What do you mean you started listening to "more extreme metal" and stopped listening to Pantera? What is more extreme than Pantera?
Dime really was the best.
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Bloodstorm":3d3vg66a said:
Idk if I could say Pantera was completely mainstream. Imo for metal they were. Even though they kept it heavy, never changed for the labels and always did their thing there were tons of underground bands, even back then that made Pantera seem not so extreme.
Solstice, Deicide, Emperor, Cradle of Filth, Suffocation, etc. Tons of late 80s/early 90s bands were out who were way more extreme then Pantera at the time. Some of these bands I still listen to and love but more extreme doesn't necessarily equal better. For me a well written and meaningful song will have more of a lasting impact and is a completely different skill set then seeing how extreme you can get. Pantera kind of had both.
romanianreaper
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I understand what you guys mean when you say "heavier" or "more extreme" but to me, bands like Pantera are just heavier. Same thing with Black Sabbath. To me, Sabbath on an acoustic is heavier than anything that will ever be created. It just is one of those things that is.
One other thing that I thought was cool is how Dime had this relationship with Rita since childhood and he never wavered from that. He could have easily have been dating models, etc. like rock stars do but he stayed close with his girl, stayed close with his brother, etc. Like that video that maddnotez posted, you can see how cool he was. Just approachable and a rock star. Guys like him are true rock stars in my opinion. Someone who knows they own everyone on guitar but never let it go to their head. They still want to jam with folks and just enjoy life. That is what made his death so sad. Same thing with Cliff Burton. These guys were so great and just went away too soon.
One other thing that I thought was cool is how Dime had this relationship with Rita since childhood and he never wavered from that. He could have easily have been dating models, etc. like rock stars do but he stayed close with his girl, stayed close with his brother, etc. Like that video that maddnotez posted, you can see how cool he was. Just approachable and a rock star. Guys like him are true rock stars in my opinion. Someone who knows they own everyone on guitar but never let it go to their head. They still want to jam with folks and just enjoy life. That is what made his death so sad. Same thing with Cliff Burton. These guys were so great and just went away too soon.
thiswaythatway
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Yngwie must be really good if he's ALWAYS used as a comparison barometer.
Racerxrated
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There's a bluesy heavy rock compilation out there that shows Yngwie's soulful side. He could play anything, and with feeling like Dime or other greats. He's not just shred or classical, far from it. He could be a serious arrogant prick, and it sounds like Dime couldn't be if he tried.maddnotez":dewhyin2 said:
But let's hold off a bit on trashing YJM. I'll put it this way...Dime, as great as he was probably couldn't pull off some of what YJM was able to do...but I'd bet my bottom dollar that YJM could play anything that Dime wrote.
No offense to Dime, great player and a cool guy. But YJM is considered by many to be second only to EVH when it comes to influencing some GREAT players. There's a reason for that. The whole neo classical wave that gave us Paul Gilbert etc were all inspired by YJM.
ChurchHill
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And Rhoads, and Blackmore... YJM took it to another level, though. 
Edit: Just my opinion, but metal wouldn't exist today if it wasn't for Dime.
Edit: Just my opinion, but metal wouldn't exist today if it wasn't for Dime.
I need to see the Malmsteen blues you mention. I have never went out of my way to get deep into his stuff so I haven't heard the compilation but i went to YT and searched Yngwie blues and this popped up. Made me chuckle. He held out a blues bend then immediately went to shred mode.
Havent finished the vid yet but was funny.
Awesome video ^^^ definitely some blues in there but it's like he cant stop himself from going off the deep end. Guy is amazing and yeah, better than Dime concerning runs and shred scales/modes and probably more but it's a different skill to me. Dimes songwriting and meaning was just a lot more to me.
Havent finished the vid yet but was funny.
Awesome video ^^^ definitely some blues in there but it's like he cant stop himself from going off the deep end. Guy is amazing and yeah, better than Dime concerning runs and shred scales/modes and probably more but it's a different skill to me. Dimes songwriting and meaning was just a lot more to me.
thiswaythatway
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Racerxrated":y0q03azq said:
As great as Yngwie was I remember going to see him and I went with a bunch of non-guitar players. They were bored as shit after 3 or 4 songs, actually they were just drinking, talking at the bar, goofing off. This was probably mid 90's and at that point Yngwie brand of Dungeons and Dragons rock was extremely old fashioned sounding at that point. But that group of people I went with would still be into Iron Maiden, Ozzy, or Priest, etc. Yngwie was probably too good...for his own good. Maybe if he sucked a little more at playing leads he would have written better overall, less cheesy music?
riffsfordaze
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It's All about the Groove!
RIP Brothers Dime & Vinny
RIP Brothers Dime & Vinny
riffsfordaze
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Well said!romanianreaper":39qvrvba said:
Fret-Shredder
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Edward Van Halen is the greatest ever... PERIOD. There I said it.
Markedman
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Dime was rally good at sounding like SRV when he was warming up before a Damageplan show. He was showing off his new Kranks while the "Best Dude' was making drinks for the audience at Dime's direction! At least 3 rounds of multiple 7&7's pitchers pouring it into whoever wanted it straight down their throats during Dime's warm-up.
barryswanson
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Fret-Shredder":3c9ktair said:
Who?
