When I was still in the military, I was in an airport in uniform and these two guys walked up to me, and the heavier set of the two stuck his hand out and said, "Sir, thank you for your dedication to freedom and your service to our country." It took me a few seconds to realize who he was (cowskin cowboy hat was a bit of a giveaway) and it turned out it was Vinnie Paul, traveling with his legendary brother, Dimebag, to play in the area. I immediately replied, "I recently picked up 'Reinventing the Steel' and I want to thank you guys for your dedication to kick-ass metal."
Thank you for being a Patriot. Never give up protecting us even though it seems fucking pointless with all the bullshit going on around us these days. There are many more brothers in their homes ready to join you in defending our country at a drop of the hat. \m/
Randy Rhoads used to double and triple track his solos to give them a natural 'chorusy' flange effect, Dime was a HUGE fan of Randy and would do the same thing. Good ear.👍
After he said that it got me thinking if he did double it. I never knew Randy would do that. That is insane.. Thanks for the cool information.. And i am not being a sarcastic butt..
So did Kirk Hammett. Especially on the ride the lightning album. If you listen to fight fire with fires intro, you'll hear it right off, if you're really looking for it. he literally recorded that intro around 10 times to get that effect.
Speaking of Dimebag's precision... I hope u go further down the Pantera rabbit hole, as they're much more than a typical metal band. This was my #1 band in my teens - used to go see them at the Palladium all the time , and with Alice in Chains of all bands opening for them ;)
There is so much attention give to the Abbot brothers and Phil Anselmo with this band while Rex Brown was always just churning out legendary bass sounds behind all the glitz from the other guys.
My favorite part about the solo in this song is how absolutely rock solid Rex's bass line is - sharp, crystal clear, meaty, dat tone, just sounds SO GOOD!
Mindfunk "Dropped" is one of my all time albums... and Terry got the most out of that making it "live" sort of, making the band do the whole album that way... and it is a masterpiece...
In my opinion Dimebag Darrell was one of the great visionaries when it comes to guitar. All over the works of Pantera are so many really fascinating things he does that are still amazing and fresh to listen to, even all these years and decades later. And I'm not only talking his killer riffs and solos, but also the quieter, almost bluesy stuff he mixes into the sound sometimes. RIP
Pantera was one of those bands, where every individual had their own place and without it, the band couldn't exist. And unfortunately that eventually happened. It's also pretty damn criminal how little everybody ever mention about Rex's bass playing.
Floods is amazing and the overall sound / tone achieved is quite visceral. Try and look for the live performance in Korea. Phil was rather strung out but he kept it together! Dimes solo at the end is just captivating. Vinnie & DIME - Rest In Power
Let’s be honest that song blows as a song without the absolutely amazing solo and outtro. You get his guitar lines stuck in your head not the basement level vocals.
Pantera suggestions: if you're looking for more diverse songwritery stuff, check out 'Hollow'; for pure sick riffs 'Mouth for War'; for interesting drumming 'Becoming'; for one of their faster tracks 'F*cking Hostile'; for an all-around beloved track 'Walk'.
I had this cheap stereo with a dual cassette deck and basically side B of VDoP in the first slot and side B of King's X Dogman in the second lived in that thing FOR MONTHS (VDoP eventually wore out, they always do) and while you could have the thing play both sides of a tape, when I got up in the morning to get ready for the day I'd be running those sides sequential then making it run the other sides back sequential if I was having a fine enough morning that I just felt like it. At least 6 months in that configuration. I think it got bumped when I got the Allman Bros box set (yes on cassettes). :-)
I would actually suggest that if he's got a discord people suggest bits from vulgar videos if he really wants to see exactly what it was like being anywhere near Pantera :-) if you are old enough and went to enough shows in the 90's you probably drank with at least one of them without knowing it, unless you noticed, in which case you noticed it and kept drinkin - I mean, they're basically like the stoner band geeks you hung out with in high school, or at least the ones I did. :-)
I always loved the writing on the Trendkill, although Far Beyond, Vulgar and Reinventing all had more polished and "well rounded songs" that are probably more memorable for new listeners, but at the time the record came out... being a pissed off kid in middle/high school, the Trendkill was what hit me the hardest. It had such raw aggression and also deep emotion, Phil isolating himself away from the rest of the band to record vocals, in his own words, "oversang" the first track, then goes way dark later and back to the aggression, and as a former opioid/benzo user can imagine Phil going through a few cycles of substance abuse, detox and withdrawal, back to using heavily again while making the record.. My favorite song off TGSTK was The Underground in America, and then the last song Sandblasted Skin was like the nastiest thing I could imagine when it came out and we knew EXACTLY what Phil meant in the lyrics and concept behind Sandblasted Skin and The Great Southern Trendkill. My friends and I HATED all the pussified, weak assed music that Phil was bitching about and Pantera were purposefully trying not to sound like, they had to out due them in heaviness and aggression, originality and realness, not softening their sound just to get radio play or get laid or make record execs happy..
PANTERA Is my Beatles and I saw them 9 times in concert. That being said this is My #1 Song, so brutal so sharp so aggressive so heavy and so Amazing RIP DIME AND VINNIE This group of Musicians will always have a close personal meaning in my Heart for life 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
About Pantera... REX BROWN what a underrated Bass performer ... I belive he has this kind of style as a bass player that perhaps is not for everybody to be praised... Pantera was never Primus or Metallica, but if bass is the backbone of every metal band, Rex is the main DNA of that spinal cord a terrific backbone you never notice you have one but is holding everything UP! AM STILL HERE! Awwwwwrigth!
You could make a video on literally every Pantera song. They were visionaries of the time. This particular record (Far Beyond Driven) is exceptional meter-wise. There's even a riff in 15/16! Personally, I'd like to see about "5 minutes alone", but it's your choice. Thanks for the great work!
