Phil Anselmo's statement

Click here to see Phil's Anselmo's videotaped statement about the murder of former bandmate "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott
posted by Team Rock at 8:14 PM

 

The local / regional scene at the end of '04

brought to you this week from Southern Live Bands Promotions


Tuesday, December 28
The Halo Jump will be at Heather's Hideaway in Johnson City, TN

Wednesday, December 29
The Sense and Atropos will be at Heather's Hideaway in Johnson City, TN

Thursday, December 30
Nor Am I, Farewell to Twilight, and There is a World will be at Heather's Hideaway in Johnson City, TN

Virginia Ground will be at Ireson's Pub in Bristol, TN

Sanctity will be at Milestone in Charlotte, NC

Friday, December 31

Strut will be at the Emerald Lounge in Asheville, NC

CattleAxe will be at Kemosabee's Roadhouse in Johnson City, TN

NonProphet will be at Houston Valley (Tenatitive) in Greenville, TN

Quadrilateral and TBA will be at the Electric Ballroom in Knoxville, TN

Classic Porn and Jason Lane will be at The DownTown in Morristown, TN

Dying Daily, A Common Tragedy, My Courtesy Goodbye, Lotus, and I'd Rather Die will be at Joshua's Place in Maryville, TN

Goodspeed, Blindsight, and Rite of Passage will be at Gatsby's in Johnson City, TN, (Presented by AFT Entertainment and Ansley Roberts Promotions)

Omega Tribe and The Unspeakable will be at Ireson's Pub in Bristol, TN (CD Release for Omega Tribe)

Hideaway presents an EMOON Joint. The bill will feature Johnson City's new rockabilly superstars, Jet Jaguar. Opening the bill will be local standout, EMOON and the Orbits.

posted by Team Rock at 8:09 AM

 

WATCH SNAPPER REVENGE

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Witness how it all began! To see the original SNAPPER, click the image below.



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posted by Team Rock at 10:46 PM

 

Regional Shows of Possible Interest

Rock/Metal

Blue Cats in Knoxvile - Dec 15 - 94.3 The X Presents: Nonpoint w/ Candiria & Dry Kill Logic
Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, NC - Dec 22 - Gwar, Dying Fetus, All That Remains

Christmas Show

Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, NC - Dec 18 - Warren Haynes Annual Christmas Jam with Gov't Mule, The Neville Brothers, Living Colour, Little Feat, Edwin McCain, and others.

Alt Rock

Stella Blue in Asheville - Dec 31 - The Goodies

Classic Rock / Blues

Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Asheville - Dec 29 - B.B. King
The Orange Peel in Asheville - Jan 21 - Steve Earle & The Dukes
The Orange Peel in Asheville - Jan 29 - Joe Cocker
The Orange Peel in Asheville - Feb 3 - Greg Allman & Friends
BI-LO Center in Greenville,SC - Mar 8 - The Eagles
RBC Center in Raleigh, NC - Mar 11 - The Eagles
Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, NC - Mar 22 - Steve Vai(Guitar Legend)

Country/Bluegrass

Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Asheville - Jan 13 - Alison Krauss & Union Station

Comedy

Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, NC - Feb 10 - Jerry Seinfeld
Knoxville Civic Center - Feb 17 - Tim Conway & Harvey Korman

Xyon
posted by Team Rock at 10:13 AM

 

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posted by Team Rock at 1:06 AM

 

posted by Team Rock at 8:23 PM

 

RIP DIMEBAG

Dimebag Darrell, guitarist for Pantera and Damage Plan, was one of at least four people fatally wounded during a bizarre shooting at a concert in Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday night.

According to Columbus NBC affiliate NBC4, Dimebag — real name Darrell Abbott — and one of his bandmates were among the fatalities resulting from the incident, which occurred during a Damage Plan performance at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus. Authorities did not release the name of the other deceased band member to NBC4. Columbus police told MTV News that a total of four people were killed and two wounded, and that the death toll included the assailant.

One witness told the NBC affiliate that a man jumped onto the stage during the first song of the band's set and began firing a gun. According to the witness, the man fired several shots at the band before being tackled by club security. One of the survivors is in critical condition at a local hospital, while another is in fair condition.

"A Columbus police officer, when he arrived, engaged the shooter, and the shooter is also dead, and if the officer hadn't acted when he did and how he did, we'd probably be looking at more dead, because this guy was actively shooting," Sergeant Brent Mull, public information officer, told MTV News.

"We have 200-plus patrons that we have sequestered inside three city buses," Sergeant Mull explained. "We are interviewing them one by one. The ones that were inside and witnessed this, ran for their lives and were in fear for their lives. They are victims too, and we want to take care of them."

As news of Dimebag's bizarre and tragic demise rippled through the metal community, the news was met with shock and sadness.

"I'm speechless," friend and Rob Zombie/Ozzy Osbourne bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson said. "This is totally unreal. Dimebag is a f---ing legend and this is total bull----."

"This is insane and this is beyond travesty," Killswitch Engage frontman, and former Damage Plan tour partner, Howard Jones said. "This is beyond anything I've ever heard. This shouldn't happen in or outside of the rock and metal community. He will be missed and mourned as a person, as a musician, and as a friend."

