Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power | Anselmo & Rex Brown Tell Wild Tales Behind Metal Masterpiece

[@revolver]

CONTENT GUIDE: 00:00 Intro 00:56 Opening Thoughts, How Vulgar Display of Power Changed Pantera 03:21 First VDOP Tours and The Recording Process 06:51 "Twist and Hurl" 07:42 The Recording Process, Continued 11:22 Influences on Vulgar Display of Power 16:32 The Initial Response To Vulgar 17:26 Favorite Song, The Power Of "This Love" 20:48 Dimebag Darrel's Guitar Grip 22:42 How Vulgar Influenced Other Musicians 23:28 That Time Tom Morello Copied Pantera 25:20 Top 5 Vulgar Display of Power Songs 26:38 Favorite Vulgar Songs To Play Live 27:42 Memories of Dimebag Darrel and Vinne Paul 35:04 How Vulgar Display of Power Changed Heavy Music 37:36 From Small Clubs To Moscow and Spain 40:07 How "Walk" Changed the Audience Energy 42:19 Final Thoughts

[@cameronmoore3674]

Just my Luck today, a FRESH-vid on-whixh to troll Hansel, the wee prig... Phil needs to grab JunoReactor by his beautiful brilliant balls, bit don't hurt Our poor sweet-Geez byGod! Just watch this and tell Me if Danny Elfman duznt speak width Moore CONVICTION than Juno can muster... kzbin.info/www/bejne/gamwaJ2ehM2pkKs

[@integrity101]

20th anniversary of DOWN II is next month. Get these guys back and discuss that album. No one ever asks Rex about Down

[@Dravenbelmont]

We are Pantera lifers WE DONT NEED TIME STAMPS TO SKIP AROUND WE WATCH THE WHOLE FUCKING THING!

[@cameronmoore3674]

PoonTwang: Silver Hollow... Do the math. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6WboZqhr99-rZo the whole song reeks of Kurt's Ghost, but the mashed potatoes stuffed with Mom-parts!!!... yawbviously

[@cameronmoore3674]

idk side1 side2-talk Unkle Phull but i know people LOVE to STEAL FBD!!! i've re-placed that son of a bitch at least 3x...

[@keithheames992]

I can't put into words, what those four guys did for me in my youth.

[@kevincharles1983]

Yes!!

[@AncientRunesMusic]

Try anyway. :)

[@TheKatraponga]

Absolutely! VDOP came out on my 17th birthday and here I am, 30 years later, celebrating it as deserved. Changed my life!

[@michaelmathews8409]

Say no more my brother! "Any streetwise son of a bitch knows"

[@bczarrockbeast6264]

Same...i picked up guitar because of Dime. They changed my life for the better. Not a day goes by that pantera doesn't play in my house.

[@shaft9000]

My mom died when this record peaked. I was 18, and it helped me through an extremely rough period. Forever grateful for Pantera!!!

[@golgothaassassin5035]

in my humble opinion, Pantera created a new form of metal. to this day no one can touch them. they were a perfect storm of metal.

[@theMADTXgamer]

This is an absolute fact. No opinions here

[@Igornopolis]

No one can match Pan-fucking-tera. End of brainstorm.. cheers

[@juliusseizure324]

@@Igornopolis cheers for saying Panfuckin’tera’s name right!

[@ln8300]

@@theMADTXgamer they were the BEST. Nobody could touch them.

[@ceebee491]

Yes, to be pioneers in sound and still have no one come up to your level is fucking impressive

[@GunDrummer]

When I discovered Pantera everything musically for me changed

[@tywins3669]

Dude same. As a kid of the 80s from SoutherN California I got wrapped up in the rap scene of the mid 90s but as soon and I found Pantera my while focus on music shifted and is still focused on high energy, authentic metal. Lamb of God is the only band that gives me the same feelings Pantera does

[@erics.4113]

Vinnie changed my drumming. Forever.

[@pauljames3178]

Me too. When cowboys of hell came my way it was like nothing id heard and felt b4. Must have played it 2 or 3 timed a day every single day giving me that magical feeling each time. Then vulgar came out. 💣💥

[@StarsOnSports]

Still hard to sink in that these are the two surviving members of Pantera. RIP Dimebag Darryl and Vinnie Paul

[@rugie6247]

Right…?

[@alfiesolomon3531]

u said it the way i felt it

[@TJCombo67]

Wow...hard to believe.

[@gfx2943]

Same. Infact I had a conversation with my best friend recently and I started to cry and I realized that I only just realized how awful what happened was to Dime and Vinnie. As a guitar player who loves music and has a career is music I miss them more and more everyday and wonder what could have been had Dime never been taken away. I also think about every other Pantera fan and how they're all doing and I realize how special everything that exists in this band was. Stronger than all.

[@DetroitFettyghost]

@@gfx2943 yup. Honestly like it couldn't have happened to a nicer. More caring for his fans. True lover of the music and craft. And talented good soul. And he had a family too. Rip to the Abbot boys

[@alberths2279]

While watching the video I couldn't help but imagine seeing Vinnie and Dime in their respective gray hair, recalling anecdotes with Phil and Rex. Our heroes are getting older, I am proud to belong to that community that grew up with them, I do not omit to mention that I felt a nostalgia accompanied by a knot in the chest, damn I miss those days.

[@BoBo15507]

Damn dude... Thought the same thing.... We all get flabby and wrinkled but still hold the fun and games of days past

[@alberths2279]

@@BoBo15507 the body wrinkles but the attitude never, metal until the end of the days, even if it is in an asylum 😎😆😈🤘

[@ariakus6667]

Exactly. And if you weren't there you'll never fully understand.

