On May 11, 2006, the VH1 Behind the Music episode on Pantera premiered. While focusing heavily on Darrell’s murder and burial, the episode also detailed the band’s glam metal beginnings, the band’s perceived rise in its own popularity after the change in musical direction, and the conflicts between Anselmo and the Abbott brothers in the band’s later years that would tear them apart.
When asked by Crave Music in 2006 if there was any chance of reconciling with Phil Anselmo, Vinnie Paul answered “Absolutely not. That’s it.”[25] The former Pantera drummer has since begun work on Hellyeah, a collaboration between him and members from Mudvayne and Nothingface. Both Anselmo and Brown have reunited with Down, and supported Heaven & Hell and Megadeth on their 2007 Canadian tour, as well as supporting Metallica on the first half of their World Magnetic Tour. In interviews in 2009 & 2010, both Rita Haney & Phil Anselmo have stated that after a meeting at Download 2009 they have patched up their differences and are once again on speaking terms.
On March 30, 2010, Pantera released a greatest-hits collection, titled “1990-2000: A Decade of Domination”. It was made available exclusively at Walmart stores and is made up of 10 tracks that were remastered.[26]
Legacy and influences
Pantera have been influential to the development of nu metal, metalcore, and several other movements.[27] They have also been called one of the pioneers of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.[28] Popmatters has claimed that, “Darrell Abbott’s influence on the entire genre of heavy metal is massive; after Cowboys From Hell and Vulgar Display of Power, every notable young American metal band since has, in some way or another, copied their guitar style from those records: Tool, Korn, Deftones, Killswitch Engage, Limp Bizkit, Disturbed, White Zombie, Slipknot, Trivium, As I Lay Dying, Job for a Cowboy, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet for My Valentine, A Day to Remember, Hatebreed, Lamb of God, Shadows Fall, Mastodon, The Showdown, Evile, James Durbin, DevilDriver, Five Finger Death Punch… the list is endless.”[29]
Pantera toured on Ozzfest as main stage acts twice; the band played at the second annual Ozzfest in 1997 and the fifth Ozzfest in 2000. Over the course of their career, Pantera’s members became known for their excessive partying and debauchery, even acquiring an official drink called the “Black Tooth Grin”. The “Black Tooth Grin” (“Black Tooth”, “The Grin”, or “BTG”, alternatively), named after lyrics from Megadeth’s “Sweating Bullets”, is a mixture of Crown Royal or Seagram 7 whisky (or both) and Coca-Cola.
Pantera also adopted a self-described “take no shit” attitude, epitomized in its song “5 Minutes Alone” from the album Far Beyond Driven. According to Vinnie Paul, the song originated when, during a show in San Diego, California, Anselmo was annoyed by a heckler and encouraged the crowd to “jump [his] ass and beat the shit out of him on the spot.” Consequently, the band was sued; the man’s father took action and called Pantera’s manager, saying, “You just give me five minutes alone with that Phil Anselmo guy and I’ll show him who’s big daddy around here”, to which Anselmo responded, “You just give me five minutes alone with that cat’s dad and I’ll whoop his ass.”[5]
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