Pantera: Their Forgotten Glam Metal Past - Dimebag Darrell, Vinnie Paul, Rex Brown & Terry Glaze

Pantera: Their early glam metal beginnings
0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - Formation of Pantera
4:55 - Pantera's Early Live Gigs/Albums
6:36 - Lineup Falls Apart
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Pantera is a band whose mostly remembered for their domination of the 90’s metal scene. A lot of people don’t talk about their early days, more specifically their first three albums with frontman Terry Galze, before Phil Anselmo joined the band. Pantera didn’t have overnight success. They took almost a decade to break big and they started out surprisingly as a glam metal band. On the surface they looked like just another band from the sunset strip, but how did they end up playing glam metal and how did their sound finally morph into the Pantera we all know and love? Stay tuned for today’s story.
The 1980’s were really crucial time for heavy metal. The late 70’s and early 80’s saw an influx of british bands includingbut not limited iron maiden, venom, saxon which better known as the new wave of british heavy metal.In addition to that you had speed and trash metal sprouting up and gaining more popularity in both America and Europe.
It was during the early 80’s that two teenage siblings known as the Abbott brothers guitarist Vinnie and guitarist Darrell started their own band. It was no surprise the Abott brothers chose a career i music, it ran in their family. Their father Jerry was a respected blues and country producer who also owned his own studio. Jerry was crucial in encouraging his sons to pursue music. In fact Dimebag Darrell would recall in the book Louder Than Hell By Jon Widerhorn
“my brother vinnie came home from school one day carrying a tuba and my dad said son take that thing back. Play the drums or do something that’s gonna make you some cash.” As kids, the Abott brothers would spend a lot of time in their dad’s studio and meet a lot of blues and country musicians. Some of those musicians would teach the budding guitarist Darrell some cool licks while his father would teach him scales. Jerry would end up producing Panera’s first three albums, he would manage the band early in their career and even bought the band their first car which they used to get to gigs
Initially the Abbott brothers both started out playing drums, but after a few weeks Vinnie got better than his brother and asked his father to buy darrell a guitar. Vinnie would recall the early days of his brother playing the guitar revealing in Louder Than Hell “I used to walk by his room and see him with his ace frehley makeup on standing in front of the mirror holding the guitar. I said are you ever gonna learn to play that thing. I never thought he would. One day he comes into my room and says are you ready to jam. He plugs in and starts playing smoke on the water. We played it for five or six hours and we were hooked forever.
The brothers would attend Bowie High school in Arlington Texas where they met Terry Glaze and Tommy Bradford. Glaze who played guitar at the time wanted Vinnie to join his band with Bradford, but Vinnie made it clear he came as a package deal with his brother. They would agree and add singer Donnie Hart who had a PA.
The lineup underwent several changes and they soon lost their singer and rhythm guitarist before adding bassist Rex Brown and Terry Glaze would take over vocals shrinking the lineup to a four piece. Brown would remember his early days with the same book revealing When I first met Darrell he must have been 14. Me and Vinnie were in high school and Darrell could barely hit a bar chord. But he learned fast. He was a natural. “ And that’s absolutely true. By Darrell’s own admission he only ever took one guitar lesson in his life and never went back for a second one. He ditched school and guitar became his main focus in life. Soon enough he would start winning guitar contests and getting free gearand at one point was banned from entering any more contests because he was so good. Soon enough he started judging guitar contests as a teenger according to Glaze.
The band would go by several monickers before landing on the name Pantera including Gemeni, and Eternity. The band members soon took stage names with Darrell referring to himself as Diamond Darrell while Re

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[@godzillasimpson8357]

Alice In Chains was a glam metal band as well.

[@dantasticmania8728]

Sorry but I own both Magic Metal and Power Metal and that sure the hell wasn't glam. More like defiantly a Judas Priest sound. Now looks yeah they looked pretty ridiculous but then again so did a lot of bands back then but sound wise far from it.

[@jackspratt7264]

The Abbott's liked KISS and RATT and Cinderella. When they got Phil he brought them Exhorder's sound after being with Pantera for a couple of years, freshly ripped off and the rest is history. Pantera is dead and Exhorder lives. Justice prevails.

[@dadsonworldwide3238]

Early Pantera for sure. Its where the creativity came from and later was tapped. Fun teen stuff in it

[@jonathanjollimore7156]

Yea the glam days the part of metal we like to forget about LMAO

[@robwalsh9843]

Honestly, early Pantera were 'glammy' but they were still heavier and more aggressive than your average Sunset Strip band.

