Heavy Metal Musician. A native of Dallas, Texas, he was the lead guitarist for the influential heavy metal group "Pantera." A founding member with his older brother Vinnie Paul, the band, popular from it's beginning in 1981 up through the 2000s, released several albums over their more than 20 year career, including: "Cowboys from Hell" (1990), "Vulgar Display of Power" (1992), "Far Beyond Driven" (1994) and "The Great Southern Trendkill" (1996), and had signature songs such as: "Mouth For War," "Walk," "Cowboys from Hell," "5 Minutes Alone," "This Love" and "Cemetery Gates." After the breakup of that band, Abbott joined the heavy metal group "Damageplan," which gained a following largely due to his musical notoriety from his Pantera career. On December 8, 2004, while performing at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, with his band, a man burst onstage and began shooting. Three people including Abbott were killed, and a few others were injured. The gunman was later shot and killed by a police officer. Through his career, he was known as "Diamond Darrell" and "Dimebag Darrell."
Heavy Metal Musician. A native of Dallas, Texas, he was the lead guitarist for the influential heavy metal group "Pantera." A founding member with his older brother Vinnie Paul, the band, popular from it's beginning in 1981 up through the 2000s, released several albums over their more than 20 year career, including: "Cowboys from Hell" (1990), "Vulgar Display of Power" (1992), "Far Beyond Driven" (1994) and "The Great Southern Trendkill" (1996), and had signature songs such as: "Mouth For War," "Walk," "Cowboys from Hell," "5 Minutes Alone," "This Love" and "Cemetery Gates." After the breakup of that band, Abbott joined the heavy metal group "Damageplan," which gained a following largely due to his musical notoriety from his Pantera career. On December 8, 2004, while performing at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, with his band, a man burst onstage and began shooting. Three people including Abbott were killed, and a few others were injured. The gunman was later shot and killed by a police officer. Through his career, he was known as "Diamond Darrell" and "Dimebag Darrell."
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