[@boomer31]

@@alberths2279 absolutely, I’m 51 still listening to pantera almost daily , my sons 20 and I’ve got him loving it . I can see myself listening to pantera for the rest of my life

[@AllofJudea]

We are lucky, we got to see the end of something special. 90s were the last "magical" times.

[@Mr5Timez]

Rex is such an underrated bassist in the metal world. He's so damn good.

[@DetroitFettyghost]

Bassists are almost always underated unless they slap or tap lol.... especially metal bassists. Yup he's a great.

[@Johnny1.0]

And a fuckin bad ass!

[@Metaldrumma7]

The mere fact that he kept up with dime speaks to his raw talent

[@doncee1831]

Criminally underrated

[@jonmaher8699]

Im broken has some great licks.

[@notone4029]

Pantera was UNTOUCHABLE back in the “Golden Era” 90’s ! And STILL are to this DAY!! The KINGS of Metal!!

[@AllofJudea]

Absolutely. Type O was another one of a kind band, no wonder they were friends

[@HughGWrekshin]

I hope that new, young bands these days know this stuff and understand and appreciate it for what it is because so far no one has even come close to this power and intensity in the “groove metal” or maybe thrash genre.

[@sharonj3797]

@@AllofJudea I would pay an obseen amount of my bank account to see Type O live again. Same with Pantera

[@goshu7009]

@@HughGWrekshin New bands are called ,,projects" so forget about it .

[@LSD123.]

I'm proud to have been a teenager in the 90s. Wild times…

[@soculese]

The last two standing from Pantera. Love it that Phil looks like he does interviews in his bathrobe now. Kids these days have zero idea what that era was like. I got to see these guys live 4 times. NOTHING like Pantera live, NOTHING!

[@Fnberg744]

Same. I remember being on our way in the car trying to fathom that we were about to witness the shit in person. Dime was about to Alakazam the fuck out of it

[@saltpeter7429]

I only saw them twice. But both times were killer. I'm from way the hell out in the hills of nowhere, 2 hours from the nearest rock concert at least. As teenager's in the 90's, going to see Pantera was a metal pilgrimage. They didnt play FLOODS either time I saw them. I see my buddy at the gas station in the early 00's, the dude who used to drive us to these shows, he says " hey man! I went to the Pantera show last night, they played floods dude, you should have been there!". Ouch. Thanks for the kick in the nuts, man. Lol. Didnt know what we didnt know. Carload of hillbilly's heading to the show.

[@dreamstone5018]

Same for me. Outstanding performance. Nothing compares!

[@trevordavis2499]

Ozzfest 97. The pit was so crazy they were tearing the grass up and throwing clumps around. I got pushed out to the side and just stood there and watched. Every time I saw them they killed, untouchable live.

[@soculese]

@@trevordavis2499 The last time I saw them the venue had a bar area that had sofas in it. When Pantera took the stage, the opened with Use My Third Arm and the sofas were being crowd surfed with people on them. It was at that moment that the venue lost control, 30 seconds into the set. Thankfully no one got hurt, the pit looked like a WWF royal rumble and the band fed off of it. It was at that moment I was happy to have settled in on a spot in the balcony. Probably the best concert I’ve ever been to. Dime and Vinnie were just ridiculous players live.

[@I-Sharted1]

One thing about Vulgar is that it doesnt feel 30 yrs old. The word timeless is thrown around alot but this truly is timeless.

[@pawesadowski3403]

VDOP production has some vintage vibe (especially on drums). But FBD? Yes. Musically it is 30 years old because songwriting is more sophisticated than most modern music.

[@garytrue440]

A perfect album

[@truthskr7127]

"Modern music" is quickly dating itself because the stuff coming out now is too technical and plastic sounding. Literally 0 aggression, just 100 silly riffs pasted together with attention deficit drumming. Very poor song writing.

[@vcvortex6356]

My 17 year old daughter is a huge Pantera fan. She has all of their music on vinyl too. I wish I had a time machine so I could take her to any of the 9 Pantera shows that I attended. Timeless? Most definitely. Pantera will still be amazing to people in 200 years.

[@cleangoblin2021]

Damn youre right 1992 but it can be just this afternoon

[@lowcountrythrash2874]

Dude thanks so much for this interview. I had been worried for Rex and he looks great. May sound stupid coming from a fan, but those guys from Pantera were like my Uncles growing up and following them. As a musician I have learned so much from these dudes and I am happy to see Phil and Rex doing well and especially in good health!

[@michaellara2587]

Thought the same

[@JPX64Channel]

yeah good to know rex is looking better than he did some years ago.

[@cameronmoore3674]

God Phil is a fine wine 🍷 isn't He?! He loooves Hollow, me too. New Daze😉GnuLevulz MajikMane 🦁🦁🦁🦁 oh i must say, Phil duznt even KNOW DOES HE THERE IS SUBLIMINAL #Nirvana inside of Hollow.

[@lukeisprvkt]

Nah man that doesn’t sound stupid to me. I can relate. Good to see these guys. Always.

[@PsillyApeUSA]

Definitely good to see Rex looking well. I was worried as well

[@pauld9561]

I love how Phil always looks like someone owes him money.

[@Badmotorfinger16]

Vulgar Display Of Power Is One Of My Favourite Heavy Metal Album Of All Time! #Pantera Rules!!!

