Former
PANTERA and current
HELLYEAH drummer
Vinnie Paul Abbott took part in a signing session for
"He Came To Rock" — the new paperback photo book/DVD on his late brother,
PANTERA guitarist
"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott — yesterday (Tuesday, November 18) at the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas, Nevada. Several photos taken at the event can be viewed below (all pictures by
Scott Harrison of
www.HarrisonPhotos.com).
"He Came To Rock" contains over 400 pictures of
Dimebag along with a biography of his life written by authors
Susan Doll and
David Morrow (
"Elvis, Forever In The Groove",
"Marilyn Monroe: Her Life And Legend"). Also included are personal tributes from a number of metal's most prominent musicians, among them
SLAYER's
Kerry King,
ANTHRAX's
Scott Ian and
OZZY OSBOURNE/
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's
Zakk Wylde. The DVD portion of the package consists of the previously released
"DimeVision - Vol 1: That's The Fun I Have", complete with never-before-seen bonus footage.
The book was compiled by
Vinnie and his father
Jerry Abbott and has been in the works for more than a year. "We are very excited about this as it's a true tribute to the King himself!"
Vinnie previously stated.
"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was shot to death along with three others during a
DAMAGEPLAN performance at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio in December 2004.
Dimebag was posthumously inducted into the
Hollywood RockWalk in May 2007 in a ceremony attended by
Vinnie Paul, their father
Jerry Abbott and
Dimebag's longtime girlfriend,
Rita Haney, along with members of
ALICE IN CHAINS,
ANTHRAX,
KISS,
SLAYER and
Ozzy Osbourne's band.
A bronze bust of
Dimebag was unveiled during the ceremony and later installed on the
RockWalk's posthumous inductee wall, alongside luminaries such as
Elvis Presley,
Jimi Hendrix and
Robert Johnson.
A special one-time only all-star tribute to fallen
PANTERA/
DAMAGEPLAN guitarist and Texas native
"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was held on August 9, 2008 at the one-day
Ozzfest at Dallas' Pizza Hut Park.
The tribute to
"Dimebag" Darrell featured
Vinnie Paul (acting as musical director and playing drums), along with an array of prominent hard rockers, including
HATEBREED's
Jamey Jasta,
SLAYER's
Kerry King,
SOULFLY's
Max Cavalera,
King Diamond,
ANTHRAX's
Scott Ian,
ALICE IN CHAINS'
Jerry Cantrell and
METALLICA's
Lars Ulrich.
All photos below were taken by
Scott Harrison of
www.HarrisonPhotos.com:
