Dimebag Darryl shot and killed on stage

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12-09-2004, 01:45 AM
wookalar

Dimebag Darryl shot and killed on stage

Un-fukkin-believable...could there be any more sick, twisted people in this world? RIP dimebag, you provided the soundtrack to my youth and I am ashamed you had to go like this....it is alleged that among the dead are his brother Vinny Paul, though not yet confirmed...

At Least 5 Dead, 2 Wounded In Nightclub Shooting
Witnesses: Alleged Gunman Went Onto Stage, Fired Shots

POSTED: 10:32 pm EST December 8, 2004
UPDATED: 2:27 am EST December 9, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- At least five people died and two others were wounded after a shooting at a Columbus nightclub on Wednesday night, NBC 4 reported.

The shooting took place shortly after 10 p.m. at Alrosa Villa, located at 5055 Sinclair Rd.

Two members of the heavy metal band Damageplan were reportedly shot and killed, including Dimebag Darrell, formerly with the band Pantera, NBC 4's David Wayne reported. The other band member's name was not released. The alleged gunman also died at the scene, Wayne reported.

Shortly after the band began playing its first song, a man reportedly ran onto the stage and began shooting, according to a witness who identified himself as Sean. Some members of the audience reportedly thought the man running onto the stage with a gun was part of the band's act, NBC 4's Erin Tate reported.

Witnesses said that several shots were fired at the band before a bouncer tackled the gunman before he was shot and killed.

Columbus police Sgt. Brent Mull said the shooter appeared to be targeting the band members. After opening fire on the stage, the gunman turned on the crowd. At that point, an officer shot the man dead, Mall added. Police said there could have been many more fatalities had the officer not killed the gunman.

NBC 4 reported that of the surviving victims, one person was in critical condition while the other was in fair condition. Several others were treated at the scene, suffering from various injuries.

Alrosa Villa is a popular north Columbus nightspot for young adults, featuring rock and heavy metal bands, NBC 4 reported.

According to the band's Web site, Damageplan was touring nationally. It performed in Buffalo, N.Y., on Tuesday night and had a concert scheduled in Flint, Mich., on Thursday.

Damageplan featured former Pantera artists Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul. The pair were joined by vocalist Patrick Lachman and bassist Bobzilla, according to their Web site.

Watch NBC 4 and refresh nbc4i.com for additional information.
12-09-2004, 01:53 AM
wookalar

alleged eyewitness account, taken from another msg board

Oh my God...

I'm shaking so bad I can hardly type this. THIS IS NO ****ING JOKE!!!

I went to see Damage Plan tonight at The Al Rosa Villa here in Columbus. And I'm afraid I may be the bearer of some VERY TRAGIC news...

Less than a minute into Damage Plan's set, some guy ran onstage, grabbed Dimebag, and just started pumping shots into him!!! I am in total shock right now. I was close to the stage and it was all very confusing. As soon as I realized that the shots were real, I got the **** out of there, along with many screaming and crying others. It's lucky there was not a Station style trampling on the way out the door.

THIS IS SO ****ED UP!!! The breaking news here is that at least 5 people were shot and 3 are confirmed DEAD!!! They have not said if Dimebag is one of them, but I'm serious folks...I don't see how he could still be alive. When I turned to look at the stage the last time, he was still down...
12-09-2004, 01:58 AM
CaddyDaddy77

Just was reading that also, the report I read said that Vinnie Paul was dead as well. Fucked up.

People are awful. :frown:

Curious to see who the shooter was, sounds personal shooting the band members.
12-09-2004, 02:01 AM
wookalar

http://www.deanguitars.com/dime/phot...C00318_jpg.jpg
12-09-2004, 02:02 AM
splat

That's fucked up.
12-09-2004, 02:10 AM
truth

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNN) -- A gunman opened fire Wednesday night during a heavy metal concert in Columbus, killing four people -- including at least one member of the band -- and critically wounding at least two others before a police officer shot and killed him, according to Columbus police.

The attacker leapt onstage as the group, Damageplan, performed, and began "targeting members in the band," Sgt. Brent Mull said.

Two others were injured in the incident, although the nature of their injuries was not clear.

According to eyewitness accounts, the gunman initially shot and killed the band's guitarist, Dimebag Darrell. Darrell, 38, and his brother, Vinnie Paul, 40, are former members of Pantera -- a group they formed in the 1980s. Their father is Jerry Abbott, a country and western songwriter and producer.

Police were notified of the shooting at the Alrosa Villa nightclub on the city's north end around 10:18 p.m. ET, Mull said. A uniformed police officer who was in the area slipped into the venue from a back entrance, confronted the gunman during the rampage and killed him.

"If not for the officer who showed up, there would have been more dead," Mull said.

Police have roped off a huge area of the nightclub's parking lot, as 60 detectives question hundreds of witnesses. Police have brought in buses to keep the witnesses warm as they wait to be questioned.

