Indeed, after they exploded into fame with their legendary British Steel (1980) album ... The band split up in 2003, and, one year later Dimebag Darrell was tragically shot on stage by a deranged fan ...

Two bona fide guitar heroes ... Abbott’s nickname was “Diamond Darrell.” But when Far Beyond Driven was released in 1994, his name was listed as “Dimebag Darrell.” ...

While everyone in the band gave it their all, there is no denying that guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbot’s six-string wizardry was the heart of the band’s sound. Recently, Guitar World ...

Credit: Annamaria DiSanto/WireImage/Getty Images Dimebag Darrell’s legendary guitar playing and pioneering heavy metal style is powerful enough to bring a tear to anybody’s eye, but for Rex ...

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From flamethrower masks to steel wings that shot flames ... set that included “Cowboys from Hell” and “Domination,” showcasing Dimebag Darrell’s shredding guitar solos and Phil Anselmo’s ferocious ...

Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning his right thumb, index and middle finger. His left hand hovers over the strings along the neck ...

Albums like “Reinventing the Steel,” “Far Beyond Driven ... The band performed so well that the late Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul (the brothers who co-founded Pantera and made it ...

Twenty-four hours earlier, on September 10, 2001, they’d met in New York to fly to Ireland in preparation for the final leg of the tour in support of their ninth album, Reinventing The Steel ... his ...

Eddie Van Halen even donated his iconic black-and-yellow ‘Bumblebee’ guitar which was included in the casket. At the funeral, he said: “Dime was an original and only an original deserves the original.

On December 8, 2004, at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, Dimebag Darrell performed with Damageplan, the new band he had formed with his brother. As Darrell shredded on his guitar ...

When Dimebag Darrell needed money to purchase a yellow Pontiac Firebird, he tried to sell the maroon guitar he had won in a competition to his friend Buddy Blaze. Dimebag already had a cherry ...