“It’s taken me a long time to really get in the right headspace to where I feel like it was time to do it. And it wasn’t anything specific; we’ve been offered to do it just about every year since HELLYEAH’s been together. And this year, it just kind of hit me. I said, ‘You know what? I think it’s time for the people there to hear what we do and to go back and just do my thing and show a little love to my brother.’ I know the crowd’s gonna be chanting ‘Dimebag!’ It’s gonna be huge, so it’s gonna be awesome.”
See the entire interview below:
UPDATE! Message from Vinnie after the show: Columbus you were awesome!!! 11 yrs after the biggest loss in my life I’m back and you guys really gave HELLYEAH THE BIGGEST WARM WELCOME EVER!! DIME was with us today and it really felt good !! Cheers !! VP…
Phil Anselmo paying tribute to Lemmy Kilmister Motörhead at The Monster Energy Ride for Dime Dimebash 2016 at Lucky Strike Live – featuring Dave Grohl on guitar, Dave Lombardo on drums, and Robert Trujillo on bass.Oh, and here's an article Rolling Stone just wrote about it: bit.ly/dimebashrollingstone*heavy breathing*
Remember that time Dave Grohl hopped on stage to do Wish You Were Here with Machine Head's Robb Flynn & crew? Cause we're pretty sure we blacked out from excitement and missed the whole thing. Such is life…Thanks to all who helped make The Monster Energy Ride for Dime Dimebash 2016 a reality. The level of talent that flows through our humble venue is unbelievable. You are all rockstars.
Benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up & Shout Cancer Fund. Tickets available here: bit.ly/dimebash2016
Performances from members of : ✦Pantera ✦Slayer
✦Alice In Chains✦Black Label Society✦Machine Head
✦Hatebreed ✦Stone Sour✦Type O Negative
✦Danzig✦King’s X✦Devil Driver
✦Prong✦ Kyng✦Armored Saint
Sadly, today is the 11th anniversary of the death of Pantera’s guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott. Articles, posts, pictures, and memories are being posted or re-posted all around the internet and we will bring some of them here to share with you.
Hi-Voltage™ DR Strings featured on Dime’s Dean Electric Guitars
DR Strings is proud to announce the partnership of select Dean Guitar models with factory equipped Hi-Voltage™ Dimebag Darrell Signature Guitar sets.
Dean Guitar models such as the Dimebag, Razor Bolt, Razorback and Stealth Floyds will be shipped globally to retailers with DR’s Hi-Voltage™ series, Dime’s strings of choice. Released in 2003, DR’s Hi-Voltage™ were the first guitar strings to utilize a protective wire treatment for longevity, durability and strength without sacrificing edge or tone.
Vinnie Paul, Darrell’s brother and band mate in Pantera and Damageplan, welcomes the partnership. “DIME knew the importance of every aspect of playing the guitar. That’s why he used DR, the best strings out there!!”
Based in Emerson, New Jersey, DR Strings maintains the highest quality standards and construction methods. On the forefront of new wire and coating technologies, DR Strings offers an extensive selection of guitar and bass strings for electric, acoustic, and other folk instruments. DR Strings are proudly Made in the USA with All-American materials for over 25 years.
For more info on Dimebag Darrell, please visit www.dimebagdarrell.com.
Aug 20 is Dime’s birthday and stories, pictures, and videos surfaced all around the web today in recognition of this. Take a look and some of it below.
New interview with Pepper Keenan by Loudwire (Darrell wasn’t even brought up beforehand):
Loudwire: Would you rather have lunch with a music icon who has passed away or a music icon who is still alive? And who would it be?
Pepper: Well, I’d like to have lunch with [Dimebag] Darrell. That would be awesome to do that again. Let me tell you he would have been a blast on the Motorboat Cruise or any of those things. Oh my God, he’d be hanging out with me out there, doing shots with the kids and making them go f—ing apes—t.…
Limited run of 100 pieces. Please contact deanusa@deanguitars.com for order/dealer inquiries.
The USA Dean Dimebag Darrell Commemorative ML Guitar is one of the most recognizable guitars in the world; seen on countless stages across the globe and heard on Dime’s recordings for decades. Dean Guitars has now proudly recreated this iconic guitar for you.
Limited to only 100 pieces worldwide, this extremely collectable guitar follows the specifications as Dimes Original “Dean From Hell.”
Key features include a solid mahogany body; set mahogany V shaped neck with rosewood fingerboard and mild roll over cream binding. Top mounted Floyd Rose tremolo system, vintage Style Grover Tuners, Switchcraft pickup selector switch, DBD Traction knobs, neck angle, and the same approximate weight as Dimes original DFH.
Each instrument is painstakingly finished with a hand airbrushed Lightning Bolt motif in exacting detail to Dime’s beloved Dean From Hell.
No detail has been overlooked; Dean has even replicated the signature “The Dean From Hell” that was handwritten by Dime himself on the headstock logo that adorns his original ML as well.
A limited edition custom hardshell case and a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Dime’s brother Vinnie Paul round off this amazing instrument.
Enter for a chance to win one of three prizes. Go here to enter: http://smarturl.it/dimedrgiveaway. Giveaway starts today, ending on Sunday, June 7, 2015
First Prize Winner:
Pantera “Far Beyond Driven” T-Shirt
and CD, plus DR Strings T-Shirt,
Black DR Leather Strap, and
4 Dimebag Darrell Signature Sets (9-50)
Second Prize Winner:
Dimebag Darrell T-Shirt,
Guitar Lesson – Play-Along Book,
and 3 Dimebag Darrell Signature sets (9-50)
Third Prize Winner:
DR Strings T-Shirt and 2 Dimebag Darrell Signature Sets (9-50)…
DIME ICON is a free exhibit that will showcase over a dozen of Dimebag Darrell’s reissued guitars from Official Dean Guitars Page, and feature a Dime Tribute by Nick Bowcott!
