Phil Anselmo Won't Mark Anniversary of Dimebag's Murder

12/08/2014
. (TeamRock Radio) Former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo has insisted he won't mark the tenth anniversary of Dimebag Darrell Abbott's murder today. The guitarist was shot dead on December 8, 2004, in Columbus, Ohio, during a show with Damageplan. He'd formed the band with brother and drummer Vinny Paul after Pantera had split the previous year.

But Anselmo - who plays with Down in San Francisco tonight - tells Yahoo: "There is no f***ing way on this planet Earth that I am going to celebrate the death of one of my best friends.

"I won't do any Pantera songs or anything like that. Like every night I'll send out a song to Dimebag. I always send out Lifer because if there was ever a lifer in heavy metal, someone who lived it, breathed it and forged it every day, it was him.

"He is the epitome of a lifer, whether he is in the tomb or not." Read more and grab the link for TeamRock's hour long documentary about Dimebag's legacy here.

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