I was very upset to see this make the news. He was probably one of the most legendary guitarists ever. He was my idol. His amazing guitar skills never ceased to amaze me.
RIP Dimebag. You will be missed.
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The man was a legend, and a true inspiration to myself, and many others. his riffs blow your head off every time, and his lead playing was unique, had meaning, and a message behind it. RIP Man.
Dimebag Darrell, best known for his work with Pantera and Damageplan, is often regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time. He was on stage playing with Damageplan on On December 8, 2004, when he and three other people were shot and killed at Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio.
Around 250 people attended the show. As the opening acts played their sets, Nathan Gale paced outside the club. Gale was from Marysville, Ohio. He developed a drug addiction after graduation and occasionally worked minimum-wage jobs. During this time, he lived with his mother, Mary Clark, and made complaints that he was being watched, which she attributed to his drug use. After a violent altercation, she evicted him and he became homeless. Clark allowed Gale to return after he agreed to undergo drug rehabilitation.
In February 2002, Gale enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Clark was proud of her son's military service, and felt that he had successfully recovered from his drug problems. As a Christmas present in 2002, she bought him the gun that he would later use in the shooting. Gale was stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina with the 2nd Marine Division until October 2003, when he was discharged. The Marines declined to reveal the reasoning for Gale's discharge, citing privacy rules. Clark stated after the shooting that Gale had told her he was discharged due to a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. After his discharge, the Department of Veteran Affairs secured a job for Gale as a mechanic. His employer, Rich Cencula, later reported that Gale had also told him he was schizophrenic. Clark believed that Gale was not taking medication for the illness, and an autopsy showed there were no drugs in his system at the time of the shooting.
At 6'3 and over 250 pounds, Gale was an offensive lineman for the semi-professional Lima Thunder football team. He listened to Pantera before games to prepare himself psychologically. He had been a fan of Pantera since high school, and retained a fixation with the band after its disbandment in 2003. Dave Johnson, a former friend, stated that Gale once requested to practice songs, which he claimed to have written, with Johnson's band. When one of Johnson's bandmates noted the lyrics were copied from Pantera, Gale said Pantera had stolen his lyrics and he was plan
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