bvr775
12-10-04, 02:03 AM
I great guitar hero of mine was gunned down last night. I'm sure you all know who I'm talking about.
A 25-year-old man stormed the stage at a heavy-metal rock concert Wednesday night, shooting and killing Pantera founder and Damageplan guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and three others before a police officer shot and killed him, Columbus police said.
On Thursday, police identified the suspect as Nathan Gale of nearby Marysville. A spokesman said police had no information about a motive or possible link to the band.
"Right now we don't see any connection at all, but that could change," Columbus police Sgt. Brent Mull said. "Unless he left a note or there's something else, we may never know the motive."
At least two people also were wounded in the attack, which occurred shortly after Damageplan began its performance at the Alrosa Villa nightclub on Columbus' north side.
James Niggemeyer of the Columbus police was nearby and responded to a call about the shooting. He slipped in a back door, and someone directed him to the stage, Mull said.
"We got the call about 10:18, and by 10:20 he was in there," Mull said, adding that "it was probably less than a minute before he engaged" the suspect, who was holding a hostage.
"The officer was able to strategically gun this guy down before he was able to kill his hostage," Mull said. "It appeared he was about to kill his hostage before this officer put an end to it."
Mull said the hostage was unharmed and that Niggemeyer's action saved lives.
"The officer ran in without any backup ... obviously put himself at risk," he said. "The community has a real hero here."
Abbott, 38, and his brother, Vinnie Paul Abbott, 40, formed Damageplan after the breakup of Pantera -- a group they formed in the 1980s. Their father is Jerry Abbott, a country and western songwriter and producer.
Pantera's third release, "Far Beyond Driven," debuted at No. 1 in 1994. The band was nominated for Grammys in 1995 and 2001.
I must pay tribute to the this guitarist guru, musian, Texan, and freind.
Full name: Darrell Lance Abbott
Instrument: Guitars
Birthday: 20th August 1966.
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
Short biography
Darrel Abbott grew up outside of Dallas, Texas, where his father owned a recording studio.He saw many great blues and country artists come through as clients of his father and helearned from them. He learned quickly. So quickly in fact that he was not allowed to enterany guitar contests in the whole state because he'd already won them all... He was 16. Itseems though that, even with this prodigical skill, the band wasn't sure which direction to goartisticly until almost 1990 with the release of Cowboys From Hell. Before the developmentof their Power Groove, Pantera released a few unknown albums of cheezy-sounding glamrock (if you ever get a chance to hear anything from that era, I suggest you do. Songs likeRide My Rocket off of Metal Magic are quite entertaining. I can only decribe the sound assomething like old Bon Jovi or Poison with amazing guitar solos). As far as the change ofalias from Diamond Darrell to Dimebag Darrell, the six-string guru claims that it has alwaysbeen Dimebag, there was just a bunch of confusion about it. Personally, I believe he wascoaxed into toning the Dimebag handle down early on strictly for PR purposes.
A 25-year-old man stormed the stage at a heavy-metal rock concert Wednesday night, shooting and killing Pantera founder and Damageplan guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and three others before a police officer shot and killed him, Columbus police said.
On Thursday, police identified the suspect as Nathan Gale of nearby Marysville. A spokesman said police had no information about a motive or possible link to the band.
"Right now we don't see any connection at all, but that could change," Columbus police Sgt. Brent Mull said. "Unless he left a note or there's something else, we may never know the motive."
At least two people also were wounded in the attack, which occurred shortly after Damageplan began its performance at the Alrosa Villa nightclub on Columbus' north side.
James Niggemeyer of the Columbus police was nearby and responded to a call about the shooting. He slipped in a back door, and someone directed him to the stage, Mull said.
"We got the call about 10:18, and by 10:20 he was in there," Mull said, adding that "it was probably less than a minute before he engaged" the suspect, who was holding a hostage.
"The officer was able to strategically gun this guy down before he was able to kill his hostage," Mull said. "It appeared he was about to kill his hostage before this officer put an end to it."
Mull said the hostage was unharmed and that Niggemeyer's action saved lives.
"The officer ran in without any backup ... obviously put himself at risk," he said. "The community has a real hero here."
Abbott, 38, and his brother, Vinnie Paul Abbott, 40, formed Damageplan after the breakup of Pantera -- a group they formed in the 1980s. Their father is Jerry Abbott, a country and western songwriter and producer.
Pantera's third release, "Far Beyond Driven," debuted at No. 1 in 1994. The band was nominated for Grammys in 1995 and 2001.
I must pay tribute to the this guitarist guru, musian, Texan, and freind.
Full name: Darrell Lance Abbott
Instrument: Guitars
Birthday: 20th August 1966.
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
Short biography
Darrel Abbott grew up outside of Dallas, Texas, where his father owned a recording studio.He saw many great blues and country artists come through as clients of his father and helearned from them. He learned quickly. So quickly in fact that he was not allowed to enterany guitar contests in the whole state because he'd already won them all... He was 16. Itseems though that, even with this prodigical skill, the band wasn't sure which direction to goartisticly until almost 1990 with the release of Cowboys From Hell. Before the developmentof their Power Groove, Pantera released a few unknown albums of cheezy-sounding glamrock (if you ever get a chance to hear anything from that era, I suggest you do. Songs likeRide My Rocket off of Metal Magic are quite entertaining. I can only decribe the sound assomething like old Bon Jovi or Poison with amazing guitar solos). As far as the change ofalias from Diamond Darrell to Dimebag Darrell, the six-string guru claims that it has alwaysbeen Dimebag, there was just a bunch of confusion about it. Personally, I believe he wascoaxed into toning the Dimebag handle down early on strictly for PR purposes.