something newâ€”keep the hillbilly roots that we had from Texas but kick it up a notch.

What do you mean by your â€œhillbilly rootsâ€? My dad was a country musician, so we had David Allan Coe and lots of other country music playing around the house all the time. If you take the riff from the song â€œCowboys From Hellâ€ and really break it down, itâ€™s almost a hillbilly guitar riff: dekka dekka dekka dekka dekka dekka dekka dek. We just took that kind of vibe and put this heavy metal machine behind it.

You and Darrell actually had a short-lived band with Coe a while back, Rebel Meets Rebel. How did that come about? Coe was playing over at Billy Bobâ€™s [in Fort Worth] one night, and Dime saw the show and really loved the dude. He stood in line after the show to get an autograph and shook hands with Coe and said, â€œHey, man, I play in this band called Pantera. I really dig what you do.â€ And Dime gave him our DVD, and later that night, when Coe was traveling to the next town, he popped it in. He had no idea who Pantera was, and it floored him. He called Dime the next day and said, â€œGoddam, I put this DVD in, man, and I felt like I was watching the Beatles. We got to get together and write some songs!â€

I know that when Pantera broke up there was a lot of bad blood between you and Phil Anselmo. Did you guys have to deal with each other at all to put this reissue out? Nah, nah. I did everything that I could to make sure it was as good as it could be, and he contributed his part, and I think we did the fans justice by all being part of it.

In his liner notes Anselmo goes on and on about how great all of you guys are, as if heâ€™s trying to bury the hatchet. But in your liner notes you take a subtle dig at him by writing, â€œPhil was very different at the timeâ€”very honest and open with his lyrics.â€ Should I assume that youâ€™re not going to smoke the peace pipe? Thatâ€™s a pretty good assumption. Iâ€™ll leave it at that.

Jebodiah · Post by **Jebodiah** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:14 am

Can ritalin help me focus on reading a lot of shit like this?

Eibon · Post by **Eibon** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:37 am

Leviathan · Post by **Leviathan** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:43 am

Cool Hetfield magnet.

Eibon · Post by **Eibon** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:45 am

Bodom J (2) · Post by **Bodom J (2)** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:05 pm

Vinnie paul is a fat wothless piece of shit. I wished he was shot in the face instead of dimebag.

Lazyfoot · Post by **Lazyfoot** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:52 pm

Even Rita gets along with Phil nowadays, yet this fucking guy keeps cryin about all kinds of bullshit

aggressor_27 · Post by **aggressor_27** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:02 pm

Current Mood: Crotch bleed mode because two grown fucking men don't wanna be friends.

TerryToughCunt · Post by **TerryToughCunt** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:30 pm

aggressor_27 wrote:Current Mood: Crotch bleed mode because two grown fucking men don't wanna be friends.

White Boy · Post by **White Boy** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:14 am

Leviathan wrote:Cool Hetfield magnet.

hektik · Post by **hektik** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:55 am

vinnie paul is such a fucking faggot. i hope he gets shot in the fucking face next

Bar Rat · Post by **Bar Rat** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:00 pm

Phil knows he was a dick back then but continues to take the high road in regards to Vinnie. Vinnie needs to realize that he didn't cause Dime's death and give Phil a call or send him a text.

aggressor_27 · Post by **aggressor_27** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:32 pm

What the fuck for, you marshmallow fuck? In 100 years it won't fucking matter because we'll all be fucking dead.

Bar Rat · Post by **Bar Rat** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:33 am

You're handsome.

aggressor_27 · Post by **aggressor_27** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:05 am

FUCKING DEADFWGHGDS,K

Bren · Post by **Bren** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:27 am

Bar Rat wrote:d give Phil a call or send him a text.

whoever bought Vinnie's phone on ebay is in for a pleasant surprise!

Mr.AntonCrowley · Post by **Mr.AntonCrowley** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:41 am

Vinnie needs time i think. Time heals all so give him a few months, Hell years even.....Shit will be cool from his side.

