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Member Info: David Hendrix - David Hendrix's Homepage |
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Name: David Hendrix
Contact: Available to Members
Focus: Metal
Location: Charleston, SC USA
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A little about me...And my stuff...
Alright, not much going on at the moment, just working on some new singles and gettin em' onto master CD's for the trip back home so I can get them to iTunes and such. Producing some new CD's for people around my school, and just generally follin around getting a setlist arranged for my live performance on the 13th (oo, scary).
Have fun guys!
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You are not forgotten. A fallen hero, a fallen friend. |
Honoring the fallen, Dimebag Darrell's story
On December 8th, 2004, while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, Abbott was shot onstage by a former US Marine named Nathan Gale. Abbott was shot five times in the back of the head, killing him instantly. Damageplan's drum technician, John "Kat" Brooks, and tour manager, Chris Paluska, were injured. Gale fired a total of fifteen shots, taking the time to reload once, and remaining silent throughout the shooting. To avoid being injured or killed himself, Abbott's brother and bandmate, Vinnie Paul was taken to the bar/kitchen on the other side of the club. Jeff "Mayhem" Thompson, the band's head of security was also killed in the incident while engaging in hand-to-hand combat with Gale. Alrosa Villa employee Erin Halk was killed after charging Gale when he ran out of bullets, however, Gale was able to reload faster than anticipated. Audience member Nathan Bray was killed while trying to perform CPR on Dimebag and Mayhem.
Brooks was scuffling with Gale onstage but was overpowered and taken hostage in a headlock position. Brooks was shot several times (once in the right hand, his right leg, and his right side) while attempting to get the gun away from Gale. Five officers came in the front entrance led by officer Rick Crum, and moved toward the stage. Officer James D. Niggemeyer came in through the back door, behind the stage. Gale only saw the officers in front of the stage; he never saw Officer Niggemeyer. When the hostage moved his head, Officer Niggemeyer killed Gale by shooting him in the face with a police-issued 12 gauge Remington 870 shotgun. Gale was found to have 35 rounds of ammunition remaining. Nurse and audience member Mindy Reece, 28, went to the aid of Abbott. She and another fan administered CPR until paramedics arrived, but were unable to revive him.
In May 2005, Officer Niggemeyer testified before the Franklin County grand jury, which is routine procedure in Franklin County after a police shooting. The grand jury did not indict Niggemeyer, finding that his actions were justified. Niggemeyer received a commendation from the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission for his outstanding police work in time of crisis as well as the National Rifle Association award as 2005 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year. The five other officers that were first on the scene received Ohio distinguished law enforcement medals for their efforts. In 2006 James Niggemeyer penned the foreword to a book written about the event A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa.
Early theories of motive suggested that Gale may have turned to violence in response to the breakup of Pantera, or the public dispute between Abbott and Pantera singer Phil Anselmo, but these were later ruled out by investigators. Another theory was that Gale believed Abbott had stolen a song Gale wrote. In the A Vulgar Display Of Power book, several of Gale's personal writings, given to the author by Gale's mother, suggest that the gunman was not angry about Pantera's breakup or about a belief that Pantera had "stolen songs"; instead, the documents suggest that Gale's paranoid schizophrenia caused delusions that the band could read his mind, and that they were "stealing" his thoughts and laughing at him.
Abbott's grave is located at the Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Texas. He is buried alongside his mother. He was buried with Eddie Van Halen's Charvel Hybrid VH2 (also known as Bumblebee) - Van Halen's black and yellow Frankenstrat that was the actual guitar pictured with Eddie on the cover of the album Van Halen II - because Dimebag had asked for one in 2004 before he was shot.
Dimebag was said to have been one of the most influential guitarists that had ever walked the face of the earth, and also one of the most imaginative minds in the guitar industry at his time. I hope that for years to come, he will not be forgotten.
Cited from Wikipedia.
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Musical Influences
• Michael Angelo Batio
• "Dimebag" Darrell Lance Abott (R.I.P.)
• All That Remains
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Favorite Recordings
• Chiron
• Vulgar Display of Power
• Tattered on My Sleeve
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