As a guitarist I have to mention the sick outro riff groove on this one and pretty much every Pantera joint. I want those grooves to go on and on forever.
Dude! I saw these guys during Summer of 94 with Sepultura in High School (months after this song's release). I caught a beer thrown from Dimebag into the crowd. Too bad it was mostly empty by the time I secured it.
@@justinshook5332 we went to a TooL concert in Vegas. Someone threw a beer off the back balcony and we were directly below. You already know what happened. She cried like a baby. Not out of being sad, but because she was THAT pissed. I said, "hey. You're at a Tool show. Be glad that man is dressed." 🤣
There's an interview with Terry Date, that legendary producer for a lot of mainstream successful metal albums of the 90's. This interview is about his memories on this album (considered one of the most important in metal history, being one of the heaviest to debut at number 1 on the Billboard list) and he doesn't mention a double tracking but he does mention that this was obviously done way before protools and Vinnie and Dimebag would usually work by themselves on the solos and usually splice them from 3 different tapes. He does mention they were so much perfectionists that they ended up doing like 200 different versions of A SINGLE FADE until they found the perfect one. Anselmo's growl was surely not the first, growled vocals come more from Death Metal, and these are derived themselves from the gruffy vocals of Thrash Metal, so there are a lot of examples that pre-date Anselmo's, but surely his vocal delivery is one of the most known due to their huge mainstream success. Anyway, great reaction Geebz it's a pleasure seeing you re-discover all these classics for a lot of us and giving us these little pearls of wisdom from your experience. Thanks for the video! I'm still here! 👍
With the drums, Vinnie would actually play with the handles of his drum sticks, and search for just thicker drum sticks. This is why the drums sound so full and punchy, he would just abuse the heck out of drums and sticks. Loved the just punch that Pantera always had. There was an interview long ago where they showed the dented cymbals from Vinnie because he loved that hard hitting sound. I saw them in concert a few times long ago, and really miss the feel they had. There were a lot of good songs on this album and on their other albums. This just brings me back to an amazing age.
F*CK YES GEEBZ, PAN.FUCKING.TERA!!!! These guys were the SHIT, and one of the biggest inspirations that made me want to play music and be in a band.. My old band played at AlRosa Villa a few years after Dimebag was shot on stage, the club is now closed and torn down... probably for the better.
Nobody produced like Big V🥺 Rex is a monster on the bass!! Philip has one of if not the best metal voice ever!! Still tear up here and again when I hear Dimes solos!!!🥺 I miss these guys!!
The one and only! This band was Xtra special in so many ways. When you've heard and watched everything they've ever done, you know this. They had the rare X-factor. 100% pure, against the grain, American heavy metal🤘😎🤘
The brothers Abbot were the kings of groove metal. I feel so lucky to have seen them live 3 or 4 times before their breakup. Dime was a HUGE inspiration for me musically. He was also just a great person to be around. Still here and loving your videos sir. Check out 5 Minutes alone by Pantera, and look into the story behind the track.
Thank you Geebz for making videos. You have that fun uncle/buddy vibe that I'm sure draws everyone in. It's always fun learning about songs I've heard so many times but never noticing small details about the song. Thanks for everything and have a great holiday. 😁
The verse is in 7/8 and there's a short bridge section ("look at me now...") that repeats twice that is in 3/4 or 6/4 depending on how you decide to count it.
I love the Pantera boys. I was lucky enough to have overlapping circles with them when I lived in D/FW and got to experience some of their wildness firsthand. Great guys and great music. I'm still here! 🤘😎🤘
I'm still here!!! Suggestions: Domination (live in Moscow), cemetery gates, this love, drag the waters... So many bangers Pantera remain the greatest live performance I ever saw. Incredible. The loudest sound ever, not just music... But sound. But played perfectly, despite being pure aggression.
One of my favorite things, when watching your videos, is when you strike a big grin at the same time I do, at a favorite part of a song I know well. And yes, I'm still here.
I've been listening to this song since it came out, and just now realized (and also just before you said it) that the solo does actually sound like it's double tracked. And if you wanna nerd out over bass, I'd recommend you react to Death - The Philosopher
I remember seeing the I'm Broken video on MTV right after Far Beyond Driven came out, when I was in middle school, they were HUGE among the boys at my school. I didn't like Phil's screaming at first but always loved the guitars and drums, later I'd appreciate the singing too.
I’m still here Geebz, as always! On the off chance this is seen by you, I just want to let you know that Cemetery Gates by Pantera is one of my favorite songs of all time and I think it would show you a side of Pantera and Dimebag Darrell’s soulful guitar playing that you would love even more than these last two, but these are still great picks, thank you! (As someone else in these comments has mentioned, the RUclips video for Cemetery Gates skips the intro so I would not recommend that version.)
As a composer, you should check out the song "Floods" from Pantera this song is one of dimebag masterpiece. 10's also and "the sleep" from cowboys from hell album which is quite underrated but the solo is another dimebag masterpiece. You should check it out!
Definitely still here This is my FAVORITE Pantera tune... its hits so smooth and is definitely lyrically on point with my life!!! 🤘🤘🏿🤘🏼 Long live VINNIE & Dimebag 🤘🏼🤘🏿🤘
You're absolutely right. Phil was one of the pioneers of the mainstream power growlers on vocals. He made it so mainstream that groups like Slipknot made their whole career out of the power growls and gutteral singing techniques thanks to Pantera making it a mainstream style of vocals. Other bands were doing it, but they weren't as mainstream, they were more underground genre until Pantera made it popular! Then they started coming out of the woodwork like copycat roaches lol. Thank you Pantera for being 20 years ahead of everyone else. They're still playing catch-up with Pantera to this day. And Dime was such a guitar God/legend, that everyone wants to be like Dimebag Darrell. They still buy his signature guitars, but they don't realize that just because they have a Dimebag Darrell signature guitar means they'll sound like Dimebag Darrell. He played with his heart and soul, his hands were just the tools he used to express what was in his soul!
There used to be a ride in Seaside Heights, NJ on the boardwalk, it was basically an indoor Scrambler but the name escapes me... Tip the DJ a buck and you could request songs to play while you were on the ride. This was one of our favorites to request... Needless to say, it brings back a LOT of memories! As always, your reactions are awesome and I love when you hit classic hitters like these.
Great video! Still watching brother! Do Floods by Pantera for your next video. They have many more popular songs, but that is revered as Dimebags best guitar performance, solo wise. So please, if you read this my good sir, take that song into serious consideration for your next song of theirs. I think you’ll enjoy the journey the song will take you on, and there is a VERY familiar melody hidden within the focal part of the song that I know you’ll dig very much. Thanks for the great content my dude!
today I was just searching for something to see and luckily found this. I love your approach towards this song and how it was compossed, as a former musician I get the technical apreciation you put into finding out how they did it but overall I love how you enjoy this song, is absolutely awesome, it's like listening with a friend. this was great
Dime used delay doubler effects, but I bet he could have played the solos many times over! This solo was definitely played two different times! You can hear some little differences.
Best metal band that ever lived. True fate bringing those 4 together and they fit perfectly. Sucked how things ended up, but I’m confident they would’ve reunited had Dime not been killed.
As for composition, I'd recommend you check out pantera's revolution is my name. Long song that doesn't feel long. Lots of parts but doesn't feel cluttered. Excellent composition.
I'm still here! Watching you experience THE band that made ALL Metal what it is today brings me so much joy. I've been "goobering" over this band for 30 years and I can never get enough. It doesn't matter what song you do next. They are all perfect and I will watch all of them. Thanks Geebz! You rule my dude. 🤘🤘
Keep in mind, Pantera only had/needed one guitarist. And also, Anselmo's growl singing was untrained. He literally ripped his throat and vocal cords apart doing it for as long as he did. He still does a Pantera tribute concert occassionally, but it has taken a long long time for all those wounds to heal.
Was he untrained? According to The Charismatic Voice’s reaction to Cemetery Gates, he has proper technique since he was able to switch between growl and smooth at will.
Pantera is a great band and one of my all time favorites. They are very purposeful about the way they do things. Everyone gets to stand out in almost every song. Groove metal at it's best. Thanks for the video.
Great comments and reaction for the Pantera video Geebz, and you said some nice words about the Abbott Brothers and the story of pantera, you told it well and you were respectful so thanks. Rip Dime and Vinnie
I left a comment a couple weeks ago saying that there was no Pantera, and then you do a Pantera reaction. I really do think you so much for doing this for us you're awesome keep doing what you're doing can't thank you enough. I'm buying you a cup of coffee .
Bro, a reaction channel covering PANTERA?! Not only that, *BUT A GREAT CHANNEL COVERING PANTERA?!* I knew subscribing here was a good plan when I found you months ago! Pantera will always be near and dear to me. I was introduced to them as a kid by my older brother (who was big into metal and country - in his words, because he "didn't have to change his hairstyle" since 80s/90s metal and country had a lot of long hair lmao). Pantera was the first concert I ever went to when I was 12 (thanks older brother for convincing mom!), and in total got to see them about 2 more times over the years before Dimebag's tragic death. Pantera contributed a lot to who I am in good ways, and helped me balance some difficult things along the way. My appreciation for them doesn't have a ceiling, and there are still a bunch of Pantera songs that scratch that spot that very, very few other bands reach for me, personally. Very excited to hear that Pantera has a place in your history as well!
My first vid of yours . Love it ! you seem cool as hell and know your stuff . Ive seen PNTERA 9 times .I suggest Floods. SO Dynamic and mellow yet heavy and intricate and has an overwhelming vibe to it . If anyone of any genre cant feel this , they have no soul ! Keep it up , Thanks !
I remember when I first heard "fucking hostile!!" What an awesome band! You wanta get jacked for a hockey game?! Fucking hostile will get you there! Thanks for doing Pantera! ✌ still here lol
Ever watch the Pantera home videos, Pantera 3... watch it go..? I think it was a clip on 3, Phil had some little kid up on stage sing the "fucking hostile!" part lmao..
@@jonfoy9166 yeah dude, back in like '99 or '00 I was at a small record store in the town I lived in and was looking through the VHS videotapes of different bands and I saw Pantera 3, watch it go.. the Pantera home videos part 3. Then after watching and loving part 3, I went back to the record store and requested the original home videos part 1 and vulgar Vulgar Video, the Pantera home videos part 2. So I bought
PANTERA ON GEEBZ, CHRISTMAS IS 23....RIGHT!?!!!! How long i waited for you to react to the Hardest Uncompromised but grooooviest MetalBands out there ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ not to speak bout the grooviest BrotherDuos of all time 🙌🏿❤️🙌🏿❤️🙌🏿❤️
Great stuff! One 'less-known' song from them that is super cool is "It Makes Them Disappear". The rythms and drums are so much fun! But yeah resonating what others have been saying, any song from Pantera is worth the unique journey through metal that they gave us. Cheers!
If you appreciate the Abbott brothers you should check out the band rebel meets rebel. It's the "county" band they were in the david allen coe. Ive never heard anyone react to their music and I really think you'll enjoy it! Happy holidays everyone!
I'm still here. Always. You're spot on with the time shifts in this one. By my reckoning, the verse is 7/16, passing through a bar of 9/16 to the 3/8 prechorus, then on to that monumentally plodding straight-time hook. Great stuff.