[@timmcgee8843]

I've heard it said: Pantera has built more muscle in the gym than all steroids combined until this day! Really want to see Phil again with the Illegals now & hopefully Rex with them. Haven't seen Rex in person since 93 at Baby Dolls Arlington. And Vinny & Dime at their club, The Club House, in Dallas 1999. All of them super nice guys in person. Rest in Peace Dime & Vinny. What a huge loss.

[@JPX64Channel]

better than that, rex and phil under the pantera name with 2 real musicians who will fill the shoes of the brothers, the illegals are not that good, at least when playing pantera songs .

[@jmonty2005]

Great, humble conversation with Phil and Rex about one of the most pivotal metal albums of all time. Loved hearing the exchange between them

[@banana6238]

Agreed!!

[@jays4863]

Seeing Pantera twice back in the day is a memory I’ll cherish forever. Like Rex said, when you get older and look back and realize that those were some of the best times in your life. Thank you guys. RIP Dime and Vince. On another note, Rex might be the only person left on this planet that is allowed to call Phil, Phillip without receiving a beat down \m/

[@nucavani]

😂

[@OzLeedsCrew]

As a 12 year old just starting guitar lessons, Vulgar absolutely blew my mind, had to convince the parents to buy it for me. Life changing

[@leesmith7974]

Pantera is and always be unique. The chemistry of the four of them was pure magic. The power of each of them coming together as one entity still hits me to the core. I have been searching for years for a band that would hit me in every aspect the way Pantera does and they just fall short. I will listen to them til the day I die.

[@kalebseiler8577]

The only band that comes even close to matching the energy of Pantera is Hatebreed.

[@Beardodoomus]

Rex is looking a lot healthier lately. Good on him.

[@shawnboogz7546]

Def noticed that….

[@ryanjones9498]

He stopped drinking and started smoking weed lol

[@RobbieFitzgerald]

Both of them.

[@supermastater]

@@ryanjones9498 He never stopped smoking weed lol

[@jfo3000]

Maybe eating more solid food too.

[@GunDrummer]

This interview is awesome I could listen to this all day

[@kevincharles1983]

2 fucking legends!! I'm 40 years old and still blasting pantera out my speakers. Pantera the greatest metal band of all time

[@jeffarab4947]

Timeless man these guys fucking made amazing albums long glove the abbots sad man dime vinny the best

[@sharkhaywood]

I met a distant family relative a couple years ago who was maybe 20 (I'm 50) and he had a CFH tattoo on his leg. I said "Pantera fan huh?" He looked at me shocked and said "You know who Pantera is?" I laughed and said "Know who they are? I saw them live 7 times starting with the Cowboys From Hell tour."

[@chrisakans]

Same. Cheers!

[@jaredoverton7992]

Everyday I hear or listen to Pantera

[@paulransdell]

I'm forever grateful for Pantera. My young adulthood. Soundtrack of my teens to late 20's. Grateful I got to see them live.

[@Liz-cmc313]

This album was a game changer 💯🔥... To be 25 again. Pantera till I die 🤘

[@brianhacker5353]

Amen Sister

[@AncientRunesMusic]

I don't know who you are, Liz, but I'm pretty sure you are not a boring person.

[@nadar34]

From your avatar and comment, you are definitely a purveyor of the finest metal.

[@Liz-cmc313]

@@nadar34 I'd like to think so, lol 🤘

[@michaelbuettner1487]

Is that the Devin symbol? Lol

[@notan23]

Amazing that a group of people who would basically always be drunk could be striving for perfection, and deliver it most of the time!

[@JM-co6rf]

Alcohol is often a way to reduce anxiety and gain focus -- at least for a short window of time each day until you get wiped out and go to sleep, in my experience

[@tompatchak8706]

Strangely enough, they didn’t drink while in the studio. They wanted to do it right.

[@captainspaulding2693]

Really want to see Rex back in down with pepper, kirk and Phil. Legendary line up.

[@ryanhenry931]

Man I wish. If we can't have Pantera I'd love some Down.

[@integrity101]

I agree. Rex in Down needs to happen

[@AllofJudea]

What about Jimmy? No down without him.

[@captainspaulding2693]

@@AllofJudea these are facts, the power of the riff compels him. He w/o a doubt integral to downs sound.

[@AllofJudea]

@@captainspaulding2693 He has a very distinct sound, not a lot of drummers do. He hits hard and he finds the groove

[@loribernardisunwell9663]

ZZ Top is my dads' favorite band. Needless to say I grew up with them and for 44 years now I've been a fan. My dad and I even shed a tear over the phone together when Dusty passed. We shared some disenfranchised grief lol. Listening to these two reminisce about their work and experiences warms my heart. We all know how lucky we are to have Phil and Rex to get interviews like this. When Rex says "remember Philip?" at 20:35 I had to smile to myself. Rex also happens to be my father's name. Hearing one of my favorite bands pay homage to my father's favorite band brings me peace 🥰. Thank you Jimmy, Phil and Rex for this interview. RIP Dime and Vinnie. Love you guys 😘💙

[@bikromshill7260]

Pantera for life 🤟🖤

[@Fnberg744]

The Gospel

[@greatestgigliello3282]

Every time Phil or Rex speak about their former band mates you can hear and see that love. You boys did alright, brought good things to people that needed it. Your music fueled so much. Thank you

[@CarnivoreDog]

The whole 90's Pantera rules! At least in my world.

