Oh, I do have to add one thing. The story you told about the "unnamed singer" who sang one show for Pantera, it was Rick Mythiasin of Steel Prophet fame, haha. And it was in Arizona, IIRC.
Great job! Little did I know seeing them live back in 2001 would have been the very last time unknowingly they'd call it quits only a few months later. That Glamtera era hold its own special charms… yeah took them awhile to finally find their footing but when they did that foot stuck really really well. I don't know about the "saved metal" part completely… having lived and enjoyed metal throughout the 90s they were definitely on the forefront I recall, but if they never existed I'm sure groove metal would have been not as prominant competing with nu-metal and the like… but Pantera definitely helped move the genre forward while the scene was trying to recover from its fatigue of samey glam, thrash and speed bands from the decade earlier… they kept it extreme in their own way while co-existing with the looming underground prevalence of genres like death and black metal which I know Phil was already a huge fan of even at the time (e.g. see his contribution with Necrophagia). By the time Reinventing dropped I remember even then feeling the disconnection with the members forward thinking with their newer alternative projects, Phil took that first leap with Down and things kinda started to wane from there. But all that said, their history is cemented and that can't be taken away… good video. Enjoy your ticket for when the tribute band comes around… but don't second mortgage the house just to score a seat Levi. Later man!
1. Cowboys From Hell 2. Vulgar Display of Power 3. The Great Southern Trendkill 4. Far Beyond Driven 5. Reinventing the Steel 6. Power Metal 7. I am the Night 8. Projects in the Jungle 9. Metal Magic
9 - Metal Magic 8 - Projects in The Jungle 7 - I Am The Night 6 - Power Metal 5 - Far Beyond Driven 4 - The Great Southern Trendkill 3 - Reinventing The Steel 2 - Vulgar Display Of Power 1 - Cowboys From Hell
I got CFH on cassette the day it was released in 1990. Saw em live 5 times in the 90s. One of the greatest metal bands of all time. Far Beyond Driven is my favorite.😎🤘
the tour with skid row was the f'n best. surprised the op didn't mention it as the tour that gave them the big break and exposure to much bigger audiences than suicidal tendencies or exodus.
And yes, I love that you dig into every song. I don't know that I hear much priest in Like Fire, I've always thought it sounded *heavily* inspired by Bark At the Moon. Dime cops the descending lick at the end of the Bark At The Moon solo nearly note for note here. Okay I'll stop before I respond to literally every song.
few corrections: Brad Guice who appeared on Vulgar Display of Power's cover art doesn't claim he was punched though. 34:00 production began in '95. 38:15 they briefly return in '97 to record 2 tracks (Where You Come From and I Can't Hide) for the live album Official Live: 101 Proof. Anyway my list including Dime's side projects: 1.) Cowboys from Hell (10/10) 2.) Vulgar Display of Power (10/10) 3.) New Found Power (9/10) 4.) Power Metal (8.5/10) 5.) I Am the Night (8.5/10) 6.) Projects in the Jungle (8.5/10) 7.) Metal Magic (8.5/10) 8.) Reinventing the Steel (8.5/10) 9.) Rebel Meets Rebel (8.5/10) 10.) The Great Southern Trendkill (8/10) 11.) Far Beyond Driven (8/10)
I'll never understand why their label never bought the rights to Power Metal and gave it a proper release, like Elektra did with early Metallica. That album would sell! I don't have a copy but would like one. Far Beyond and Cowboys will always be my top 2. Cowboys is their most diverse album when it comes to mixing heaviness with melody, they lost a lot of that with Vulgar. But I love the songs on Far Beyond.
Label offered the band a fortune, they chose not to sell out for a variety of reasons. 1 being potential publishing issues/ royalties with Terry Lee & producer Jerry Abbott. 2 they considered it a new band when Phil joined and CFH is the first album written 100% front to back from Phil, Vinnie, Dime & Rex
Hahaha, I usually get annoyed at this videos but you did a great job. I love that you described Rock Out as "the heaviest Foghat song that was never written". LMAO. But "the heaviest Foghat song that was never written" basically describes every Nazareth song. It sounds like a young Joe Elliot sitting in on a demo session with Nazareth that never got released. God damn if there was something that didn't need this much thought put into it, it's this. How did I end up here?
Cool ranking. The only thing u got wrong, that most fans get wrong, is that they were not falling apart on RTS at all. All 4 guys LOVED RTS. They recorded together on RTS and were getting along well. Phil stayed at Dimes house for recording. Its literally Phil's favorite Pantera album and the other 3 guys loved it as well. Even the album cover is literally from a night of all the guys hanging out (that's Phil's tech guy). Theres been a lot of Revisionist history around this album. Issues within the band popped up on the road in 2001 (not during recording in 1999). The album title is a tip of the hat to Priests British Steel. Like with Priest it was a change in direction. Unlike Trendkill there was a greater emphasis on writing memorable hooks and anthems. The songs were stripped down to cater to the live setting. People hear that the album isn't as extreme as Trendkill and read about the break up and assume everything was falling apart and the band forced out one last album that their hearts werent really into but that's just not the case at all. Its false and I've watched how this narrative popped up over the years so I like to set the record straight. They were close, they took their time and put out a record that was a return to the grooves and proper song structures of Vulgar while maintaining the heaviness of FBD all with a pinch of old school sabbath thrown in. Much more vocal melodies from Phil also. So it was intentional change to go more old school. The album was a huge success also with a world tour that was the most successful of their career.. Love it or hate it that's fine, I'm just saying its exactly the record they wanted to make and they all loved it. My Dimebag ranking 1 Reinventing the Steel 2 Official Live 101 3 Far Beyond Driven 4 Rebel Meets Rebel 5 New Found Power 6 Vulgar Display of Power 7 The Great Southern Trendkill 8 Cowboys From Hell 9 Power Metal 10 Projects in the Jungle 11 I Am The Night 12 Metal Magic Good video though.
@@iam5162 No not really. The band themselves would tell u it's the worst major label album of their career. I just agree. Still a stone cold classic 10 outta 10 though.
@@iam5162 They dont play plenty of material off it. They play the title track and occasionally one other song with it. Either Primal Concrete Sledge or Dom/Hollow. The majority of their setlist is Vulgar & FBD material.
@@integrity101 and Cemetery Gates. Thats 4 tunes. Considering that headliner live set lists are usually ~20 tunes, that's 1/5th of the set. Not too shabby of a representation for an album they supposedly think is their worst lol. Not to mention the fact that they have a huge CHF brand/logo/animation displayed on stage on both sides of 'PANTERA'. No idea where you got the info where the band thinks its their worst major label album. CFH tour is what broke them to the big leagues on those tours with Suicidal and Skid Row.
I agree long as Power Metal through Trendkill is the top 5, although Burn couldn't have been inspired by Annihilator 'cause it was a year before their first album
