Joined: 06 Jun 2004
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| On Wednesday, December 8, a deranged audience member burst onto the stage at Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio and shot influential Pantera guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbot to death along with three other audience members. The shooter, 25-year-old Nathan Gale, was then shot and killed by police officer James D. Niggemeyer, who arrived on the scene soon after the shooting was reported. Darrell Abbot, whose slow, modal riffs reinvented the concept of “heavy,” was performing with his new band Damageplan. They had just launched into the first song of their set when Nathan Gale approached, opened fire on Darrell at close range, shot a bouncer who tried to restrain him and fired into the crowd. Nathan Bray, 23, Erin Halk, 29, and Jeff Thompson, 40, are listed among the dead, and two more bystanders were injured. No motive has been given for the shooting. Our thoughts and prayers go out to family, friends and fans. |
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