Saturday, January 03, 2009

Soulfly, Trivium and others remember Dimebag

Soulfly, Trivium and others remember Dimebag.

Austria's Mulatschag.TV has posted an eight-minute documentary on late Pantera/Damageplan guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott featuring interview clips with members of Disturbed, Slayer, Trivium and Soulfly.

"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was shot to death along with three others during a Damageplan performance at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio in December 2004.

Dimebag was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk in May 2007 in a ceremony attended by Dimebag's brother Vinnie Paul, their father Jerry Abbott and Dimebag's longtime girlfriend, Rita Haney, along with members of Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Kiss, Slayer and Ozzy Osbourne's band.

A bronze bust of Dimebag was unveiled during the ceremony and later installed on the RockWalk's posthumous inductee wall, alongside luminaries such as Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix and Robert Johnson.

A special one-time only all-star tribute to Dimebag was held on August 9, 2008 at the one-day Ozzfest at Dallas' Pizza Hut Park.

The tribute to "Dimebag" Darrell featured Vinnie Paul (acting as musical director and playing drums), along with an array of prominent hard rockers, including Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta, Slayer's Kerry King, Soulfly's Max Cavalera, King Diamond, Anthrax's Scott Ian, Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell and Metallica's Lars Ulrich.

You can see the video below:

R.I.P. Dimebag

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