NO SELLOUTS ALLOWED! Pantera’s MIDDLE FINGER To MTV & Radio That Proved METAL Could TOP THE Charts!
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- The incredible rise of Pantera who went on to have a #1 record, the heaviest album in Billboard history with 1994's Far Beyond Driven
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Album Overview
In 1994, Pantera shocked the music industry by debuting their album "Far Beyond Driven" at #1 on the Billboard charts - the heaviest album ever to reach the top spot. Selling 188,000 copies in the first week, they achieved this remarkable feat without mainstream radio or MTV support, proving the power of their dedicated fanbase and relentless touring.
Musical Context
During an era dominated by grunge and commercial rock, Pantera deliberately went against industry trends. While bands like Metallica softened their sound, Pantera doubled down on their aggressive groove metal style. The album represented a middle finger to musical conformity, with Vinnie Paul stating they intentionally wanted to be "even more extreme."
Personal Struggles and Inspiration
The album's songs drew from deeply personal experiences:
"25 Years" explored Anselmo's dysfunctional relationship with his father
"I'm Broken" reflected Anselmo's vulnerability due to chronic back pain
"Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills" captured raw personal experiences
"5 Minutes Alone" originated from a bizarre lawsuit threat
Recording and Creative Process
Unique album details:
Recorded in Nashville at Abtrax Recording
No pre-production demos
Included a Black Sabbath "Planet Caravan" cover
Provocative original artwork featuring a drill (modified for retail)
Commercial and Critical Impact
Peaked at #1, beating Ace of Base and Bonnie Raitt
Went platinum in USA, Australia, and Canada
Proved metal could dominate charts without mainstream media support
Sold 1.5 million copies in the United States
The Beginning of the End
Despite the album's success, it marked the start of internal band tensions. Anselmo was battling severe back pain and developing a heroin addiction, which would eventually contribute to the band's eventual breakup.
Band's Defiant Spirit
Rex Brown summarized their approach: "Big f*** you to radio and MTV... We've done it by word of mouth and playing shows."
Legacy
"Far Beyond Driven" stands as a testament to Pantera's uncompromising musical vision, proving that authentic, heavy music could not only survive but dominate in a changing musical landscape.
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Poll: Is Pantera Reunion an actual reunion? Anybody enter the MTV contest I showed?
Not without the Abbott bros it isn't. More like a tribute tour. Still cool though. It just doesn't match the energy of all the legendary 90s gigs
I my humble opinion, I say it is a tribute to the band! 🤘🏻😊
It shouldn't be called Pantera.
I take issue with them calling in Pantera. They should have called it a Pantera tribute or something similar. People would have still gone to the shows as people still want to hear those songs live. Calling it Pantera seems like it was a cash grab to me.
Pantera's founding members are the Abbott brothers, so no, it's not a real reunion.
I never get tired of seeing old pantera footage
Ditto
Man same here!!! Those contest winners have no clue how lucky they really are, what an opportunity of a lifetime!!! I'm gonna pour me a Black Tooth Grin haha hell yeah
The Glam years? they were trans before being trans was cool. Pioneers !
I know too well what Phil went through, I was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease myself. I had 3 back fusions and one spinal stimulator implant. Which ruptured after three months and had to be removed. Now I’m in chemotherapy for cancer. I have been in treatment for the last nine months, but I’m still here. ✌🏼😊
Damn. Raw deal, but glad you're keeping your chin up. Best of luck with the chemo
@@TheWosniakGambit Thank you! I am just going with the flow, It’s just a little thing that happens in life. I am ok, I have a lot of side effects,and I just deal with it. My Doctors are fantastic! Sorry for the babbling. ✌🏼
Damn that sounds like hell. Glad to hear you’re keeping your head up. Best of luck with everything!
@ Thank you! I am ok so far. Just side effects and some pain. The videos I watch is a great distraction! So keep posting! ✌🏼😊❤️
@@yvettevitacaponigro thank you! That’s all I hope for is my videos give some enjoyment or distraction for people in their day. Really excited for fridays video!
Even to this day, Far Beyond Driven is one of the hardest fucking metal albums I've ever listened to. Truly a masterpiece.
"I'm Broken" is still one of the greatest metal songs ever
I agree.
A true metal anthem
Damnit Pantera, this beer is warm!!!
Forever Stronger than All
Get me another one!!!
Awe, is Pantera gonna cry?
Shut up Beavis
Settle down, Beavis
YES YES YES
Pantera kicks everyone's ass.
