That's the heavy metal industry. heavy metal is the most talented musicians ever.

Well, if you are saying they are a landmark because of how they performed live, it is an overstatement. There are a lot of good bands who kill it, live. Also, to the other guy who says metal musicians are the best musicians: I’m a thrash metal musician, since the late ‘80s. There are other genres that produce better MUSICIANS than a lot of metal musicians, but they may lack in certain areas. For example, someone I’ve known since our teens studied flute from age six. She was GIVING LESSONS by age 13-14 and playing in the Junior Philharmonic. She went on to become a double major in theater and opera. If you give her any sheet music in her vocal range or a piece to play on the flute she will NAIL IT. She is a recording artist, but cannot write her own music and if she tries to sing things out if her genre she lacks the feeling of the genres. What makes metal musicians good, in my opinion, is the attitude in the playing. It’s all about feel rather than technical abilities. Sure there is feel in Jazz and other genres, but that driving aggression isn’t there. Metal taps into the anger that people feel, which is powerful. Some Jazz musicians are great, but the vibe is totally different, mellow. But, if you’re slamming heroin you’re going to probably write mellow music. 😂

@@ThrashRebel Yeah it's a completely different skillset. I think the genres you are gonna find the most talented musicians in are classical, jazz and metal, but if you ask a very good classical guitarist to play a Slayer song or whatever he probably will fail terribly. And vice versa too ofcourse.

@@jamesblair2000 This is very untrue tbh. Like, 90% of metal is incredibly basic in a musical (and often technical) sense. That being said, I'd rather listen to Pantera than Zappa lmao

Like Motley Crue :)

What a kick ass set list! Crazy!

Greatness

@leafs121688 You’re always welcome!

Thanks so much for that

Best fkn metal band there ever was. Thanks.

damn straight...

Bingo👍🏾

and awesome drums!!! by vinnie

It was sad that Phil and his attitude and antics kept the rest of the band walking on egg shells

@@MiguelAngelPerezRodriguez09 No shit. The tightness of any band is built upon the drummer skills. And Vinnie was a beast. 🤘🤘🤘

correct

Damn Straight!

Together, yes, indisputable… alone only the abbot brothers.

@@edwinromero9519 Wrong. Phil wrote the lyrics, Rex arranged the compositions, and if not for Phil's more hardcore and extreme influences, Dime and Vinnie would still have been stuck in 80's party metal mode and would have never achieved what they did in the 90's, and probably been written off by press and listeners at-large as also-ran's and hackneyed has-been's in the face of grunge/alternative and death metal. Phil's impact was there from word "go" in 1987 when he first joined, 3 years before virtually anyone outside the Texas/Louisiana circuit even knew who they were. When the 4 of them were riding around in Vinnie's (IIRC) car, Phil was riding shotgun and thus was the DJ. He knew every extreme and/or underground band there was to know back then. Bolt Thrower when they first dropped their debut "In Battle There Is No Law!!" in 1988, for example. Death when "Scream Bloody Gore" released in 1987, for another. Back to Rex, the man is absolutely brilliant in his own right and fully schooled in music theory (and the only member of the band who can claim this). Rex was also the quiet voice of reason and the one who broke up the most fights and unnecessary riff-raff. Every band needs that. Metallica had Cliff, but... yeah, that horrible tragedy in late September of 1986 happened and Lars never got fired like they were planning to do shortly after the Puppets tour was over.

They are and always will be STRONGER THEN ALL STRONGER THEN OOOOOOOHHHHWWWLLLLLLLL!!!!!!

I wish I was alive to see them live back then.

@@yoshiki.g1450 It was something dude. Holy shit was it something

Sin duda. Amén.

rip im dead

Don't forget the most wise of parting terms Phil had with the audience, which quite frankly is more relevant now then it was back then. SMOKE WEED!

Yeah! RIP Dim, Vinnie and their inspiration EVH

57 here. And... I feel you, bro.

Bro, That was us kids down there. As I'm watching them flailing around. Stage diving. I was like damn, like it was yesterday. Huge, huge pits. I climbed on that stage few times...

You guys are ledgens pantera doesn't age but we do

I'm 62 Proper F***ing energy. Thank god my 8 year old grandson loves this!

I'm 55 and it affects me the same way. Actually my taste in music is getting heavier with age 🤘😝.

