What do you mean you started listening to "more extreme metal" and stopped listening to Pantera? What is more extreme than Pantera?
Yea I'm with you on that. Every time I see him talking about Dime I get this sense that he's just so full of shit.Bloodrock":3aoano0a said:Love Dime forever. I just hate seeing what a horribly fake person Phil turned into over the years. Used to be a cool guy. Guess he burned out and started believing his own bullshit tough-guy persona. Bet he cries in his pillow every night. Dude has serious issues. Lol
Me too. Phil is a shifty fuck.slyym":1urdqpeg said:Yea I'm with you on that. Every time I see him talking about Dime I get this sense that he's just so full of shit.Bloodrock":1urdqpeg said:Love Dime forever. I just hate seeing what a horribly fake person Phil turned into over the years. Used to be a cool guy. Guess he burned out and started believing his own bullshit tough-guy persona. Bet he cries in his pillow every night. Dude has serious issues. Lol
Bloodstorm":3d3vg66a said:What do you mean you started listening to "more extreme metal" and stopped listening to Pantera? What is more extreme than Pantera?
He is indeed amazing. I'm sure theres tons of stuff he did that Dime wouldn't have been able to do but everything I've heard from him was just shred or classical. Amazing stuff but I agree with the statement.danyeo":1y8aa90v said:Yngwie must be really good if he's ALWAYS used as a comparison barometer.
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:He is indeed amazing. I'm sure theres tons of stuff he did that Dime wouldn't have been able to do but everything I've heard from him was just shred or classical. Amazing stuff but I agree with the statement.danyeo":dewhyin2 said:Yngwie must be really good if he's ALWAYS used as a comparison barometer.
Racerxrated":y0q03azq said: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":y0q03azq said:He is indeed amazing. I'm sure theres tons of stuff he did that Dime wouldn't have been able to do but everything I've heard from him was just shred or classical. Amazing stuff but I agree with the statement.danyeo":y0q03azq said:Yngwie must be really good if he's ALWAYS used as a comparison barometer.
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.
Well said!romanianreaper":39qvrvba said: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.
Fret-Shredder":3c9ktair said:Edward Van Halen is the greatest ever... PERIOD. There I said it.