RIP Dimebag Darrell and John Lennon

Today marks the 4th anniversary of the death of Dimebag Darrell and the 28th anniversary of John Lennon. Both of these men were highly talented musicians in there genres. Dimebag was known for his signature Dime squeals, guitar shred, and heart pounding riffs. On December 8, 2004 he was violently shot in the head multiple times by an enraged fan who came on stage during the opening song. Dimebag was shot dead right in front of his brother (Vinnie Paul), the rest of Damageplan, and a crowd of adoring fans. On that dreadful night, the world lost one of the greatest metal guitarists to ever live. Dime's name still lives on through fans and the many Dean signature guitars. We will miss Dimebag forever.
John Lennon was primarily the rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Although, he did play some lead guitar, harmonica, and bass on the song "Let It Be." Now that I have mentioned let it be, I have a little story to share. This morning at my school we had a liturgy. During communion the Liturgy Band played the famous Beatles song, "Let It Be." It was a great cover of the song and it included one of our teachers who has a phenomenal voice. After the liturgy I mentioned to my friend, the keyboard player in the band, that is was the 28th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. I asked him if they did this on purpose. His answer was, "We had no clue until after the liturgy that it was the anniversary of his death." Nonetheless, it was a great tribut to John Lennon.

May the souls of John Lennon and Dimebag Darrell rest in peace.

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Youtube of the Week: Vol.1, Episode 7

In memory of the death of Dimebag Darell, I have 2 videos to share. The first is probably my favortie guitar solo ever. The solo is from Pantera's "Floods." Each time I listen to this solo, I get chills. This has to be one of the most emotional guitar solos ever written/played. The second shows the comical side of Dimebag. In this video, Dimebag gets a phone man to come to his house. While he is there he keeps on screwing around with the guy. The phone man is cool with it, but Dime just makes this occurance so funny.

Enjoy!

Rammstein Recording New Album

Yesterday, Rammstein entered the studio once again to record their next album. This industrial metal powerhouse from Germany released this message on their website:

"Now that the band has finished pre-production in Berlin for its new album, Operation "Album 6" is going forward full steam ahead. Christoph Schneider arrived in Los Angeles last week to meet with Jacob Hellner and production team (i.e., currently Ulf Kruckenberg and Florian Ammon) to undertake preparations for recording of all the drum tracks.

"Also to arrive in L.A. this week for the drum sessions, Paul and Richard. Finally, a studio has been rented near San Francisco for the bulk of the main recording work, and the band will go into retreat there for several weeks starting on November 9th, 2008. Clear the decks, the Rammstein tanker is once again under steam!"

If you have never heard of Rammstein before and would like to try out some of their music, I would suggest the single "Du Hast" or anything from the album "Mutter."