PANTERA

Origin Birthday Genre
USA
USA
1987 Thrash metal

Lineup
Philip AnselmoVocals
Dimebag DarrellGuitars
Rex BrownBass
Vinnie PaulDrums

Former members, and other stuff:

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------------------------------------- vdo-PanterA: History
1964 - Vincent Paul Abbott is born on March 11th in Dallas, Texas.
1964 - Rex Brown is born on July 27th in Graham, Texas.
1966 - Darrell Lance Abbot is born on August 20th in Dallas, Texas.
1968 - Philip Anselmo is born on June 30th in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1983 - PanterA is formed by brothers Darrell & Vincent Abbot, Rex Brown and Terry Glaze on vocals. They also release their first independent album titled Metal Magic which sold poorly.
1984 - PanterA releases their seconds independent album titled Projects in the Jungle which again sold poorly.
1985 - I am the Night is the last album recorded by Terence Lee (as he is now known).
1986 - Lee leaves PanterA and is replaced for about a year by David Peacock on vocals who fails to record with PanterA. He leaves in late `86 leaving room for "bad ass" Philip Anselmo to take the mike. They record their most successful, (30,000+ copies sold), independent album, Power Metal and gain a large underground fan base.
1990 - PanterA then signs with major label Atco and release Cowboys from Hell which sold well but didn't rock the charts.
1991 - Cowboys from Hell the Videos is release. 1992 - Vulgar Display of Power is released and Mouth for War is the first metal single ever to debut at #1. The band tears up the 'Monsters Of Rock' festival in Moscow.
1993 - The Vulgar Videos are released. 1993 - PanterA tours the UK and goes into the studio for their next album. 1994 - PanterA releases their most successful album, Far Beyond Driven. It debuts at #1 on both the US and Australian charts, showing that Heavy Metal is NOT dead! The also set off on a world tour. Diamond changes his name to Dimebag.
1995 - The Internet sees some of the first and best PanterA pages on the World Wide Web including Fanasylum's Cowboys From Hell (no longer active), Pantfuckingtera and Vulgar Display of PanterA.
1996 - The long awaited fourth album, The Great Southern Trendkill, is released May 7th. A summer tour is kicked off. PanterA tours throughout most of `96 hitting up such places as Japan, Australia & New Zealand. They finish up the year with a small US tour.
1997 - PanterA continues on the road with a small US tour. Suicide Note Pt. I is nominated for the Best Metal Performance Grammy. Then PanterA opens for KISS in March wherethey play in Mexico, Chili and Argentina. PanterA stays on the road with the OzzFest.
1997 - Official Live: 101 Proof is released July 29th which has 14 live tracks and two tracks of new material. Also the long awaited third home video is released, 3: Watch It Go, on November 11th. It debuts # 1 on Billboard Music Video Chart.
1998 - PanterA starts `98 with another small US tour. Also they plan to tour Europe and go back to the studio for their 10th album! Can't wait...
1997 - PanterA ends `97 with a small US tour. PanterA is nominated for Best Metal Performance Grammy for Cemetery Gates from Official Live: 101 Proof
1998 - PanterA starts `98 with another small US tour. Also they plan to tour Europe and go back to the studio for their 10th album! Can't wait...

Discography
1983 Metal Magic
1984 Projects in the Jungle
1985 I Am The Night
1988 Power Metal
1990 Cowboys From Hell
1992 Vulgar Display Of Power
1994 Far Beyond Driven
1996 The Great Southern Trendkill
2000 Re-Inventing The Steel



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