Former PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has slammed the VH1 "Behind the Music" special on the band, calling it a "biased" piece which portrayed him as a "villain."
The "Behind the Music" episode on PANTERA had its premiere in May 2006. The program included interviews with the surviving members of PANTERA — Anselmo, Vinnie Paul Abbott (drums), and Rex Brown (bass) — along with appearances by Guy Sykes (tour manager), Walter O'Brien (manager), Terry Date (producer), about five members of PANTERA's/DAMAGEPLAN's crew, and Rita Haney ("Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's girlfriend).
When asked by Revolver TV during an October 2010 interview (see video above) what he thought of the show, Anselmo replied, "I thought it was biased. That had nothing to do with PANTERA; it had everything to do with the darkest chapter [in the band's history]."
He continued, "PANTERA was a bristling, fantastic, big fucking thing, man. We were on top of the world whilst our entire reign of heavy metal; no one besting us. Those are some fantastic memories in there. The whole story isn't about Darrell's death [PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott was killed by a deranged fan in December 2004. — Ed.]; that's what I wanna say, man. There's a whole lot of good they seemed to leave out. And they portrayed me as this villain.
He added, "I got a phone call, I was laying in bed... That's how I found out [about Dimebag's death], man.
"Not a fucking day goes by when I don't think about PANTERA or Dimebag — probably several hundred times.
"I've got peace in my heart when it comes to PANTERA, 'cause I think of the positive things. There was a lot of positive things. The connection with the audience. A very unique thing, PANTERA fans. Very, very, very staunch, stubborn and loyal as dogs, for god's sake, and us to them, too. 'Cause we were just music fans; we were fans of music. I'm still a music-trading fool."
You can watch Anselmo's comments about the "Behind the Music" special on PANTERA in the YouTube clip above.
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