Here we go again. No matter how much we ask journalists to stop with the Pantera reunion questions, it still comes up. Now it's guitarist Zakk Wylde's turn. Wylde was asked if he would be interested in filling in for the late Dimebag Darrell, and to honor his legacy and play guitar for a Pantera reunion. Anyone think this would really happen?
Zakk told Artisan News in an interview:
"It'd be up to (former Pantera members) Vinnie (Paul Abbott, drums), Phil (Anselmo, vocals) and Rex (Brown, bass) — they're the guys that make everything happen," he said (see video below). "So if they were all gonna do it and honor Dimebag and [if they said to me], 'Zakk, would you wanna honor Dime and do Dime's parts?' Of course, I was a pallbearer for him — I laid him to rest — so, of course, I'd say, it would be a beautiful way to honor him and stuff like that. And to celebrate all things Pantera and what they achieved. 'Cause they changed the game, as far as extreme metal goes. I mean, they're the kings of it. But it's up to the fellows. Then it would just be me woodsheddin' 25-8, learning all of Dime's parts, you know what I mean?! Yeah, but like I said, as far as I'm concerned, it would just be honoring Dime. Like with the Yankees, you honor… everybody's wearing Thurman Munson's '15' for that day, just because we're honoring Thurman's greatness. So it's the same thing, man."
I guess it could be interesting, but at the end of the day then it would just feel like a cover band doing some Pantera songs. Vinnie Paul has said multiple times that it's never gonna happen. Phil Anselmo even said no to the idea back in 2012, and for good reason; it just doesn't seem right. Even though Phil has been asking Vinnie Paul for peace for a while now, but that's an entirely different can of worms. The bottom line is that it isn't looking to good right now.