Calvin Bota said he saw the shooting from the mosh pit right in front of the stage, shortly after the band began playing.

"Somebody came -- I don't know where they came from, out of the audience or whatnot -- but they come onto (the) stage and ... he shot the guitarist at first, fired a couple of other shots and then he hid behind the stage a little bit," Bota told WSYX.

"Everybody started scattering, you know, there's mayhem everywhere. And then a police officer came into the building, you know, came in professional with his gun raised and then he proceeded to shoot the guy."

Gerald Caudill told WSYX the gunman shot the guitarist at least four times.

"I was up close to the stage and I just saw some guy run up on the side of the stage and I heard some shots and I saw (drummer) Vinnie Paul and somebody jumped on top of Vinnie, and the guy just stayed around the stage and started shooting other people," Caudill said.

"I saw wounded people all over the place, out in the parking lot, inside," he said. "It just didn't sound like gunshots or anything, it didn't occur to me that something like that was happening."

CNN Producer Steve Brusk in Columbus contributed to this report.
12-09-2004, 03:31 AM
White Chocolate

this news is absolutely sickening. RIP dimebag :frown:
12-09-2004, 04:43 AM
bad_roo

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaddyDaddy77

People are awful. :frown:

Agreed. What sort of parents would call a kid 'Dimebag'?
12-09-2004, 07:59 AM
Mcwop

Very, very messed up.
12-09-2004, 09:04 AM
marshalolson

pantera kicked ass - RIP guys
12-09-2004, 09:07 AM
HyRUPz

Didn't I post this - like - an hour ago? Multi-threading on the same subject, ok . . .

see "Pantera/Damageplan attacked" post. This one has pix though - cool.

Sad day for us metalheadz.
12-09-2004, 09:09 AM
basom

Quote:

Originally Posted by HyRUPz

Didn't I post this - like - an hour ago? Multi-threading on the same subject, ok . . .

.

yes you did, and he posted it seven hours ago.

i've said it here before, and its still true.

human nature = evil
12-09-2004, 10:12 AM
Ripzalot

extreme bummer

I'm off for a tribute jam to Pantera. If only I could play like him.

RIP Darrell.
12-09-2004, 10:14 AM
The Reverend Floater

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ripzalot

I'm off for a tribute jam to Pantera. If only I could play like him.
RIP Darrell.

TR, please....'cause I can't imagine what this would look like. And RIP, Dimebag. "Walk" rocked me before races in HS.
12-09-2004, 10:22 AM
A-wreck

Someone puts a bomb in their shoe and gets on a plane = now we have to take our shoes off in the airport.

Some asshole shoots this guy on stage = lots of metal detectors and frisking at concerts. (which will only be strange for people who don't live in detroit)
12-09-2004, 10:32 AM
fondigley

What the fuck is wrong with people? Sickening.
12-09-2004, 10:53 AM
Keoni

RIP Darrell. You fucking rocked and rocked hard.

What the fuck is wrong with people.
12-09-2004, 11:01 AM
wookalar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keoni

RIP Darrell. You fucking rocked and rocked hard.

quoted for truth
12-09-2004, 11:24 AM
Greydon Clark

Insanity…

http://www.damageplan.com/damageplan2.jpg
12-09-2004, 11:49 AM
other1

RIP Dimebag

I was just at Al Rosa a couple of weeks ago......
Good thing there was an officer close.
12-09-2004, 12:02 PM
Storm11

RIP to one of metal's best guitarists....he was damn fuckin fast.
12-09-2004, 12:19 PM
bigsugar

Holy Shit.

This is the first i've heard of this.............that is so sad. Pantera is actually one of my favorite bands of all time. I have Far Beyond Driven in my trucks CD player right now (before I heard about this). What the fuck? :frown:
12-09-2004, 12:53 PM
skier666

Even more creepy is that I have an autograhed vinyl copy of "Vulgar Display" with his name on it...

...it will be played tonight :)...the least I could do.
12-09-2004, 01:03 PM
Alkasquawlik

Fuck that!

I remember the first time I heard Pantera in a surf movie when I was 13. Never in my life has my jaw dropped as low as the day when I heard 'Slaughtered' being blarred on top of Liam Mcnarma, Pancho and some other dude, charging heavy, fucking huge, Pipe. (the surf spot)

I think a lot of angst and will to get gnarly comes from putting head phones on at 14 and falling asleep to "Far Beyond Driven " being blasted into my dreams.

RIP- Vinne and Dimebag.
12-09-2004, 01:31 PM
A-wreck

The more I hear about this, the more it pisses me off. I just saw some cnn coverage of this and they totally downplayed the tragedy of his death just to hype the officer who shot the gunman. I mean kudos to hte cop for making some heroic decisions last night but christ, they spent fifteen seconds talking about darrell and another minute on the cop.

that cop shoulda pistol whipped that fool and thrown him into the crowd........let them deal with him
12-09-2004, 02:03 PM
wookalar

hats off to the officer...from what I'm hearing he came in with no backup and layed the guy out with one shot.