Would be cool to see your reaction to 13 steps to nowhere from their great southern trendkill album. Thank you for the videos, keep up the great work n happy holidays 🤘😎
No one ever seems to request or talk good about trendkill, it was my favorite 'Tera record back in the day and still is, although Phil's lyrics on many of those songs are a bit politically reactionary for my current political tastes, I still get amped as fuuuck hearing them though. He was my favorite metal singer.
"Finding the metal that's in my blood" - this is a badass experiment One of those songs that makes you squint and scrunch up your nose like taking your first bite of a really good steak. Maybe it's just that I was 16 when it came out, but the whole album is SO mean soundwise. It's that Whammy(Digitech) pedal putting out blended dry and pitch-shifted signal on an expression pedal in the solo though, holy crap what a sound. I bet Dime kept Digitech in the black as a company just being associated with that thing. Suggestions... A New Level, By Demons Be Driven, Walk, No Good(Attack the Radical), Heresy, Domination, Medicine Man, The Art of Shredding, 5 Minutes Alone. That gives you the first 3 major releases and a different feel to each album. 3 different producers? They just kept getting heavier with each recording.
I’m still here!! Thanks for the great reaction. So many great songs but I would recommend Slaughtered. All of their songs had multiple change ups that could completely change the feel of a song and then bring you right back.
Thanks for mentioning their parents. My uncle gave me my 1st drumset when I was around 12/13. My parents never played any instruments but loved listening to music and I was always grateful they never discouraged my playing. Also thankful my neighbors didn't either. My uncle is my biggest influence as a drummer but Vinnie Paul really ranks up there.
Still here for ya, Geebz! Dime was truly a one-of-a-kind guitarist, and you're right: he doubled his solos a lot of the time. My personal favorite solo of his is on the tracks "Floods" which would be a good listen, I think. :) Mahalo~!
When I was still in the military, I was in an airport in uniform and these two guys walked up to me, and the heavier set of the two stuck his hand out and said, "Sir, thank you for your dedication to freedom and your service to our country." It took me a few seconds to realize who he was (cowskin cowboy hat was a bit of a giveaway) and it turned out it was Vinnie Paul, traveling with his legendary brother, Dimebag, to play in the area. I immediately replied, "I recently picked up 'Reinventing the Steel' and I want to thank you guys for your dedication to kick-ass metal."
That's a bad ass memory. Lucky you man.
Thank you for being a Patriot. Never give up protecting us even though it seems fucking pointless with all the bullshit going on around us these days. There are many more brothers in their homes ready to join you in defending our country at a drop of the hat. \m/
Very cool memory brother. Truly. And thank you and the cowboys from hell 🇺🇲🤟
That's pretty cool dude.
Awesome!!
Floods by pantera has one of the best solo's and outro ever.
Very true
100% agree with you. I swear I tear up EVERY time I hear it.
And very underrated too, sadly, as the rest of the album
Absolutely brother. It's Dime's masterpiece.
Agreed, would love to see what you think of that one.
Rex Brown, the bass player, never gets enough love for what he does!!
Randy Rhoads used to double and triple track his solos to give them a natural 'chorusy' flange effect, Dime was a HUGE fan of Randy and would do the same thing. Good ear.👍
After he said that it got me thinking if he did double it.
I never knew Randy would do that.
That is insane..
Thanks for the cool information..
And i am not being a sarcastic butt..
Dammit. I just posted this and then saw your comment. Haha. 🤘🤘
Dime loved his flange and crybaby peddle. He also used a noise gate most of the time. Unless he actually was going for feedback effects.
So did Kirk Hammett. Especially on the ride the lightning album. If you listen to fight fire with fires intro, you'll hear it right off, if you're really looking for it. he literally recorded that intro around 10 times to get that effect.
Speaking of Dimebag's precision... I hope u go further down the Pantera rabbit hole, as they're much more than a typical metal band. This was my #1 band in my teens - used to go see them at the Palladium all the time , and with Alice in Chains of all bands opening for them ;)
Phil did vocals on a live version of Would? maybe 10 years ago or so. It was very good.
Yes you got it, Pantera ougtha be #1 if consciously listened to ❤️❤️❤️
I am incredibly jealous
@@lankymoose1831 then I won’t tell you I also caught a Rex bass pick. 😎
I can't even imagine the shows I would have seen living in that area, damn.
There is so much attention give to the Abbot brothers and Phil Anselmo with this band while Rex Brown was always just churning out legendary bass sounds behind all the glitz from the other guys.
Hell's yes Rex(formerly Rex Rocker lol) was THE groove metal bassist.
My favorite part about the solo in this song is how absolutely rock solid Rex's bass line is - sharp, crystal clear, meaty, dat tone, just sounds SO GOOD!
Love how he never just followed dime. He had his own line in the solos
@@RyTrapp0 That Far Beyond tone was my fav of his.
Fr rex's tone is so damn fat and his lines are perfect
I always tear up when someone just starts on Pantera, its like finding gold...
Terry Date is such an wonderfull engineer, a big leap in Pantera's sound, Overkill and Deftones also, so clean, so heavy.
Terry date is 90s metal
And crystal clear too - you can really hear each and every instrument but without the sound as a whole getting muddy
Astrocreep still sounds new! 👍
Mindfunk "Dropped" is one of my all time albums... and Terry got the most out of that making it "live" sort of, making the band do the whole album that way... and it is a masterpiece...
Think Prong also was engineered by Terry Date, freakin Genious 🙌💕
Fun fact: before they released I'm Broken, the main riff of this song is what they used to play during sound checks before live shows.
