A handful of other musicians have since addressed the issue.Īnthrax guitarist Scott Ian weighed in on Anselmo Feb. In a video post, Flynn called for metal to be cleaned of racism and said he was done with Pantera. show, Machine Head singer/guitarist Robb Flynn (who was on hand) became the first prominent musician to call Anselmo out. And Metal Sucks mentions a 2003 song from his band Superjoint (then called Superjoint Ritual), “Stealing a Page or Two From Armed and Radical Pagans,” that contains the lyrics “no more of the coward Muhammad” and “taking no pity on the Jewish elitists.”įollowing the recent L.A. In March of 1995, he gave a speech during a concert where he spoke about white pride. This isn’t the first time Anselmo has demonstrated behavior that might be described as racist. Photo galleries from Dimebash 2010 event can be found by following the links below:Ĭheck out video footage from Dimebash 2010 at this location.'SNL': Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph & Bowen Yang Star in 'ABBA Christmas' Commercialįormer Pantera Frontman Phil Anselmo Says He Was ‘Joking’ After Making Racist Gestures Radio/television personality Jose Mangin, a veteran of several Dimebag events. Lemmy of MOTÖRHEAD Dave Grohl of FOO FIGHTERS Joey Jordison of SLIPKNOT and ROB ZOMBIE Simon Wright from DIO Brent Smith, Zach Myers and Eric Bass of SHINEDOWN Kerry King and Dave Lombardo of SLAYER Robb Flynn and Phil Demmel of MACHINE HEAD Chuck Billy from TESTAMENT Chris Howorth and Maria Brink of IN THIS MOMENT Joey Vera of ARMORED SAINT Tony Campos of STATIC-X Gerry Nestler of PHILM John Boecklin of DEVILDRIVER. The all-star lineup that shared the stage included hard rock and heavy metal titans: In addition, a DVD of the event was shot and recorded for near-future release with proceeds from the disc’s sales also going towards the fund.ĭimebash 2010 was held on October 29, 2010. On November 5, 2010, Haney presented a donation of over ten thousand dollars raised from Dimebash 2010 to Wendy Dio in Studio City, California for the Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund, a charity in memory of Ronnie James Dio to help find a cure for stomach cancer, which took his life in May of 2010. I was just amazed that within the first two days how many people committed and said, ‘Yeah, I’m in.’ It was amazing.” We were scrambling to get everything together. I mean, it was a day and a half, or two days before that didn’t even know what songs playing yet. But just knowing that everybody would come together in honor was enough… I think people want it, people wanna remember. When we put the tickets up, we didn’t even have a lineup, so it was kind of scary putting it together. When asked about the success of last year’s Dimebash, “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott‘s longtime girlfriend Rita Haney said in a 2010 interview, “It was amazing - I mean, overwhelmingly amazing. The second annual Dimebash event - which is being held in honor of the late, great “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott ( PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN)Īt the world-famous Key Club on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California - will take place on Wednesday, December 14.įellow musicians will pay homage to one of metal’s beloved fallen heroes by performing songs either written by or that were an inspiration to Dimebag.įrom the event will benefit the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up & Shout Cancer Fund.
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