My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.
It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band. - Dimebag Darrell
It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.
- Dimebag Darrell
Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment. - Dimebag Darrell
Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.
If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something. - Dimebag Darrell
If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something.
Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn. - Dimebag Darrell
Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn.
Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you. - Dimebag Darrell
Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.
I got home, picked up my ax, turned on the four-track and just played it ... I played three solos back to back on Cemetery Gates ... the next morning… - Dimebag Darrell
I got home, picked up my ax, turned on the four-track and just played it ... I played three solos back to back on Cemetery Gates ... the next morning…
I would just listen to records and learn what I could, then just roll it over and over and over. - Dimebag Darrell
I would just listen to records and learn what I could, then just roll it over and over and over.
The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book. - Dimebag Darrell
The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.
To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it's live. I'm very consci… - Dimebag Darrell
To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it's live. I'm very consci…
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