[@springbloom5940]

They were better at that, than they were at being 'hard'. Beyond Cowboys, it became monotonous, with no melody and Phil sounded like someone spinning a record with their finger.

[@TheNocturnalEvil]

@@springbloom5940 Phil's vocals on Power Metal are up there with top tier vocalists like Rob Halford, and Geoff Tate.

[@springbloom5940]

@@TheNocturnalEvil I wouldn't go that far. But at any rate, they began rapidly falling apart, thereafter.

[@jimmyjones9802]

WRONG ....WASP FIRST ALBUM WAS HEAVIER....and im from GP NEXT TO ARLINGTON AND LOVE PANTERA ...BUT WASP WAS HEAVIER .. COWBOYS FROM HELL ,NOW THAT WAS PANTETRAS HEAVIEST

[@jimmyjones9802]

WASP FIRST AND SECOND ALBUM WERE THE HEAVIEST !

[@SouthernSkeptic]

Vinnie Paul glammed out is terrifying.

[@SouthernSkeptic]

@Sub if you are against Antifa and BLM Vinnie Paul glammed out is terrifying. .

[@PsychAxE]

@Sub if you are against Antifa and BLM Glam sucks

[@napalm5]

Looks so douchey

[@SouthernSkeptic]

@@PsychAxE There were some good glak bands. Vain, Stryper, Great White. There was also tons of shit.

[@casanovafrankenstein8538]

@@PsychAxE glam rules

[@axelfoley1406]

I love both styles. Proof that Vinnie and Dimebag were the true heart and soul of the band. One of the best bands of all time.

[@themadmattster9647]

Power Metal is a fantastic album that needs a reissue

[@KillerMcDiller]

Saw Pantera many times in the early days, always thought they sounded like a heavier Def Leppard. I love both versions of the band, kinda like both versions of VH or ACDC. Miss the Abbot bros, gone but never forgotten.

[@EnigmaticDecay]

I always said a heavier Dokken but yeah.

[@smokesletsgo2374]

They were like a Turbo era Judas Priest but not as "synthy" if that makes sense

[@ArcadeMusicTribute]

I wish I had. When I was 15 I had a chance to see them with Annihilator and Judas Priest but missed the gig. They were on Cowboys from Hell tour and prior to that they weren't playing in Europe. Also - at that time in 91 I didn't even know who they were. It was only in 92 when I heard Vulgar Tape and Mouth for War song that my mind was blown and then a few months after that I saw the Cemetary Gates video on MTV and I thought that was the best Heavy Metal song ever written - and it might as well be because it is so awesome. In 93 a friend told me that he read in an interview that they had 4 albums prior to Cowboys and my mind was blown again. And just like a month or two after that I was browsing though some tapes at my older brother's collection and I found Power Metal. And after that everything changed. It actually became my favorite album of Pantera. I just listened that tape almost every day for about 2 years. I thought it was so freaking awesome. By that time Far Beyond came out and it had some really good songs but there was about half of the album that I didn't particularly enjoy :// just filler songs and uninteresting riffs with great sound...unfortunatelly for me that trend continued and the next two albums I did not like very much. I did see them live in 2000 and it was a pretty amazing gig but I'm assuming that was not at all the power they had on stage years before that....I am happy that I was still able to catch them tho' :v

[@jonpike9502]

So....if it wasn't for father Abbott none of this would of ever happened. What an awesome father!

[@bobthebear1246]

Oh, fuck yes. Jerry Abbott is a fuckin' legend.

[@unrepentantoffender188]

"Would HAVE"

[@Revivethefallen]

He screwed them over later, he was getting the royalties while Pantera sold albums and toured. The guys in the band weren't getting paid like they should have been.

[@chrisspringer716]

Would've not "would of"

[@pakman422]

@@Revivethefallen Why shouldnt their father receive some royalties? You raise your people up with your riches not stick them in your back pocket. You dont come around when the sun shines and then hide when it gets dark AND vice versa. Ride to the wheels fall off and stay down until ya get new wheels. Especially kin. Unless bridges are burnt.

[@vinaymulukutla358]

Not so forgotten for me. I listen to their first four albums all the time. Dime and Vinnie were indeed the Eddie and Alex Van Halen of heavy metal.

