Would you look at me now? Can you tell I’m a man? With these scars on my wrists to prove I’ll try again…
by Counterfeit God on Dec.13, 2009, under Music
It’s been a long 5 years since Dimebag Darrell was selfishly taken from us by the acts of a madman that should have been institutionalized. Instead, he was allowed to walk around with the choice to stop taking his medication. If you talk to the older generations, they’ll say that they can never forget what happened when certain events occurred. JFK’s assassination is one. While I’m in no way comparing Dimebag to JFK, it’s a similar situation. He was important to a very large amount of people and was ripped from us when they still had so much to give to us. I’ll never forget being in the Stratford Diner and getting multiple text messages and calls, all of them from people turning to me for information, as I am usually the first to get it. I left the diner, shaken, and drove home, spending the rest of the night online looking for news reports and talking to a very good friend of mine that lives in Dallas. I never got to meet Dimebag, but I was lucky enough to see Pantera twice, and Damageplan once. A lot of people have been accused of cashing in on his death, including his own brother. Personally, I do not think Mr. Vinnie Paul has done anything to cash in on his brother’s memory, only to help find ways for his brother to be remembered. On the Black Label Society album “Mafia”, Zakk Wylde dedicated the song In This River to Dime. This song is breathtaking. The video can still jerk tears out of me to this day. I’ve gotten to see the song live many times, and it is always a very emotional affair, something very hard to pull off with BLS’ audience. Now, in 2009, Metal Hammer has released this year’s metal covers album, a tribute to Dime. I’m usually 40/60 on these albums, but I had extra special hopes for this one. So far, I’m not disappointed with what I’ve heard from the tracks I’ve expected to like. My favorite thus far is Zakk’s cover of Suicide Note Part 1. (The link I had here to all the tracks no longer works, try checking Youtube.) The issue should be on shelves this week.
