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Dimebag Darrell
Abbott performing with Pantera in 1992
Born
Darrell Lance Abbott
(1966-08-20)August 20, 1966
Grand Prairie, Texas, U.S.
Died
December 8, 2004(2004-12-08) (aged 38)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Cause of death
Murder (gunshot wounds)
Resting place
Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, Texas
Other names
Diamond Darrell (1981–1993)
Occupation
Musician
Years active
1981–2004
Partner
Rita Haney (1984–2004)
Relatives
Jerry Abbott (father) Vinnie Paul (brother)
Musical career
Genres
Groove metal
heavy metal
Southern metal
thrash metal
glam metal (early)
Instrument(s)
Guitar
Discography
Full list
Formerly of
Pantera
Damageplan
Rebel Meets Rebel
Gasoline
Musical artist
Website
dimebagdarrell.com
Darrell Lance Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004), best known by his stage name Dimebag Darrell, was an American musician. He was the guitarist of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan, both of which he co-founded alongside his brother Vinnie Paul. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest metal guitarists of all time.[1][2][3]
A son of country music producer Jerry Abbott, Abbott began playing guitar at age 12, and Pantera released its debut album, Metal Magic (1983), when he was 16. Originally a glam metal musician, Abbott went by the stage name Diamond Darrell at the time. Two further albums in the glam metal style followed in 1984 and 1985, before original vocalist Terry Glaze was replaced by Phil Anselmo in 1986 and Power Metal (1988) was released. The band's major-label debut, Cowboys from Hell (1990), introduced a groove metal sound to which Abbott's guitar playing was central. This sound was refined on Vulgar Display of Power (1992), and the group's third major-label record, Far Beyond Driven, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 1994.
Tensions within Pantera reduced its output after the release of The Great Southern Trendkill in 1996, and Reinventing the Steel (2000) was the band's final studio album before its acrimonious separation in 2003. Abbott subsequently formed Damageplan with his brother Vinnie Paul and released New Found Power, the band's only album, in 2004. Other works by Abbott included a collaboration with David Allan Coe titled Rebel Meets Rebel (2006) and numerous guest guitar solos for bands such as Anthrax. While on tour with Damageplan, Abbott was shot and killed by a fan during a performance at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio on December 8, 2004. Three others were shot and killed before the perpetrator was killed by a police officer.
Abbott was ranked at No. 92 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2011, and No. 19 on Louder's list of "The 50 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2018. He placed at No. 5 on Gibson's list of "The Top 10 Metal Guitarists of All Time" in 2015, and the same year was ranked as the most influential metal guitarist of the past 25 years by VH1.
^"20 Of The Very Best Metal Guitarists". Maniacs Online | Heavy Metal News, Music Videos, Tours & Merch. September 7, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
^Loudwire Staff (July 13, 2016). "The 66 Best Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time". Loudwire. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
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Darrell Lance Abbott, best known as DimebagDarrell, was an American guitarist. He was a founding member of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan...
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the recording of the album he had dropped that nickname and assumed "DimebagDarrell", and bassist Rex Brown dropped the pseudonym "Rexx Rocker". Drummer...
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headstock and V-shaped tailpiece. It was popularized by the guitarist DimebagDarrell of Pantera. The neck had a slight "v" shape to it, which for some guitarists...
seriously and record its first album. Recorded at Chasin' Jason studio in DimebagDarrell's backyard, their self-titled album entered the Billboard 200 at number...
producer. He was the father of late heavy metal musicians Vinnie Paul and DimebagDarrell, both formerly of Pantera and Damageplan. Abbott was born in Abilene...
where the band's guitarist Darrell Abbott is credited as "DimebagDarrell", having changed his nickname from "Diamond Darrell" soon after Vulgar Display...
Darrell Abbott aka DimebagDarrell (1966–2004), American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter Darrell Banks (1937–1970), American soul singer Darrell...
"Aesthetics of Hate: R.I.P. Dimebag Abbott, & Good Riddance", the article praised the murder of guitarist DimebagDarrell. Machine Head frontman Robb...
and DevilDriver. Damageplan was founded with former Pantera members DimebagDarrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott. They released one album, New Found Power, in...
jazz band with, drummer Vinnie Paul, and guitarist DimebagDarrell (then known as Diamond Darrell). Brown was credited as "Rex Rocker" on Pantera's first...
That guitar was later donated to Rita Haney, the longtime partner of DimebagDarrell Abbott, shortly after his death; it was placed in his casket and buried...
considered by many to be DimebagDarrell's finest. Guitar World magazine voted it as the 32nd greatest guitar solo of all-time, Darrell's highest-ranking of...
incarnation of the band Pantera and started a long friendship with brothers DimebagDarrell and Vinnie Paul. In 1985 or 1986, Cantrell moved back to Tacoma and...
on the chart from All the Right Reasons. The song is a tribute to DimebagDarrell who was shot and killed on stage while performing in Columbus, Ohio...
whose latest album at the time The Years of Decay had influenced DimebagDarrell's guitar tone, as well as the band's transition away from glam/traditional...
reunited band Pantera to tour as a fill-in for original guitarist DimebagDarrell who died in 2004. The new line-up featuring Wylde, Phil Anselmo, Rex...
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