It is also being reported that VInny Paul was not killed, hopefully this is true....
12-09-2004, 02:14 PM
bubba-k

From all the latest reports I can find Vinnie hasn't been killed, nor any other members of Damageplan...hopefully this is true. I don't really know what to say, Dimebag fucking rocked, I was just coming out of a Slayer concert last night when I heard the news.

RIP Dime
12-09-2004, 09:24 PM
Keoni

24 years to the day after John Lennon. fucked up, really fucked up.
12-14-2004, 08:58 AM
wookalar

Darryl to spend eternity in the "KISS kasket"

seems appropriate!

The family of slain DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott has requested a "Kiss Kasket" (photo) for Abbott to be buried in, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons revealed during an appearance on Fox News' "The Big Story Weekend Edition with Rita Cosby" on Saturday (Dec. 11). The coffin features the faces of the four founding members of KISS, the KISS logo and the words "Kiss Forever". A transcript of Simmons' appearance on the program follows:

Rita Cosby: Gene, it's great to see you, my friend. I wish it was under better circumstances.

Gene Simmons: Thank you, thank you.

Cosby: Now, I understand there was something special. This just came down recently. Darrell Abbott's family requested something sort of special tied with your band. Tell us about it.

Simmons: Well, I wasn't really prepared to talk about it, but the family requested, as a personal issue between the family and the grieving people who are going to be there, to send a Kiss Kasket. We initially did it as a promotion. And you know, I think it meant a lot to Darrell when, you know — when he was alive, he gave lots of people great joy. I mean he had the band tattooed onto his chest. He was a major figure in rock and roll. He's going to be greatly missed. And the family wish — you know the one last wish they had was that he be buried in a Kiss Kasket. And I think it's a private matter for the family and the fans actually.

Cosby: No, and I think that's beautiful that that's happening, too, because I'm sure, it obviously, as you said, meant a lot to him. How big of a shock was this? You know this guy really was a legend and so well respected in the industry. How big of a shock was it to you, Gene, when you heard what happened?

Simmons: You know it's about as shocking as it can get. The unfortunate thing is that the media will tend to sort of look at the visuals, you know, the flying hair and the crazy look and all of the over- the-top stuff, which is what performing is all about. But people forget that underneath all of that, actually, Darrell was a very, very sweet guy, very upstanding, very quiet in his own way, immensely talented. PANTERA was a very, very important band. And I'm sure all the fans are going to miss him very much. I know I do.

We — KISS played at the stadium in Argentina and we invited PANTERA to join us. And it was one of the highlights of any of the tours we have ever played. Darrell was just a sweet guy.

Cosby: Gene, how vulnerable are you guys to fanatical fans like this mad man who did this horrible act?

Simmons: You know people often forget that the word "fan" actually comes from the word "fanatical". Most people are very nice. Most people respect your privacy. But here's no secret, most celebrities check into hotels under pseudonyms and the reason is not because I don't love the fans but because you've got to be able to keep everybody at arm's length because every once in a while you're going to get a nut job. The only justice, as far as I'm concerned is that this nut case is no longer around to do this to anybody else.

The unfortunate thing about the judicial system, if you'll allow me, is that, if he were caught, somebody would bring up the point he had a troubled childhood and that we should rehabilitate him. And I'm not a fan of that, I have to say. Whether he was troubled or not, if you resort to violence and you kill somebody, you should be taken off the face of the earth.

Cosby: No, and it is — absolutely, I agree with you. How do you protect yourself, Gene? I mean you talk about this balance — you got so many wonderful fans, you in particular, you know, folks — and you want to have that access, you want to have that one-on-one. But then there's that wild one all of a sudden who does something horrible. How do you find that balancing act?

Simmons: You've got to be able to separate the fact from the fiction, the stage histrionics from the private life. When you walk down the street, you've got to be aware that everybody is not necessarily your best friend and then — you know, sometimes somebody is going to have an ulterior motive, which is why when you check into a hotel, you have to do it under an assumed name. And when you go some place big and public and where there are lots of people, you've got to take security with you both for legal issues. I mean if I did something with this fist to somebody who was getting in my face —- and I'm 6-foot-2. I'm not shy. If you get in my face, I'll take you out. You literally can't do that. You've got to be able to have a buffer, somebody else between you and somebody who's — you know who's being improper.

Celebrity is not everything that everybody believes it is. It is a precarious position in life. But, you know we do it because we love it.

Cosby: And Gene Simmons, we love you and thank you so much for coming here and talking about this. We appreciate it.

Simmons: I just want to say one last thing, which is.

Cosby: Yes, real quick if you could, Gene.

Simmons: Our hearts and our best wishes go out to the family. He was a great guy. He's going to be sorely missed.

Cosby: Thank you, Gene, very much, and he definitely will. And we appreciate you're coming here. Thank you, Gene, very much.