[@dadden13]

Projects In The Jungle, I Am The Night, and Power Metal are all good albums. Growing up in DFW in the 80's and hearing these albums, and seeing them play live back then, you knew Pantera was going to be huge one day. They did not disappoint. Just glad they ditched the Glam and got heavier.

[@andrewschultz7930]

I grew up in DFW too, Pantera had a huge local following. I too am glad they dropped the glam.

[@larrymead5950]

Early Pantera was wonderful. They were local and approachable Rockstars and I never heard a bad word on them. Man, they had a huge following and we're fun as hell to party with....and man they could party!

[@r.p.mcmurphy6328]

I was living in Garland during the first half of my high school years. In 1984, I would've been 14-15. I had a sweet mullet, concert shirts, Levi's or "parachute pants", even those fucking moccasin boots!!! Haha!! Anyway, I still remember one of my buds from my neighborhood would always talk about Pantera and this "bad ass" guitar player!!!!

[@tragicallymalicious1]

I met the band at Ridgmar mall in Ft. Worth when dime was 18, signing records. Saw them twice at Six Flags. Blew my mind when I found Cowboys From Hell in a cd store in Chile while I was in the Navy. This was a year before it broke big.

[@GlamprinceRockking]

@@andrewschultz7930 why ..their Glam albums are the best they ever produced. All their Grumble metal is awful.

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

I actually listen to their glam stuff as much as their groove/thrash stuff.

[@CrossedCollar]

True story, my father was Terry Glazes’ children’s gym teacher. He moved to my state after panter and had a local band called the Crawfish or something and I got to meet Terry once while working at a bar/restaurant and he even talked to me on the phone for a few minutes saying which guitar I should get as my first one. Dad took me out that day and got me a squire Stratocaster!

[@mtguitar5150]

Any true fan of Pantera will appreciate the early albums, Power Metal was heavy and hard as anything else released that year, a perfect transition to their modern era

[@mercster]

"True fans" can like whatever they want, calm down, stay in school.

[@EnigmaticDecay]

Early Pantera rocks too. Love it just as much as their major releases

[@kyokushinkuma]

Power Metal is an amazing album, it’s a transition for sure, but I enjoy it.

[@rufussamsquanch_6547]

Yessss. Power Metal rips.

[@fngmike]

I saw them in a bar in 1984 in Waco, TX. They opened with "Somebody get me a doctor" VH2 album. It was awesome and nobody applauded. I mean nobody. It was basically 3 of us from Ft. Hood and a bunch of college girls. I asked the singer why they weren't in LA, who said our manager says we stay in TX. And since I know who he is now, makes a lot more sense. But it also added what? 6 years before you ever heard of them.

[@philipholmes5884]

Do you remember any more of the setlist ? Awesome story by the way !

[@fngmike]

@@philipholmes5884 I know they played at least one other VH cover and DD's guitar was spot on. I know they played "Cowboys from Hell" with the intro but it must've been coming back from break. Waco was weird then, bars closed at 10. Weird pre government burning people up even.

[@larrylundry5384]

saw/hung with them many times at WOODSTOCK in harker heights around this time. and yes some nights were dead but they always killed it

[@fngmike]

@@larrylundry5384 yeah, I would have been embarrassed had I applauded because I'd have been the only one, LOL. But Waco was different than if they'd been playing in Killeen.

[@vr6swp]

In the 80's and 90's TX local bands could tour and make money without ever leaving the state.

[@kudukilla]

Never saw them, but remember hearing ads on the radio for them playing clubs in Houston.

[@stokesa3122]

Metal Magic is decent. Projects in the Jungle is good. I Am the Night is damn good. Power Metal is so damn good it demands a re-release.

[@redrocket9861]

Last ride

[@krisfrederick5001]

I was at the Rainbow on the Sunset Strip and ran into Vinnie Paul coming out of the bathroom. I said "Vinnie?" "Yeah man." I just thanked him for the music but didn't have the heart to ask for an autograph. It was shortly after Dime had passed and it just...wasn't right.

[@heavymetalweatherman7774]

The best era of Pantera, honestly. Power Metal is pure Judas Priest worship and is absolutely unstoppable.

[@kevinbenedetto5281]

There's a few seconds in rock the world that are a note for note ripoff of queensryche warning.

[@tylove7992]

Whatever happened to Terry Glaze? That's gotta be an interesting story.

