1964
- Vincent Paul Abbott is born on March 11th in Dallas, Texas.
1964
- Rex Brown is born on July 27th in Graham, Texas.
1966
- Darrell Lance Abbot is born on August 20th in Dallas, Texas.
1968
- Philip Anselmo is born on June 30th in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1983
- PanterA is formed by brothers Darrell & Vincent Abbot, Rex Brown
and Terry Glaze on vocals. They also release their first independent
album titled Metal Magic which sold
poorly.
1984
- PanterA releases their seconds independent album titled Projects
in the Jungle which again sold poorly.
1985
- I am the Night is the last album
recorded by Terence Lee (as he is now known).
1986
- Lee leaves PanterA and is replaced for about a year by David Peacock
on vocals who fails to record with PanterA. He leaves in late `86
leaving room for "bad ass" Philip Anselmo to take the mike. They
record their most successful, (30,000+ copies sold), independent album,
Power Metal and gain a large underground
fan base.
1990
- PanterA then signs with major label Atco and release Cowboys
from Hell which sold well but didn't rock the charts.
1992
- Vulgar Display of Power is released
and Mouth for War is
the first metal single ever to debut at #1. The band tears up the
'Monsters Of Rock' festival in Moscow.
1993
- PanterA tours the UK and goes into the studio for their next album.
1994
- PanterA releases their most successful album, Far Beyond
Driven. It debuts at #1 on both the US and Australian charts, showing
that Heavy Metal is NOT dead! The also set off on a world tour.
Diamond changes his name to Dimebag.
1995
- The Internet sees some of the first and best PanterA pages on the World
Wide Web including Fanasylum's Cowboys
From Hell (no longer active), Pantfuckingtera
and A Vulgar Display of PanterA.
1996
- The long awaited fourth album, The Great Southern Trendkill,
is released May 7th. A summer tour is kicked off. PanterA tours
throughout most of `96 hitting up such places as Japan, Australia &
New Zealand. They finish up the year with a small US tour.
1997
- PanterA continues on the road with a small US tour. Suicide Note
Pt. I is nominated for the Best Metal Performance Grammy.
Then PanterA opens for KISS in March where they play in Mexico, Chili and
Argentina. PanterA stays on the road with the OzzFest.
1997
- Official Live: 101 Proof is
released July 29th which has 14 live tracks and two tracks of new material.
Also the long awaited third home video is released, 3: Watch
It Go, on November 11th. It debuts # 1 on Billboard
Music Video Chart.
1998
- PanterA starts `98 with another small US tour. Also they plan to
tour Europe and go back to the studio for their 10th album! Can't
wait...
1997
- PanterA ends `97 with a small US tour. PanterA is nominated for
Best Metal Performance Grammy for Cemetery
Gates from Official Live: 101 Proof
1998
- PanterA starts `98 with another small US tour. Also they plan to
tour Europe and go back to the studio for their 10th album! Can't
wait...
