Philip Anselmo on Songs Pantera Never Played Live

Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals will deliver "A Vulgar Display of Pantera" worldwide on Friday, April 9th. The livestream concert will see the metal icon and his bandmates performing songs from across the Texas juggernaut's five classic major-label albums: 'Cowboys From Hell,' 'Vulgar Display of Power,' 'Far Beyond Driven,' 'The Great Southern Trendkill' and 'Reinventing the Steel.' We talked to Anselmo ahead of the event and discussed the songs that Pantera never got to play live during their groundbreaking run. Watch above and pick up your tickets here: bit.ly/3cQpmNz
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[@johnmichaelsansonetti3020]

Pantera never did 10’s off the trendkill album which breaks my heart. One of dime’s best solo’s ever❤️

[@omardcastrod]

I second that notion; and “Suicide Note PT 1” would have been glorious live as well! Two of my favorite songs off that album. Third being “Floods” which obviously they did play live.

[@flatulentdingus7114]

Unfortunately not. However, it was in the dragonball z Broly movie

[@Apprentice_of_the_Leonine]

10's always struck me as having something of a Nirvana influence, especially the clean tone parts at the beginning. It's got that same not-all-that-heavy-but-very-dissonant vibe.

[@codyroycroft9064]

They should do this song on this tour

[@betoastorga]

Love that song!!

[@mutlucansihman]

1:37 Phil singing the The Great Southern Trendkill made my day LOL

[@JPX64Channel]

he did it twice back in the day but... it was a little bit awful kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYqufH6JhqmAd6s

[@tylertass9983]

What was he saying the reason was? He over sang it?

[@SnusKing]

​​​@@tylertass9983yeah, too much vocals. No breathers, very demanding screams.. constant air demanding singing in other words

[@livefreeprintguns]

More of this please... we already lost two members goddamn it. Rex and Phil's stories need to be heard and their history needs to be cataloged before we all blink and don't have the opportunity to anymore.

[@waynekeer]

Dimebag was a genious

[@stonerdemon]

Phil Anselmo should voice one of the main characters in the inevitable Grand Theft Auto VI. And the Revolver dude looks like a Steve Buscemi from a parallel universe.

[@jasonncoxx5837]

To me he looks like steve bushemi & dwayne from the office. Lol. But rock and roll versions. Lol

[@Guzwar]

@@jasonncoxx5837 he looks like Steve Buscemi in Airheads!

[@cdotodot5037]

Can we start a petition for this

[@uriahchessor9989]

If there is one song that makes me want to pull over and get out of my car and tackle a pine tree it's 25 years.

[@SirSkud]

This

[@guitartrav4299]

Well said 🤘🏻

[@lukeneely9476]

Dude, me too.

[@thedarkknightman6150]

My favorite song is Cemetery Gates it makes me want to go kill somebody.

[@chewybang]

One of the baddest songs WITHOUT a Dime solo, that says a lot. The lyrics are pretty powerful.

[@wearenxt818]

0:23 Phil: "It did not get the reaction that we would hope". Are you kidding me? Good friends & a bottle of pills was a MASTERPIECE🔥🤘😈!!! And that intro.... Oof! The bass on the track was just absolutely filthy good. I don't understand why people didn't like that song live???

[@HammyGiblets]

Maybe where they placed it in the set didn’t work, and people didn’t know how to move to it.

[@wearenxt818]

@@HammyGiblets I see what you're saying. Totally understandable. But, It still saddens me that... That track didn't get a lot of love like the others on the album did.

[@samuelwetz8378]

They technically did play Great Southern Trendkill live but it was like the Demo version of it at a New Year’s Eve show and I’ll Cast A Shadow they played it a few times. at least from the bootlegs I saw

[@Drummer_Jeff83]

Good call. There's also a bootleg called trendkillers from hell. It was from 1996 in Japan. The middle section of cowboys from Hell where they normally play cat scratch fever, they did the first verse and chorus for trendkill. That's the only other time I've heard them jam that.

[@Drummer_Jeff83]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2i2mqNppc-nfa8

[@MetalnutCliff]

Floods I can confirm was played on the 20 May 2001 in Perth, Western Australia. I will never forget watching Dimebag play that guitar solo, it is one of my cherished moments in life to see it played live. Definitely my favourite guitar solo.

[@DoomiePookie]

I was at the brissy show on that tour. Absolutely incredible night and Phil was completely off his chops that night and fell off the stage towards the front row 😂

[@ethanpartridge7075]

Wish I was alive then 😭 which venue did they play at?