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

*I got a hold of this album on a holiday of 1992.* And the moment I heard *"Mouth For War"* for the very first time, I was instantly mindblown!

[@evolexpeditions7675]

The intro to that song. That riff…

[@evolexpeditions7675]

I was there to see PANTERA with Skid Row in San Diego, CA. This album changed metal period.

[@nelliesilvers1210]

Determiiiiiiined-uh!!!!🤘🏻

[@Mike-oz5pp]

Yup I feel ya! 'Mouth of War' is the song that did it for me.. was the 1st song I heard from that album & maybe from them period

[@nelliesilvers1210]

@@Mike-oz5pp Walk was the song that busted my Pantera cherry. It was love at first sound🙂. This Love was the first song of theirs I taught myself on guitar

[@MichaelSmith-pg6gi]

This band really helped me find strength during some tough times in my life.

[@potsyband]

Would you call it strength...BEYOND STRENGTH??

[@PaulBradley-qi9ss]

Damn right!!! That's what great music does!

[@Itisallinyourmind33]

Can’t thank these guys enough for all the great music that they have given us.

[@Jokilldrum]

These gentlemen and this band are the soundtrack of my wild feral youth. They and the band are the living embodiment of all things heavy metal 🤘🏻. Thank you Phillip, Rex, dimebag, and Vince

[@NotoriousYeshi]

Good to see Rex and Phil healthy. I was sadly too young when Pantera were in their heyday, so I never got to experience their impact first hand. But when I stumbled into their music in 07ish when I was 15, they were a game changer for sure. Long live Pantera. RIP to Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell.

[@coleycole2nite]

Blessed I got to work for Pantera when they took Morbid Angel on the road with them, I had the privilege of setting up dimebags guitar on stage for him. I’ll never forget!

[@tetsusiega2]

As a Louisiana native I’ll never not have love for these guys. They’ll be a part of me until the day I die.

[@Samoan_Metalhead]

I presume you love Acid Bath, Down, Soilent Green, EHG and Goatwhore?

[@gungriffen]

My dad had the Projects in the Jungle and Power Metal cassettes from Pantera local Texas days. He used to go see them all the time back then.

[@guitarguru.3572]

I’ll never forget my first experience with Pantera. It was the summer of 1995. I had just gotten my driver’s license and me and 3 of my closest friends took a boat onto Stonewall Jackson Lake with a case of beer and an 8th of weed. The heaviest thing I’d ever heard up until that point was Metallica, and I was less than enthused to try anything any heavier. Not that I didn’t like it, but it was missing the groove I tend to like in what I listen to. My friend Matt bought Far Beyond Driven earlier that day and took the cellophane off the CD right on the boat. None of us had ever heard Pantera, but giving bands a fresh listen was kind of one of our things. We put it on as the sun was starting to set and were just blown the fuck away. That album, along with everything else these guys ever did would turn out to be one of the biggest sources of strength and inspiration I’ve ever been fortunate enough to experience. That moment changed my life, and I’ll never forget it.

[@crazydude123ify]

Pantera changed everything for me, life changing at 15 years old man and still to this day no one tops them..

[@johnc94]

I often think if Vinny and dime were still alive how big the reunion tour would have been because in a previous interview I remember Rex Brown saying he was going to get the band back together he was going to get them in the room and hash things out could you imagine what that tour would have been like

[@2strokin70]

It would sell out every show..amazing band

[@jasonfedeli]

It breaks the heart that now it’s only a could have been. The shotgun blast that punk killer took to the head in Columbus was too good for him.

[@JA-ng7yo]

I wanted to believe that. Vinny seem to acted like he just was fuckin done with it.

[@1997LT1Camaro]

I would have loved to see a reunion. Sucks they are gone, they were 100% irreplaceable.

[@1997LT1Camaro]

@@jasonfedeli yeah it sucks. Everyone lost. I still can’t believe that happened almost 20yrs later.

[@MetalBaller83]

Being a lifelong die hard Pantera fan like so many others, it warms my heart so much to see Phil sober and full of life again. For the brothers. FOREVER STRONGER THAN ALL.

[@DavidBaillie1986]

30 years... Man where does the time go. I was just listening to Vulgar at work on Monday as well. The album still sounds as heavy and fresh today as it did back then. I grew up listening to Pantera and will never stop. I just wish Dime and Vinnie were here with us.

[@facestabber51]

I still remember the day my buddy Nate says, "dude you gotta listen to this" and proceeds to play the album. Blew me away. Complete game changer.

[@theheavygroovelist4922]

The personal, tribal and generational impact VDOP had is very hard to put into words. It changed so many people's idea of what Metal and Heavy music could be. It inspired in so many ways, made new friendships and spawned so much more music.... Always will be my fav Pantera Album 🤘🔥 Happy 30th. Congratulations Phil & Rex. RIP Dime & Vinnie...

[@pzj2017]

In the early years it was quite a situation to be a Pantera fan. People would look at you crazy and label you ECT. Thank goodness that did not matter to any of Us.

[@coleb10]

Thank you so much for putting this together. I was fortunate enough to start going to their shows right before the release of Power Metal back in 1980's. It was $5 to get into places like Joes Garage in Fort Worth. Purchased my copy of Power Metal there for $10. Saw them dozens of times there and some other places around the DFW area. They were playing the songs from Power Metal and then later Cowboys. It was always two sets with a short intermission in between. The next set would be cover songs from other bands. My friend and I would call up the phone number to the Pantera Hotline frequently to hear Vinnies voice popping off about their upcoming local gigs. The first time I saw them I told my friend that "These guys have their shit together". Really cool to hear Rex speak about their worth ethic about 37 minutes into the interview. They had a genuine desire to get things right and strive to make something better the next time on stage. I grew up just across I-20 from the brothers. I didn't know them personally but I really miss them. Their last tour was the first concert my son ever attended. He was 12 years old and will be 32 this year. He still talks about it.