That's a cool tidbit actually
In my opinion Dimebag Darrell was one of the great visionaries when it comes to guitar. All over the works of Pantera are so many really fascinating things he does that are still amazing and fresh to listen to, even all these years and decades later. And I'm not only talking his killer riffs and solos, but also the quieter, almost bluesy stuff he mixes into the sound sometimes. RIP
He's the Eddie Van Halen of metal.
@@keithferris9574 yeah, overrated. That shit was stale 25 years ago, he did nothing "fresh."
Pantera was one of those bands, where every individual had their own place and without it, the band couldn't exist. And unfortunately that eventually happened. It's also pretty damn criminal how little everybody ever mention about Rex's bass playing.
love rex's bass work. even back in the 80s he stood out.
The solo on floods is just flawless.
Always love your reacts man! Would definitely recommend "Cemetery Gates" , "This Love", "5 Minutes Alone", and "Walk". All bangers!
Definitely want to hear a reaction to “This Love”!!
DO NOT listen to the video of cemetery gates. You'll lose the Intro.
Really just shouting out the heavy hitters (pun intended) with them!
5 Minutes Alone and Cemetery Gates has to be done!
Might as well do a deep dive into them all!
All those songs are singles!! I’d prefer to hear some killer B Sides like Message in Blood, Slaughtered, Shedding Skin or It Makes Them Disappear!!
Philip Anselmo from Pantera created the"power growl". You should check out Floods by Pantera. Will blow your mind.
I 2nd this.
absolutely!
Floods is amazing and the overall sound / tone achieved is quite visceral. Try and look for the live performance in Korea.
Phil was rather strung out but he kept it together! Dimes solo at the end is just captivating.
Vinnie & DIME - Rest In Power
Let’s be honest that song blows as a song without the absolutely amazing solo and outtro. You get his guitar lines stuck in your head not the basement level vocals.
@@chadphelps5809 You're out of your mind.
Pantera suggestions: if you're looking for more diverse songwritery stuff, check out 'Hollow'; for pure sick riffs 'Mouth for War'; for interesting drumming 'Becoming'; for one of their faster tracks 'F*cking Hostile'; for an all-around beloved track 'Walk'.
Oooo…mouth for war, great track
I had this cheap stereo with a dual cassette deck and basically side B of VDoP in the first slot and side B of King's X Dogman in the second lived in that thing FOR MONTHS (VDoP eventually wore out, they always do) and while you could have the thing play both sides of a tape, when I got up in the morning to get ready for the day I'd be running those sides sequential then making it run the other sides back sequential if I was having a fine enough morning that I just felt like it.
At least 6 months in that configuration. I think it got bumped when I got the Allman Bros box set (yes on cassettes). :-)
I would actually suggest that if he's got a discord people suggest bits from vulgar videos if he really wants to see exactly what it was like being anywhere near Pantera :-) if you are old enough and went to enough shows in the 90's you probably drank with at least one of them without knowing it, unless you noticed, in which case you noticed it and kept drinkin - I mean, they're basically like the stoner band geeks you hung out with in high school, or at least the ones I did. :-)
so, basically you think he should just do a Vulgar record track for track??
I’m completely down for that! 😉
I always loved the writing on the Trendkill, although Far Beyond, Vulgar and Reinventing all had more polished and "well rounded songs" that are probably more memorable for new listeners, but at the time the record came out... being a pissed off kid in middle/high school, the Trendkill was what hit me the hardest.
It had such raw aggression and also deep emotion, Phil isolating himself away from the rest of the band to record vocals, in his own words, "oversang" the first track, then goes way dark later and back to the aggression, and as a former opioid/benzo user can imagine Phil going through a few cycles of substance abuse, detox and withdrawal, back to using heavily again while making the record..
My favorite song off TGSTK was The Underground in America, and then the last song Sandblasted Skin was like the nastiest thing I could imagine when it came out and we knew EXACTLY what Phil meant in the lyrics and concept behind Sandblasted Skin and The Great Southern Trendkill.
My friends and I HATED all the pussified, weak assed music that Phil was bitching about and Pantera were purposefully trying not to sound like, they had to out due them in heaviness and aggression, originality and realness, not softening their sound just to get radio play or get laid or make record execs happy..
That tone is unmistakable. What a beast.
Come for the Pantera, stay for the “I’m still here”
The ultimate Power groove, favourite band of all time
PANTERA Is my Beatles and I saw them 9 times in concert. That being said this is
My #1 Song, so brutal so sharp so aggressive so heavy and so Amazing RIP DIME AND VINNIE This group of Musicians will always have a close personal meaning in my Heart for life 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
This is th song that got me into pantera when I was like 9 or 10. I saw it on Beavis and Butthead and I've been absolutely hooked ever since.
About Pantera... REX BROWN what a underrated Bass performer ... I belive he has this kind of style as a bass player that perhaps is not for everybody to be praised... Pantera was never Primus or Metallica, but if bass is the backbone of every metal band, Rex is the main DNA of that spinal cord a terrific backbone you never notice you have one but is holding everything UP! AM STILL HERE! Awwwwwrigth!
You could make a video on literally every Pantera song. They were visionaries of the time. This particular record (Far Beyond Driven) is exceptional meter-wise. There's even a riff in 15/16! Personally, I'd like to see about "5 minutes alone", but it's your choice. Thanks for the great work!
What riff are you talking about?
As a guitarist I have to mention the sick outro riff groove on this one and pretty much every Pantera joint. I want those grooves to go on and on forever.
I think i was the only one loll
Dude! I saw these guys during Summer of 94 with Sepultura in High School (months after this song's release). I caught a beer thrown from Dimebag into the crowd. Too bad it was mostly empty by the time I secured it.
That's the most bad as thing ever!
@@adamhenton6221 Thanks man. I tried hanging on to the smashed-up Dixie cup as a momento. It was just too damaged.
