05-11-2015, 09:31 PM
What really gets me about Dime is that towards the end, he very nearly parodied himself.
What really gets me about this post is that I don't have the time to really go all out on it, but here are the conclusions to which I've arrived over several years of contemplation, and bear in mind this is all from a guy who saw 'Diamond Darrell' in a GW mag in 91ish and decided that's what he wanted to do with his life.
1. Damageplan SUCKED. Since Rex has next to no personality in a band setting (much like Dave Ellefson, who you'd forget in the blink of an eye), and most of the writing was done by Dime and Vince, I realized there was something missing.
2. That 'something' was Phil. Phil brought the anger and the dirt to Pantera. It's easy to see if you look back to the albums before CFH.
I think Dime and Vince dug what they dug, which is why Pantera was largely forgettable before they found a singer with something to bring to the table:
What really gets me about this post is that I don't have the time to really go all out on it, but here are the conclusions to which I've arrived over several years of contemplation, and bear in mind this is all from a guy who saw 'Diamond Darrell' in a GW mag in 91ish and decided that's what he wanted to do with his life.
1. Damageplan SUCKED. Since Rex has next to no personality in a band setting (much like Dave Ellefson, who you'd forget in the blink of an eye), and most of the writing was done by Dime and Vince, I realized there was something missing.
2. That 'something' was Phil. Phil brought the anger and the dirt to Pantera. It's easy to see if you look back to the albums before CFH.
I think Dime and Vince dug what they dug, which is why Pantera was largely forgettable before they found a singer with something to bring to the table: