HELLYEAH were recently interviewed by R7, and during the chat Vinnie Paul was asked about his ex-bandmate Phil Anselmo’s racist outburst at Dimebash. Vinnie Paul responded by saying that the vocalist has “done a lot of things that tarnish the image” of Pantera.
Here’s what he had to say (transcribed by Blabbermouth):
“I can’t speak for him. He’s done a lot of things that tarnish the image of what Pantera was back then and what it stood for and what it was all about. And it’s sad. But I carry on with what I do, which is HELLYEAH, which I’m very, very proud of. And, you know, I can’t control anything that goes on with that dude. I mean, honestly, I haven’t spoken to him since 2000. So there you have it.”
He also added the following about trying to runite with Anselmo, before Dimebag’s tragic death:
“Nothing ever transpired. We tried to make amends of things when we were doing Damageplan, and he didn’t want anything to do with it. And then the horrible thing that happened to my brother happened. And, to me, that was the nail in the coffin. Period.”
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