[randog]

When I was in high school, I remember getting an issue of Guitar World in the mail that featured Dimebag Darrell on the cover.

Wasn't Darrell on the cover of every other issue back then....;^)

[Verginius Rufus]

I like that “Mr. Ono” bit.

[dfwgator]

I’ll always remember him for when the Dallas Stars won the Cup in 1999, he was a regular at Stars game, and even wrote the Stars’ fight song that played over the PA when they came on the ice.

[Maverick68]

Dimebag seemed like an all around cool guy to hang with while Anselmo came off like Ass-elmo....
Funny how they were able to escape their glam past (plenty of pictures of “Diamond” Darrell and the boys out there on the Net’) and carve a chunk of serious cred.

[don-o]

Well. there’s two minutes of my life I’ll never get back.

[SaxxonWoods]

One nitpick with the author. The murder of Lennon was not callous, it was the act of a insane person. When an insane person commits murder, s/he typically thinks it is a good and/or necessary action. Callousness requires recognition of the wrongfulness of an act, but not being bothered by it. The ‘callous’ is located on your conscience, allowing you to perpetrate a bad action without it affecting you emotionally.

[Renderofveils]

[sauropod]

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[the invisib1e hand]

whoever the f)ck "dimebag darrel" is or was, he wasn't John Lennon, so, you win the non-sequitir of the year AND the pimp-the-dead-celebrity awards.

Congratulations.

[evets]

FYI - Conservative Republicans:
Darrell Abbott, Zakk Wylde, Kerry King
Michael Anthony, Vinnie Paul Abbott, and Sammy Hagar.

[fatnotlazy]

I like the reference to John Lennon as “Mr. Ono.”

I might be the only one, but I was not a fan of the Beatles and certainly not a fan of Lennon. Back in the 60s when they first came out, my friends went ga-ga over one or the other Beatle. Me, I thought they just made a lot of noise. And Lennon as a solo artist (or with his wife) was untalented IMHO. Sorry he’s gone and I’m sure his wife and children miss him, but I can’t get worked up over this anniversary.

[wheresmyusa]

Darrell was mad genius with his guitar. There are few people that have ever lived that played who could match him in the realm of metal. Even if you can’t stand the genre it is undeniable that he was a master of his craft. If(when)the SHTF, i can tell you i’ll be loading my mags to “Walk”. R.I.P. big D.