History Music / Pantera

** "The Badge", originally by HardcorePunk group Poison Idea, as featured on the soundtrack album to ''Film/TheCrow''.

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** Pantera is an example of a band that benefited from this trope, as Terry Glaze became ThePeteBest and the group became more successful with Phil Anselmo as the singer,

* BadassBaritone: ''Just listen'' to Phil Anselmo speak these days! He's basically heavy metal's Music/BarryWhite at this point!

* HeavyMeta: ''"Goddamn Electric."''

However in 2022, Anselmo and Brown announced that they would be reuniting to perform a tour in 2023, with Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante taking the roles of guitarist and drummer respectively.

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Many fans have expressed their desire to see a Pantera reunion show, with [[Music/BlackLabelSociety Zakk Wylde]] filling in for Dimebag Darrell. The only obstacle preventing it from happening was Vinnie Paul, who, up to his death, refused to speak to Phil and insisted that "With no Dimebag, there's no Pantera."

** "Suicide Note Part I" from ''The Great Southern Trendkill''. Part II? [[MoodWhiplash Not]] [[UpToEleven so]] [[HellIsThatNoise much]].

* EpicRocking: "Cemetery Gates," "This Love," "Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks," "Suicide Note," "Living Through Me (Hell's Wrath)," "Floods," "It Makes Them Disappear."

* AbusiveParents: Regardless of what you might think of Phil [[TheWoobie as a]] [[JerkassWoobie person]], there's no denying that he had a pretty [[DarkAndTroubledPast rough childhood]] due in no small part to his physically and emotionally abusive father, which provided the inspiration for songs like "25 Years."
* AddledAddict: By the end, Phil. His drug usage was completely out of control and led to constant and extreme tension between him and the Abbotts, and also led to many live performances where he was visibly compromised. He has since managed to kick them altogether.
* TheAlcoholic: All of them really, but especially Rex.

* ControlFreak: Phil.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: Though he was extremely well-respected in the metal community, nobody in the general media acknowledged Dimebag as an awesome guitarist until his death.

* DrugsAreBad: Phil began using heroin in the mid-90s in an attempt to deal with chronic pain caused by a back injury. This had a detrimental effect on his performances and led to him being alienated from the rest of the band. He eventually kicked the habit in 2005 and has remained sober since.

* FaceHeelTurn: Vinnie Paul's reputation declined among Pantera fans after Dime's death because of his continued grudge against Phil and refusal to partake in any sort of reunion, going so far as to call fans selfish for wanting such a thing (apparently, wanting your fallen brother to be paid tribute to and have the good times you and your band-mates/friends shared together held in remembrance is selfish). Vinnie eventually also severed ties with Rex, much to the latter's bafflement. Meanwhile, Phil, who used to be the inversion of this trope, worked hard to atone for his past behaviour and openly expressed his desire to patch things up with Vinnie. Even Rita Haney, Dime's widow, forgave Phil for the way he acted prior to Dime's death and called Vinnie out for refusing to reconcile.
* {{Fanboy}}:
** Dimebag was such a huge KISS fan that he got a picture of Ace Frehley tattooed on his chest. When he finally got to meet his idol during a photo shoot for ''Guitar World'' magazine Dimebag asked Ace to autograph the tattoo. Immediately after the photo shoot was over, Dime went to the nearest tattoo shop and had them make the autograph permanent.
** He was even buried in a Kiss Kasket that was donated by Gene Simmons. Not to mention Eddie Van Halen placed one of his guitars in the casket.
** Vinnie Paul loved Crown Royal whisky so much that his swimming pool is shaped like a bottle of Crown Royal.
** The band were also huge fans of the Dallas Stars hockey team. They wrote [[http://youtu.be/JuWJ0cNdTBU "Puck Off,"]] the Stars' fight song played at every home game, and performed on a float during the Stars' Stanley Cup victory parade in 1999. They also hosted a victory party for the team, resulting in an incident depicted on the YMMV page.
* FiveManBand: The band, plus Dimebag's girlfriend Rita Haney.
** TheHero: Dimebag
** TheLancer: Phil
** TheSmartGuy: Rex
** TheBigGuy: Vinnie
** TheChick: Rita

* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Dimebag: sanguine
** Vinnie: phlegmatic
** Rex: melancholic
** Phil: choleric

