Pantera concert a while back

[Brian Shrader]

I've been seein' all these posts about Pantera shows so I'll give y'all a
little taste of the ones I've been to. I've seen 'em twice, but the last
show I saw 'em play was by far the best.

It was in the Gorge Amphitheater in George, WA last July. I saw them two
days before lollapcrapa and they blew Metallica out of the fucking water!!
EYEHATEGOD and White Zombie opened and I'd felt like I'd gotten my money's
worth right there! WZ put on a good motherfuckin' show. Pantera started
out with Suicide Note Pt. 1 with this big canvas hangin' in front of the
stage w/ the snake painted on it. Then they ripped into Pt. 2 and the
canvas dropped. There were pyro's and all sorts of shit goin' on. By the
time Pt 2 was over I was in the pit (watched Pt 1 and the begiinning of Pt2
from the back of the theater, 15,000 people there and it was a fucking kewl
site from back there). Then they played New Level, and a slough of songs
including Walk, Becoming, 5 Minutes Alone, TGSTK, This Love, Fucking
Hostile, Cowboys, and more. In the middle of the show they stopped and
Phil gave a little speech, then he told us how it was Rex's B-day and the
whole goddamned place sang Happy Birthday to the dude. It was the
kewlest/funniest thing I'd ever seen. They played some more, then Phil
asked us how brave we were, and everyone went fuckin' nuts. He grabbed
Dime's guitar and started playin' some solo shit and that guy can wail!
Then they played "Reign in Blood" by Slayer with Phil on guitar and Dime
throatin' some vocals which I couldn't hear... it was so kewl! and everyone
freaked out! The pit was like a whirlpool... I couldn't believe how cool
that concert was. It is by far the best show I've ever seen.
Lollapacrappa was such a let down after that... at least I got to see
Soundgarden again. L8r everyone