My hair's a pain in live performance. I'm always inhaling it: I almost choked to death a couple of times.
From Dimebag Darrell
I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration.
My first killer amp was a Sunn Beta Lead. It was solid-state, but that Sunn was incredibly loud. I used to say to my friends, 'Hey, check it out. It's only on two.'
I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.
Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!
Spittin' blood, smokin' guitars, fire everywhere - Kiss is where I started.
Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.
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.
My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he worked. So I started going to his recording studio, and I really dug it.
When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.
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