ledzep Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Gunman targets heavy metal band Damageplan were formed by ex-members of metal group Pantera A gunman opened fire on a rock band and crowd during a concert at a nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring two. The man targeted heavy metal group Damageplan, which contains former members of Pantera, as they began their set in a club packed with 200 people. At least one member of the band is believed to be among the dead. Police said the man got on stage and fired on the band before turning on the crowd. He was then shot dead by police. 'Horrific scene' Columbus police spokesman Sergeant Brent Mull said an officer arrived shortly after the shooting began. "If the officer wasn't as close as he was, I think this would have been a lot worse," he said. "It was a chaotic scene, just a horrific scene." Sgt Mull would not identify the victims of the attack at the Alrosa Villa club and said the motive was not known. One witness, Chris Couch, 22, who said he was standing about 30 feet (nine metres) from the stage, said a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and hockey jersey walked up to the stage. 'Grudge' "It was definitely a grudge. It was against something," he said. Damageplan were formed in 2003 by guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and drummer brother Vinnie Paul Abbott after their former band, Pantera, split up. Pantera were one of the most popular metal bands of the early 1990s, topping the US album charts and getting a Grammy nomination for 1994 release Far Beyond Driven. The pair were joined in the new band by singer Pat Lachman and bassist Bob "Zilla" Kakaha. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4081073.stm ------- heres some interesting news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Priest Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Sound's a bit far fetched to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest im not witty Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 dude, dimebag darrel is dead, that shits pretty wack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 damn, this shit is heavy, i feel sorry for his bro, RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DITDxCULT Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Rumor had it that Vinnie was dead too - but apparently a steak and onion hoagie that he was eating blocked the bullet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekro Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 He can't even complain about that shit. What better way is there for a heavy metal star to die? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Link to a better article at the Washington Post: COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A gunman charged onstage at a packed nightclub and opened fire on the band and crowd, killing top heavy metal guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and three other people before a police officer shot him to death, authorities and witnesses said. Police spokeswoman Sherry Mercurio identified three of the victims of Wednesday's shooting as Abbott, who played for the band Damageplan, and two other men, Nathan Bray and Erin Halk. She identified the gunman as Nathan Gale, 25, of the Marysville area northwest of Columbus. She said there was no information on a motive or if he had any connection to the band. Damageplan had just begun its first song at Alrosa Villa when the man shot Abbott five or six times at point-blank range, a witness said. Abbott, 38, one of metal's top guitarists, and his brother, Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, were original members of Grammy-nominated thrash rock pioneers Pantera, a popular metal band in the 1990s. The witness, 22-year-old Chris Couch, said he was standing about 30 feet from the stage when he saw a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt walk up to the stage, followed by a bouncer and another club employee. The man in the sweatshirt climbed onto the stage, started yelling and opened fire on the guitarist, then shot a bouncer who pulled him off the musician, Couch said. Police spokesman Sgt. Brent Mull said that after shooting at band members, the gunman fired into the crowd. Mull said the gunman was shot and killed by a police officer who arrived shortly after the shooting began. "If the officer wasn't as close as he was, I think this would have been a lot worse," Mull said. "It was a chaotic scene, just a horrific scene." Mercurio said the officer who killed the suspect was patrolling nearby when he heard the call about the shooting. He entered the club through a back door and was directed to the stage, where he saw one person lying dead and the suspect holding onto another person, Mercurio said. The officer shot and killed the suspect. The name of the fifth person killed was not immediately released. Mercurio said family members were still being notified. Thursday morning, a dozen yellow roses, still in plastic wrap, lay near the entry to the low-slung beige building that since 1974 has hosted mostly heavy metal acts. The club, just off a freeway exit on the city's north side, sits amid motels, small businesses and office complexes. After the shooting began, Couch and a friend headed for the exit along with a tide of hundreds of fans. "It was definitely a grudge. It was against something," Couch said. Amanda Stankus, 19, who attended the show with Couch, said she initially thought the shooting was part of the show. "I just saw the guitarist fall down, and we decided to get out of there," she said. The Abbott brothers produced Damageplan's debut album, "New Found Power," which was released in February. Other band members are vocalist Patrick Lachman and bassist Bob Zilla. "Damageplan carries on the tradition Pantera started, the ... hell-raising tradition we were all about," Vinnie Paul Abbott told The Dallas Morning News in October. "We do play some Pantera songs. Me and Dime wrote them, and we feel like we have the right to play them. But the focus