Ep 22: Pantera pt2 Far Beyond Driven and Great Southern Trendkill

The only solution is MORE PANTERA!

 

00:00 Intro

2:06 Preamble: Offspring, my first show, coal chamber, our first demos, and Jeremy hated singing

 

14:57 Pantera: revisit cbfh & vulgar, more essential and trash tracks, and Vulgar’s profound influence

33:38 Far Beyond Driven overview: essential and trash tracks, Phil’s prolific output and different lyric perspective, good friends and a bottle of masculinity 

1:11:14 Love for Vinnie and Dime

1:25:01 Track by Track: I’m Broken, Strength beyond strength, Becoming

1:43:25 5 Min alone, Hard Lines and Sunken Cheeks, Slaughtered, 25 Years

2:05:43 Shedding Skin, Use My Third Arm, Throes of Rejection, and Planet Caravan

2:21:35 Harrison essential and trash fbd tracks

 

2:22:15 Trendkill Overview

2:40:42 Track by Track: Great Southern Trendkill, War Nerve, Drag the Waters

3:01:23 13 steps, Suicide Notes, Living through me

3:19:57 Floods, Underground in America, Sandblasted Skin

3:37:42 Summary 

 

recorded 3/4/2022

 

These two albums are so damn important to us. GST has traditionally been both of our favorite Pantera record because of it’s insane vibe but FBD might objectively be their best record. I think the grime and vulnerability of FBD influenced the nu metal movement. Here we see Phil’s lyrical perspective shift from detached aggro bro word salad to intense, sincere, vulnerable, and outright uncomfortable honesty. By using different vocal styles and harsher screams Phil paves the way for the next 10-15 years of mainstream metal music. Vinnie permanently etches his name into the history of metal drumming by expanding the vocabulary to places that people still haven’t really caught up to. Dime gets weird af and establishes himself as a legit legend. And the unsung hero, Rex, holds in all together. Above all both of these records are creative and artistic statements. Anyway, I'm gonna stop typing because I have too much to say, so take a listen.