Beavis was crying
Just realizing that it has been 30 years since I saw Pantera in concert. January 24 1995 at University of North Florida arena in Jacksonville. Type O Negative opened. So glad I made it to that show.
Saw them open for Sabbath. Was amazing
The one and only time I saw them was Jan. 10th, 1997 at the Roy Wilkins auditorium in St. Paul MN. That was intense and loud, the way I like my concerts!
If they were in St Louis in the late '90s, I was there. Fresh out of high school.
Still my favorite band.
I saw them in Poughkeepsie that year. I had the privilege of meeting Dime after the concert....and Rex too...
@KattMurr amazing experience
When I listen to pantera, my neighbors do too
I used to do drugs, I still do, but I used to too
@@MatthewGill-nv4tb Haven't listened to anything else since I listened to Pantera yesterday (I'm deaf now)
🤝
The first time I saw Pantera,they were opening for Skid Row. It was one of those rare occasions where you feel sorry for the headlining band,just getting completely blown off the stage by a band that hardly anyone had even heard of.
Thanks for sharing! Speaking of Skid Row I did a video on subhuman race and their decline a few months ago of interested
I saw them that tour. Me and my friend left after Pantera played...
@KattMurr yeah,and the last time I saw them Phil was so obviously trashed,I just felt sorry for the rest of the guys in the band.
i dunno man, i saw that tour as well and Skid Row kicked ass too. they were the only 80's glam band to actually have some insane heavy energy on stage. slave to the grind was cool af and i definitely wouldn't put them in the same bag with Bon Jovi or Poison lol
Saw them twice, grateful that I got to see them in 94 and 97
Think the massive success of Far Beyond Driven was directly related to the masterpiece that was (and still is) Vulgar Display of Power. It took the masses a few years to hear it, including myself, but once that happened we were all hooked like junkies and could not wait to hear what they came up with next.
No, the success of FBD was a consequence of the enormous success of VDOP because apart from the hit singles, FBD is much less mainstream than VDOP and it was intentional...
If Phil hadn't let the brothers waiting for him to come back from his "back surgery", Pantera would've been the biggest, most improbable mainstream band in History.
@redacted2275 that.. makes no sense.. but whatever man.
$21.50 for a concert tickets...man, I miss that just as much as I miss the music from the 80s/90s.
Yeah not even fun to go to shows anymore. $250 tickets, $20 beers, $60 tshirts, & $60 parking.
I saw Pantera on one of those Black Sabbath reunion tours. It was amazing
I was blessed enough to get out of the military in the mid 1990s and had saved enough money that I didn't need to get a job right away. I got to see Pantera more than 30 times over the next few years following them around the north east and midwest. Was also privileged enough to party with them a couple times. #BlackToothGrins
I Love Pantera! Thank you for sharing this with us! You Rock Sid! ✌🏼😊
you're welcome! I threw in a bonus contest story there too.
@ Thank you! 👍🏻😊
Definitely one of my all time favorite metal bands 🤘🏽
The mid 90’s was when I first started taking interest in metal. Pantera and Korn were two of the bands that first got me into it. In addition to dealing with Asperger’s syndrome and OCD, I was also in an abusive foster home and going to a school that I hated at the time, so many metal songs that I was hearing during that time resonated with me quite a bit.
"Hey, maybe we'll let you land the plane!" Rest In Peace Dimebag 🙏🏻
Tune in at the end of the video for the contest details!
Their version of Planet Caravan is better than the original.
I used to play it on repeat to fall asleep to back in the day. Such a cool song and they really nailed it imo
Though I enjoy the cover I still prefer that dark spacey vibe Sabbath had.
Awesome story. They were a one-off band. Just no one like them. I was at band practice when my wife gave us the news about Dime's passing. It was a true shock. I think all rockers had their "JFK" moment of remembering where you were upon hearing that devastating news.
So many odd things about that story though. I'm not one of those "everything is a conspiracy" people, but if you realllllly pick apart the details.
Like the cop that went in was supposedly walking around the outside of the building.... with a shotgun? Did he go back to his car and get his shotgun.... do police train to use a shotgun in a hostage situation?
His reason for entering was he heard screaming..... at a concert????
@@MatthewGill-nv4tbsorry you are one of those "everything is a conspiracy" just go back, start with nickleback or nirvana come back to pantera as an adult in a decade
@vincents9620 i was in iraq when it happened. You're really cool though
@@vincents9620 none of my questions are absurd if you have worked in and around any type of law enforcement
@@MatthewGill-nv4tb cool go investigate kurts death your not breaking any new ground here
Rex is a bass monster!!!! Great video. Thanks
Rex Brown was an absolute machine, glad you liked the video!
I saw White Zombie and Pantera. During Planet Caravan, Phil was so drunk he said he'd pay everyone a thousand dollars if he actually remembered all the lyrics. Then he crashed out against the drum monitor
Rock n roll true stories has stepped their game up. Telling more details in the stories. Nice!
I always thought I told lots of details but I try to fit as many in as I can
@ yes but you’ve stepped up your game! That PanterA video was in depth! Good work!
Phil is why I stayed off pain meds. I had my issues a few years after he did and managed to tell the pill pushing doctors no.
Power Metal is severely under-recognized. I get that they perhaps wanted to distance themselves from their earlier image, but Power Metal deserved to be re-released at some point.
I feel it never even gets brought up. Phil sounds like Rob Halford to me on it
Pantera owns the 80s albums, not Warner music.
The band didnt "hide" anything. It's really simple, they got a new singer & considered it a new band. Most of PM was written in 1986 long BEFORE Phil joined. This is (partly) why CFH sounds so different, it's because Phil was with the band from day 1 on CFH. They had CFH songs in the set list as early as 1988. CFH is the first album written 100% by Vinnie, Dime, Rex & Philip.
I don't think so 👎
Pantera are the GOATs
Pantera is still in HEAVY rotation at my house, friggin legends!
As most music sucks the last couple years, I see more of the Gen Z, finding bands like Pantera, probably because GenX will never stop listening to them, and becoming fans.
Gen Z knows better than to listen to these racists.
Finally The Melvins are getting some love!
Ironically, watching Beavis and Butthead on MTV is what introduced me to Pantera. 😅
I remember hearing the opening riff for "I'm Broken" for the first time. Still epic 30 years later.
November 21st I think back in 1992 I seen pantera at the New Orleans municipal auditorium. Crowbar opened for them. The pit was brutal.
I still have the flyer for that show. I didn't go because I was a couple years from going to shows ..my brother went and brought home the flier
@ I just turned 18 that year. What happened to me after the show was even crazier than the show itself. We got lost trying to find our way back to I-10. We ended up in a bad part of the city with abandoned apartments and buildings. We stopped to get something to drink for the ride home to abbeville Louisiana, and ended up getting robbed from a gang of about 10 thugs. I had a gun put to my head and everything.
They stole our money and car keys. We ended up calling the cops and after they took our police report, we were dropped off at a waffle house and waited there for hours until family from home arrived to pick us up. It costed like $125 dollars to get a key maker to make us a set of keys for us to even start to car for us to drive back home.
@crazycatman5928 damn that really sux. Unfortunately that tends to happen down here ..especially in 1992
This was an interesting video, I saw Pantera in 2000 with Satyricon and Powerman 5000 which was awesome, it was one of my 18th Birthday Presents. I saw Phil Anselmo and The Illegals play a Pantera anniversary set a few years back and I’m going to see the current lineup in Birmingham in a few weeks.
Excellent coverage, as always! These guys were the best, and your vid had several things I wasn’t aware of…
Thanks, I try to make sure each video has interesting tidbits fans of the bands maybe surprised to learn
@@rnrtruestories - well I can honestly tell you that you’re doing a great job!
Loved Pantera in the early to mid 90's. Saw them in 1994. Hell of a show. I remember the songs sounding better than albums.
I'm broken and 5 minutes alone are still two of my all time favorites. Badassness personified.
My first show was Pantera, Sepultura, and Prong. Philadelphia. What a great time.
“I’m Broken,” is the song that made me a PANTERA fan when MTV played the video. From that point on, I was a solid fan!!!
I'm glad they never sold out and kept it real, their one of the great's and their music will live on forever. ❤🤘🎸
They definitely sold out
@shamelesskindness Really, how so?
Another great one again
You put together a nice video, well done
Thanks for watching, I put a lot of effort into the stories!
Pantera was my favorite band for many years. There was also a t-shirt with the original album artwork. I think Darrel Paul probably inspired more people to pick up a guitar than anyone.
The album that got me into Pantera. Still my favorite. I'm Broken is a masterpiece!
✊🏿🤘🏿hell yeah man PANTERA 🤘🏿✊🏿
I'll forever be a fan of Pantera. I grew up listening to them because my father loved them. I don't care what anyone says, their music fucking kills it
Kerry King was the biggest influence on Pantera.. He’s the one that helped DimeBag shift from fast and precise to groove with precision
That "reunion" tour is nothing more than a half-tribute tour. Anyone who knows anything knows that *you cannot have Pantera without the Abbott Brothers.* Vinnie Paul was extremely clear on this.
I saw Pantera in Seattle on Tuesday, January 12th, 1999 on the Black Sabbath Reunion Tour. Even though I and my partner were sitting way in the back in the middle of the upper deck of the then-named KeyArena which has shitty acoustics and I could barely discern which songs were playing from Pantera, I had a great time and feel so lucky to have seen and heard the late, great Dimebag Darrell play. R.I.P., Dime and Vinnie. 🌹🎸🌹🥁
I didn't get into Pantera until after they had already broken up, so I'm glad I got the chance to see them on the "reunion" tour so I could at least see Phil and Rex performing those songs live.
I did get the chance to see Damageplan 3 weeks before Dimebag was murdered, so maybe having previously seen Dime and Vinnie live makes me feel more vindicated about enjoying the reunion tour.
THANK YOU
One original lineup member, none of the founding members. NOT a reunion. Vinnie Paul himself told me “there ain’t no Pantera without no fuckin Dime” they literally waited for him to die to do that tour.
Tell that to judas priest alice in chains acdc fuck the list goes on just enjoy the music
@ I’m pretty sure ac/dc, aic, and Judas Priest can go on without the Abbott brothers
Love seeing old footage
Don't forget Exhorder. 🔥🤘🏻🔥
I always love a Witchfinder General reference!
Pantera was a glam band along with Alice in Chains
Pantera also had a luxury box at Texas Stadium where the Dallas Cowboys used to play. Plus their strip club, named the Clubhouse, was a few blocks away from the old Texas Stadium. Man, those were the days...
God Bless Pantera!!!!! They let the Flames of Metal going, when it was dying out!!!!!🔥🔥🔥
RIP Dime Bag and Vinny!!!!!🤘🤘🤘🙏🙏🙏
Planet Caravan is such an awesome song, it's the perfect closer.
First concert I went to was pantera with corrosion of comformity and 8 foot sativa in christchurch new zealand. Good to see phil and rex sounding awesome getting clean and out on tour. If everything people say about dimebag being a great guy hed be happy his music is out on tour and all the generations hearing it live
Saying Darrell “passed away” is one way of describing it, I guess. R.I.P. Abbot brothers.✝️
Do you want details
I remember seeing then open for Skid Row here in Houston. That was in my top 5 concert ever.
Just a couple of the many reasons why Pantera is the greatest band ever.
I’ve had Degenerative Disc Disease for years and I unload cabinets for a living it’s no joke
Love Pantera, they never backed down.
Love it, thanks.
I worked the Reinventing the Steel tour in Dallas. Was very hot that day but Pantera didnt fail . I met Dime and Vinnie at their strip club after a long day during Limp biscuit's PR tour of finding a guitarist. They invited us to drink with them but we declined because we didnt drink and it felt wrong since Kerry King was with them after his mom had passed. Then a year later we hear Dime died and I was able to make the wake in Arlington coming from Seattle doing work. Cant believe its been 20 years. RIP Dime n Vinnie
Saw em in 92. Priceless
R.I.P Dime and Vinnie.
Good episode.
They were just STRONGER THAN ALLLLLL!
'WALK' might be one of the best metal songs ever created.
This feels clinical but informative.
Butthead: Dammit Pantera, this beer is warm!
Get me another one!
I have the 1994 driven downunder souvenir collection and it has the original far beyond driven album cover with the drill going up a rear end
Many have that. It's worth $20
Cant even imagine playing drinking games with dime
Roll with it or get rolled over! Getcha pull brother 🍺 333!
I remember those days man, Pantera did the rite thing at the rite time. That's what I expected from Metallica but wasn't happening on the black album that's for sure.
I was lucky enough to see them 9 times not including festivals. And every show I saw was killer!!!!
Have your pull
Never heard of Pantera until 2003
But i knew all the Mtv bands.
Maybe they can have a reunion tour
“Dimebag passed away” - understatement of the millennium!!
Have your pull
Pantera is the band I think of when some one says HEAVY METAL.
