Pantera - Interview Dimebag & Vinnie on MTV`s Headbangers Ball in 1996

[@doodoobonejones]

I'm convinced the only reason Pantera was so likeable outside of music was because Dime and Vinnie were such great ambassadors for the band and heavy metal in general.

[@TonyMartinTmxBmx]

NAILED it ..... ... they Both were sooo down to earth, friendly and never met a stranger. One time at a Kiss Tribute band show in Dallas, Dime was in the crowd just behind me just like any other fan and everyone left him alone and it was at the point that they were already HUGE and Vulgar had just came out.. .but he was at a coverband show just like the rest of us as fans.

[@datboibaz147]

Well it was their band now Phil owns the rights to all the music they wrote, no wonder he feels so great about putting on the legacy, he’s making millions

[@LinkRocks]

@@TonyMartinTmxBmx I met Vinnie at a local club show in a similar way. I was watching a show and suddenly there he was in front of me with his hand out for me to shake it. He was super cool and everything you hear about him is true. Same for Dime whom I met on Zakk Wylde's tour bus. I was wearing a KISS shirt and he started talking to me about the band. Neither one acted like rock stars, they were just a couple of good ol' Texas boys who happened to be rock stars.

[@weshoskins74]

@@datboibaz147 are you sure he owns the rights 100 percent? I'm sure the Abbott estate and Rex also own part of it

[@janru1181]

Your forgetting Phil and Rex just cos you don’t see them don’t mean they don’t mean a lot to ppl it’s Phil who interacts with the fans on stage more than anyone that has a big play

[@thebigflyingninja5242]

HAHA DIME Thought she wanted to talk about drinks lol

[@Super.AmmarI0]

That's also what I was thinking, she did say, "If there was a cocktail called TGST..." what else would you think?

[@Lolaandcassidyadventures]

Black tooooooth grin.:)

[@christopherboyd7373]

You don't understand Dime sorry wrong he was saying drinks or the album nice way of stay on topic.

[@dice1820]

Because she did… lol what… did you watch the interview 😂

[@adamturner1563]

Shows how close they were. Dime and vinnie 100% backing phil about the lyrics. Miss em everyday day. No bullshit 👊

[@DaveFurbush]

Dude... I see your comments on everything. I’m with ya. 1000%. It’s one of the reasons I don’t drink so much anymore. If I get whiskey in me? I get teary eyed about how much I miss them. If we had any clue what was happening back then, and internet access was as prevalent? Imagine the crowd of fans we could have gotten to go to Phil’s house demanding he pick up the phone. The last Pantera show I went to? I had no idea that was the last time I’d ever see them. Phil was a mess and running his mouth in 02-04... but imagine if they’d have come back in ‘05-06? With the bulldog back? It’s difficult to fully comprehend their impact unless you were there back then. I appreciate you, bud. Forever stronger than all.

[@adamturner1563]

Awww man. What an awesome comment to read. I appreciate you too my man, no problem at all. Yeah my dude, I understand completely, there isn't a day I dont think about how it could of got better after abit of time went by. Never gets easier man, never! They just had something Extra, every one had thier own axe to grind In Pantera. Its what made them the greatest! Forever Stronger than All! 👊 great to speak to you

[@mg-Q17]

Totally with you. Nice comment. It hit my heart. Keep them both in your prayers.

[@joshelley1062]

Every band with the original singer says it all

[@ErebosTalia]

I hear ya bro

[@pitthefrit6292]

vinnie is so damn cool, every single interview proves it. same for dimebag

[@douglasblackwell7804]

These guys were the true metal kings thumbs up

[@lonelywanderer0]

Dimebag is that kinda guy that youd totally let crash at your place for as long as he wants cause he always resupplies the Fridge with Beer and Freezer with Liquor

[@LinkRocks]

He really was like that. If you knew him and need a place to crash he'd insist you stay with him. He'd never leave a friend hanging, it would have bothered him to do so.

