RIP Dimebag Darrell Abbott
At the Dimebag Darrell Tribute Guitar Auction and Jam at the House of Blues in LA, Bob Tyrrell (who created a guitar for the collection) and I got to sing back up to Pantera’s “Walk” with Ace Frehley and John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie) on guitar, Vinne Paul (Pantera, Hell Yeah) on drums, our pal Scott Ian (Anthrax) on bass, among others. It was an amazing night, especially for this
Dimebag fan.
Ace Frehley (Kiss), John5, Rita (Dime’s widow), the amazing Pearl (Scott Ian’s lady), my lucky ass self - and part of Bob’s bald beautiful head on stage at the end of the show:
Backstage with John5 and Ace:
Bob tattooed a black tooth on Scott Ian the following night in memory of Dime (Bob, Kerry King and myself have black tooth tattoos from Jeremiah Barba).
A closeup of Scott’s Black Tooth:
At Scott’s house, with Gene Simmons’ Kiss axe!
This is a shot of Bob’s guitar. It’s a Black Tooth Grin design (Dime’s favourite drink). He’s holding a shot up and there’s a skeleton downing one. It’s also got a black molar on the head. So cool! A fan now owns it.
More photos to come as I have the time to resize and upload them. In the meantime, here’s an amazing portrait Bob did of Dime:
Comment by Gary — May 23, 2007 @ 11:09 pm
Very cool… aside from Vinny Vincent, Ace is the only member of Kiss I haven’t met. Yes, I’ve even met the late Mark St. John!
Comment by Liiiiiiisa — May 24, 2007 @ 1:13 pm
Spooky Dan is the coolest Goth Guy I know too. Except he says he’s not goth. (Of course, the surest sign!)
Nice photos.
Comment by HorrorHR — May 24, 2007 @ 5:33 pm
I am quite familiar with RM magazine, but never saw your blog until today. I am browsing it for more than an hour now reading all the previous entries. Just added it to my RSS reader, so I will definitely be a regular reader.
Great texts, very cool photos and btw, your tattoos rock
Pozdrav!
Comment by Chris Alexander — May 26, 2007 @ 2:05 pm
Holy cow…now THAT is cool. You met Ace Freheley! GUH! Lucky lass!
Comment by Dave — May 27, 2007 @ 4:11 pm
Man, I can’t believe you guys met Ace Frehley, Scott Ian AND Veronica Mars!
Mwah ha ha ha…
http://www.bloxer.de/upload/serien/veronica-mars/veronica-mars-2.jpg
Comment by tonedeaf — May 31, 2007 @ 1:03 pm
Dime’s murder is my John Lennon or Elvis, the man had a huge effect on my life. His Music moved metal ahead without forgetting it’s roots. Hell Pantera went number one in the middle of the flannel revolution! He lived and breathed the lifestyle. and most important, he treated fans with love and respect.
I love Anthrax, most underrated band out there I think.