Have your pull
That's cold as fuck "I doubt you do" to the guy wanting 5 minutes with Phil
I actually cried when he died....🤗
Three things I learned from Dime...
1.booze
2. Taco Bell and Pedialyte will cure your hangover.
3. Also booze
It should be highlighted that these guys wrote and recorded FBD, the heaviest album ever to hit billboard #1, in Nashville TN (Berry hill to be exact) in the early 90’s when the only thing coming out of Nashville at the time was Garth Brooks and Reba.
Man, those contest winners must've been on cloud nine after winning that contest, also, it sometimes surprises me how wise Phil actually can be (this time, in regards to the death of Kurt Cobain)
Yeah those contests were awesome, minus the tax bill
Those zPantera VHS'were the greatest. Blacl Tooth Grin Baby
Not a big Pantera fan though The Great Southern Trend Kill has some rippers.
2:37 Easy... dang.
I know dude! That caught my eye too. RIP Easy-E
Metal was a bad word back then? No. No it wasn't. If you weren't around back then you may not believe it but Alice in Chains was a metal band, or at least everyone considered them a metal band especially on Facelift. Facelift is a metal album. Hell Dirt is a metal album. Them Bones? That's heavy. Angry Chair? Hate to Feel? Heavy stuff. Metal bands don't write softer stuff now but they did back then. Listen to the last two Alice albums (the albums without Layne). They have some heavy riffs and deserve more recognition.
I don't know if Alice In Chains is metal or not but heavy music doesn't equal heavy metal. There is very heavy punk, like hardcore and sludge, grunge, and grindcore all started as punk bands.
Melvins, Buzzov-en, Eyehategod, and Napalm Death were all punks playing what they thought was their brand of punk rock and ended up creating new subgenres of punk and metal.
interesting to hear that the Melvins influenced Vulgar album... totally makes sense! BTW Melvins are on tour with Napalm Death soon!
Pantera, Metallica and some of the 80's and 90's death metal band laid the ground for the sound that was to eventually become melodic death metal and a wide variety of highly successful metal sub-genres.
*If Pantera had not imploded, I still believe they would have surpassed Metallica and very likely teamed up with Megadeth to tour and both bands would have taken the gold trophies and Metallica the silver.*
What Metallica turned into so they could all have personal estates worth 300 million dollars is still a tragedy. *Grunge and thrash metal had simultaneously came into the pop culture spotlight to bury glam metal and then both genres imploded due to their own vices.*
People can paint it up anyway they want in the present but living through it and experiencing it culturally everywhere I went in my teens tells the story I just shared.
The BEST song on Nativity In Black is Solitude by Cathedral. It only exists on the vinyl version.
Ahh yes the Kings of metal. They earned that title in the 90s. Saw them live 8x. Best show by far was at Pine knob in '93 along with White Zombie and Megadeth. The sod was flyin' that night! 🤘🤘
They played Pantera here in MN on day and nighttime radio on 93.7 The Edge, they also played Metallica quite a bit. I hated that station, but playing both those bands was a welcome sound.
12:47 - and Beavis and Butthead. The Beavis and Butthead influence can not be denied, as it helped White Zombie big time.
Far beyond best metal album no doubt.
Get your pull, no have your pull
I love Pantera. I like Ace Of Base
Vulgar videos was some badass shit
Wore out my vhs of it.
Blocking out phils carnivore shirt 😂
I could see TH-cam having an issue with it
@ I get that, but this self censorship is almost praising the algo, TH-cam works for you, not the other way round
I remember seeing small diameter CD singles of Planet Caravan. I thought it and the packaging was very cool, but I am not much of a collector type of guy.
10:05, tickets for 21.50??? 😳
I wish Pantera had embraced the era before cowboys from hell a Little More because I think those records are awesome as f***! I remember the first time I heard power metal I was like where the f has this been that's awesome definitely nothing to be ashamed of or anything.
The video for planet caravan looks like Minecraft
Oh good I thought I was the only one who thought that
Saw PANTERA on Jan. 31 2025. It was AMAZING!!!
You did not see Pantera.
@@sardonicnihilist5955 Phil Anselmo and Rex were there. No Dimebag or Vinnie, but there were Charlie Benante and Zakk Wylde. Still pretty big win.
... and yes I did see the original Pantera in 2000 on Reinventing the steel tour 😀
@ivanmaglica264 nice. You know what I mean though, Pantera without Phil and Dimebag is like Sepultura without Max and Igor, or Slayer without Hanneman and Dave Lombardo.