Dimebag Quotes

We`ve got the slowest 311 song ever, called `Solar Flare,` which is a scathing political rap that (vocalist) S.A. (Martinez) puts over a really slow, heavy thing, ... And then there`s also a really fast one called `It`s Getting OK Now,` which is (guitarist) Tim Mahoney channeling Dimebag Darrell (Abbott of Pantera).

I was very upset, and for two months if I saw his (Dimebag`s) picture somewhere I would get angry. It wasn`t as though he`d been killed in some sort of accident. He was taken in such a horrible, malicious way that just made it more painful.

(Kroeger was introduced to Dimebag and Paul in 2002 in Dallas by former Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, who was touring as Nickelback`s opening act. A few drinks later, the ex-Pantera members admitted to Kroeger that they were big fans.) Vinnie told me he listened to Nickelback every day, which really surprised me, ... But I guess they come from that whole Southern-rock background, and we`re a hard-rock band with Southern-rock influences, so they liked it a lot.