[@andrewschultz7930]

Terry Glaze was in Lord Tracy. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Glaze

[@TexasSmoking]

He left pantera to go to college and then started the band lord tracy. Great guy, hes doing well

[@bjfarmer13]

Also in a band called 76 I think. I know the bassist of Lord Tracy, Kinley Wolfe look him up on here amazing skills & ahead of his time

[@georgearagon2546]

He also got signed to a major label with his band Lord Tracy. Obviously didnt make it huge like thrash Pantera did, they were a pretty tight unit with a phenomenal bass player.

[@garcjr]

I remember reading an article [During the time the Abbot brothers were doing Damageplan] where Vinnie Paul was still in contact with Terry Glaze that they were planning on a original reunion. The unfortunate happened though when Dimebag Darrell was killed.

[@darrellerrad3945]

My dad currently plays in a band with Terry Glaze in MD. He also coached me in baseball for a little. One of the most talented musicians/frontman I’ve ever seen but I can see how he could be difficult to work with😂

[@hmoreno724]

It's really cool their father was so supportive. I have known parents that go absolutely apeshit when their kids decide on a music career; even when the kid has the talent and work ethic.

[@robertobuatti7226]

I love all of Pantera's albums including the early glam metal years, there's some pretty ripping stuff with some top melodies from their early albums that I love so much, I also hope that their first 4 albums get's remastered and reissued.

[@SuperRoo_22]

"Power Metal" might get remastered & reissued, but the 1st 3 probably not. Rex recently stated how much he hates that era of Pantera, & doesn't consider Pantera properly starting until Phil joined. Despises Terry Glaze too. Says Terry is still living off the fact he was once the singer of Pantera. Says that at end of the this vid.

[@robertobuatti7226]

@@SuperRoo_22 Oh really, at least one album from their early years might get remaster, still I would of loved their whole discography remastered. I just love their metal sound from every single album of theirs.

[@SuperRoo_22]

@@robertobuatti7226 U never know it might happen. It would be good for the fans who have been there from the beginning to hve new copies of those albums sounding fresh & crisp, with a modern sheen.

[@robertobuatti7226]

@@SuperRoo_22 Yes definitely, I have all their albums from their whole discography and the early albums are fantastic but they do need a pristine remaster, the Cowboys From Hell and Vulgar Display Of Power albums sound amazing more than ever because of the remastered audio that really makes you want to bang your head.

[@EnigmaticDecay]

@UC9xWDKGpHZbvDvIOgf6RS-A that's a bunch of bullshit. He has played with several other bands (still does) and never even mentions it in that context. He's a good dude. Rex is the fu*king a*shole.

[@crimsoncomics4273]

I personally love the early Pantera work, the first three albums are awesome.

[@PsychAxE]

Oh, no

[@axelfoley1406]

@@PsychAxE Then you're not a true Pantera fan. You only care about the image. Appreciate the skill. Dimebag was beyond excellent, no matter what album.

[@PsychAxE]

@@axelfoley1406 I guess I'm not a true Pantera fan according to some guy on the internet. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@MrSquister]

Imagine being the guy who suggested the name to one of greatest bands of all time in the middle class. That's dude gets my respect.

[@Nick-s-f]

I got the power metal album on cd, love the hell out of it. Needs a reissue.

[@goat_to_hell]

I didn’t forget about their glam metal days, I just choose not to talk about it.

[@joeyb6378]

That’s because you get it !

[@cerebralassassin2060]

Pantera was far superior in the 1980s

[@666AbbeyRoad]

Then you are not a true Pantera fan just a band wagon simp.....

[@bradbiggs4283]

Rex Brown approves this message

[@GlamprinceRockking]

Why....they were better then. Everything after CFH sucks.

[@RighteousBrother]

Man I wish I'd had encouraging parents! Even one of them!

[@nickevans8990]

I just figured out that the reason Dime’s stage presence was so awesome is because he was practicing it before he even learned to play the guitar. Vinnie walked by his room while he was holding the guitar dressed up like Ace Frehley. This is why Dime’s stage presence was so powerful.

[@texasfiddleman]

Saw them many times during that era. I have the "I am the night" album that all the members signed. They were one of the better bands that played the Texas circuit. Vinnie was always friendly and approachable.

[@bobthebear1246]

R.I.P. Vinnie & Dime.