[@hershysquirts187]

Rest in peace brothers

[@redzgirl2476]

They were such cool dudes... RIP LEGENDS

[@Thetruththatisee]

who the hell would've thought Dime would be dead less than 10 years later. Goddam that bastard whose name doesnt deserve the mention. R.i.p Dime

[@tomgreenfan]

he was 2200000% mentally disturbed and had many disabillities he probaly wasnt evil i actually feel bbad for him he was just a failed human being

[@laynethomasstaley1698]

Ali Murray the bastard deserves R.I.H rest in hell

[@fuckwad2024]

I’m just imagining the few people watching this live back in the day and not knowing who Pantera is, hearing I’m Broken after this interview with these two chill ass dudes, and just being blown away. I wish I could experience that, I wish they were still with us. RIP VINNIE RIP DIME

[@getyapull5663]

10:43 Watch Dime

[@guidengibollito595]

the best!!

[@lonelywanderer0]

Legendary Beercan Toss

[@elvergalarga3908]

Sad to see one of my heroes doing that 😔👌

[@danielsnyder832]

DIME IS A LEGEND!! SUCH A COOLDUDE!! INCREDIBLE GUITARIST!! BEST METAL GUITAR PLAYERS EVER!!

[@adamturner1563]

they were rich by this point and look like true drunks. fuckin love em ✊

[@daBEAGLE1017]

The were rich true drunks at this time.

[@lukeknutson3191]

they actually werent THAT rich lol

[@adamturner1563]

Touring from a Major Label since Cowboys from Hell (1990)! This is 6 years later (about that) Thier last Album hit Number 1 on the Billboard Charts. Trendkill came in at 4 to 6 I believe. YES. They made a whole lotta Scratch by this particular point in life. Very well off musicians. RICH!

[@lukeknutson3191]

@@adamturner1563 they were all only really worth about 3 -4 Mill each. Yes rich but not mega rich.

[@lukeknutson3191]

@@adamturner1563 dime was only worth 700 grand at the time of his death. And that's including his assets.

[@jaredpalmer9579]

Still heartbreaking. Greatest band ever!!

[@chadbroxson577]

Great Southern Trendkill was the turning point of the agony within Phils vocals. It was a pure cry out for help.

[@RobertMurphy-wm3ge]

Disagree. Far Beyond Driven was the "Phils Drugs Album" I will always love PanterA but Phil fucked everything up

[@denisn8336]

@@RobertMurphy-wm3ge na great southern was phils drug album

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Yep. TGST is Phils demise.

[@ConcertFootageNate]

I’m Broken, was only tune on Driven that had Phil reaching out telling people he had a problem..Trendkill was every song..I’m 47 an thr real Demise of Pantera was Pantera themselves an thr huge offers that kept coming they need a break from each other, back in the late 90s till 04 they was on every tour, I saw them a lot an thought this is awesome but do these guys ever go home..that was the demise!!

[@strixaluco9369]

Trendkill is a masterpiece

[@daBEAGLE1017]

My favorite.

That's why they are the most respected truest consistent heavy metal band of all time

[@takerdust]

MTV hosts from 80's and 90's switch their fashion style to match the trend.

[@hiddenintheshadows1469]

I noticed that too

[@yaboyreege7158]

The great southern trendkill man. Such a ferocious animal. Phil sounds wild on that album compared to the others. It has always been my favorite from Pantera. I wish I could’ve seen them before they split. RIP Dime and Vinnie

[@gavingriffitt3478]

The great southern trendkill is my second fav Pantera record, right after Vulgar. I think its a amazing album.

[@nickevans8990]

“an” amazing album.

[@pestwurz3031]

I always love Vanessa Warwick!

[@jordanmacqueen6056]

1994 not so long ago I was one years old Got into Pantera when I was 15 love everything in that universe ever since

[@jasonobrien2774]

Bro, I believe tgst came out in 96. I saw them with rob zombie that year on his hellbilly deluxe tour! I was 24 then.

[@notarobot2243]

RIP Dimebag Darrell been 16 yrs never forgotten. 🤘🤘

[@joshua.merrill]

I visited their graves on Tuesday. They are so missed.