@@justinshook5332 we went to a TooL concert in Vegas. Someone threw a beer off the back balcony and we were directly below. You already know what happened. She cried like a baby. Not out of being sad, but because she was THAT pissed. I said, "hey. You're at a Tool show. Be glad that man is dressed."
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You sir, completed life.
I caught that tour in Austin.
There's an interview with Terry Date, that legendary producer for a lot of mainstream successful metal albums of the 90's. This interview is about his memories on this album (considered one of the most important in metal history, being one of the heaviest to debut at number 1 on the Billboard list) and he doesn't mention a double tracking but he does mention that this was obviously done way before protools and Vinnie and Dimebag would usually work by themselves on the solos and usually splice them from 3 different tapes. He does mention they were so much perfectionists that they ended up doing like 200 different versions of A SINGLE FADE until they found the perfect one.
Anselmo's growl was surely not the first, growled vocals come more from Death Metal, and these are derived themselves from the gruffy vocals of Thrash Metal, so there are a lot of examples that pre-date Anselmo's, but surely his vocal delivery is one of the most known due to their huge mainstream success.
Anyway, great reaction Geebz it's a pleasure seeing you re-discover all these classics for a lot of us and giving us these little pearls of wisdom from your experience. Thanks for the video! I'm still here! 👍
With the drums, Vinnie would actually play with the handles of his drum sticks, and search for just thicker drum sticks. This is why the drums sound so full and punchy, he would just abuse the heck out of drums and sticks. Loved the just punch that Pantera always had. There was an interview long ago where they showed the dented cymbals from Vinnie because he loved that hard hitting sound. I saw them in concert a few times long ago, and really miss the feel they had. There were a lot of good songs on this album and on their other albums. This just brings me back to an amazing age.
Fucking genius, never knew that. Those boys will be missed.
Vinnie also taped quarters to his kick in the studio for that extra "click."
@@tajbaber9425 he used triggers. That's how he got his sound
Dime's playing on "Floods" is ridiculous. mellower for sure
F*CK YES GEEBZ, PAN.FUCKING.TERA!!!!
These guys were the SHIT, and one of the biggest inspirations that made me want to play music and be in a band..
My old band played at AlRosa Villa a few years after Dimebag was shot on stage, the club is now closed and torn down... probably for the better.
This is probably the best break-down of “I’m Broken” I’ve seen on RUclips. Much respect, Geebz!
Nobody produced like Big V🥺
Rex is a monster on the bass!! Philip has one of if not the best metal voice ever!!
Still tear up here and again when I hear Dimes solos!!!🥺 I miss these guys!!
The one and only! This band was Xtra special in so many ways. When you've heard and watched everything they've ever done, you know this. They had the rare X-factor. 100% pure, against the grain, American heavy metal🤘😎🤘
101 Proof... The first cassette I bought of Pantera(i was too poor for a cd player then)..
This album and Vulgar Display of Power were what began my love of metal as a kid.
The brothers Abbot were the kings of groove metal. I feel so lucky to have seen them live 3 or 4 times before their breakup. Dime was a HUGE inspiration for me musically. He was also just a great person to be around. Still here and loving your videos sir.
Check out 5 Minutes alone by Pantera, and look into the story behind the track.
Thank you Geebz for making videos. You have that fun uncle/buddy vibe that I'm sure draws everyone in. It's always fun learning about songs I've heard so many times but never noticing small details about the song. Thanks for everything and have a great holiday. 😁
So stoked to see you're on some Pantera, belated Mele Kalikimaka braddha!! 🤙🏼☕
The verse is in 7/8 and there's a short bridge section ("look at me now...") that repeats twice that is in 3/4 or 6/4 depending on how you decide to count it.
I hear the pre-chorus ("that's how...") as 6/8 with the drums in 4/4 underneath.
Pantera - Floods
Pantera - Domination
Pantera - Drag the waters
I love the Pantera boys. I was lucky enough to have overlapping circles with them when I lived in D/FW and got to experience some of their wildness firsthand. Great guys and great music.
I'm still here! 🤘😎🤘
I'm still here!!!
Suggestions: Domination (live in Moscow), cemetery gates, this love, drag the waters... So many bangers
Pantera remain the greatest live performance I ever saw. Incredible.
The loudest sound ever, not just music... But sound. But played perfectly, despite being pure aggression.
As a future parent, thanks for your words in your introduction. Can't wait to take on that journey :) Big love !
One of my favorite things, when watching your videos, is when you strike a big grin at the same time I do, at a favorite part of a song I know well. And yes, I'm still here.
I clicked immediately!!! I'm so happy to see you're reaction to one of my all time favourite Pantera Tunes 🔥🔥🔥
You should check out Revolution is My Name. So many awesome, different riffs in one song
Also a fun music video
I've been listening to this song since it came out, and just now realized (and also just before you said it) that the solo does actually sound like it's double tracked.
And if you wanna nerd out over bass, I'd recommend you react to Death - The Philosopher
I remember seeing the I'm Broken video on MTV right after Far Beyond Driven came out, when I was in middle school, they were HUGE among the boys at my school.
I didn't like Phil's screaming at first but always loved the guitars and drums, later I'd appreciate the singing too.
I’m still here Geebz, as always! On the off chance this is seen by you, I just want to let you know that Cemetery Gates by Pantera is one of my favorite songs of all time and I think it would show you a side of Pantera and Dimebag Darrell’s soulful guitar playing that you would love even more than these last two, but these are still great picks, thank you! (As someone else in these comments has mentioned, the RUclips video for Cemetery Gates skips the intro so I would not recommend that version.)
This would be a great one for you Geebz! I think we all agree cemetery's gates is up next for you!