[@bobthebear1246]

R.I.P. Vinnie & Dime.

[@rodjerdankist1125]

@@bobthebear1246 only need to say it once bro.

[@Sorelizard]

Defiantly not forgotten ! I love listening to the first three albums!

[@philipholmes5884]

Which is the best & who would you compare it with ?

[@Sorelizard]

@@philipholmes5884 well I don’t know about the best , but my favorite is Projects In The Jungle , reminds me of Def leopard . So happy I was introduced to Pantera !

[@philipholmes5884]

Older Def Leppard (1rst 2 albums) ? If so i will check it out !

[@Sorelizard]

@@philipholmes5884 yeah Projects In the Jungle reminds me of Def Leppard’S High and Dry album, I would have loved to see them live!

[@JohnDoe-gk7ok]

Love the Van Halen parallel... brothers on guitar and drums with a father in the music business. And Van Halen was probably their favorite band.

[@reprintranch]

Dime's last known words, to Vinnie, right before Damage Plan took the stage -- "Van Fuckin' Halen," a phrase Dime and Vinnie said to each other all the time before they performed, which meant "let's make this spectacular."

[@zmbdog]

Now do Alice in Chains past as Diamond Lie/Alice N Chainz!

[@bobthebear1246]

YESSSS!! 🤘🏻

[@Fakename70]

Yep

[@c_huntermc]

Yes!

[@calicojohncash]

No lie, I unironically love the I Am the Night album.

[@kevintanza6968]

Unless you're a Glam hater, you can enjoy the albums with Terry Glaze. Just because it's not classic Pantera doesn't mean they are bad.

[@calicojohncash]

@@kevintanza6968 Nah, glam rocker for life here! Probably why I gravitated towards checking out Pantera's early stuff

[@nathanwalsh3028]

I have all the releases with Terry and it's no different than any of the other heavy music from the 80's. It's not glamed out like people think. It's pretty heavy actually. Plus you hear all the little elements of what became the Pantera that we all know in love now. Definitely worth checking out.

[@CMill78]

I never realised they hung with Lars and James so much in the early days. Nice pics.

[@TheDemocrab]

I can't remember which one, but the Metallica camp talks about those days and the stuff they'd get up to in one of their biographical books. I think it was Enter Night. I bet you can guess what kinda hijinks 90s-era James Hetfield and Dimebag got up to after a few drinks, I think they also shared groupies.

[@kevincurry4304]

R I P Vince and Dime. You guys lived it to fullest extent. Gone too soon. We love you!!

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

Phil Anselmo stomped me in the face at a show in ‘94. I got tossed up to the stage and made it over the security trench than 💥 BAM! I landed in the trench and was moved out by a giant black security guard that picked me up with one arm. I was 15, it was the my first of six Pantera shows.

[@tinbanger66]

Nice! Ever find any footage of that here on KZbin?! That would be priceless!

[@leonhoroshiy9842]

Power metal album is ultra underrated.

[@mitchmclean3898]

I highly recommend "come on eyes" from Pantera's 1985 album "I am the night"..... That track is fucking awesome!

[@MrMalicious5]

Can’t say I’m a Pantera fan but I like watching these.

[@timbrown6629]

My favorite is still "Projects In The Jungle". I got it when it first came out.

[@TSmith911]

Forgotten? Hell, I was there to see it all live! Diamond Darrell and “Heavy Metal Rules!!🤘🏼

[@AlerieHightower]

I remember seeing them signing records at a mall in Mesquite, Texas around 1982 or 83. Definitely big hair, spandex pants, hair metal dudes. Later, when their music blew up, I was really surprised at their evolution.

[@Jankovic21412]

Song ''Forever tonight'', closing track for ''I am the night'' album, was featured in the movie ''Cobra'', in a scene where Brigitte Nielsen is eating fries in a restaurant and smothering them in ketchup.

[@mikedlc9766]

no shit ? wow got to go back and check it out

[@integrity101]

I dont hear it in COBRA at all.

[@bobthebear1246]

I wonder if that's what inspired the same scene in *Showgirls.*

[@TexasSmoking]

You can also hear proud to be loud from power metal in donny darko

[@jaredbaratta8589]

This is where the glam stops, and thrash starts.

[@AbnEngrDan]

Used to see them at Joe's Garage in Ft. Worth and later, at Dallas Alley. Back when they were just known locally in Texas.