UPDATE:

By JAY COHEN, Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A gunman charged onstage at a packed nightclub and opened fire on the band and crowd, killing top heavy metal guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and three other people before a police officer shot him to death, authorities and witnesses said. Police spokeswoman Sherry Mercurio identified three of the victims of Wednesday's shooting as Abbott, who played for the Texas-based band Damageplan, and two other men, Nathan Bray, 23; and Erin Halk, 29.
She identified the gunman as Nathan Gale, 25, of Marysville, 25 miles northwest of Columbus. Police said they had no information on a motive or any connection to the band.
The gunman had a hostage in a headlock and seemed to be preparing to kill him when the officer, James D. Niggemeyer, managed to shoot without injuring the hostage, police said.
Damageplan had just begun its first song at Alrosa Villa club when the man shot Abbott five or six times at point-blank range, a witness said.
Abbott, 38, one of metal's top guitarists, and his brother, Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, were members of Pantera, the Grammy-nominated thrash-rock pioneer that enjoyed wide popularity in the 1990s.
The witness, 22-year-old Chris Couch, said he was standing about 30 feet from the stage when he saw a man wearing a hooded sweat shirt walk up to the stage, followed by a bouncer and another club employee.
The man in the sweat shirt climbed onto the stage, started yelling and opened fire on the guitarist, then shot a bouncer who pulled him off the musician, Couch said.
Police spokesman Sgt. Brent Mull said that after shooting at band members, the gunman fired into the crowd. Niggemeyer, patrolling nearby, arrived within two minutes, he said.
"If the officer wasn't as close as he was, I think this would have been a lot worse," Mull said. "It was a chaotic scene, just a horrific scene."
Niggemeyer, 31, entered the club through a back door and was directed to the stage, where he saw one person lying dead and the suspect holding onto another "pretty much in a headlock," Mull said.
"The officer was able to strategically gun this guy down before he was able to kill this hostage," Mull said. He said the hostage, "probably a fan, maybe someone who worked with the band," was able to maneuver out of the way somewhat before the officer fired.
Mull said he believed there was amateur video that officers could view for clues.
The name of the fifth person killed was not immediately released. Mercurio said family members were still being notified.
Thursday morning, a dozen yellow roses, still in plastic wrap, lay near the entry to the low-slung beige building that since 1974 has hosted mostly heavy metal acts. The 641-person-capacity club, just off a freeway exit on the city's north side, sits amid motels, small businesses and office complexes.
After the shooting began, Couch and a friend headed for the exit along with a tide of hundreds of fans.
"It was definitely a grudge. It was against something," Couch said.


Amanda Stankus, 19, who attended the show with Couch, said she initially thought the shooting was part of the show. "I just saw the guitarist fall down, and we decided to get out of there," she said.
The Abbott brothers produced Damageplan's debut album, "New Found Power," which was released in February. Other band members are vocalist Patrick Lachman and bassist Bob Zilla.
"Damageplan carries on the tradition Pantera started, the ... hell-raising tradition we were all about," Vinnie Paul Abbott told The Dallas Morning News in October. "We do play some Pantera songs. Me and Dime wrote them, and we feel like we have the right to play them. But the focus is on Damageplan.
"It took awhile for some of the Pantera fans to accept it; we knew that was gonna be the case," he said. "Change is something that people have a hard time accepting. But me and Dime intended on doing this our whole lives."
A message left with Atlantic Records Group, which oversees Damageplan's label Elektra, was not immediately returned.
Damageplan's Web site said Darrel and Vinnie Abbott grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where their father, country songwriter Jerry Abbott, owned a recording studio.
Telephone numbers for Darrell and Jerry Abbott are unlisted and could not be reached early Thursday by The Associated Press.
Pantera, known for its fast, aggressive sound, recorded several albums in the 1990s, attracting a massive cult following. The third release, "Far Beyond Driven," debuted at No. 1 in 1994, surprising chart-watchers and critics alike. Other hit albums were "The Great Southern Trendkill" and "Reinventing The Steel." A song by the band became the Dallas Stars hockey team's signature tune in 1999.
Pantera was nominated for Grammies for best metal performance in 1995 for "I'm Broken" and in 2001 for "Revolution Is My Name."
The video "The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits" hit the top 10 for music-video sales earlier this year; another video, "3-Watch It Go," hit the top 10 in 1998.
The shootings came exactly 24 years after John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York apartment building by a deranged fan.
Dozens of messages were posted to the Dallas band's Web site after the shootings.
"This is the worst day in metal history," one posting read.
"The metal world feels your pain," another wrote.
___
Associated Press writer Jay Jorden in Dallas contributed to this report

posted by Team Rock at 6:02 AM

 

Friday December 10

LEE ROY MERCER CD Release Party
Nashville Sounds -- (Johnson City, TN)
Time: 10pm
Cost: $10 (and includes copy of new cd or a T-shirt)

CattleAx also performing.

"SOMEBODY'S FIXIN' TO GET THEIR ASS WHUPPED!"

posted by Team Rock at 5:15 AM

 

Friday, December 3

DownBleed, Patchwerk, and Briar Thickett will be at The Downtown in Morristown, TN for Rock the Tots Benefit Show.

Strut and Infradig will be at Stella Blue in Asheville, NC

Night Falls, The Dead Eat Worms, SikSouls, and Straight Line Stitch will be at Rafters in Johnson City, TN

Double Back, Fester, and False Diversion will be at the Electric Ballroom in Knoxville, TN

Afroman and Jaystorm at the Sophisticated Otter

Saturday, December 4

NonProphet will be at Poor Richards Campus in Johnson City

Sik Souls and Straight Line Stitch will be at Ireson's Pub in Bristol, TN

ASERAPHYMN, Arsis, Accursed Dawn, Aorta Journal, and The Showdown will be at Heather's Hideaway in Johnson City, TN

posted by Team Rock at 8:43 AM