Full name: Darrell Lance Abbott
Instrument: Guitars
Birthday: 20th August 1966.
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas

Short biography:
Darrel Abbott grew up outside of Dallas, Texas, where his father owned a recording studio.
He saw many great blues and country artists come through as clients of his father and he
learned from them. He learned quickly. So quickly in fact that he was not allowed to enter
any guitar contests in the whole state because he'd already won them all... He was 16. It
seems though that, even with this prodigical skill, the band wasn't sure which direction to go
artisticly until almost 1990 with the release of Cowboys From Hell. Before the development
of their Power Groove, Pantera released a few unknown albums of cheezy-sounding glam
rock (if you ever get a chance to hear anything from that era, I suggest you do. Songs like
Ride My Rocket off of Metal Magic are quite entertaining. I can only decribe the sound as
something like old Bon Jovi or Poison with amazing guitar solos). As far as the change of
alias from Diamond Darrell to Dimebag Darrell, the six-string guru claims that it has always
been Dimebag, there was just a bunch of confusion about it. Personally, I believe he was
coaxed into toning the Dimebag handle down early on strictly for PR purposes.

Full name: Vinnie Paul
Instrument: Drums
Birthday: 11th March 1964.
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas

Short biography:
Vincent Paul Abbott, brother to Darrell Lance Abbott, grew up under the same
circumstances as Dimebag. With a father who owned a recording studio, I suppose he
was destined to be the studio genius that he is (I believe that he remixed all of the
techno-sounding remixes that you can find on most of their Vulgar imports, though I myself
don't own any to know for sure). And I suppose that he was also destined to be the rythmic
wizard that his syncapation and double kick-bass speed has proved him to be. Vinnie loves
Pro-Football and Pro-Basketball (especially those Texas teams).

Full name: Rex Brown
Instrument: Bass
Birthday: 27th July 1964.
Birthplace: Graham, TX

Short biography:
The only bio that I've read on Rex Brown has described him only as being thin, drunk, and
mean. Sounds good to me. The one time I met him, he was definately thin and definately
drunk. It was after the Pantera / Skid Row show in Houston in '92. I recently scanned this
for your viewing pleasure.

Full name: Phillip Anselmo
Instrument: Vocals
Birthday: 30th June 1968.
Birthplace: New Orleans, LA

Short biography:
In 1986 Phil Anselmo replaced the old singer Terrence Lee. Phil, together with Pepper 
Keenan (from Corrosion of Conformity), Kirk Windstein, Todd Strange, Todd Jimmy has a 
side project called "Down". Down has released one album called "Nola" in 1995.