[@KillerMcDiller]

Hell yeah, Joe's Garage, Dallas City Limits, The Ranch in Muenster, The Roxx in Lawton Ok.

[@robertkrajci1847]

I love Pantera glam times.Even then Dimebag played hard.

[@rebelrocker7494]

I Loved Pantera Then and Now ,Rock On 🤘🖤

[@mikedlc9766]

great answer

[@LivWildStyle]

Awesome. I have been listening to more early metal bands / bands with musicians who were there, some of whom carry on with some of the pre 90s tradition of metal- or not, but its there, it is in their experience. So, alot of these old bands might not have been making the adjustment in the smoothest way or ultimately not really changed direction when it would have been most beneficial- and of course we know that there was a lot of drama. It's great that many of these very skilled artists not only maintained their corporeal form, but went on to create more amazing music- regardless of style. Thanks for the video!

[@axlh.1827]

They looked glam, but hell they were heavier than probably every glam band at the time

[@hawkinsgeneralstore7405]

I remember seeing them at a club in Pantego, Texas called Metalworks when they were still considered a glam band. They were just beginning to play some Slayer at the time, raining Blood as a matter of fact.

[@philipholmes5884]

Do you remember more of the setlist ?

[@123612100]

Did you see Watchtower live around that time also?

[@hawkinsgeneralstore7405]

@@philipholmes5884 Unfortunately no I don't.

[@hawkinsgeneralstore7405]

@@123612100 I never saw them.

[@billwren5033]

bro Metalworks was in Arlington not Pantego. I know I played there with my band and Dime showed up for the last part of our set. His girlfriend was tending bar and she called him down.

[@MichaelJ023]

I saw Pantera in 80 or 81 at Bowie HS. They reminded me more of April Wine. The best memory I have of the night was of Darrell doing running knee slides over and over during the show. It was as if he was just trying to figure out how to do it, so he did the slide 5 times through 3 songs. Ha ha, fun times. Fast forward 10 years and I discovered they were really big, and didn’t sound anything like they used to.

[@guidoocchiuzzi8572]

The Power Metal albums contains the seed for every next Pantera album

[@chrisoverbey7232]

With their chart topping hit Ride My Rocket. Lol. Great story as always

[@nitroxylictv]

Texas is just the heart of all great music. I love my state, and I love Pantera.

[@ryanatorryanson9535]

Nobody’s forgotten about it. It’s been well documented for decades. They used to play songs off of Power Metal up until 94-95. They’ve said they were trying to become famous & were just doing what they were told would get them there by the record companies. It is what it is.

[@leoarguelles5943]

Posers!

[@ryanatorryanson9535]

@@leoarguelles5943 Not really.

[@pleasuretokill]

No they did not. You show me a setlist past 1992 that has one Power Metal track on it. By the recording of Vulgar, they had abandoned everything prior to Cowboys.

[@reptar5124]

They were the tightest group of musicians Phil had ever seen when they were looking for a new frontman. Phil said he wouldn't put on spandex (he's from the Bayou punk scene) but they required it and he eventually put on a pair because he wanted to play with the incredible talent.

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Phil wore spandex in Razor white too . More in a Manowar attitude but still .

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Even early BM and DM bands wore spandex so ...

[@mooreoutdoor9841]

I still have Project s in the Jungle, I am the Night, and Power Metal on Cassette. I love that stuff as mush as Pantera's really Heavy stuff.

[@TedRader]

Great little rockumentary. Loved it! Been listening to Pantera since about '88. After they got big with Cowboys from Hell, I found one of their glam cassettes in a thrift store bin. Hated it!

[@guydelusignan4272]

I just downloaded I am the Night and Power Metal, some of Dimebag's best solos are on those albums and some great riffs too!

[@r.p.mcmurphy6328]

I met Dime and Vinnie after a Monster Magnet show in Deep Ellum (A certain part of downtown Dallas), which happened to be on my bday. They were really nice dudes. Dime wished me a happy bday. My younger brother went to the show with me so I introduced him to the Abbotts. He was in shock, to say the least. Dime gave him a friendly handshake and kept calling him "little brother". What a fun memory.

[@TheRockinDonkey]

My father-in-law took guitar lessons from Darrell before he got famous. From everything he's told me, he had a very effective approach to teaching. FIL would bring in a song he wanted to learn and Vinnie would transcribe it for him and teach him the parts. Years later, after Pantera were successful, my Brother In Law was a fan, so his dad took him to a meet-and-greet. Darrell saw FIL and ran up to him to ask him how he was doing. Made him look ten feet tall to my BIL. Darrell was the real deal. Wish I had met him.

