Recent live shows have included a cover of Pantera's " This Love ", a tribute to Dimebag Darrell.

* December 8 – Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist ( b. 1966 )

Rock music examples include Deuce, Davey Havok, Slash, Sting, Darby Crash, Marilyn Manson, Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, Zakk Wylde, Nikki Sixx, Spider One, Count Grishnackh, Necrobutcher, Blasphemer, Nivek Ogre, Rob Zombie, Dimebag Darrell, Trey Azagthoth and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein as well as every member of Avenged Sevenfold ( M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, Johnny Christ, and the late The Rev ).

* Dimebag Darrell – Lead guitar on " Riding Shotgun " and " King Size "

The lyrical content of Down III: Over the Under covers subjects such as the breakup of Pantera, the murder of ex-Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, the band's anger at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and Anselmo's recovery from back surgery and drug addiction.

In his instructional video " Liquid Drum Theater ", Portnoy said that his first choice for the guitar was Dimebag Darrell, but he was unable to join because of conflicting schedules.

In 1999, Coe met Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell in Fort Worth, Texas, and the two musicians, struck by the similarity of the approaches between country and heavy metal, agreed to work together, and began production on an album.

Rebel Meets Rebel, with Dimebag Darrell, Vinnie Paul and Rex Brown, recorded sporadically between 1999 and 2003, was released in 2006, two years after Dimebag Darrel's murder.

Other players frequently cited to be influential in the area of Floyd Rose usage are Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kirk Hammett, Brad Gillis, Tom Morello, Allan Holdsworth, and Dimebag Darrell.

Rhoads has been on the covers of many guitar magazines and has influenced many guitar players, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Dimebag Darrell, Frank Hannon, Doug Aldrich, John 5, Jake E. Lee, Zakk Wylde, Kirk Hammett, Michael Romeo, John Petrucci, Tom Morello, Joe Holmes, Neal Grusky ( Takara ), Michael Angelo Batio, Brad Gillis, George Lynch, Alexi Laiho, Mick Thomson, Paul Gilbert and Buckethead.

After King had finished the first take, Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell ran in and yelled " DON ’ T LET HIM DO IT AGAIN!

Kiss co-founder Gene Simmons said, " There were a limited number made and I sent mine to the family of ' Dimebag ' Darrell.

Abbott once said in a Guitar World interview that if there were no Ace Frehley, there would have been no " Dimebag " Darrell – he even had a tattoo of the KISS guitarist on his chest.

A Dimebag Darrell signature guitar headstock.

* Thrash metal band Evile did a cover of " Cemetery Gates " as tribute to Dimebag Darrell.

* Funk metal band 24-7 Spyz paid tribute to Darrell on their album Face the Day with an instrumental song called " Blues For Dimebag ".

* Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti has a picture under the bridge of one of his PRS guitars showing a tribute to " Dimebag " Darrell.

* A live version of Shinedown cover of " Simple Man " is dedicated to Dimebag Darrell.

* Trivium's album, The Crusade, says at the bottom of the final page, " Rest in peace Dimebag Darrell Abbott ( 1966-2004 ).

* Disturbed in their 2005 release Ten Thousand Fists stated: " We would like to dedicate this record to the memory of our late fallen brother, Dimebag Darrell, one of the greatest guitar players to ever walk the face of this Earth.

* Static-X's album Start A War was dedicated to Dimebag Darrell as it says in the inner booklet of the CD.

* In Avenged Sevenfold's City of Evil album, the song " Betrayed " is labeled as " In memory of Darrell Lance Abbott -" Dimebag Darrell ".

* Dimebag Darrell – guitar, backing vocals

* Diamond Darrell a. k. a. Dimebag Darrell ( 1966 – 2004 ; born Darrell Lance Abbott ), American guitarist

* Dimebag Darrell-guitars ( 2003 – 2004 )

* Dimebag Darrell – guitar, backing vocals

*" Dimebag " Darrell – Guitar

A previously unreleased song, Twisted, that features Dimebag on lead vocals and guitar was used in the skateboard's promotional video.

Dimebag endorsed Dean Guitars since the 1980s, and played a Dean ML guitar with Bill Lawrence USA XL500L pickups.

A detailed gear diagram of Dimebag Darrell's 2000 Pantera guitar rig is well-documented.

* Michael Angelo Batio, another Dean guitar endorser, arranged three of Pantera's songs into a medley for a track called " Tribute to Dimebag " in his album, Hands Without Shadows 2-Voices.

Robb Flynn was a friend of Darrell's, who also took the time to remark both on how talented and how generous he was-reportedly, Robb owns a custom-made Washburn Dimebag guitar which was given to him as a replacement after Dimebag broke his touring guitar, but can't use it on stage due to contract disagreements.

The board features Dimebag Darrell playing a guitar on the bottom of the board.

Also, his Pantera bandmate Dimebag Darrell played guitar solos on tracks 3 (" Inside Out ") and 7 (" Born Again Idiot ").

Dimebag " on Bello's bass guitar ( Fender model ) for tribute to deceased Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell.

One guitar, the Washburn 333 or " Dimebolt ", was given to him by Dimebag Darrell.

In the video to " Immortal Corrupter ," he is seen playing a yellow-to-black Washburn Dimebag Darrell 333 guitar with red lightning bolts.

* Country rock band Cross Canadian Ragweed debuted the song " Dimebag " while on tour to promote the album Garage.

* French metal band Watcha dedicated a song on the album " Phenix " called " Dimebag ".

* Groove metal band Machine Head dedicated a song to Dimebag on their album The Blackening, called Aesthetics of Hate.

Also, on their tour with this album, they honored Dimebag during a concert by taking time to tell Dime's story.

* Brides Of Destruction paid tribute to Dimebag Darrell on their 2005 release, Runaway Brides, with the track " Dimes in Heaven ".

* Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360 has an achievement named " Dimebag Darrell Award ", when the player gets a 100-note streak on any song.

On December 8, Max's friend Darrell " Dimebag " Abbott was shot to death while playing in Ohio, and on December 10, Cavalera's 8 month old grandson Moses unexpectedly died due to health complications.

Having heard this, the Abbott brothers of Pantera ( guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul ) formed Damageplan with former Halford guitarist Pat Lachman on vocals and Bob Zilla on bass.

In a lengthy and emotional video posted on the website community YouTube, Anselmo describes his regret over his previous behavior, and has written and recorded music dealing with the loss of Dimebag on the new Down record, Down III: Over the Under.

* Dimebag Darrell-guitar solo on " Voodoo "