As a composer, you should check out the song "Floods" from Pantera this song is one of dimebag masterpiece. 10's also and "the sleep" from cowboys from hell album which is quite underrated but the solo is another dimebag masterpiece. You should check it out!
Flood and The Sleep are my favorites as well
Definitely still here
This is my FAVORITE Pantera tune... its hits so smooth and is definitely lyrically on point with my life!!! 🤘🤘🏿🤘🏼
Long live VINNIE & Dimebag 🤘🏼🤘🏿🤘
STRONGER THAN ALL!
One of the best metal albums ever. So happy music is shared round the world.
Hands down one of their best songs
You're absolutely right. Phil was one of the pioneers of the mainstream power growlers on vocals. He made it so mainstream that groups like Slipknot made their whole career out of the power growls and gutteral singing techniques thanks to Pantera making it a mainstream style of vocals. Other bands were doing it, but they weren't as mainstream, they were more underground genre until Pantera made it popular! Then they started coming out of the woodwork like copycat roaches lol. Thank you Pantera for being 20 years ahead of everyone else. They're still playing catch-up with Pantera to this day. And Dime was such a guitar God/legend, that everyone wants to be like Dimebag Darrell. They still buy his signature guitars, but they don't realize that just because they have a Dimebag Darrell signature guitar means they'll sound like Dimebag Darrell. He played with his heart and soul, his hands were just the tools he used to express what was in his soul!
I'm still here!
Can't pretend to have watched all of your videos (yet) but, I very much love and appreciate what you do Geebz, keep it up! Thank you
Saw these guys play this live and the solo was perfect. Dime was a beast!
There used to be a ride in Seaside Heights, NJ on the boardwalk, it was basically an indoor Scrambler but the name escapes me... Tip the DJ a buck and you could request songs to play while you were on the ride. This was one of our favorites to request... Needless to say, it brings back a LOT of memories! As always, your reactions are awesome and I love when you hit classic hitters like these.
Great video! Still watching brother! Do Floods by Pantera for your next video. They have many more popular songs, but that is revered as Dimebags best guitar performance, solo wise. So please, if you read this my good sir, take that song into serious consideration for your next song of theirs. I think you’ll enjoy the journey the song will take you on, and there is a VERY familiar melody hidden within the focal part of the song that I know you’ll dig very much.
Thanks for the great content my dude!
today I was just searching for something to see and luckily found this. I love your approach towards this song and how it was compossed, as a former musician I get the technical apreciation you put into finding out how they did it but overall I love how you enjoy this song, is absolutely awesome, it's like listening with a friend. this was great
Not sure about the doubling on Dime's solo, but if that's the case, just adds to his legend. Being able to rip that out almost identical is amazing 🤘🤙
Dime used delay doubler effects, but I bet he could have played the solos many times over! This solo was definitely played two different times! You can hear some little differences.
Absolutely double solo . Dime is a very precise player..
More Pantera please!! this channel is awesome
Best metal band that ever lived. True fate bringing those 4 together and they fit perfectly. Sucked how things ended up, but I’m confident they would’ve reunited had Dime not been killed.
My god, everything goes together so well in this song, across the board. One of my absolute favorites!
As for composition, I'd recommend you check out pantera's revolution is my name. Long song that doesn't feel long. Lots of parts but doesn't feel cluttered. Excellent composition.
Recommend
Cemetery gates - floods - 5 minutes alone - Hollow. Some of my favourites and show great range of musicianship
I'm still here! Watching you experience THE band that made ALL Metal what it is today brings me so much joy. I've been "goobering" over this band for 30 years and I can never get enough. It doesn't matter what song you do next. They are all perfect and I will watch all of them. Thanks Geebz! You rule my dude. 🤘🤘
still here man, great song and great job btw. Thanks for doing these videos
Keep in mind, Pantera only had/needed one guitarist. And also, Anselmo's growl singing was untrained. He literally ripped his throat and vocal cords apart doing it for as long as he did. He still does a Pantera tribute concert occassionally, but it has taken a long long time for all those wounds to heal.
Never heard that before and while he may be “untrained” dude never ripped his shit out I’m certain of
Was he untrained? According to The Charismatic Voice’s reaction to Cemetery Gates, he has proper technique since he was able to switch between growl and smooth at will.
Pantera is a great band and one of my all time favorites. They are very purposeful about the way they do things. Everyone gets to stand out in almost every song. Groove metal at it's best. Thanks for the video.
Great comments and reaction for the Pantera video Geebz, and you said some nice words about the Abbott Brothers and the story of pantera, you told it well and you were respectful so thanks.
Rip Dime and Vinnie
I left a comment a couple weeks ago saying that there was no Pantera, and then you do a Pantera reaction. I really do think you so much for doing this for us you're awesome keep doing what you're doing can't thank you enough. I'm buying you a cup of coffee .
Phil was so underrated. I saw Pantera 17 times in 94/95. So glad you're diving into Pantera. Absolutely love your breakdowns. Great content.
Trendkill is probably my favorite album of Pantera, purely based on the engineering and Dimebag and Vinnie's performance.
Bro, a reaction channel covering PANTERA?! Not only that, *BUT A GREAT CHANNEL COVERING PANTERA?!* I knew subscribing here was a good plan when I found you months ago!
Pantera will always be near and dear to me. I was introduced to them as a kid by my older brother (who was big into metal and country - in his words, because he "didn't have to change his hairstyle" since 80s/90s metal and country had a lot of long hair lmao). Pantera was the first concert I ever went to when I was 12 (thanks older brother for convincing mom!), and in total got to see them about 2 more times over the years before Dimebag's tragic death. Pantera contributed a lot to who I am in good ways, and helped me balance some difficult things along the way. My appreciation for them doesn't have a ceiling, and there are still a bunch of Pantera songs that scratch that spot that very, very few other bands reach for me, personally. Very excited to hear that Pantera has a place in your history as well!
