The New Vaudeville Band

Bob Kerr then formed his own group, Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, which continues to perform today. After Dimebag's death, a Pantera reunion has become impossible but comments made in public by Phil Anselmo suggest that he had planned on reuniting the band. The group enjoyed success for two years until the novelty wore off. An audience member, a club employee, and a member of the bands' security entourage were killed before Gale was shot dead by police officer James Niggemeyer (for more on the shooting, see Dimebag Darrell). The lead singer of the touring version of the group was Alan Klein who was billed as 'Tristram--Seventh Earl Of Cricklewood'. In 2004 Gale shot and killed Dimebag Darrell at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio as they took the stage. Only Bob Kerr from that group was interested, so he left The Bonzos to help Geoff Stephens form a touring version of The New Vaudeville Band. It is believed that negative comments made by Anselmo in the press about Dimebag inspired Nathan Gale to take his Beretta pistol to a Damageplan performance.

He contacted a real group called The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band which played similar music at the time. The break-up of the band was not amicable and invariably a war between Superjoint and Damageplan was waged via the heavy metal and musical press. With Geoff receiving several requests for The New Vaudeville Band to tour, he had to put together a group as the song was recorded by studio musicians hired only for the recording session. After this, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell formed a band of their own called New Found Power which was later renamed Damageplan. To his surprise, the song became a huge international hit and became a #1 song in the USA. It was thought he would return to Pantera, but didn't and instead formed Superjoint Ritual, who have released two albums. The New Vaudeville Band was a group created by songwriter Geoff Stephens in 1966 to record his composition "Winchester Cathedral" which was a song inspired by the dance bands of the 1920s. Pantera irretrievably dissolved after Anselmo left the band to pursue other work with such bands as Down.

In this release, Pantera took an even more extreme direction. Pantera's breakthrough album was 1992's Vulgar Display of Power, which saw the replacement of falsetto vocals with a more shouted delivery and a heavier guitar sound. The extent to which this album grew in popularity can be assessed by the instant success of the 1994 follow-up, Far Beyond Driven which debuted at number one in both American and Australian album charts, the first metal album ever to achieve this, despite the failing fortunes of metal in America at that time. At this point, Pantera's music was still heavily influenced by "classic heavy metal" — with Rob Halford-style vocals and the extravagant riffs and solos of guitarist Dimebag Darrell, though the album also showcased a more extreme style. The first really successful record Pantera recorded was 1990's Cowboys From Hell.

Pantera then located Phil Anselmo and produced "Power Metal", a tape that had Phil singing some songs that were originally sung by Glaze, as well as a few originals. When Terry balked at the contract he was kicked out of the band. Terry Glaze was included in talks to sign with a label that was fronted by Gene Simmons of KISS. Pantera released three forgotten albums (Metal Magic, Projects In The Jungle and I Am The Night) before ditching singer Terry Glaze in favor of Phil Anselmo with 1987's Power Metal.

They were modern (or so-called "groove") metal. Formed in 1983, Pantera were one of the most influential Heavy Metal bands of the 1990s. Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Dallas,Texas, USA. Pantera: 3 - Vulgar Videos from Hell (1997) (DVD re-release).

3: Watch it Go. The Vulgar Video. Cowboys from Hell - The Videos. Reinventing Hell: The Best Of Pantera [Compilation] - (2003).

Official Live: 101 Proof [Live] - (1997). Reinventing The Steel - (2000). The Great Southern Trendkill - (1996). Far Beyond Driven - (1994).

Vulgar Display Of Power - (1992). Cowboys from Hell - (1990). Power Metal - (1988). I Am The Night - (1985).

Projects In The Jungle - (1984). Metal Magic - (1983). Rex Brown (aka, Rexx Rocker) - Bass. Vinnie Paul (Vincent Abott) - Drums.

Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abott aka, Diamond Darrell) - Guitars. Phil Anselmo - Vocals.