R.I.P. Dimebag...

[stra8uplaya]

Dimebag Darrell, guitarist for Pantera and Damageplan, was one of at least four people fatally wounded during a bizarre shooting at a concert in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday night.

According to Columbus NBC affiliate NBC4, Dimebag —
 

 
 
real name Darrell Abbott — was among the fatalities resulting from the incident, which occurred during a Damageplan performance at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus. Authorities did not release the names of any of the other fatalities to NBC4. Columbus police told MTV News that the gunman killed four people and wounded two before being shot and killed by a police officer.

One witness told the NBC affiliate that a man jumped onto the stage during the first song of the band's set and began firing a gun. According to the witness, the man fired several shots at the band before being tackled by club security. One of the survivors is in critical condition at a local hospital, while another is in fair condition.

"A Columbus police officer, when he arrived, engaged the shooter, and the shooter is also dead, and if the officer hadn't acted when he did and how he did, we'd probably be looking at more dead, because this guy was actively shooting," Sergeant Brent Mull, a public information officer, told MTV News.

"We have 200-plus patrons that we have sequestered inside three city buses," Sergeant Mull explained. "We are interviewing them one by one. The ones that were inside and witnessed this ran for their lives and were in fear for their lives. They are victims too, and we want to take care of them."

As news of Dimebag's bizarre and tragic demise rippled through the metal community, the news was met with shock and sadness.

"I'm speechless," former Rob Zombie/ Ozzy Osbourne bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson said. "This is totally unreal. Dimebag is a f---ing legend and this is total bullsh--."

"This is insane and this is beyond travesty," Killswitch Engage frontman and former Damageplan tour partner Howard Jones said. "This is beyond anything I've ever heard. This shouldn't happen in or outside of the rock and metal community. He will be missed and mourned as a person, as a musician, and as a friend."

R.I.P. Dimebag
R.I.P. For the other people who lost their lives at the concert.

[Don Seer]

gotta be said... 'only in america'


when are people gonna learn.. any society is too stupid to be entrusted with guns

[Kill]

gotta be said... 'only in america'


when are people gonna learn.. any society is too stupid to be entrusted with guns

true that

[Trauma-san]

Sad to hear this, there's some crazy motherfuckers out there, just senseless violence @ people you don't even know.  Nothing intelligent about it to say.

[mauzip]

Looks like 2004 is the year of death. Like, "die in 2004, live in 2005!!"

Anyway, R.I.P.

[Leggy Hendrix]

saw this news earlier today...RIP

[Doggystylin]

what a fuckin moron

[Woodrow]

gotta be said... 'only in america'


when are people gonna learn.. any society is too stupid to be entrusted with guns

Anyways, RIP.

[AlerG]

rip to a great musician, peace.

[MidoriHaze]

gotta be said... 'only in america'


when are people gonna learn.. any society is too stupid to be entrusted with guns

exactly... how many more senseless circumstances must occur before they do something about their gun laws?

Even if you don't like metal music, Dimebag and Pantera were major influences through out the industry. When 90's metal is thought of usually Pantera is amoung the first thought of.

Anyway.. R.I.P.

[[sepehr]]

Pantera is/was dope...R.I.P to another legend

[Don Jacob]

Dimebag ruled! it is a veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery huge loss to the music community that he had to die , especially like that.


this is also a very underappreciated death aswell because dude was an AWESOME guitarist he was the perfect bridge between the old school virtuosos like eddie van halen, zakk wild, and steve vai and the nu metal guitarists like tom murello, head , and munkey from korn


i'll always have respect for him cuz i remember reading his guitar lessons every month in guitarworld, it's cuz of this dude i know how to do harmonics, pinch harmonics, double vibratos and all sorts of cool ass tricks on the guitar.


RIP DIME

::bumps Cowboys from hell and Vulgar Display of Power::

             

[Sikotic™]

RIP. It's a shame for anyone to go out like that.

[davida.b.]

I'm shocked this didn't get more replies, this is the metal equivalent of ODB's death. RIP to a legend.

[Elevz]

Looks like 2004 is the year of death. Like, "die in 2004, live in 2005!!"

Anyway, R.I.P.

Period.

Even though I have to admit I didn't know anything about Dimebag, this shit is fucked up. Just about as much as the entire year of 2004 was fucked up. I can't get into counting the people that had lost their lives during 2004 just because I'm afraid I'll miss out on too many names.

Reason why this thread isn't having that many replies is just because this is a hiphop orientated forum. What did you expect, half of us don't even know the dude 

R.I.P. to anyone who had lost their lives during that massacre