[@MetalnutCliff]

@@ethanpartridge7075 it was at the old Perth Entertainment Centre.

[@pholly]

I love Pantera and I loved EVERY one of their songs, I can’t believe they didn’t perform so many songs live.

[@deadchaos597]

We need to hear Live in a Hole and Regular People live so bad!!!!

[@butchvito]

There are some Pantera songs that should not be attempted. Regular People is one of them. Nothing against the Illegals, but they would butcher it.

[@floresnashvilledrummer]

For sure! Those are two songs I never heard them play live. Same with "Mouth For War". I saw them four times and they never played it!

[@Beelzebubba2823]

Regular people woulda been badass live. I woulda love to hear that. Same with 10s

[@Wemyss333]

Regular people is my favorite pantera track and I love every song

[@waynekeer]

Illegals could make a setlist of them

[@JMPK23]

Some of there best song were never played live :( Like uplifting and drag the waters are incredible

[@andrelias]

Regular People and Living Through Me, two of my favorite songs and Pantera probably never played them live.

[@mikem4162]

Damn shedding skin is my favorite tune by them, so underrated. Absolutely love 25 years and throes. How the hell could they not get the reaction they wanted with throes, it's beyond badass.

[@thomaschavers7218]

They did play Floods when I saw them in Biloxi, Mississippi. It was the only Pantera show that I got to attend and Floods is my favorite song of theirs and it features my favorite solo from Dime. That is the moment that sticks out most to me about that show.

[@NickyD-99]

Great clip. Just hearing the song names makes me want to go jam them again.

[@tmc1473]

Yesterday Don't Mean Shit. Wow. Vulgar Display was my workout top pick while spending 10 years in prison. Thanks Pantera 😊.

[@Humongous420]

I remember seeing them play the floods live and it was fkn epic!

[@johnnymoreira192]

10's....Always wanted registers from them playing live.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

AHHH man , I remember losing my mind when SN Pt 1 played and then the background dropped and they came out full force with SN Pt 2 !!!!!! Holy shit that is a metal moment I will never forget ! I was lucky to see them 9 or 10 times live over the years and even catching a pick Dime threw out . And boy I scrapped for it when it hit the ground ! NOBODY was going home with it but me !!! And I was 5,8 145 pounds at the time LOL ! I got kicked , punched , shoved , but I got it by God !!! It said "old school Metal Rules" and had a phone number on the back .

[@coimbralaw]

Great Southern Trendkill title track would’ve been something amazing to listen to and behold.😢

[@skazzard8193]

They did do "I'll Cast A Shadow", July 22, 2001 Bakersfield, CA and I was there. Their bootleg of that show is floating around here on yt.

[@saltpeter7429]

Saw them open in 96 with Suicide note 1 and two. Excellent. Went to one of the earlier Ozzfest's and saw them there as well. Excellent. Wanted to hear FLOODS so bad, they didnt play it. My buddy went to the REINVENTING tour, comes home and says "hey man, that show was awesome! They played Floods and the solo was unreal!". Ahhhhhh hell. That'll teach me to be a broke ass who couldnt afford a ticket. I will always love Pantera. They were the metal GODS of the 90's.

[@willpercival1189]

Great to see this bro. Pantera live all the way... Didn't matter what song It was always heavy always fast always loved. Thank you for the metal.

[@TheOriginalKomamura]

They forgot 101 Live Proof, there is “I Can’t Hide” and “Where you Come From”

[@integrity101]

They played I Cant hide for sure. Its on video.

[@Pantallica5FDP]

There is also immortally insane and avoid the light but I’m positive they never played those

[@Turk_2023]

They did Floods when I saw them on the Reinventing the Steel tour in Louisville. Sick song

[@tammyflem]

Seen Pantera 6 times. Always had a great time. Houston tx.

[@keithcarter5375]

Tammy, did you see them play the whole Vulgar album at the Vatican a month or two before it was released’? That was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. We were all shocked at how much heavier it was. Brutal show.

[@tammyflem]

@@keithcarter5375 what year was that? In '94 I was 14 years old. And every year after that i seen them until 2000.

[@keithcarter5375]

@@tammyflem lol, end of 91. I was 16. Album came out feb 92.

[@darthcheeseburger]

Phil is the greatest of all time. Love him so much.

[@waynekeer]

Wonderful musician. But did a lot of shit in life

[@gregramirez4975]

They did play The Great Southern Trendkill live once and it was on New Years Eve 1995 and yeah, it was part of the song. However, they did play I'll Cast A Shadow.

[@birdman1021]

My alltime favorite band seen them six times glad Phil still keeping it alive

[@BLKKND]

I'll cast a shadow was played @ the Auckland town hall, on the reinventing the steel tour.

[@cabalofdemons]

Pantera played Sandblasted Skin, I'll Cast A Shadow and Floods live. Check out the live shows folks recorded through the years.

[@LaserGadgets]

I still got 110 bootleg DVDs. I can tell you what you played and what not. It was pretty much the same stuff every show :p and I think Dime or Vin said, nobody was allowed to add or take out songs, or even change order.

[@dyingbreed5386]

I'm jealous, haha. I have a couple VHS bootlegs (yea, I'm old). I converted them to DVD but the video quality is so bad I went back and converted the audio to mp3.

[@LaserGadgets]

@@dyingbreed5386 ^^

[@keaganmasters1991]

You should convert them and put them in KZbin my man 🤘🏼

[@LaserGadgets]

@@keaganmasters1991 Sorry, I dont have like half a year to waste :p

[@keaganmasters1991]

@@LaserGadgets it’s not a waste my guy , but I do understand 😂

[@westernstronghold]

jimmy hubbard! cool on the Revolver gig mang....was shocked to see you in this randomly haha

[@unicornsteaks6769]

Phil looks as well as I've seen him in a while. Good to see.

[@Ordos_Repeating_Blaster]

Long live Phil!

[@metalheart3334]

Pantera did I'll Cast A Shadow live in Korea it's on KZbin and sounds killer!

[@superunknown2812]

Always wondered how often a guy like phil or anyone other artist mainly him though goes on utube and watches old footage of Pantera playin live years back and interviews just as a nostalgia trip.

[@integrity101]

Probably never. How often do u watch old videos of yourself going to work from 20 years ago?

[@rubi588]

I can’t for the life of me find any recording of them doing The Underground in America, my fav song of theirs

[@jayteesgear]

Revolver doin it RIGHT!

[@theodorevaldez3832]

I've seen Pantera play Floods in albuquerque 2001

[@austinnewby9666]

Actually seeing Pantera open two shows with suicide note 1 ,then the explosion as the curtain dropped simultaneously exposing you instantly to your senses being overloaded that your now seeing Pantera attacking suicide note 2 before your eyes. The ground would tremble at the earth shattering might of them live.

[@filsolano5465]

I was lucky enough to see them play FLOODS live!

[@stingingpistol7181]

Great video, thank you for sharing this.

[@cjslam4975]

All of these songs being listed off like this really puts me back in freshman year for some reason

[@orb2150tx]

Love and respect for this band.

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Still the most monstrous vocalist to ever exist imo

[@scottdarren7805]

There’s videos of “I’ll cast a shadow” live and they’re Super bad ass! One of my favourite songs from that album

[@Drummer_Jeff83]

It's crazy he was so matter of fact about never playing I'll Cast A Shadow. Lol. As far as all the shows I've heard, they played it at every show in 2001. He talked it up like crazy and on at least a few occasions, he stopped it and restarted it because he didn't get the reaction he wanted

[@benready6550]

I remember him saying the same exact thing about the song live

[@eddiegobbo1]

Definitely did the following: Shedding Skin, I'll Cast a Shadow, Floods, Live In a Hole

[@jorgelorenzo9056]

they did play i'll cast a shadow and it sounds fucking awesome

[@donaldsalkovick396]

Seeing Phil "old" makes me feel old

[@joe12524]

I've seen Pantera perform Planet Caravan live in the 90s--some real s--- right there, greatest gig I've ever seen.

[@winburna2075]

They did play I'll Cast a Shadow.

[@panicthenmurder7494]

They played I'll cast a shadow and floods in OKC 2001

[@cruelregulator666]

Man it blows my mind that only a handful of songs never got played live. Most bands nowadays don't even perform all their songs, I mean I get it all the memorization and practice but these guys went full out

[@ramza813]

Team Phil always

[@Duality_of_Man]

I know for a fact they did Trendkill live at least once, partially... similarly to Cat Scratch Fever, they threw it in the middle of Cowboys once at the end of a show.

[@alleyshelton-shultz8870]

I love you Phil.. "don't f with the kid.. who is nothing if not a man's man .. ". 👊

[@jaymz_rg1003]

Bonus: They've done I Can't Hide live 🤘🏻

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

YOU DID THEM ALL AND IT WAS BADD ASS!!!!!!

