Corrections and Additional Information

1.  1:26 I completely neglected to mention Ace Frehley, who Dimebag was such a huge fan of he had a portrait of him tattooed on his chest, and yes I said Tony Iommi's name wrong.  Funny enough I've said it like that my whole life and never knew otherwise, so chalk another one up in the Crime Spot name pronunciation hall of shame I guess haha.

2.  5:30 So I've heard people pronounce his name ANNE-SEL-MO and AAN-SEL-MO, I've pronounced it the way I say it in the video my whole life so that's just how I said it here.  

3.  7:06  This is probably the biggest mistake of the video.  He actually changed it after their 1994 album Far Beyond Driven, I'm sorry about this.  I listened to Pantera growing up but I was still pretty young when they were at the height of their popularity in the 90s, by the time I got into the band it was the early 2000s and they were basically already broken up so I just always knew him as Dimebag.

4.  14:24 So originally I thought this was weird, but a friend of mine told me it isn't as uncommon as you might think for a singer to do this.  The band's chemistry was definitely starting to fall apart at this point, but this may not be as big an indication of that as I originally thought.  

5. 16:46 Lachman was not the front man of Halford, he played guitar for them.  My mistake, thanks to commenter Toshi Iseda for pointing this out.

6.  17:45 In an interview years later, Rita Haney said that Dimebag was actually becoming frustrated with Damageplan's lack of success and was considering reaching out to Phil and Rex to try and set up a Pantera reunion.  Obviously because he was murdered this never materialized, and at the end of the day it's just Rita's claim, but I figured it was worth mentioning.

7.  22:08 The fact Nathan committed the murder on the same day John Lennon was killed was deemed a coincidence by law enforcement, but it's definitely weird.

8.  23:08 I am well aware the security camera footage of the incident is not good lol, but it was all I had to work with, this was 2004 so HD cameras weren't really a thing yet.  Sorry.

9. 25:34 The hostage did survive, sorry I neglected to mention that.


Vinnie Paul passed away from a heart attack in 2018 and is buried next to his brother (also in a Kiss Kasket), I didn't mention this in the video because I didn't want it to drag on much longer than it already had, but it was probably a mistake not to talk about it at least briefly.  

Apologies to Rex Brown fans for him getting swept under the rug in this video lol, I was trying really hard to keep it all under a half hour so a lot of stuff was cut for time and unfortunately I really neglected Brown here.  He was a great bassist and an invaluable component of Pantera's success, but I was trying as much as I could to keep this video focused on Dimebag's side of things.    

A lot changed with security at concerts after Darrell's death, for many years before the shooting it was very very common for fans(especially at metal shows) to jump on stage with the band and jam out before jumping off.  Understandably, Dimebag's killing changed this, and these days if you jump on stage at a show uninvited you will likely be dogpiled by security and thrown out.  

I just wanted to reiterate that while I am a fan of Pantera I would not consider myself a super fan by any stretch, I listened to their music growing up and still do on occasions but I never looked into the band's history or story all that much before doing research for this video.  So if there is something wrong with the summary I gave of their career, please feel free to let me know!

Yo let's take a moment to acknowledge the fan who jumped up to try and resuscitate Dime and died. Absolute legend!!!

R.I.P Nathan Bray

I feel horrible for the fan who went up and tried to save dimebag. Respect. There are only so many musicians that would make someone care that much to take a bullet for them.

For a guy who isn't running a music channel, you told the Pantera story at a level that many casual fans probably don't even know.

My friend Mayhem (Jeff Thompson) died at the show where Dime died. He was their bodyguard and dove on the stage to save them. He saved Vinney but couldn't save Dime. The band came to his funeral. It was very sad.

Eddie Van Halen giving Dimebag his guitar to be buried with got me right in the feels.

A moment for vinnie who had to watch his prodigy little brother get murdered in front of him. I can’t ever imagine that level of pain. RIP Dime and Vinnie

If you’ve ever picked up an instrument, you know how gifted this guy was.

We need to acknowledge the security guard who died tackling the shooter to the ground, and the fan who died attempting to resuscitate Dime. This is a horrible thing that never should’ve happened.

brought a tear to my eye when Eddie says " an original deserves the original guitar"..seeing that he is gone too. R.I.P Dime, Vinnie and EVH!..

“Dimebag references a bag of dimes one takes to the bank”

How naive we are…..

A friend of mine met Dimebag Darrell in a nightclub. My friend wanted to talk to him, but was worried he'd get rejected. But he reasoned he'd never get another chance like this, so he approached him. To his delight, Dimebag was extremely cordial and appreciative, and they bought each other drinks and talked for a while. A few weeks later, Dimebag was killed.

"eddie took the original guitar and had it placed in his casket remarking dimebag was an original, only a original deserves the original" Wow that so good.

I'm glad Dime had no idea what happened. He died painlessly, without fear, and just doing what he loved. The victims that followed had no such mercy. I can't imagine how scary that was, to go from possibly one of the best moments of your life immediately to the worst.

Having met hundreds of metal musicians and knowing hundreds of them are great people, no one touches Dime's absolute class. We were at an after party at a bar once and a man walked in beat up and bleeding. He walked over and Dime told his bodyguards to let him through. Dude said he came all the way from (city 1k miles away) just to shake Dime's hand. Dime shook his hand and asked what happened. Dude said he was jumped and robbed, and car stolen. Then he followed up and said thank you sir for making this all worth it and began to walk away. Dime called him back, got him a hotel for the night and bought him a cheap used car in the morning and got him home. Dime is class.

I was supposed to be at the show he died at, but my truck broke down twenty miles outside of town on the way.

I grew up in Dallas in the 90's and Dimebag was at every rock concert in town. No one would rush him because he was just one of the guys. He was very sweet and approachable. He bought a bunch of Star Wars stuff from me when I worked at Spencer's and he gave me free passes to the strip club they owned.

I'm from Chile. I met Pantera before they were known by everyone here, through American friends. When I put the song Walk on my stereo, the neighbors asked me who it was. Later, I took my CD to high school, and my classmates asked me for copies. Then I translated the lyrics for those who didn't understand English. For me, what happened with Darrell was painful, and seeing what happened with the band, with Phil. I carry Pantera in my heart, and the best memories of a happy time.

This is one of the most insane, tragic, pointless deaths in rock and roll.

Kudos to Jerry Abbott for realizing that being the manager would limit the band's rise, and stepping down.

You told the story of Dimebag better than most actual music channels can. And FAR better than the average metalhead can. And you made a True Crime video about a mass shooting; yet also made one of the best Dimebag life and death documentaries around.