[@levistoner]

I remember when I first found out about their glam past. It made their relationship with Skid Row make way more sense.

[@jeradblazek677]

I never knew about the glam until my brother shared it with me a couple years ago. He was hooked on it for a while. Now do Ministry's 80s english pop type stuff!!

[@sethzielasko6898]

Rock N' Roll True Stories Glam Pantera is gone but never forgotten.

[@christopherbailey488]

Let's forget that

[@roo2127]

These guys were all over Nashville before the Far beyond Driven Album. They recorded their basaic tracks there for that album. They would call my friend who was the manager of the Deja Vu Strip Club and let him know they were coming to town. We saw them at the bowling alley (Cumberland Lanes off of Apache trail in Antioch TN) which they showed and quick clip of in their Vulgar Video (on the road video). Definitely knew of their glam past and my friends and I saw them at 328 (club) on the Vulgar Display of Power tour where White Zombie opened up for them about 2 years before White Zombie got big with Thunder Kiss. Good times.

[@davetheimpaler204]

One of my high school teachers in the early-2000's taught Dimebag at another high school in the 80's. He said Dimebag wore the same pair of leopard print pants everyday to school and wouldn't come to school on Thursdays and Fridays because he washed and dried his pants on those days.

[@spidey1z]

I really wish, they would reales all their pre CFH albums. From the bits I heard, it was good hard rock. Everyone knows they changed their style on CFH and it’s not going to diminish their later albums. Plus you don’t have to buy them if you don’t want to.

[@integrity101]

Power Metal has a chance. Theyll never re-release the pre Phil stuff.

[@jeremyrock9305]

I didn’t forget about this they were good albums

[@lee-daniels]

Phil changed them forever and for the much much better.

[@TheStrykerProject]

Great vid, man. You've come a *long* ways! Keep it up. 🤘🏻

[@gabegraves4749]

Mad love for pantera one of my favorite groups

[@joesantos2455]

Great video RRts! I had NO idea that Vinnie was considered z musician with "promise" when they were young. The tuba quote was epic as well (though i do have love 4 z tuba)! Its secretly ALSO pretty cool that z guys were oblivious 2 z fact that "pantera" was and is part of z latin genus name 4 big cats (felis pantera).

[@bobthebear1246]

Love this video. Thank you. As someone who became a Metalhead way back in 1984, I remember Pantera from their Glam-Metal days, and they were great. It actually took me a long time to get into their 1990s Groove-Metal sound but eventually I did so. 🤘🏻 Can you please do Part 2: How Pantera got their record deal?? You rock!! 🤘🏻

[@jonathanhill7756]

Always wondered about their glam days but no one ever talks about it. thanks for do this video dude.

[@davidmolina3520]

I first saw Pantera 1982 while they were still glam. 🎶

[@voodooo69]

Power metal is a great album, very underrated. really not glam just classic metal similar to Judas priest. the track we'll meet again is worth any Pantera fan a listen.

[@TheCreativesSpacePodcast]

OK, I’m not gonna lie - I love Pantera’s glam metal past. There’s no shame in admitting it. The music was quality. You can tell they were having fun and enjoying it.

[@Liz-cmc313]

Most people don't know this. Thank goodness Phil came along 🤘

[@flintironstag2381]

I remember my friend, who was a cassette tape collector, got metal magic many years ago. OMG, it was like night and day compared to Pantera with Phil Anselmo!

[@awordon9631]

Nobody forgot this era, the band doesn't wanna talk about it because Phil is H A R D K O R E

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Phil loves power metal and always defended the album

[@neugey]

They should release/stream the original albums as a show of support for Jerry Abbott who was the original manager and producer, if that is what he wants.

[@MartinBellamyMBDrums]

Still rocking Proud to be Loud on the regular playlist! Glam Pantera was sick!

[@davidmorse3532]

i think their glam era was pretty important. to what they did in the 90s pantera had a much more fun feel to their style in the 90s than most other heavy bands. songs like cowboys, walk, broken, drag the waters, and revolution is my name to name a few. even though they got a lot heavier they definately used their experience playing 80s glam rock by having some stuff that could move the crowd instead of just writing darker stuff that only appealed to hard core metal guys.