[@MilitantOldLady]

Yes they did I'll Cast A Shadow, it's from the Korea show, it's even on KZbin.

[@triple6wolfi]

Well shit,I am honored because they played good friends and a bottle of pills at one of the shows I went to in Maryland. Bad ass!

[@samhouston1979]

i wish they’d do a proper reissue of the 80s stuff…at least “Power Metal”

[@jeffreycummings2769]

Phil: I might be missing a record? Power Metal: Me Me!!

[@cabalofdemons]

Pantera played Floods and I'll Cast A Shadow.

[@mrtalkative91]

there’s video of them playing I’ll Cast A Shadow live haha

[@champ7846]

Wish they did Drag the waters one of my favorit songs, Maybe solo isnt the best but I like lyrics and the riff

[@bigfootlochness]

They actually did I’ll cast a shadow quite a bit in 2000 2001

[@scotprather9855]

Swear they played uplift in orlando florida hard rock cafe

[@PanteraRockstar90]

I’ll cast a shadow was too done live. You can look it up here on youtube

[@joshcornwell6061]

I like old Phil.

[@codxva]

You did I'll cast a shadow live back in 2001

[@integrity101]

I'll Cast A Shadow was played every night on the final two major headlining tours, rightly so, its amazing. I have live versions of SHEDDING SKIN. its rare. Japan i believe. Hard Lines Sunken Cheeks was played live a few times and has been officially released. 25 years and throes of rejection were the only FBD songs not played *entirely* live that i know of, just parts. Everything else was definitely played live. Trendkill is the album with the least amount of songs rotating through the set list. FBD had the most songs rotating through the setlist. Vulgar was basically the first 5 songs plus half of hollow. The 2nd half of their career CFH material was almost entirely omitted from the setlist because they only played CFH and would rotate between Primal Concrete Sledge or Dom/Hollow. *If* they added a 2nd CFH song. The band had about 22 songs rotating through the set. Theyd narrow it to 12-15 for shows with songs in bold never leaving the setlist. Here are the 22 songs for the die hards that are interested. *CFH* Primal Concrete Sledge Dom/Hollow Mouth For War New Level *Walk* *F Hostile* *This Love* Strength Beyond Strength *Becoming* 5 Minutes Alone I'm Broken Slaughtered Use My Third Arm War Nerve Suicide Note 2 Sandblasted Skin *Hellbound* *Goddamn Electric* Yesterday Dont Mean Shizzy *Revolution Is My Name* I'll Cast A Shadow

[@lucabrazi3213]

Bot

[@matedire]

Phil sounds like Dutch from Red dead perfectly

[@twindicksucks871]

Slaughtered was played there’s a soundboard from either 94 or 95

[@derekcarter3470]

I just heard a recording of shedding skin live in Japan, pretty decent recording

[@DimeV3331981]

Come on Phil you guys played what was out at the time lol, however everytime I saw you you started cemetery gates and stopped, every damn time! Still loved the shows but dammit I wish I would have seen it live.

[@BawesomeBurf]

I remember them playing Rise when they came to town with Sacred Reich. Also remember them opening with Using My Third Arm the last time I saw them. Fucking brutal!

[@ecgodsmack86]

Message in blood

[@creepymcpeepers]

10’s!!!

[@MVProfits]

A few of the songs he said he never did I heard live on KZbin ha ha. I've seen Pantera about 7-10 times so not sure what I didn't hear myself live. Dude was so often high and/or drunk AF so no wonder he misses a few bits here and there LOL

[@adamgardner4213]

Fuck yeah I can listen to him talk about almost anything Just to the point and fuck off I will still listen to the Loyola interview Great piece ..yes young flannel

[@JBProject2]

We all need to talk like Phil so no one fucks with us. "Respect!!!!"

[@failure5864]

There's a live record with half these songs.

[@plaguerat7634]

Slaughtered was fucking amazing dallas 01

[@_SliK_]

3:37 He’s obviously being sarcastic about “I’ll Cast A Shadow”... right?😂

[@clintmullins8670]

Looks like it

[@vincentmiller420]

Hell Yeah!

[@Powerstroke2003]

Dom-Hollow is fuckin bad ass

[@frostedcupcakes2670]

Floods, I’ll cast a shadow... Killing in Korea tour

[@dynamo4543]

be funny if someone brought up the power metal record

[@NightmansSexyHands]

The interviewer looks like I imagine Jonathan Davis looks like after a proper bath.