[@notyetskeletal4809]

These guys are dust now but leave an inspiring legacy of metal music. (trying not to tear up right now)

[@guydelusignan4272]

Probably the longest Dimebag went without a swig a whiskey

[@seangraves6151]

Yeah he had some kind of drink in that can lol

[@epasternak4206]

These were the BEST times ever.

[@kevinbowers2832]

What is she talking about...back to their earlier sound? Each album progressed heavier and heavier, straight up groove metal!!!

[@gfx2943]

It's MTV what else do you expect? They probably didn't even want to cover Pantera.

[@teemujaakkola3157]

Well, the album has parts which are actually even older, than CFH, so in that sense she was aiming right to the past days... but in the other hand, it's true that journalist sometimes do just ask "around the subject" kinda questions, that seems pointless to the fans, that follows band closer...

[@seangraves6151]

Yeah she's a green haired homefuck lol

[@TokiWartooth14]

Pretty sad that hbb fizzled in america in 95 but the fuckin uk still had it going and obviously didn't care about cursing

[@Steveo3332]

Rock in power brother's Dime and Vinnie. CFHFL STRONGER THAN ALL GETCHA PULL

[@bennytheman2320]

Great atmosphere in this interview. Cant help but get a good feeling seeing the guys and the trees in the back...I guess i want to be there and hangout!

[@ami2evil]

4:10 Vinny definitely did not like that question. And someone was going "aaaaawwwwwwwww" off camera, hahahahaa.

[@riffermadness96]

Yeah, Lol! behind the scenes for this interview may have been brutal, who knows vinnie banged that chick with steel chairs!

[@EUSL84]

It was dimebag having the burps cause of beer.

[@ami2evil]

@@riffermadness96 I heard he barely ever got laid and was jealous about it...

[@ErebosTalia]

Forever missed, Forever Legends, Forever Stronger than All!!!!

[@strixaluco9369]

Their last two albums are the best, even though I love CFH!

[@guillotheworstnightmare1863]

the funny thing is the fisrt song of TGST are a line that says: Buy it at a store, from MTV to on the floor You look just like a star, it's proof you don't know who you are..

[@teemujaakkola3157]

...And that's why Vin said "obviously ", when they asked about the lyrics... (6:25). But yeah, Vin and Dime still appeared on the show, so yeah, a bit funny it is... :)

[@guillotheworstnightmare1863]

THANXS FOT UPLOAD THIS!!! "If I hit bottom and everythings gone, In the great Mississippi, please drown me and run..." R.I.P DIME the most cool dude on heavy metal world.

[@jimhimesjr]

Loved these times. Pantera was kicking ass, the Pirates were actually relevant and MTV was actually about music!

[@Thegamingground]

This is the first time that I´ve ever seen this interview. So thanks a ton for uploading this =) Pantera for life!

[@thommypergliamici2992]

Mine too

[@SPGRAMPA1]

One of my most favorite albums

[@Brendan656]

So cool to see Fear factory and the Abbott Bros together. Two of my favorite metal bands. And two of the most influential.

[@danielelia2256]

Vinnie and Dime men... They were so proud of what they were doing.

[@keithcarter5375]

Goddamn. Both of these men gone. So cool to see. RIP brothers. Y’all fucked shit up like few before or after.

[@stlhd4lyfe1]

Miss these guys!!

[@nathanshull9119]

Shred in Peace Abbott Bros 🤘🥃 🎸🥁

[@tcw4731]

❤ he got super excited

[@setheast2773]

I saw in on the Great Southern trendkill tour in Miami.. I was just about to turn 17 years old that was one of the coolest concerts in White zombie opened up and it was the damn good show

[@davidsthubbins176]

Cool, where'd they play in Miami? I saw them at the Sunrise Musical Theater in 2001.

[@bishfish1514]

Dime is so right great southern trendkill is like a few bits from the different albums plus some new shit

[@sylviafoster9093]

No editing.Great video.

[@keithe.bilitsky833]

I miss those guys. RIP

[@AlbertLebel]

God Damn I miss Dimebag.