I'd say we're the same age bro, dime is my biggest hero and inspired me to learn how to shred, my 1st guitar was a made in Japan 1991 ibanez s540 w/an edge lo-pro tremolo/ for $1200, turns out I picked a good one, still play it too. I guess it was my 2nd once I proved I wouldn't quit to my mom. I never got to see him live but I feel like I know him from vids. I remember where I was when I heard he died, miss him. Learning how to play like Dime was prolly the most challenging thing I've ever done, gotta have the attitude but I can't do it longer than 2 or 3 songs w/o locking up, idk how he played like that w/the stamina he had, especially being drunk every time, dude was a beast. Dime, EVH, and SRV are my goats. Dime stands out cuz he was such a great person/human being. Miss you Dime!

soundboard recording mixed with camcorder video 😎

You can get it on vinyl on Amazon! It's an unofficial release but a must have for any PanterA fan for sure.

Whoever did it really brought Rex to the front of the mix. "This Love" sounded like pure evil. I never appreciated how he glued everyone elses parts together into a sound that no band since has been able to copy. Betzefer comes close, but the best any band can hope for is just to be in Pantera's shadow.

Recently I’ve discovered that he used a rack chorus type doubler live so you are hearing a two guitar effect in the live footage. I imagine that he had his “dry” signal on one side of the stage and the modulated and delayed signal on Rex’s side of the stage. You can hear it clearly in the Heresy solo. Many heavy single guitar bands use something similar to get a wider stereo guitar sound. Mick Mars, EVH during the 90s and Zakk ever since he hit the scene has used rack doublers and detuners to fatten up the guitar sound live. So in fact you are hearing two guitar signals here. TC electronics makes a cool pedal for us mere mortals to achieve a similar effect in our homes and smaller shows. It’s called a Mimiq .

The whammy pitch shift pedal gave that pounding tone

@@chipchiperson679 he used the whammy pedal for special effects and strange sounds like the main riff of Becoming The whammy was supposed to be a digital tremolo or vibrato and didn’t really sound like dumping the bar or pulling up either as it was intended. No body wanted a whammy pedal until Dime started using it unconventionally from what it was designed for. His double tracked live sound came from a rack chorus. No affordable detune pedal that sounded good was available in the 90s that I recall, EVH’s was the result of a wet, dry, wet set up with a rack detuned a few cents panned out, the reason he sounded different is because it wasn’t a chorus and the delayed detuned signal didn’t modulate . Dime is using a rack chorus here I’m pretty sure similar to what Zakk did maybe not the same brand but a rack chorus and that’s what makes his live sound so huge.

@@brandonjackson5865 the harmony during the solo of heresy comes from the whammy pedal. You can't do that with a doubler or chorus. Learn your gear and guitar before you try schooling people.

I hear you brother. Saw them with Prong and Sepultura who were touring the Chaos AD album. Pantera had just released FBD. The volume and power was DNA altering. Crazy to think Dime could play that way when he drank so hard.

Same here man. Seen em with clutch and neurosis.

Seen them once on this tour opening for skid row, shit changed my life. Saw them twice on the far beyond driven tour. There aren't words to describe the energy. Truly unmatched.

Saw them multiple times, the most memorable of them opening for Black Sabbath with Ozzy at the helm. They were a force of nature.

Dime was so perfect live. I don't know about the drunk part, pretty sure he did after, or maybe he played better being drunk. I don't know, of the 7 times I saw him, he played like no other. Perfection. Never looked like he was. He just moved me and inspired me. I will always love what I saw.

Man I absolutely agree. Smash on!

They were THE metal band of the 90's.

@@AKnatta The absolute metal snob in me, as condescendingly as possible would put it; "Even existing solely on KZfaq in 2022 they're still in the top 5 best performances of all time" and in no way is that depressing. Cheers to these fucking legends 🍻

Bingo! End of story

Agreed!! I just told a friend today to watch this, because THIS Pantera is the one that ruled the f***ing universe, not the band we saw on the last tour...THIS is Pantera!!! The energy between Rex and Darrell was incredible, and to see Phil SKA dancing!! WTF, man I miss those days!!!

Well theyre back, not sure Zakk wylde can match this

Anytime I shoot a quick snippet of a song, even at this exact venue, the sound quality is so ridiculous it sounds like a drowning donkey on my retarded Google pixel smartphone deluxe blah blah blah. But I think the audio here is dubbed from the soundboard recording. Which begs the question of how many times they did this? I could go for a live album of every tour they did on vinyl.

