Black Tooth Grin: The High Life, Good Times, and Tragic End of ""Dimebag"" Darrell Abbott
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (620 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0306815249 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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While the band's music was aggressive, Dime” was outgoing, gregarious, and adored by everyone who knew him.From Pantera's heyday to their implosion following singer Phil Anselmo's heroin addiction to Darrell's tragic end, Black Tooth Grin is a moving portrait of a great artist.. With his brother, drummer Vinnie Abbott, he formed Pantera, becoming one of the most popular bands of the '90s and selling millions of albums to an intensely devoted fan base. Black Tooth Grin is the first biography of Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, the Texas-bred guitarist of the heavy metal band Pantera, who was murdered onstage in 2004 by a deranged fan24 years to the day after John Lennon met a similar fate.Darrell Abbott began as a Kiss-inspired teenage prodigy who won dozens of local talent contests
a great snapshot into the life of an underrated virtuoso flyerdog The book begins which a preamble describing the horrible events of the night Dime was murdered. We all know what happened, but not exactly HOW it happened, and the author does a great job of describing the events with edge of your seat tension. The rest of the book chronicles the rise of Dime/Pantera into the realm of Metal Gods. A couple of thing stood out. Dime was such a gifted player, a veteran of the club circuit at the ripe age of 17, obliterating his competition, some which were years older than him. Second it shows just ho. Great book Donald Cool book must read if your a pantera fanAnd want to know some insight about dimemust read for the fan. Still not a bad book for the price The quality of the book itself was exactly how it was described. The content, however, is a little watered down, and the author repeats himself a lot. Still not a bad book for the price, just don't expect some awesome Pantera "tell-all" book.
. From Publishers Weekly Darrell Abbott, known to fans of rock band Pantera as Dimebag Darrell, was shot to death by a deranged fan while playing a show in Columbus, Ohio, in 2004. With his brother, Vince, and other neighborhood musicians, Darrell formed the band Pantera. (July)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Pantera achieved massive success in the '90s with the release of a few albums, including the heaviest album to hit No. This horrific event, recounted in nightmarish detail and replete with gratuitous comparisons to September 11, bookends Crain's reverential but superficial chronicle of the highly regarded heavy-metal guitarist's career. Under the influe