DragonKing Dark: The murder of Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell
Pantera was a band with a lot of issues. So many, in fact, that it wasn’t even a band any longer.
An incendiary interview in a magazine and a massive failure on the part of mental health services led to one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history when a disturbed fan entered an Ohio nightclub, shooting and killing guitarist Dimebag Darrell and several others before a hero made the save.
Unfortunately, that hero has a story too.
Hear the whole story on this week’s DragonKing Dark.
Karl Stern
Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.