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Darrell Lance Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004), also known as Dimebag Darrell and Diamond Darrell, was an American musician and songwriter who was a co-founder of Pantera alongside his late brother Vinnie Paul, and founder of Damageplan. He was considered to be one of the driving forces behind groove metal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dimebag Darrell, licensed under…
Known for
- Into the Void: Life, Death and Heavy Metal — Self (archive footage)2025
- Pantera Killing In Korea — Guitarist2009
- Pantera: Screaming Black Messiahs - A Metal Tribute — Self2008
- Dimevision Vol 1: That's The Fun I Have — Guitarist2006
- Hard Rock Treasures — Self2005
- Pantera: Reinventing Hell - The Best Of Pantera2003
- Roadkill Extravaganza — Himself2001
- Pantera: The Official 5 Live Pro 1992-2000 — Guitars2000
- Crank It Up! — himself2000
- Pantera - 3 Vulgar Videos From Hell — Himself/Guitars1999
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1966
- Active to
- 2004
Discography
- The Hitz2017
Member of
- Pantera1981–2003
- Damageplan2003–2004
- Pantera
- Tres Diablos
- Rebel Meets Rebel
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- Listeners
- 35,707
- Total plays
- 405,402
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Darrell Lance Abbott, also known as "Diamond" Darrell or "Dimebag" Darrell (August 20, 1966 - December 8, 2004) was an American guitarist. Best known as a founding member of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan, he also performed in the country music band Rebel Meets Rebel. Abbott frequently appeared in guitar magazines and in readers' polls, where he was often included in the top ten metal guitarist spots. In addition, he wrote a long-running Guitar World magazine column, which has been
Key facts
- Born
- Darrell Lance Abbott , ( 1966-08-20 ) August 20, 1966, Ennis, Texas , U.S.
- Died
- December 8, 2004 (2004-12-08) (aged 38), Columbus, Ohio , U.S.
- Cause of death
- Gunshot wounds (murdered during the Columbus nightclub shooting )
- Resting place
- Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, Texas
- Other name
- Diamond Darrell (1981–1993)
- Occupation
- Musician
- Years active
- 1981–2004
- Partner
- Rita Haney (1984–2004)
- Relatives
- Jerry Abbott (father) Vinnie Paul (brother) The 8-Bit Guy (2nd Cousin)
- Genres
- Groove metal heavy metal Southern metal glam metal (early)
- Instrument
- Guitar
- Works
- Full list
- Formerly of
- Pantera Damageplan Rebel Meets Rebel Gasoline
- Website
- dimebagdarrell .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lance
- Family name
- Abbott
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Grand Prairie
- Father
- Jerry Abbott
- Sibling
- Vinnie Paul
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- heavy metal music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- dimebagdarrell.com
- Image
- Dimebag.jpg
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- Dimebag Darrell
- member of
- Damageplan
- date of birth
- 1966-08-20
- date of death
- 2004-12-08
- manner of death
- homicide
- influenced by
- Ace Frehley
- place of burial
- Arlington
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- name in native language
- Darrell Lance Abbott
- pseudonym
- Dimebag Darrell
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