The audio is from the soundboard. This video has been stolen from concert matrix, he did all the work for this.

Cameraman was upset with Vinnie… for him drums dont exist… the audio saved everything..

I agree I had the 101 proof live album they made but this recording sounds way more killer

And it ends THERE!

No False Advertising

Wasn't Pantera opening for Skid Row when they were touring Vulgar Display of Power? If this isn't a headlining performance, I couldn't imagine trying to follow this performance.

@@rickyhyppa7960 I saw them with Skid Row on this tour, it was every bit as incredible and the same set the best I can recall. Skids kicked ass and slave to the grind album is masterful. But the opening act was writing history. Long live Dime, Vinnie and the Toledo Sports Arena.

@@timcole421 Love reading these stories! I was like 4 at the time and more into Jurassic Park then music lol. You are a witness to history goodsir.

Yes sir.

not even Zack or any one

@@djsaeg Kayla Kent maybe being the only exception. They should hire her imho.

@@silvercloud1641 lmfao you can't be serious. She doesn't nail dimebags solos at all. I just watched her butcher revolution is my name solo today. If you want to see Pantera played right look up Attila voros. Kayla Kent and her sh1t playing with cringe smile isn't the one to replace dimebag. She don't have the skill nor the ear to learn all the dynamics or a someday solo, she can't even get the notes right in fast licks.

Dude was a fucking machine. RIP.

The whole band slung the tightness. Vinne played just a fraction on the back of the beat. Thus, even their fast riffs never feel pushed. This is the same thing with Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Tool as they all create a pocket. Especially with Pantera. The brothers played groove metal. Vulgar Display of Power album is all funk with a distortion petal. At the time, it was great to hear as 80s bands often played too straight.

@@Swonder1972 Well said sir, well said.

@@Swonder1972 at some points you can here some shifts In speed on purpose between the brothers. They used to play together so many years before pantera, that’s why they sounds like that. No chance in hell to get that tightness and yet swing and slight time shifts without having them both together IMO.

@@RoyPerez-drumnote Oh yes...Live arrangements are often the best part of a band for the fan. The new material added in or varied song structure just adds icing to the already delicious cake. I noticed as well, the changed out chorus on cemetery gates, but that is understandable as the vocal track is a studio take and is insanely high. Not something doable every night on a tour.. This is a FOH sound board mixer recording. The locked off video is great too since you can see the band playing in the same shot. This was a super wonderful time for heavy rock. I miss this world.

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeee

Pure and raw. Not over produced with fake crowd noise. You can hear Dime's gain trying to take over the world through the music sometimes. This is amazing footage.

Tampora. Worcester 96 was the Craziest show I had the pleasure of viewing. Good times.

@@saltpeter7429 A great show indeed!!!

I went to the same show when they came to town. 4500 seat venue. It should have been skid row opening for Pantera. They ended their set with Whiplash. Phil played guitar and Dime sang. They both walked up and down the aisle during that song and didn't miss a beat. LEGENDARY!

If this is that same tour I couldn't imagine following this performance. I would just be screaming for Pantera to come back to the stage lol

@@rickyhyppa7960 That is exactly what happened. Everyone was screaming for Pantera thru Skid Row's entire set. Sebastian Bach was cool about it saying "I'm glad you're happy we brought Pantera out on the road with us and that you liked their set." Good times

Same bro, toledo sports arena. Best show of my life.

@@timcole421 Small world. We were at the same show at the Toledo Sports Arena! It was incredible!

Who are the other 4 bands Steve?

sonaban de la re puta madre!!!!

They were almost too much

This tour was white zombie and megadeth

I feel terrible for Skid Row. Following this performance? Really?

Sepultura blew them away Phil wasn't this on point when he played that tour.

I NEVER saw pantera so hopefully they play with the right conviction and play some rare songs cause I'm going.

Highly doubt money is their motivation. Of course they'll make some but i know zack respects dime and vinnie's legacy and wouldn't exploit it for money. It'll be awesome to hear pantera songs. Of course it's not the same, it's not supposed to be. I bet the Abbott's will be watching with a smile

I'm definitely going, Zack would not disrespect the Abbott brothers

I disagree with u about the money grab thing. This is to keep Pantera’s legacy alive. Pantera is bigger now than they ever were. Zack and Charlie were great friends of the Abbot’s. They would NEVER disrespect them. Like Zack said in his interview, this is not Pantera in it’s true essence, it’s a tribute to their music..

Tru dat.