* HeelFaceTurn: In the first few years following Dimebag's death, Phil Anselmo became one of the most hated figures in heavy metal because of unkind comments he made about Dime prior to his death (he also made several comments ''after'' Dime's death that didn't help his image either). It was even common for Pantera fans to say "Phil should have been the one who got shot instead of Dimebag." [[TheAtoner But since then Phil has quit drugs and worked hard with the metal press to rebuild his image.]] He is currently a highly-respected figure in the metal community. Although it may be ''rocky'' for him after [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement an incident where he shouted "White Power!" and did the Sieg Heil salute at a concert]]...[[note]]''after'' having thoroughly made an ass out of himself onstage while completely wasted.[[/note]]
** Phil clarified this incident in an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=batVJoqs3UQ interview with Eddie Trunk]]. He admits that while he was indeed drunk, he intended his behavior to be sarcastic to a heckler in the audience. He went on to say that was extremely idiotic of him to do because it didn't come off that way.
* HotBlooded: The change from HairMetal to HeavyMetal (or GrooveMetal, if you want to go technical) which started with their fourth album, ''Power Metal'' (no relation to [[PowerMetal the genre]]).

* {{Jerkass}}: Phil is certainly known to have his moments, especially when under the influence of alcohol[[note]]which he finally quit in 2018[[/note]]. Fortunately, he isn't above recognizing and apologizing for them afterwards.

* LoonyFan: Nathan Gale, Dimebag's murderer, who believed Pantera had stolen his songs.

* TheQuietOne: Rex.

* TheStoner: Every member of the band used drugs to some extent, although Phil definitely took it the farthest; becoming addicted to heroin and even briefly dying of an overdose (before being revived by paramedics)

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Vinnie Paul towards both Phil and Rex. ''Especially'' Phil, due mostly towards Phil's nasty comments about his brother, and also his flaky behavior leading to Pantera's breakup. Which in turn lead to the formation of Damageplan...
** Phil, on the other hand, has repeatedly stated that he'd absolutely love to reconcile with Vinnie if he ever let him. In light of Vinnie Paul's death, this never happened.
** Rex has also stated that he'd love to reconcile with Vinnie. Although in his case Vinnie's reasoning for shutting him out was not as clear (possibly because Rex and Phil remained close friends), and Rex posted a long and heartfelt essay after Vinnie's death in 2018 about his time with Vinnie that stretched all the way back to when they met in high school jazz band, became instant best friends, and saw their little high school band go from playing backyard parties and shitty bars to arenas all the world over just through their musical ability, chemistry, and tenacity.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness - Usually at 7-8. Sometimes crosses into 9. Even ballads like "Cemetery Gates" and "Hollow" would be as high as a 6. "Planet Caravan" is one of the very, ''very'' few songs that dips as low as 2 (granted, it was already like this with Black Sabbath). According to the album sleeve, the members of Pantera were already anticipating negative remarks from hardcore metal listeners for that song.
** "Suicide Note Pt. I" is a 2. Pt. II? '''A borderline 11'''.

* {{Jerkass}}: Phil is certainly known to have his moments. Fortunately, he isn't above recognizing and apologizing for them afterwards.

* AbusiveParents: Regardless of what you might think of Phil [[TheWoobie as a]] [[JerkassWoobie person]], there's no denying that he had a pretty [[DarkAndTroubledPast tough childhood]] due in no small part to his physically and emotionally abusive father, which provides the inspiration for songs like "25 Years."

* {{Jerkass}}: Phil is certainly known to have his moments.

* ReligionRantSong: "Slaughtered." "Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks" could also count as one. "Uplift" is another possible example.

* BadassBeard: Everyone in the band, but especially Dimebag and Phil.
* BaldOfAwesome: Phil Anselmo, for most of TheNineties. By 1997, he had grown his hair back out. He's since returned to the look in TheNewTens.

* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fanboys]]: Being brothers who played guitar and drums, Darrell and Vinnie were ''huge'' fans of [[Music/VanHalen Eddie & Alex Van Halen]], and considered the older musicians their heroes.

Pantera was one of the most popular and influential HeavyMetal bands of TheNineties[[note]]although this is the period where [[GrowingTheBeard they made their definitive sound and essence.]][[/note]], from Texas. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Starting as a]] HairMetal [[OldShame band]], they changed their style after replacing original singer Terry Glaze with Phil Anselmo in 1987. They disbanded in 2003, and any hope of a reunion was dashed after the murder of guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott in December 2004 and death of drummer Vincent Paul "Vinnie Paul" Abbott in June 2018.

