Pantera is the shit! Alright, except when they made all those 80's glam rock albums. But they are most definitely the hardest rocking, riot starting, violence indusing band of all time. You have never seen a mosh pit until you have seen Pantera. It's enough to scare the hell out of mere mortal men. Any band that can receive such rave reviews as "Anselmo sings with the fury of a post office psycho," and "angry, cantankerous, ferally aggressive band that channels all the free-floating rage of their enviroment into a murderous mettalic growl" can't be all that bad. Unfortunately, the lifestyle of a rock band got the best of Phil Anselmo after a show in Dallas when he overdosed on heroin and actually died for about four minutes. He posted the following message on the alt.music.pantera newsgroup:
I, Phillip H. Anselmo, immediately after a very successful show in Dallas injected a lethal dose of heroin into my arm, and died for 4 to 5 minutes. There were no lights, no beautiful music, just nothing. And then after 20 minutes (from what I heard later) my friends slapped me and poured water over my head all basically trying to revive me. The paramedics finally arrived and all I remember is waking up in the back of an ambulance. From that point on I knew all I wanted was to be back on the tour bus, going to the next gig. Instead I was going to the hospital where I was released very shortly. You see, I'm not a heroin addict. But I am (was) an intraveous drug abuser. The lesson learned here is that every nightmare ever heard about O.D.ing, and or, heroin is terribly true. And for my friends and family as well as myself and our fans (Pantera, Down, etc.), I since then have recovered completely, the Pantera tour uninterrupted. I intend to keep it that way! Special thanks to my family and friends who supported me, and the fans who pump me up to the hilt. One message to everyone in this fucking world. I am not a weakling groping for sympathy. I will not die so easily! I'm here to piss off the music press for a long time to come.
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