[@mrsthreevinog6611]

11/1992?..SA, Texas...at Rockwave...I couldn’t hear right for a whole day. One of the best gigs. I could feel it all over.....plus I had a few drinks :)~

[@malcolmsmith8694]

Pantera needs to make a movie. I picked up Cowboys from Hell and was hooked since. RIP dime.

[@suchanjv]

Some insanely great riffs and solos on those 3 glam albums! Incredible!

[@MikeSmith-ey7ku]

Why I never gave them a chance. Saw the cover of power metal and thought they were a joke. Gotta have some respect for em now.Dime was freakin awesome. After watching the ZZ Top doc I was like that’s where the glam cam from.70’s ZZ. Also from TX I’m sure they had some influence.

[@thomascircle245]

Around a decade ago it seemed like Rex and Terry reconciled as they performed some 1980s Pantera songs live with Rex's side project, Arms of the Sun, which makes me wonder why Rex's opinion of Terry soured again since then. I read that Eon interview and most of Rex's points are good ones; as he essentially puts it, lots of people aren't proud of weird things they did as teenagers, the only difference with Pantera is that they recorded themselves doing it, so it isn't really fair that people won't let them live that down when just about everyone else can move past that time in their lives. But while Rex can have any opinion he wants of his old work, and I understand why he has the opinions he does of it, I really don't know what Terry said to make Rex so mad at him. He's correct that Terry has nothing to do with Pantera's eventual success but I've never heard or read Terry claim that he did. Most of Terry's statements about Pantera have been airy but understandable raves about how incredibly awesome Dime was. And this is probably one of those "blind men and the elephant" scenarios; from Rex's point of view the 1980s were the era of no success, but from Terry's that brush with greatness was probably the coolest moment of his life. I could be missing something but so far as I know he has always had a very high opinion of his bandmates, and sadly, the same CANNOT be said of Phil. No; I'm not one of those people who think Phil's hateful statements got Dimebag killed, but he still will have to live with the guilt of destroying his relationship with a man he'll never be able to apologize to.

[@mikebehrend3152]

Saw them while they were a part of the American band tour in the west. They played 5 nights in a row 4 sets a night. The tour I believe was like 12 weeks with one week off before you started again playing the same clubs in the same order. At one point in the night Terry would leave the stage and Dime would sing Metallica covers.

[@davidjenson1570]

I went to school with Phil Anselmo, and I remember he was this kid that was as skinny as a rail and wore jordache jeans and alligator shirts with the sleeves cut off and always had his hair teased up. He would always be singing to people and sometimes singing songs from Slayer. It was funny. I saw his band Razor White play a few times. They all dressed in spandex and had make up on. Funny stuff. But, I remember when he went to Texas to join Pantera. I was standing in line behind some of his friends at school, and they were talking about how he told them that he wasn't sure he was going to stay with the band, because they weren't heavy enough and that "the guitarist played like the guys from Twisted Sister." Funny stuff.

[@bigboricua4573]

I’m so happy that I got to see them at least once

[@R0B0562]

I discovered the 1990s material in my teens (2006), and their glam stuff a tad later. It took me a bit to like PanterAs 1990s material because it was just such original and sophosticated music, in a good way. But their glam material easily hooked me because it reminded me of so many bands i liked but of course all the instruments and vocals still had their original flare. To this day i prefer working out to the Glam material. Those guys and that band together were just good for each other (even the stuff with Glaze). Rest in Peace Abbott bros and thank you for the music.

[@nootnoot4373]

God damn they were fuckin awesome

[@Skycladatdusk78]

Those were all good albums, I'd love to have proper reissues of these especially Power Metal and I Am The Night. At least I have Power Metal on cassette and bootlegs of the first 3.

[@SamlovesLulu]

"Projects In The Jungle" was a good album. A little heavy on the reverb, and with nowhere near the sheer creative power of later albums, but a good solid glam metal album.

[@aztecwhistle9122]

This is awesome great work dude 👍👍 🎸 🔥🔥

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks

[@Repti1982]

Projects in the Jungle holds a special place in my heart. Man I hope they release it one day on itunes

[@scottkeys6212]

All gotta start somewhere

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

I remember opening for them at the Ritz on Harry Hines back in '86. The same club with the laundry across the street where "Every Rose" was written. Dallas in the 80's was a great scene.