by Projbalance » December 9th 2004 10:26 pm
Pantera was definately a band that spoke for a legion of disaffected teens. Unlike a Linkin Park or a Staind or a Trapt, Pantera was a real "grease and guts" kind of band. They lived hard and played hard and never pandered to the MTV crowed, never worried about looking pretty, and never cared about winning over the masses. They played with their hearts and played till they bled. I was never a fan but I knew a lot of people that were and they didn't just listen to the music, they were absorbed in it. I could never understand it personally, but most people will never understand the connection I have to the bands I love. The fact that it happened on stage during a show is even more tragic, and with the gunman dead, we'll never know why it happened. This will just be another sad footnote on some VH1 special in a few years.