[@adamturner1563]

To hear Phillip say Dime could play it tighter than Kerry also, is awesome man. Love the honesty. (Greatest band ever)

[@anthonybernero9720]

He had to say it, because its so true. Kerry King is a sloppy mess compared to Dimebag Darrell.

[@ceebee491]

Breaks my heart to see Dime and Vinnie absent from the interview. Having said that it's good to have the guys talk about the album

[@angrybadger616]

Pantego sound was a great studio back in the day. Learned so much from Vince,Darrell and Rex back then. They were so far ahead of everyone else before Phil joined. Once Phil got to Arlington, they took it up anther notch. They were always a great show to catch on weekends,but by the time of Power Metal all the locals were floored by the change. Once Cowboys dropped,that was it.

[@mmoss0911]

This album changed me as a person. It changed my life’s path. My entire direction. This album probably overall had more of an impact on who I became back then and who I am now than any other influence ever and I would not be surprised if I never hear another piece of music for the rest of my life that will come close to how that music changed me the first time I heard it. Still in my arsenal. Always will be. Countless CD’s over the last thirty years prior to digital. My hats off to the last two left. I have never bled more in a pit than I did after crowd surfing in to the mosh pit just below dime at the last Dallas show for the Reinventing the Steel tour. I bare the scars with pride. Keep on. 👊🏼😼

[@adampindell]

I've spent hundreds of dollars on their music and merchandise throughout the years... ... It's so fucking good and it still brings me so much joy. I feel like I still owe them money 😅

[@jeffstacho]

THAT was a Boss Ass comment! Good share man, thx:)

[@loujohnson6631]

I get the impression that Phil has put his battles with his demons behind him. I was always rooting for him

[@Aaron_17]

I'm getting so nostalgic watching this. I think this weekend I'll pop in my VHS copy of Watch it Go, have a few drinks and reminisce about a simpler time.

[@bucknaked311]

Vulgar is easily in the top 10 of most complete metal albums ever. It hits every 🎯

[@alexrigby7691]

Absolutely. Front to back. Cover to cover. Track for track. It’s like the Pet Sounds or Sgt Pepper of metal.

[@lifeintornadoalley]

I was hanging out with my friend's band at the icon the night before alrosa happened. Friends opened for damage plan, dime and I where in the crowd making sure everyone had a black tooth. Regardless of the age, Everyone had to have one. I was honored to chill with them after. Omg the hospitality dime and Vinnie had is unmatched by any other rockstar ever. They loved everyone as family. No one was left out, or felt above. God bless them. Didn't know what was going to happen the night after that. I hit me so hard. Phil is doing so great being sober! He's finally calmed down and chill again. Rex's tone and creativity is another untouchable unmatched style.

[@HipHopSlam]

as a hip-hop fan, who also appreciates metal but not widely knowledgeable on the genre and who even does not know Pantera's music, I really enjoyed this interview since I appreciate the passion for their art that both the two surviving members and the Revolver interviewer Jimmy Hubbard all clearly display - it's infectious and hard not to be drawn in by this love of metal by these guys. Respect!

[@Springfeeeel3]

Expand your musical taste my friend. Especially because modern hip-hop just sucks.

[@nathanieledwards7150]

Commercial hip hop sucks. Mainstream rock sucks just as much. Ya know....butt rock? There's no soul in it. I find it to obtain equal levels of soullessness

[@jeffarab4947]

I love old hip hop rap and yes I agree modern day music sucks man only the og guys are still kicking ass for both metal and rap thrs some good bands tho still kicking ass but the trend is all that pop and dumb rap mumbling shit

[@brockwallace4661]

I graduated in 94. This album came out at the best possible time of my life and it is still very near and dear to me. This is the soundtrack of my youth.

[@jakeyjervis]

I grew through my teens listening to this album. It was the heaviest thing I ever heard. I put a kicker and Amp in my shitty ass car just to blast Vulgar! Still love it, I practice my drums to it still.

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

Right there with ya bro

[@TheGuitologist]

Dime solos wouldn’t have been the same without Rex’s groove underneath. Pantera were the heaviest thing on the planet then, and Vulgar stands up among the heaviest still today. Talk about attitude… if you don’t listen to that record and come away not wanting to destroy something, you aren’t a man.

[@phizzle24]

Mouth For War

[@granitesevan6243]

Not for me. When I listen to Vulgar, I feel like it's me against the world and I'm winning! A nice positive dose of fuck right off

[@laurendaley8347]

By Demonnnnnns beeee Drivennnnn

[@bruce5168]

Till this day... No band can rival these boys. Just too much talent, to much hook. They truly cemented their place in Heavy metal History!! R. I. P Dime and Vince, LEGENDS 🤘🤘 forever missed.

[@williamcanavan7085]

NO ONE COMES CLOSE!!! THE BADDEST BAND IN THE LAND!!!! 4 Of the MOST intensely talented men to EVER Hit the Stage PERIOD!!!