My first vid of yours . Love it ! you seem cool as hell and know your stuff . Ive seen PNTERA 9 times .I suggest Floods. SO Dynamic and mellow yet heavy and intricate and has an overwhelming vibe to it . If anyone of any genre cant feel this , they have no soul ! Keep it up , Thanks !
I remember when I first heard "fucking hostile!!" What an awesome band! You wanta get jacked for a hockey game?! Fucking hostile will get you there! Thanks for doing Pantera! ✌ still here lol
Ever watch the Pantera home videos, Pantera 3... watch it go..?
I think it was a clip on 3, Phil had some little kid up on stage sing the "fucking hostile!" part lmao..
@@williamcozart8158 no I haven't but I will now thanks man. Have a great day!
Pantera and Slayer are heavy favorites with my teammates when we're in the locker room. Hockey and metal just go together. 🤘🏻🏒
@@jonfoy9166 yeah dude, back in like '99 or '00 I was at a small record store in the town I lived in and was looking through the VHS videotapes of different bands and I saw Pantera 3, watch it go.. the Pantera home videos part 3. Then after watching and loving part 3, I went back to the record store and requested the original home videos part 1 and vulgar Vulgar Video, the Pantera home videos part 2. So I bought
Fun Fact: Pantera started out as a hair metal band.
PANTERA ON GEEBZ, CHRISTMAS IS 23....RIGHT!?!!!!
How long i waited for you to react to the Hardest Uncompromised but grooooviest MetalBands out there ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
not to speak bout the grooviest BrotherDuos of all time 🙌🏿❤️🙌🏿❤️🙌🏿❤️
Still here! Check out “5 Minutes Alone” from them next, groove-fest!
After the solo, when they come back in, it always sounds like jets flying over to me. Super powerful.
This is such a great tune! Glad you're doing a reaction video for it. Classic Pantera here man
Yes indeed, Dimebag liked to double his guitar.
Oh, and I’m still here!
Floods or This Love would be amazing!
Thank you Geebz for all your content and insight. Merry Christmas 🎄
Pantera, This Love
May I suggest 10's or Floods by Pantera, Dime's guitar solos on those are just... so so tasty and good..
I'm still here. Digging the channel. I have seen lots of great suggestions for more Pantera. Looking forward to hearing more.
46 years old. Parent of 4, grandparent of 9. Give instruments, encourage creativity, and sneak in a little pantera when ever possible.
Great stuff! One 'less-known' song from them that is super cool is "It Makes Them Disappear". The rythms and drums are so much fun! But yeah resonating what others have been saying, any song from Pantera is worth the unique journey through metal that they gave us. Cheers!
That whole album is bad ass. It's in my top two Pantera albums. I love Reinventing the Steel and Great Southern the best.
If you appreciate the Abbott brothers you should check out the band rebel meets rebel. It's the "county" band they were in the david allen coe. Ive never heard anyone react to their music and I really think you'll enjoy it! Happy holidays everyone!
I love you, man. What a fantastic intro - "sounds kinda wimpy"
I'm definitely still here! Always appreciate your breakdowns, and your Aloha spirit.
I'm still here! Check out the Bass riff in "5 minutes alone" i used to be a bass player and that riff... Forget about it.
Yes!!! Pantera !!!!!!
I'm still here. Always.
You're spot on with the time shifts in this one. By my reckoning, the verse is 7/16, passing through a bar of 9/16 to the 3/8 prechorus, then on to that monumentally plodding straight-time hook. Great stuff.
Would be cool to see your reaction to 13 steps to nowhere from their great southern trendkill album. Thank you for the videos, keep up the great work n happy holidays 🤘😎
No one ever seems to request or talk good about trendkill, it was my favorite 'Tera record back in the day and still is, although Phil's lyrics on many of those songs are a bit politically reactionary for my current political tastes, I still get amped as fuuuck hearing them though. He was my favorite metal singer.
BTW I would like to see Geebz react to The Undergound in America, I love the solo section in that one..
This is so my fav pantera song. Thank you
"Finding the metal that's in my blood" - this is a badass experiment
One of those songs that makes you squint and scrunch up your nose like taking your first bite of a really good steak. Maybe it's just that I was 16 when it came out, but the whole album is SO mean soundwise. It's that Whammy(Digitech) pedal putting out blended dry and pitch-shifted signal on an expression pedal in the solo though, holy crap what a sound. I bet Dime kept Digitech in the black as a company just being associated with that thing.
Suggestions... A New Level, By Demons Be Driven, Walk, No Good(Attack the Radical), Heresy, Domination, Medicine Man, The Art of Shredding, 5 Minutes Alone. That gives you the first 3 major releases and a different feel to each album. 3 different producers? They just kept getting heavier with each recording.
HELL YEAH GETCHA PULL MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I’m still here!! Thanks for the great reaction. So many great songs but I would recommend Slaughtered. All of their songs had multiple change ups that could completely change the feel of a song and then bring you right back.
Thanks for mentioning their parents. My uncle gave me my 1st drumset when I was around 12/13. My parents never played any instruments but loved listening to music and I was always grateful they never discouraged my playing. Also thankful my neighbors didn't either. My uncle is my biggest influence as a drummer but Vinnie Paul really ranks up there.
My very favorite Pantera song sir.. this song gets my blood pumping
I’m still here. One of their best albums. Killer tracks all over it. Cheers Geebz!
Still here for ya, Geebz! Dime was truly a one-of-a-kind guitarist, and you're right: he doubled his solos a lot of the time. My personal favorite solo of his is on the tracks "Floods" which would be a good listen, I think. :) Mahalo~!
Getcha pull, brother! It's all good, I appreciate how this moves you!