The Untold Truth Of Pantera's Phil Anselmo

Publish date: 2024-05-05

Anselmo likes to be shocking. It's his thing. He seems to say whatever is on his mind, whether or not it upsets fans, bandmates, or the community. Behaving in this manner is not the best way to keep to your friends around, which Anselmo should know by now, since it got him banned from former bandmate Dimebag Darrell's memorial.

When Pantera broke up in 2003, the Abbott brothers claimed Phil Anselmo left the band without telling them. The claim became one of the topics of Anselmo's interview in Metal Hammer's Xmas 2004 issue (found via Blabbermouth). Anselmo claims the band broke up because the Abbotts wouldn't communicate with him. Who knows which claim is correct? Either way, Anselmo says the original rift was between him and Dimebag. "He would attack me, vocally," Anselmo claimed.

The Pantera frontman would continue the interview by boasting about how he could "kill him like a f*****' piece of vapor" because of the size difference between the two, ending the rant with, "He deserves to be beaten severely." It was this type of sentiment — the way Anselmo had blasted Dimebag in the media before his death — that stuck with the Abbott family. It was this sentiment that led them to bar Anselmo from Dimebag's memorial, according to MTV, and it all boils down to what our mothers used to tell us: "Think before you speak."

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