[@drunken-skunk]

FOREVER \PANTERA/!!!!🤘🤟🤘🤟🤘🤟🤜🤛👊✊️

[@jeremyswalley8625]

Vinnie and Dimebag shared a life force one couldn’t survive without the other!! I see the pain on Phil’s face when talking about Dime the pause to get that clear picture of the moment… The energy of the music was the best!!! They had the Skid Row momentum and then some!!! To the unlikely survivors of the band Rex and Phil y’all are living Gods !! Great to see you guys laugh and reminisce about the good ole days is great 👍🏻 Long Live heavy music..

[@abitoutside1973]

Im old now and it blows sometimes but i grew up right down the road from were they jammed back in the day. I always thank god i grew up in those times

[@f3uibeghardt522]

I'm so glad they spoke about their emphasis on tightness. It's almost vindicating to me because I've always maintained that the mechanical precision of their timing made their songs just so much more devastatingly-heavy and crushing. It's weird how that works.

[@morbidmanmusic]

Yep, And no triggers. Or timing correction. All human steam!

[@samclemmons5373]

It’s crazy that in all of KZbin no one can quite nail Dime’s playing. Incredible guitar players cover stuff, and it just doesn’t sound right because only Dime had that feel.

[@f3uibeghardt522]

@@samclemmons5373 I was going to say in my first comment that despite their swiss watch-like timing, Dime still was always able to play with such feel and expression. And I may catch flak for saying it, but no one should be covering Pantera. It's just profane and embarrassing. No one could possibly replicate his playing, let alone add to or improve upon it. So it just becomes an exercise in playing a worse, more generic, soulless, empty version of the original.

[@turolretar]

@@f3uibeghardt522 nah bro, people cover songs of bands they like. You might as well not play if you worry about butchering the song. I think playing your favorite songs should be a kind of celebration

[@f3uibeghardt522]

@@turolretar I have no issue with cover songs in a broad sense (although most are just cringe garbage that are done just for the sake of doing it), but some songs or artists just shouldn't be covered for public consumption outside of a private setting, especially when you know there's no way to improve it. Things like Dolly Parton covering the Bee Gee's "Islands in the Stream" actually improved the song, but we all know inventiveness, inflection, ingenuity or any semblance of an intangible x-factor just doesn't exist anymore. I don't care if I sound pompous or condescending (I'm truly not being that way, but I recognize this comes across as such), it's just the truth.

[@terryburton971]

PANTERA is the reason why I got into METAL.... Can't wait to see them

[@diddykong-jz4nb]

Great seeing them looking good. Never got to see them live but man oh man Pantera still holds up to the strongest shit out there today. Everyday at a minimum! RIP Dime and Vinnie.

[@BoBo15507]

Damn.... What an interview.... Walking (no pun intended) out of high school in '92 and getting into college set my next two years of music... Then the next 30 years kept on keeping on for me... Shuffle Cowboys and Vulgar like a deck of cards, Id always bounce to that mix .... Keep the memory alive my friends.... Much love....

[@scottallen794]

How did the "lemon pepper" thing not make it into the Home Videos? Almost spit my drink out when Phil said he'd look at Vince in studio licking at the lemon pepper!!! Vulgar isn't my favorite Pantera album but it definitely changed heavy music to my ears. Such a pivotal album, especially given Metallica going soft.

[@DennisTeti]

LONG LIVE DIMEBAG! Greatest of the greats, beyond forever. Great interview. Love Pantera.

[@d.pinit7796]

It’s impossible to relive moments of my youth without Pantera being involved somehow! They are a part of my DNA! The GOATS 👊🏻

[@Ballpython77]

amen to that. i discovered them when i was 14 and i just turn 45 few months ago and i always have some Pantera playing in the house to the point even my wife is starting to like it, i caught her listening to Domination last week, i had the biggest boner in years! LMFAO!

[@Chad_Fuckhammer]

"Hollow" floors me, too. Even 30 years later. Hands down my favorite Pantera song

[@skoottar]

Phil looks & sounds a lot better & healthier. Great interview. It’s like a chat over a few beers. Pantera was & still is kings of heavy

[@joshuagibson2520]

He's still on dope. Be it methadone, subs, or whatever.

[@Apprentice_of_the_Leonine]

@@joshuagibson2520 Marijuana, actually. The most harmless drug there is.

[@tompatchak8706]

There was an older kid in my 10th grade Home Ec class. Home Ec was a screw off class for Seniors in my high school. Dude had on a Vulger shirt one day. I knew of Pantera, but wasn’t into metal too much. So my friends and I went to Sam Goody and grabbed some CDs for at home. Holy sheet!!! Blew my mind!! Like I had to question my life decisions!

[@jameswest4259]

My favorite band ever! Saw them 5 times from 1992-2000 and nobody could touch them live, long live Pantera and Dimebag!

[@CarnivoreDog]

They were always the big dog sound wise.

[@KrypticChambers]

Glad to see Rex and Phil talk about the band together..

[@ciscogarcia3463]

🙏 thank you for this interview. I needed this from a big PanterA fan.. Glad to see Phil and Rex together, RIP Vin and Dime. I would always go see PanterA every time they came to the Los Angeles or San Bernardino area. I’m glad I was able to see Phil and the Illegals with Sllayer and Primus. I want and would love to see Rex and Phil together someday.

[@rgtwergf]

Please do more reminiscing with phil and rex...these are special ones.

[@mattiasnilsson896]

Pantera was and still is such a big part of my life. The kickass music and lyrics got me through lots of stuff and in it's way shaped a part of me. And the homevideos always made me and my friends feel like we were.....friends with the band. THE greatest band ever imo.