Don't take jabs at vinnie either, He lost his brother, And people blame people for shit.. He had power and evidence to blame someone else and he did, Think about it if "phil" didn't ever get hooked (which he is off now. Though i'd say for them "skeptical" types) maybe shit wouldn't have gone the way they have, We can't change that and never will be able to, we lost a brother and that's that.

Mad Muir · Post by **Mad Muir** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:26 pm

6 years is time enough

Mr.AntonCrowley · Post by **Mr.AntonCrowley** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:33 pm

Mad Muir wrote:6 years is time enough

Technically man it's been nearly a decade since a full on conversation over something legit has happened.

But, Tell me about dude

OverMe · Post by **OverMe** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:33 pm

White Boy wrote:
Leviathan wrote:Cool Hetfield magnet.

Mad Muir · Post by **Mad Muir** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:33 pm

Mr.AntonCrowley wrote: But, Tell me about dude

The live one or the dead one?

Mr.AntonCrowley · Post by **Mr.AntonCrowley** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:41 pm

Mad Muir wrote:
Mr.AntonCrowley wrote: But, Tell me about dude
The live one or the dead one?

I'ma hold my hand up to you there man, I missed the "it" in that reply.

I was just saying that it sucks a fuck that all this bullshit is still happening with vince.

Mad Muir · Post by **Mad Muir** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:12 am

Vinnie is a big baby

Muffin · Post by **Muffin** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 4:33 am

vinnie will talk to phil the day arby's stops taking his calls

Muffin · Post by **Muffin** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 4:33 am

Phil better hope they don't start delivering

Big Ben · Post by **Big Ben** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:27 pm

Phil should get a job at Vinny's local Arby's to surprise him

Relik · Post by **Relik** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:13 pm

This Big Vin Sandwich is the baddest god damn Big Vin Sandwich in the whole god damn fucking universe.

false author · Post by **false author** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 6:50 pm

Eat till death!

Bad Muthafucker · Post by **Bad Muthafucker** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:59 pm

Isn't it funny...no matter what you say, there will always be people to disagree. And that, fellow message board posters, is because people fucking suck.

Bar Rat · Post by **Bar Rat** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:50 am

Terry....have you had a talk with the above poster yet?

TerryToughCunt · Post by **TerryToughCunt** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:33 pm

HOLY SHIT - HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS READING THIS THREAD???

Bar Rat · Post by **Bar Rat** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:42 pm

We put false bullies in their place. That's how.

I've had 5 1/2 Zimas so I'm trashed.

Big Ben · Post by **Big Ben** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:14 pm

dime faked his death like biggie and 2 pac just to create beef

Eibon · Post by **Eibon** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:25 pm

CFH Eternal · Post by **CFH Eternal** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:55 pm

Both are making sub-par music now.

Jebodiah · Post by **Jebodiah** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:18 am

What a fatty, fuck Vinnie Paul.

DBS · Post by **DBS** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:52 pm

Leviathan wrote:Cool Hetfield magnet.

oh my god

Dimebag_Dave · Post by **Dimebag_Dave** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:09 am

it really is a shame. Pantera changed everything for me (i was at school, getting shat on by everyone) with mouth for war, walk and hostile.

Still my fave band man.

Skull Dragon · Post by **Skull Dragon** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:30 pm

Maybe it was a good thing that Dime passed when he did... Damageplan was good, but it was mediocre at best. We wouldn't want Pantera to do a reunion and then start putting out shitty albums and disgrace the name of the band that we all grew up with like Metallica did.

tomEtom · Post by **tomEtom** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:03 pm

Skull Dragon wrote:Maybe it was a good thing that Dime passed when he did... Damageplan was good, but it was mediocre at best. We wouldn't want Pantera to do a reunion and then start putting out shitty albums and disgrace the name of the band that we all grew up with like Metallica did.

Phil woudn't have done a shitty nu-metal sounding album like"new found power"