Episode #85 | 8.3.21
Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell: A Murderous Fan, Brotherly Love and Cowboys from Hell
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Gunned down onstage by a delusional fan who thought his metal heroes had stolen lyrics from him, Dimebag Darrell Abbott blazed a savage new trail in hard rock during his short time on this earth. Weaned on Eddie Van Halen, Dimebag Darrell would wow the guitar gods he bowed down to as a teenager and gave metal a groove that the music had been lacking before Pantera made their first definitive statement, Cowboys from Hell. Though they made mean music, Darrell and his brother Vinnie were always accommodating and accessible to their fans, which may have been their fatal flaw.
Sources
Fox News: Former Friend: Gunman Obsessed with Pantera
Louder: Cop who ended Dimebag horror lost his career
ABC6: “Borderline” shootings bring back memories for cop who ended 2004 Al Rosa Villa incident
Wikipedia: Columbus nightclub shooting
Musicfeeds: Police Officer Who Responded to Dimebg Darrell Shooting Still Haunted 12 Years On
Rolling Stone: Behind the Murder of Dimebag Darrell
Columbus Dispatch: January 16th, 2005: Three minutes of Hell
Blabbermouth: Damageplan Shooting: What Happened the Night Dimebag Was Murdered?
New York Times: After a Concert Shooting, a Who But Not a Why
CBS News: “Inside The Mind of a Killer”
CBS News: Mom of Concert Killer: He Was Sick
NME: Mum of Damageplan Gig Killer Makes Shock Confession
Independent: Guitarist’s Killer Claimed Victim Stole His Lyrics
New York Post: Why the Metal Gunman Cracked
Monster Children: Metal Has a White Supremacy Problem
Kerrang: Former Pantera Sound Engineer Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography and Meth
Blabbermouth: Philip Anselmo: ‘Dimebag Darrell Deserves to be Beaten Severely”
Ultimate Classic ROck: Why Vinnie Paul Refused to Reunite Pantera
Pantera- Dimebag Darrell death Live footage with interview with police officer who shot murderer
Columbus Dispatch: Alrosa Villa rampage has left scars, bonds among 3 men
Disgraceland is a podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. It melds music history, true crime and transgressive fiction. Disgraceland is not journalism. Disgraceland is entertainment. Entertainment inspired by true events. However, certain scenes, characters and names are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes.
Music
Score by Jake Brennan.
Mixed and Engineered by Sean Cahalin.
Disgraceland theme song, "Crenshaw Space Boogie" written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak