Dimebag = Randy Rhoads incarnated 1988 ?

[guitarzan2]

Wow, amazing video. Make sure you have 13 minutes to watch it.

Dimebag solo 1988. As you watch and listen you start hearing and realizing what a big influence Randy Rhoads had on Dime. At the 1/2 way point it becomes an Ozzy concert. Just amazing.

[Ralph E.]

Link please?

[guitarzan2]

Oops

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se4kLitAxJE&mode=related&search=

[Ralph E.]

I know i'll get ripped for saying this, but what the heck:

I liked him alot better in pre-signed Pantera than after. He was more 80's guitar hero. I still love "All Over Tonite".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHv99XhJ5zk

[guitarzan2]

No rippin' from me. I have every Pantera album(yes, those things on vinyl) from when they were released. The first time I heard Cowbody From Hell, I was thinking WTF ? Power Metal and I Am the Night are Pantera's 2 best albums and maybe 2 of the greatest metal albums of the 80's.

[sevser]

Almost looks like Jake E Lee, during Suicide Solution.

[jrnic]

I know i'll get ripped for saying this, but what the heck:

I liked him alot better in pre-signed Pantera than after. He was more 80's guitar hero. I still love "All Over Tonite".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHv99XhJ5zk

I didn't realize Pantera were "Hair Metal" in the 80's......I Like it!!!!

[RacerX]

Yeah, Darrel was called "Diamond Darrell"

[sandbag]

I know i'll get ripped for saying this, but what the heck:

I liked him alot better in pre-signed Pantera than after. He was more 80's guitar hero. I still love "All Over Tonite".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHv99XhJ5zk

I agree man, he started to do a lot less soloing after cowboys

[Robert Burns]

I guess Satriani was a big influence too! Obviously Satch was huge
at this time, as he started with this. But then who hasnt been influenced
by Randy? Man, Dime was a killer shredder!

[Guitardude86]

I know i'll get ripped for saying this, but what the heck:

I liked him alot better in pre-signed Pantera than after. He was more 80's guitar hero. I still love "All Over Tonite".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHv99XhJ5zk

No rippin' here either. To this day I have no idea why I cannot find the pre-CFH albums anywhere. Some of the best shredding of all time are on those albums, that's where Dime got his hero-status from in the beginning and people who haven't heard them don't really know how good Dimebag Darrell really was! Prodigal.

[Mordor]

awesome video. Thanks for the link dude.

[Racerx2k]

Yeah, Darrel was called "Diamond Darrell"

Yup. Always hated that he started going by the "Dimebag" moniker"

[Jason1212]

The first time I ever saw them they were Diamond Darrel, Rex Rocker, Vinnie Paul and Phil. Phil didnt have an official nickname but my friends and myself called him Stinky because well he stunk litteraly.

[Cleveland Metal]

Well, here's the guy that will be getting blazed.

First off, I really like DD. The dude certianly changed the face of metal around the time they started getting brutal. Terribly sad how it all ended up.

We sure needed to hear Pantera getting heavy at the time we did. They helped smack the makeup off the face of metal in many ways, even if some of it was their own, hehe.... Gads, I'm so thankful (and I'm sure they are too) that they went in the direction they did, as it opened the gates for a heavier vocal style in popular music that really was refreshing compared to the glam pop stuff that was around at that time.

The first link, to me, is mostly a bunch of less than amazing wankery that I'm sure a few guys on this board could walk all over, that turns into cranking out some very nice Randy stuff that a few guys here are still close to doing as well. Really nice Randy feel for sure. Other than that, nothing that inspiring really.

The Glam days were sorta awful huh? VanHalen wannabees and not really "that" good at it. A million other bands doing that same thing, and probably better...

They truly pioneered a new age or direction of metal in a lot of ways, and I sure appreciate that. But it sure wasn't at the "Diamond" Darrel time.