** ''Fucking... fucking... fucking... FUCKING HOSTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'' It's so loud, there's a feedback whistle on the mic after he's done. Darrell laughingly recalled in a ''Guitar World'' interview that the first time he played that song for his father, his dad told him, "Son, people are gonna think something's ''wrong'' with the record and take it back."

* CelebrityCameo: Dozens of their fellow metal musicians show up in their home videos. Music/SkidRow, Music/SuicidalTendencies, Music/{{Megadeth}}, Music/{{Anthrax}}, Music/MarilynManson, [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]], Music/TypeONegative, and many more.

* ClusterFBomb: All their songs contain ''at the very least'' one f-bomb.
** If they don't have it in studio, it'll be tacked in live. Check the ''Official Live'' version of "Walk".

* CoverVersion: "Electric Funeral", "Hole In The Sky" and "Planet Caravan", all of these by Music/BlackSabbath, and "Cat Scratch Fever" by Music/TedNugent.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Initially they were a HairMetal band that was heavily influenced by bands like Music/VanHalen, KISS, and Judas Priest. But in 1986 Music/{{Metallica}} released the album ''Master of Puppets'' and Slayer released ''Reign in Blood''; these groundbreaking thrash metal albums inspired Dimebag, Vinnie, and Rex to move the band in a darker and heavier direction. Original lead singer Terry Glaze did not agree with the change in style and left Pantera. Phil Anselmo was hired as Glaze's replacement, and the rest is history.
** Then they managed to do it again, this time with the whole album of ''The Great Southern Trendkill''.
* DayInTheLife: The Pantera home videos are a compilation of footage (mostly taken by Dimebag and his assistant Bobby with a handheld camcorder) of Pantera while they're out on tour and performing other official functions. It provides a candid behind-the-scenes view of what the Cowboys from Hell are like when they're not onstage. Pretty much everyone who has watched the videos agrees on this: those guys would have been ''fun'' to party with.

* FaceHeelTurn: Vinnie Paul's reputation had declined among Pantera fans since Dime's death because of his continued grudge against Phil and his refusal to partake in any sort of reunion, going so far as to call fans selfish for wanting such a thing (apparently, wanting your fallen brother to be paid tribute to and have the good times you and your band-mates/friends shared together held in remembrance is selfish). Vinnie had also severed ties with Rex, much to the latter's bafflement.
** Meanwhile, Phil, who used to be the inversion of this trope, has been working hard to atone for his past behaviour and has openly expressed his desire to patch things up with Vinnie. Even Rita Haney, Dime's widow, has forgiven Phil for the way he acted prior to Dime's death and has called Vinnie out for refusing to reconcile.
* {{Fanboy}}: Dimebag was such a huge KISS fan that he got a picture of Ace Frehley tattooed on his chest. When he finally got to meet his idol during a photo shoot for ''Guitar World'' magazine Dimebag asked Ace to autograph the tattoo. Immediately after the photo shoot was over, Dime went to the nearest tattoo shop and had them make the autograph permanent.

* LoonyFan: Nathan Gale, Dimebag's murderer.

* MrFanservice: Phil, depending on who you asked. Mostly to do with him being the youngest member, muscled as all hell and fond of going shirtless.
** Rex counts too, probably being the most conventionally attractive member of the band.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: The band's road crew and management get ''more'' time on the home video releases than the band, and got a lot more recognition during gigs than probably any other band's road crew. In particular, one-time head of security Big Val developed quite the cult following (which led to him getting fired ironically, as Rex would state in his bio that it went to his head and the thought he could sell Pantera t-shirts on his own).

* TrashTheSet: They are really, really fond of destroying backstage areas and hotels, as seen on the home videos. Also showed Dimebag taking a sledgehammer to a friend's car just for a laugh (and he could afford to buy him a new one).

->''Can't you see I'm easily bothered by persistence?\\

I've got more friends like you, what do I do?''
-->"Walk"

Pantera was one of the most popular and influential HeavyMetal bands of TheNineties[[note]]although this is the period where [[GrowingTheBeard they made their definitive sound and essence.]][[/note]], from Texas. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Starting as a]] HairMetal [[OldShame band]], they changed their style after replacing original singer Terry Glaze with Phil Anselmo in 1987. They disbanded in 2003, and any hope of a reunion was dashed after the murder of guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott in December 2004 and death of drummer "Vinnie" Vincent Abbott in June 2018.

''Discography'':

* 1985: ''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} I Am the Night]]''

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