Pantera Reunion??

Now the blogs, forums and magazine sites have been going crazy the last few weeks with rumors of a possible PANTERA reunion....

Now the rumor mill has churned out that if this were to happen that, Dimebag Darrell's life long guitar slinging, axe wielding mate ZAKK WYLDE would fill in the guitar duties. Who else would fill in those shoes??

Now as most people know, before the untimely death of DIMEBAG, the PANTERA camp was pretty much divided. Phil Anselmo going on with his band Down, and Vinnie Paul and Dimebag starting up Damageplan.

So far both of the camps have been asked about these rumors, both saying that it would be amazing to play all the great PANTERA songs again, but both remain pretty mute about it actually materializing.

Now this is what Phil told the Arizona radio station 98 KUPD, when asked about the possible reunion with Zakk Wylde.

“[It's] wishful thinking. And I hate to say that, too. You know, really… I would… Put it this way: my door is always open. I love those guys, I love… Put it this way: I miss that Pantera feel, the feeling of walking out on that stage and performing those songs and having that massive audience just turn into this swirling whirlpool of bodies. That is something that is missable, for sure. Believe me, man, if that were a truth, I would tell you, but man, the truth of it all is it’s pretty much wishful thinking at this point.”

When he asked about what he thought, on whether a Pantera reunion is made less possible by the fact that some of the other surviving members are less open to it, he added.

“There has been a great distance since Darrell’s murder. I think Vinnie [Paul Abbott, Dimebag's brother and Pantera/Hellyeah drummer] is in his own place. I can’t speak for the man and I cannot speak for what is going on in his mind, but there are still wide-open wounds and I guess we have taken different paths to some form of recovery that is healthy for us, so I’m not sure where he’s at in his mind. But, once again, I have nothing but love for Vince. I think the media has a whole lot to do with destroying our relationship. But, you know, the media does, the media does, the media does. And in this day and age, with computers and what-not, you get instantaneous quotes, lines, messages, what-not, tweets and Twitter, etc. etc. etc. Someone could blog, someone could comment, someone could just say, ‘This is rumoured… Pantera are getting back together,’ what-not, it’ll go as a truth or come out as a ‘perhaps,’ maybe it’s areal rumour, this type of thing. Either way, before any of that ever has to happen, Vince and I would have to sit down, hash out whatever problems, whatever demons may exist, and thus far, that day has not come. And, once again, I will say, my door is wide open.”

This is what Mr. Vinnie Paul had to say about the reunion.

“I spent two hours with Zakk, sitting down — a really great talk about… [Zakk] calls [Dimebag] ‘the old man.’,” says Vinnie. “I mean, [Zakk] and my brother were so tight. If [a Pantera reformation] ever were to happen, [Zakk] would be the guy [to step in for Dimebag]. But I honestly think, out of respect for my brother, we should just leave the 14 amazing years Pantera had be. We’re all happy doing our own thing. We have to continue living and do other things. But the 20th anniversary of ‘Vulgar Display Of Power’ is coming — that was our best record ever. There’s a new song on [the upcoming 20th-anniversary reissue of 'Vulgar'] nobody’s ever heard. ‘You’re just piss in the wind.’ It’s totally Phil [Anselmo, former Pantera singer] — his attitude, everything that Pantera was all about. I’m really proud of it. I’m really excited to see it [come out].

Looks like its pretty mush said and done that we won't see a reunion... :-(

oh well, maybe it is a good thing, cause it won't be PANTERA without Dimebag.

Now with the 20th anniversary of arguably PANTERA's best album, Vulgar Display Of Power. They did something special, they released a never heard before song called PISS. Now the video for the song is the real special part. They asked fans to send in videos of themselves thrashing out and going mad to their fav PANTERA song, with a chance that their video would be put into the official video for the song, pretty badass hey??

Here is the video for PISS. Enjoy it kids...