Metal Anarchy

During an interview with Guitar Interactive, current Pantera guitarist Zakk Wylde was asked about the possibility of new music. He says he would consider the idea if it was based on the late Dimebag Darrell’s “original riffs and ideas.”

Wylde said the following:

“Well, the fellows [Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown] were talking about doing something, and Rita [Haney, Dimebag’s longtime girlfriend] has tons of cassette recordings of Dime writing riffs and stuff like that. So, I guess if it would be like something like, let’s say if it’s Eric Clapton playing with [Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer] Mitch [Mitchell] and [bassist] Noel [Redding], ’cause if Eric went out and did what we’re doing right now, did a Jimi Hendrix celebration, and Mitch and Noel asked Eric Clapton to come out ’cause he was buddies with Jimi and they were just, like, ‘Would you go out and sing and play Jimi’s stuff?’ And Eric does it, and then after that, it’s just, like, ‘We’ve got these recordings [that] Jimi never finished, a song called ‘Purple Haze’ and a song called ‘The Wind Cries Mary’ and this song called ‘Little Wing’ or whatever,’ and we’ll properly record ’em [with Eric], because if they were just Jimi just jamming on a tape recorder, just him playing ’em. If they were, obviously, Dime’s original riffs and ideas, yeah, of course. But Pantera is those four guys. You’re gonna call it the Jimi Hendrix band and you’ve got Eric playing and singing. It’s just Mitch and Noel. If it’s Jimi’s original ideas, and they’re just gonna properly record ’em, take it from the little tape recorder from a cassette, yeah, that would be cool. ‘Cause if it was something Dime wrote and him and Vinnie [Paul] were working on or whatever…”

[via Blabbermouth]