[@charlescustin2685]

Even though all the songs from cowboys were played....art of shredding was very rare if ever played after cowboys tour.......at one show I saw on the trendkill tour Dime teased by playing the intro to it

[@mrslvllk]

Shedding Skin is easily one of the most underrated Pantera tracks, it's so damn good

[@specter1001]

great workout song

[@kirksguitar8264]

@@specter1001 yes, it really is

[@brushwolf]

I ran 6 miles every week day in 2006 and 2007 to Shedding Skin at some point in my run. It was one of the first songs on my MP3 player in my college years.

[@uriahchessor9989]

agreed!

[@c.f.pedraza4057]

Far Beyond Driven is a great workout album period.

[@bigchiefsmackaho387]

Cant blame phil for not remembering what hes played live. Dude pickled himself pretty well during those years.

[@4ytcomment]

Thank you for calling that out. Glad he recognizes he's on camera doing an interview right now...barely.

[@netslow]

They definitely played most songs from their repertoire. That was so awesome about Pantera, they seldom played an identical playlist and often they would slide in a few surprises, covers, rare songs etc. Just legends. I miss them!!!!

[@nolivesmatter911]

Well Dying Twice Will Do That To You.

[@hoos_ur_daddy]

True

[@Bizkit9d8]

Pickled 😂

[@paulschanzlin7098]

Funny that he's not sure if they played "floods" live... that one evil-looking live recording is legendary, y'all know which one I'm talking about

[@francescocobelli9846]

Koreans were the mf luckiest person on earth

[@fsudrummer3640]

I remember seeing them play floods on the extreme steel tour.

[@alexcondurache]

Best gig

[@rpk9384]

"Smoke Heroin"

[@Raichulula]

I assume that must've been sarcasm.

[@longbeach7623]

He didn’t have the balls to ask him about Power Metal at the end. 🤣

[@Beelzebubba2823]

Thats true. I woulda waited to ask him at the end. Lol. But in honesty they did play some of the power metal songs in the early 90s.

[@diabsoul]

Too bad cause that song rips! I'll give you all I've got!!!!

[@thetribalist6923]

He talked about Power Metal in another video. It was songs he couldn't really perform live haha

[@Beelzebubba2823]

@@thetribalist6923 do u have the link? Id like to hear him talk about that alvum. I dont get why they try to act like it doesnt exist. Power Metal was bad fuckin ass

[@thetribalist6923]

@@Beelzebubba2823 I'll see if I can find it! It's one of the recent interviews with Revolver.

[@murderstagemetal]

"I'll cast a shadow" played live June 29 2001 Grand Rapids, MI. Extreme Steel Tour. I even remember when the birthday cake was brought out for Phil that night. Awesome show, only time I ever got to see Pantera. Kerry King came out for "Fucking Hostile" as well. That night still lives on in me 20 years later.

[@edwhite2794]

I went to the show on the 27th of June in WV that tour and they played I'll cast a shadow there as well. Anyone who saw that tour will never forget it. Pantera, Slayer, Morbid Angel, Static X, and Skrape. Fucking amazing!! Also saw Slayer in a small club in NC ten days before that. God I miss those days

[@barokara3254]

@@edwhite2794 dude look at the fcking names there awesome

[@Humanflesh1988]

That’s fuckin cool man Im glad you have that epic memory to cherish, that really is cool.

[@johnkarnaghon7784]

I went to show in Nampa Idaho on same tour, after reinventing the steel as a matter of fact. Only time i seen Pantera as well. I would have been devastated had I never had the chance to see them

[@NotASaint1985]

@@edwhite2794fuck yeah dude me too!

[@jessiewaynewalker9221]

It’s great seeing Phil in such high spirits and acknowledging the pantera catalog in this way, you never hear him talk much about it

[@snoo50]

maybe cause the pantera gents he had misunderstandings with are now dead

[@E.C.2]

Phil said he thinks about Pantera everyday and misses all of them dearly. Irreplaceable type of people that unfortunately leave your sphere. It sucks happens to all of us.

[@9xqspx6]

Phil has a fucking CFH tattoo on his skull, dog.

[@michiganjack1337]

Great Southern Trend Kill has never left my car

[@redrocket9861]

Lol same

[@ammoadam6902]

Pantera is still alive in all of us!

[@phillipmangus9946]

Pantera will never die

[@filsolano5465]

They are living trough me!

[@Dusan_Zdravkovic]

Took me a decade just to kick Dime outta my muscle memory! 8P

[@kevincampbell5785]

The older I get the more I love 'em. Saw 'em in '95, never forget.

[@mikedixon8830]

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