is on Damageplan. "It took a while for some of the Pantera fans to accept it; we knew that was gonna be the case," he said. "Change is something that people have a hard time accepting. But me and Dime intended on doing this our whole lives." A message left with Atlantic Records, which oversees the record label on which Damageplan records, was not immediately returned. Damageplan's Web site said Darrel and Vinnie Abbott grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area where their father, country songwriter Jerry Abbott, owned a recording studio. Telephone numbers for both Darrell and Jerry Abbott are unlisted and could not be reached early Thursday by The Associated Press. Pantera, known for its brutally hard, fast and aggressive sound, recorded four albums in the 1990s. They attracted a massive cult following and the band's third release, "Far Beyond Driven," debuted at No. 1 in 1994, surprising chart-watchers and critics alike. Pantera was nominated for Grammys for best metal performance in 1995 for "I'm Broken" and in 2001 for "Revolution Is My Name." The video "The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits," made charts earlier this year as one of the top 10 in music video sales. Dozens of messages were posted to the Dallas band's Web site after the shootings. "This is the worst day in metal history," one posting read. "The metal world feels your pain," another wrote. RIP Dimebag and others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 wow...I heard a small snippet on the news when I got home. nice link poop. shits fucked up. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamblersGrin Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 what a wack ass title for a thread about dimebag darrell passing. weak ass shit. dude probably dont even know who dimebag is. people starting threads they have no idea about just to be first. RIP DIMEBAG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_dowmagik Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 horrible - rip dimebag shit wouldnt have happened if kerry was president Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 "this is the worst day in heavy metal history"?! naw, sorry homie....that would be sep 27th, 1986. seeks/cliff em all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 Originally posted by GamblersGrin@Dec 9 2004, 11:37 AM what a wack ass title for a thread about dimebag darrell passing. weak ass shit. dude probably dont even know who dimebag is. people starting threads they have no idea about just to be first. RIP DIMEBAG Quoted post I know perfectly well who dimebag was. When I started the thread it hadn't been released yet that it was dimebag who was killed. I am all for having a mod change the title of the thread to focus on the death of dimebag darrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docs Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 damn that shits riddiculous R.I.P. Dimebag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docs Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 its sucks to see a guitar hero go out like that R.I.P. Dimebag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeightyone Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 i was reading this article about him in an old guitar world i had laying around a couple days ago. that fucking sucks. R.I.P Dimebag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeefJerky Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Rest In Peace ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 blaazed Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 a video of the concert and shooting will surface... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyeforAnEYE Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 heard about this shortly after it happened, crazy. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spectr Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 no more shitty metal to bad the cops shot this guy before he could take out tool and a bunch of other shit bands that give metal a bad name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Wow.....now that is some fucked up shit. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83. Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Originally posted by seeking@Dec 9 2004, 03:49 PM "this is the worst day in heavy metal history"?! naw, sorry homie....that would be sep 27th, 1986. seeks/cliff em all Quoted post ^^^ what he said. rip dimebag+4 people who werent famous but were still people... some crazy shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 RIP Dimebag Darrell. wtf kinda shit is that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vptonbing Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 ahh shit, rest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethreadzny2 Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 completely nuts, and a shame. will be missed. a true talent.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyHorton Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Dimebag Darrel ........... more like Bodybag Darrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilush Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 that fucking sucks. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docs Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 livehardrock.com has been playing a lot of pantera and damageplan in tribute.. you'll catch some crap everyonce in a while but mostly those 2 check it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docs Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 also if you have itunes the stream is on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 rip man, rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfffffffffft Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 do yinz really think he will rest in peace?? after promoting and playing such violent, white powered, satan music? i hope he does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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