[@B166ER-]

The home videos were fucking hilarious.

[@marvinshenk]

Pantera was such a great band. It still makes me sad that Dimebag was murdered the way he was. Dime was so full of life and he was killed. And then Vinnie died a few years later. I think if Vinnie and Dime hadn't died, they'd be back together today. They were so great.

[@jeffarab4947]

Yup we would of seen pantera rejoined man sad too soon for both brothers

[@magacat5210]

More Pantera stories with Phil and Rex please, thank you 🤘💯

[@LambertginiMercy]

Hearing about Pantera’s work ethic is fucking insane. They went hard af the entire time they were hot. Absolutely legendary 🥹

[@RecklessEnterainment]

Honestly you can hear the influence of pantera in basically all of the newer metal bands that have came after. The guitar tone and just the over all heaviness of the songs was well ahead of its time. These guys were the perfect storm for such a kick ass metal band. And they really opened me up to different and heavier bands after I got into them.

[@ko4otv43]

I can't tell you how good it feels that I was able to see them several times in the 90s and couldn't wait to meet them all after the Trendkill album dropped at Tower records in Nashville. If you would have told me then how it would have turned out today I would have never believed it. R.I.P Abbott brothers. Till this day I haven't heard anything like it. They had a sound like no other. Goddamn I miss em.🤘🤘

[@aboutthemetal8783]

Pantera were the only hard metal band that actually made harder and harder metal albums through the mid 90s and early 2000s , when nearly every big thrash band did some version of a new metal sound ( slayer diabolous en musica, Metallica ,load and so on , anthrax were going through a bad time , anyone remember Gary Holt's skater dude look during the mid 90s?) Thanks to dime and Vinnie's vision and persistence in finding rex then Phil, as much as I hate the way it ended ( pantera) and obviously dimes murder, I think pantera had to go what they went through with Phil , the best albums always come through some kind of serious trauma , I just wish the three guys who were left could have worked it out , I understand why Vinnie refused to talk , he didn't understand heroin or hard drugs ,so all the stupid shit that Phil said back in the day ,it was very real to Vinnie and dime ,shame how it worked out , but to this day nothing will ever be more heavy than far beyond driven , etc etc , they will never be outclassed one of the most original powerful brutal and creative metal bands to ever have existed .

[@KickflipGnasty]

Metal didn’t truly die(or get softer), it just seemed that way because the thrash bands softened up. Death metal was going harder and heavier than ever in 90s. There were some iconic bands; Death, Obituary, Cannibal Corpse, etc. So it’s really all perception. I think the styles of metal that most 80s metal heads were listening to had done up and died, so for a lot of fans it felt like the end, but there was still some amazing stuff. Death was absolutely incredible.

[@jeffstacho]

At one point, THAT WAS THEIR AIM, literally. Was trying to top (in terms of heaviness) the album before. (That changed w Reinventing the Steel, of course). But anyway, back to your original comment -YEAH, I def remember every band tried doing something different suddenly. Diabolus en Musica (Devil in Music) aside from maybe 3 songs was just NOT fulfilling as their previous works (then again, I personally actually have a huge soft spot for Undisputed Attitude -not a track that I skip.) Where, I wanna say, track 3, on Diabolus, "Stain of Mind" was the only song I'll listen to still from time to time. Anthrax certainly changed a bit their sound, however I personally love Stomp 442; it's more alternative influenced too, which WAS HUGE IN THE MID-NINTIES, thanks to say, Green Day and The Offspring, etc. "Load" was a letdown, (and maybe because there was such a hiatus, and the bar was already set so freakin high from previous works), but looking back in hindsight , still has a good handful of halfway decent songs... I dunno, I guess people/things change over time... But Pantera, you're right, they never "sold out." Especially to Nu-Metal culture, LOL. But yeah, when you talk of "The Big 4" (minus Megadeth) Pantera WAS FUCKING HOSTILE, the ENTIRE TIME:) haha

[@aboutthemetal8783]

@@KickflipGnasty I get what your saying ,indeed in the very late 80s early to mid 90s the Florida death metal scene ,and the hardcore/death metal bands from the UK ,napalm,carcass,benediction,bolt thrower,cancer,etc etc ,were all riding the crest of the metal wave , at the time most people thought death metal would get to the heights of slayer,anthrax,metallica ( I'm talking about the early 90s just before the black album) metallica were massive but not the giant they are now , so it was conceivable to think bands like obituary ,cannibal corpse,deicide ,and so on would get to that level , but the direction the bigger thrash bands were going anthrax ,metallica,sepultura,slayer , getting rid of original members ,Joey fired from anthrax , Dave from slayer,Jason was becoming more disinterested in metallica , and by the mid 90s max leaves sepultura ,suddenly those big bands were no where near as brutal and metal as people were used to , so the popularity did decline sales for anthrax,slayer,anthrax sepultura had dropped massively by 96 ,in some cases sales dropped by 75% ,so the record companies stopped promoting those bands , and the way grunge became the in thing made a lot of people move away from the thrash scene ,and that impacted the death metal scene in some areas , particularly the chance to go on tour with thrash bands and play bigger gigs and gain exposure , it was a strange time , I just remember loving how pantera kept getting heavier and heavier ,and bigger and bigger without any real radio ,TV,exposure or record company promotion , they really did keep proper hard metal alive during those years , then I remember getting a demo in 98 of a band called slipknot ,I thought it sounded fkn awesome ,it was like thrash ,death,groove metal had a baby monster and it worked , their first two albums were utter master pieces .

