Rex Brown has been fairly vocal about his emotions on Pantera‘s comeback (tribute exhibits, reunion – no matter you wanna name it). Brown lately clarified that he feels Pantera in 2024 isn’t a tribute band, and remained oddly quiet on the subject of a possible new album.
Now in a brand new interview with American Musical Provide, Brown elaborated on recruiting Charlie Benante and Zakk Wylde, and mentioned all of the work that he and Benante put into Pantera‘s stay present earlier than hitting the stage for the primary time.
“This can be a fully completely different factor, man. We’ve Charlie and Zakk now, and so they’re simply — primary, they have been nice mates of ours for all these years. We get alongside further tremendous cool. Charlie and I went down, in all probability put about 80, 100 hours on tape of all of the songs we have been gonna do for the set, and others that we’d wish to do. Charlie and I labored on this for six months earlier than we ever bought right into a rehearsal room. That is simply how good mates we’re.
“Charlie has been one in every of my greatest mates for years. So, that is one other band. It is onerous to fill the sneakers of the brothers. On the similar time, this has turn into a very tight unit. And Zakk simply places the additional… Dime was a really distinctive guitar participant, and he was my greatest pal, and it is good to see these boys up on the screens and with us. And that is what that is about tonight, for me.”
Brown then talked about holding Pantera‘s legacy in tact, noting that he feels the band’s presence are extra for the reminiscence of the band and the followers themselves. Which Pantera has definitely gotten throughout when it comes to messaging – the entire “for the brothers” slogan has been entrance and heart this complete time, a minimum of throughout the exhibits.
“There’s many ways in which we wanna preserve this legacy alive, ‘trigger the music continues to be performed throughout. We’ve an entire new era of followers that, they in all probability would not have heard these things if we weren’t taking part in out right here taking part in these exhibits. And so, that era of followers — for instance the 15-to-18-year-old children that come out — they’re going to shortly have youngsters, and that retains that new era alive. And Phillip even says it within the set, the dad and mom of the ’90s, which I am a father or mother of the ’90s, it is a vital assertion within the set as a result of it is concerning the gratitude.
He continued: “We’re not doing this for ourselves; we’re doing it for the identify and the model Pantera. And by God, this music must be heard once more. It does. It wanted to for a protracted fucking time. And that is what we’re right here doing tonight… It is simply fantastic to have the ability to do that and pay homage to my music, the riffs that I wrote, or the riffs that Dime wrote, or the patterns that Vinnie performed, and for what Phil got here up with — large impression on this music.”
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