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The Golden Tiki remembers Vinnie Paul

Originally posted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal here.

By John Katsilometes / Las Vegas Review-Journal
November 15, 2018 – 5:01 pm

Updated November 15, 2018 – 7:24 pm

Posthumously, Vinnie Paul headlined Las Vegas a final time Sunday night.

The co-founder of Pantera and Hellyeah and a Vegas resident was honored that evening with a shrine at The Golden Tiki. The glass case showcases the shrunken head the club dedicated to Paul a little more than a year before his death on June 22.

Not surprisingly, the place was jammed for late-night session. Paul was enormously popular on the local entertainment scene and was known to hit the town routinely to catch live music, comedy, magic — any variety of entertainment. Paul loved talent in all of its forms.

Fittingly, the night drew members of Hellyeah and such luminaries as Carrot Top and Tony Felicetta of Dino & The Sharps (who emceed the event).

Paul’s girlfriend, Chelsey Yeager, took the mic to address the crowd that packed the club’s dance floor. She managed, “I miss him so much …” but could not finish and stepped from the stage. Many of Paul’s friends said they were still stunned at his passing. Carrot Top called him “a big, kind soul,” and, “a sweet, generous man who always had a smile on his face.”

Topper has always been grateful for Paul’s repeated visits to his show at Luxor over the years— more than 100 by Paul’s own count. The hard-rock legend will continue to be memorialized near the entrance of The Golden Tiki, one of his favorite haunts.…

EXCLUSIVE: Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals premiere new music video

From Loudwire:

Pantera legend Philip Anselmo has been incredibly prolific in recent years, balancing a number of different projects. In January, Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals unleashed their sophomore album, Choosing Mental Illness as a Virtue, and have now teamed up with Loudwire to bring you the video for “Choosing Mental Illness,” which was inspired by the classic 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and can be viewed above.

“This video is based on one of my favorite films about the harshness of mental illness. Being up close and personal with the struggle, I often feel like R.P. McMurphy, who I play in the clip,” Anselmo begins. “I’ve had a lot of questions about the LP title, Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue and song title, ‘Choosing Mental Illness,’” he continues, “but make no mistake, I take mental illness very seriously, especially because it often goes untreated. We’ve taken some extra steps at the end of the video with information that you, or someone close to you might need.”