[@tch8787]

Best point u can ever make about pantera…u can say reinventing didn’t have as many good songs but it still did have bangers and was a notch harder

[@tch8787]

@@jeffstacho reinventing was still harder…you’ve got to belong to it? I’ll cast a shadow? Damn dude

[@mclayton336]

Man, you could tell Philip was starting to tear up when recalling his first time with the band and going back to Dime's parents' house. 30 yrs ago... Great times. I'd love to go back. I used to listen to Vulgar on the way to the hockey rink to get hyped up to play. It was raw and made you ready for war. I truly miss all those guys and that time period in my life. Pure nostalgia watching this interview.

[@Ontariosound]

They found that unique vibe where the music was heavy as hell but you could still party to it. Similar to Rush, incredible musicianship but it flowed and made rock and roll sense. Combined with Phil, it was magic.

[@Yourmothershouse34]

Pantera is the shit and had the balls to rock rebel flags

[@chrismcburnett9433]

@@Yourmothershouse34 gdamn right, best band ever!!!

[@J.C...]

"hanging with the kids" is how my buddy Mike met them all and got to know them well. Dime really was a great dude. He let a little 14 yr old kid hang around and get to know everyone. Today, that once-14-yr-old kid can call Rita any time of the day or night. I know this as fact because he did it in front of me. When she ends the phone call with "Love you!", it's quite obvious my buddy really knows Rita well and knew Dime & Vinnie well, also.

[@oxrjbizzle1984y]

as much as i love bands like metallica and slayer and many other metal bands, the perfect metal band will always be pantera, between dimebag being the greatest metal guitar player, phil being probably the best metal vocalist and certainly the most intense in his prime, rex being the coolest and and most amazing bass player, and vince being such an incredible, technical master drummer.....i just think they were perfect and they were always creative with their songwriting and riffs, they never really did the same thing twice....every song was unique! RIP vinnie and dime! cheers phil and rex! Thank you from all us metalheads around the world!

[@royalmarine1011]

A New Level of "Interview" Thanks for sharing Revolver ,your channel keeps the spirit of what many have seem to lost or forgotten. Stay True and always trust a "Revolver".

[@simontilley2809]

What a great interview. These fellas were the soundtrack of my youth. Had the pleasure of seeing them live 3 times, once supporting Megadeth, Donington Monsters of Rock and their own show in Wolverhampton. Dimebag and Vinnie are such a massive loss to music, so tragic they went as early as they did.

[@AVTabs]

Massive thanks to Revolver for making this badass interview happen!

[@Staminist-MMF-80]

Dime was a "one for all, all for one" type of guy. I am glad I was able to see Pantera live in 1998. !!

[@davemieze9021]

Mouth for war is the most devastating metal song ever.

[@Im_Old_Gregg]

I'll never forget the first time I heard pantera in 1992. I was 8 years old and my buddy had a brother that was like 16. He walked in the house and put that CD in, turned it up to 11 and beat the piss out of us for the whole album. I was absolutely hooked from there. I had never heard anything like it.

[@martinbrito7703]

Dos leyendas vivientes, gracias x todos los buenos momentos rex y phil. Q dimebag y vinnie descansen en paz, se fueron muy pronto.🙏♥️💪🥁🎸🎶🎶

[@wilburkookmeyer5804]

I’ll never forget it! First cd I ever bought, the year was 1992. My buddy had just givin me a discman. I remember hearing it for the first time sitting in the very back of my mom’s station wagon. Respect was playing as we pulled up to the grocery store, right up front. Usually I would go with her inside but this time I could read her lips and I just waved her off. She smiled back and pursued to go inside. So I turned it all the way up. I just remembered looking at shoppers walking buy as I got my headphones on nodding my head up and down and not only mostly smiles but if they did have a look on their faces it was priceless. That song changed my world. I was the happiest 14 year old on the planet! Thank you for that memory!

[@aboutthemetal8783]

The best way I can sum it up , Pantera created a new genre all of its own ,they were hardcore thrash ( with some groove / grind / country and even death metal sounds into their sound ) Heaviest metal band of all time , I know that's a big thing to say , but if you saw them live and were there as it was happening you would think exactly the same , I was a slayer head ( drummer so it was a about Lombardo) but listening to the way Vinnie played the drums so fkn hard even when it was fast paced double bass ,it was a thing of beauty .

[@billfauth4056]

“Phillip and Dime went outside to smoke a joint, and came back with A New Level.” Friggin sweet

[@simontarpinian43]

I love seeing Phil and Rex just hanging out, talking about the past!

[@suryaananda108]

Yeah lovely to see

[@AndyAcker]

At 15, in summer of 1992, my cousin brought Vulgar over on cassette, and we sat in my room and listened. An extreme, punchy wall of sound with guitars that sounded like seething red rage ensued. Lyrics that were screamed, shouted, rapped, sung. A hard rock and shred metal fan at the time, I wasn't sure what to think. I didn't know anything that heavy existed, or was possible. I couldn't tell if I even liked it, or if I could handle it. Then I wanted to hear it again. And again. Before I knew it, metal (and music) was never the same. Great interview. Oh, and holy shit were they insane live. I honestly couldn't go anywhere near those mosh pits, but just went straight to the front to watch Darrel play.

[@Dorxtrance]

I don't grow old *because* of Pantera. They are Immortal to me.

[@blackwarriormetal]

Seeing Pantera live was life changing. Opened me up to a whole world of music. Everything from country to black metal.