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8 years ago gone. Never forgotten. Rest in power.
Vinnie Paul and his younger brother, guitarist Dimebag Darrell, founded Pantera in 1981 in their hometown of Arlington, Texas. Initially founded as a glam-metal band fronted by David Lee Roth–style singer Terry Glaze, the group evolved over the next decade into a much harder-hitting, thrash- and hardcore-inflected unit; they found mainstream success after enlisting New Orleans vocalist Philip Anselmo and releasing 1990's groundbreaking 'Cowboys From Hell.' Pantera's follow-up, 'Vulgar Display of Power,' is widely considered to be one of the greatest metal albums ever made, and their 1994 LP, 'Far Beyond Driven,' would debut at No. 1 on the Billboard sales chart and still stands, in many fans' opinion, as the heaviest record to do so.
After Pantera's dissolution in 2003, Paul and his brother formed Damageplan, which released one album, 2004's 'New Found Power. 'On December 8th that year, while on tour supporting the record, Darrell was shot dead onstage at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. Damageplan was disbanded shortly after.
In 2006, following a long period of questioning whether he would ever play music again, Paul joined the metal supergroup Hellyeah, alongside members of Mudvayne and Nothingface. The band released their fifth and final album, 'Unden!able,' in 2016. During his tenure in Hellyeah, Paul served as a beacon of strength in the wake of tragedy for many of his peers, including Slipknot's Corey Taylor, who found the drummer's advice particularly powerful after the death of his bandmate Paul Gray.
“Man, the thing you’ve gotta remember is you’re living for two. You’re living for two now ’cause his spirit is never gone," Paul told Taylor. "So everything you do, every experience, every victory, you know, you’re winning for two, you’re living for two, you’re laughing for two. That’s forever.”
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