[@itsabeautifulthing2419]

Damn.! The good ole days! RIP ABBOTT BROTHERS ❤️

[@oldmate9969]

dime was such a legend and didnt even try/ know it. fuck i wish he was still alive man

[@Baldmelon]

Everclear were on Headbangers Ball!? That kinda tells you about MTV in the mid-90s

[@jeremymiller1513]

You ever notice how the chorus of Drag the Waters sounds like the chorus of Mouth for War?

[@integrity101]

Wow, never noticed. Good catch

[@LichaelMewis]

4:37 Dimebag letting loose a rather large intoxicated burp 🤣

[@TheLegend-yo3fw]

Pantera 🤘

[@ludwigfan3013]

I thought it was Layne Staley from the thumbnail

[@maxmelladomeyer4020]

PanterA F*cking Rules!!! \m/ R.I.P Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul

[@Lolaandcassidyadventures]

Getcha pull! RIP Abbott brothers.

[@hershysquirts187]

Fear Factory is one of those bands Vinnie was talking about at the end.

[@scottmcewan6951]

hershysquirts187 fear factory and pantera were friends.Theres videos of Dino playing walk with pantera, dime a/b'd his guitar tone against dinos when making reinventing.

[@dasadopeboy]

fuck yea!,never seen this one before

[@barryenglish3929]

I wrote 90% of the lyrics

[@joshelley1062]

Those where the days oh my God

[@MustObeyTheRules]

Dime and vinnie are both awesome fucking people.

[@familyheissinger5833]

Dime is so calm and quiet 😄

[@robertramirez1082]

FUCK MAN! I REALLY MISS THIS BAND!!! 😭😭😭😭

[@jazsminp1362]

Rip Vinnie and Dimebag Darrell 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔🥁🥁🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@watermelonmucher635]

My god that is a lot of emojis

[@LichaelMewis]

I'm sure this interview never saw the light if day on TV due to the language.

[@moussetache1815]

13:21 YES

[@Lucas-nu8ur]

Vinnie mentioned all the trending BS from that time , cant imagine how he felt after seeing Bieber and kinds breaking out 😂😂

[@DTVENOM77]

vinnie said it best record to date

[@MJBclassics]

Dime is a fucking boss

[@koshirounakasone8230]

Right

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

Dimebag looking at her like: "WTF did you do to your hair" Vinnie: "I'm staying out of it"

[@prettynoose8497]

The time that HBB was turning into pure shit! You stay up late your one day out of the week hoping to see Slayer or Morbid Angel....just to get an Everclear vid?!?!?

[@jackob_c8732]

Omg, I thought it's Layne Staley 😄

[@andrewmoran5721]

Wait...Everclear had a video on Headbanger's Ball???

[@briancook3923]

...in England.

[@matthartley3822]

Does anyone know the t-shirt story?

[@dreadsasho]

What about that t-shirt story tho :D

[@weswaters3569]

Vanessa Warwick is as fake as could be, MTV just found a pretty chick that looked the part and gave her a job that obviously is too complicated for her. Sad to think these two Metal God's are no longer with us, and are resting just as close today as they are here. RIP DIME, AND VIN. AWSOME THEY GIVE PHIL HIS DUE ON THE LYRICS.

[@briancook3923]

She used that gift card to Hot Topic right before this interview.

[@CaffeineHigh14]

There was a vlog dime did I believe where after headbangers ball ended. They saw her and she didn’t even acknowledge them.

[@kronictonic]

​@@CaffeineHigh14I can believe that

[@kronictonic]

Hard to tell if she even liked heavy music

[@dylangajdosik964]

Just shows what type of dudes the Abbott brothers really were. Phil was a steaming pile of dog shit during this period and they never threw him under the bus not 1 goddamn time. They always had his back as far as the press went no matter what.

[@CaffeineHigh14]

Helps he put out his best vocals ever on this record lol

[@Dawnabella]

What about the Tshirt story? LOL.....

[@zeez9053]

What’s the name of this woman how come in every videoabsolutly no one mentions her name and she’s in virtually every pantera interview video

[@chrischoir3594]

everclear lol

[@Luka_Salihovic]

Yo why is Layne from AIC doing this interview? Lol

[@hardluck8732]

Wait, I heard somewhere that headbangers ball ended in 1995. How is this on in 96'?

