He’d moved to Texas from New Orleans when he joined the band, totally committed, and he didn’t really know anybody at first. Where did Darrell get the nickname “Dimebag”?Īnselmo gave it to him. And when Cowboys came out, that was really all them. But when Philip joined the band, Darrell really had an ally for taking the band in a harder and more personal direction. Their dad was their manager at the time, and he really wanted them to play safe - play music that was commercial - and Vinnie felt the same way. It’s funny, I had the early Pantera albums out just the other day, and Darrell’s playing is really great on them, but you can hear all his favorite bands at the time in his playing - KISS, Def Leppard, UFO. We became friends with those boys and they were a big influence on Darrell. There were maybe 30 people there and I was one of maybe three females. We saw them play some little place in Texarkana on the Kill ‘Em All tour, right after Kirk joined the band. Do you remember what motivated that change? Pantera started out playing more mainstream “hair metal,” then switched to a heavier direction around the time Phil Anselmo joined the band. Metallica’s ‘Black Album’ Hits 16 Million in Sales He was so much like his mom in so many ways, while Vinnie really took after their dad. She had an incredible work ethic, which Darrell picked up from her. She worked a lot of different jobs - cleaning, assembly line, things like that. His dad Jerry worked at a recording studio. But we had KISS in common from the beginning. Oh, yes - that wasn’t for another three or four years.
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