[@Alexanderthegreatdrummer]

Ended in America in 95 i think but continued on in UK for a while after

[@paulineaspden5441]

wrong. on 97 they were still on. see some korn or pantera interview in 97

[@AlphachadEpicCollector]

1987-1995 - US Headbangers Ball 1990-1997 - European Headbangers Ball

[@phillipmangus5892]

Man pantera never put out an album that just didn't kick ass Dime bag and vinnie rip

[@odinsahn7648]

Does London have palmtrees? She says London but there's palmtrees!

[@malcolmbojangles265]

"I write 90% of the lyrics."

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Very cool interview. What is up with her hair? Green dreadlocks? Did she really think that was cool or attractive looking,lol?!

[@allenvrabac4827]

It was the 90's man, people did whatever the fuck they wanted

[@crimsonkingscourt]

Allen Vrabac As opposed to now where green hair is outlawed...

[@allenvrabac4827]

crimsonkingscourt I did not say that, sure there is mad styles today too, just saying that the 90's inhabited the "whatever, wherever, whenever" attitude which produced these mad styles we see today. Her hairstyle was much more controversial than of today, therefore more badass.

[@crimsonkingscourt]

Allen Vrabac True...

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Actually it wasn't. People we're constantly dying there hair ugly colors like that in the 90's. All you proved that she was a follower.

[@powerface71]

I have always felt that Phil was a bit jealous of Dimebag's larger than life personality and just how many people LOVED Dime, I will always feel like that was why Phil Self-Sabotaged Pantera. He would never admit it but go watch old interviews, they both would talk over each other almost dueling to be the focus of any interview. Phil was jealous of Dime's fame. . . . . that's just how I feel.

[@integrity101]

Phil was a mega star also so I never bought this narrative.

[@integrity101]

@@MaxWhiteArabiLouisiana It's a bullshit narrative

[@ANGRLLL]

Nah bro

[@Mysterious90000]

does anyone know her name

[@Drummer_Jeff83]

vanessa Warwick :)

[@paulmildner6093]

Wtf lol cfh and the tendkill are both great but nothing alike to me this woman has never heard cfh

[@CronicDisarray]

Anyone know what date this episode aired?

[@danurenaz1005]

1996

[@toddmiller5322]

Well since Death Metal was basically born in Florida, I'd say they put the south on the map for metal first. No one could say that Pantera wasn't the most popular example of metal from the south, but metal fans have never cared about what's popular.

[@powerface71]

Death Metal wasn't born in Florida LOL!

[@toddmiller5322]

@@powerface71 ok, so where did it get it's start then?

[@RobertMurphy-wm3ge]

Clam jeans.. hehahahaa

[@ab42022]

what the fuck happend to mtv? jews made it all rap and black

[@TheTestingGrounds]

MTV plays actual music videos?

[@joshj8597]

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[@eatingpineapple1326]

at first it was for regular people that like music , not that rap music crap. then big corporations saw how much money they could make from promoting rap music and all the people that live their life around the rap lifestyle. so now....no more music left. greed killed the video star.

[@thezebraking101]

brian cober omg shut the fuck up about race! Fuck!

[@andrewcarder9267]

jews eventually poison everything brian

[@myworstenemy680]

Fake reporter interviewing the real deal. Gitch yer pull Mtv.

[@ojtheviking]

Ain't nothing fake with Vanessa Warwick, man. She kicked ass for years on HB.

[@gutterbear5372]

Shes Manspreading..haha 😆

[@drchanwong8547]

Lol promoting everclear on headbangers ball... also, dont get your Hope's up for Metallica's 1996 release to kick metal in the ass... god that album sucked

[@Rr0gu3_5uture]

I could never go that Warwick woman, she had a horribly unengaging presentation style that went along with a gratingly, aloof, monotone Maggie Thatcher accent. She gave the impression of being a bored office supervisor that had a mic thrust into her hand, told to dress up as a 'Rock Chick' before senior management demanded her against her will to go out and interview those smelly, drunk, Heavy Metal types of she'd lose her job.