Pantera: How Far Beyond Driven Made Music History
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In 1994 heavy metal band Pantera shocked the music industry when their seventh studio album Far Beyond Driven, which debuted at the number 1 on the album charts in America. Following the success of 1992 release Vulgar Display of Power it was expected that the band would soften their sound and follow in metallica’s footsteps. But Pantera did the opposite, and in doing so they made music history. Today let’s talk about the history of far beyond driven.
By 1994 heavy metal wasn't very popular thanks to the rise of grunge. Metal was even considered a bad word by some bands. Pantera didn’t care as the title Far Beyond Driven suggested it was a mantra the band would follow for their upcoming album.Drummer Vinnie Paul would tell Revolver "Everybody expected us to write the 'sell-out' record and kind of go the Metallica route, with a more commercial sound," "That made us want to approach it even more from the other side of the spectrum and be even more extreme. That's where the title came from. We had the name before we even started working on the record."
It would be a sentiment echoed by bassist Rex Brown who told Revolver he wasn’t a fan of the what was popular at the time recalling “We were listening to a lot of different shit just to hear what going on. One day, I went with Terry (referring to their producer) to a record store. We picked up Nirvana's In Utero, whatever the f****it's called, and listened to that and went, "Fuck. If that's what everybody's listening to, we don't way any part of that shit, at all." No thank you. Not into it. Heart-shaped boxes and shit. Nope. Can't do it. Despite their objection Brown would reveal in a separate interview with Rolling Stone that the record label wanted something more along the lines of the Black Album revealing, "The record company was pushing for something like [Metallica's] Black Album. We were like, 'No, that's not going to happen." But the band didn’t look too far away from what was popular at the time with Anselmo drawing inspiration from The Pacific Northwest more specifically the band The Melvins and artist Nick Cave.
Due to the success of 1992’s Vulgar DIsplay of Power the band had received a significant advance from their record label. Unlike a lot of bands who blow the money recording in an expensive studio, Pantera for the first time in their history recorded at least part of the album outside of their homestay of Texas. The Abbot brothers father Jerry had opened up a new studio in Nashville, so they would end up recording there and then do some recording in Dallas.
Vinnie Paul would tell Revolver that the first song recorded for the album would be a Black Sabbath cover Planet Caravan, a track that was Anselmo’s favourite Black Sabbath tune.. The song was initially intended to be part of a Black Sabbath tribute album called Nativity in Black. Vinnie recall to Revolver “. We wanted to get it out of the way so we could focus on being heavy all the way through. After we did it, our label had a problem with the other label that was going to put it out so it never made it to Nativity in Black. But we really liked it, so rather than let it go to waste we decided to put it on our own record”
The band’s first song they wrote for the album would be 25 years.The song along with Becoming would draw inspiration from Anselmo’s personal life before Pantera, his dysfunctional relationship with his father. The track 5 minutes Alone would take inspiration from a lawsuit the band faced from an incensed Megadeth fan. During the band’s tour for Vulgar Display of Power they opened for Megadeth. According to the band a kid in the audience flipped off Anselmo and the crowd turned on the member of the audience and attacked him. The boy’s father threatened to sue the band with Anselmo recalling to Revolver The kid claimed I jumped off the stage and beat him up. There were no witnesses to this-it was absolute
![Pantera Tell The Story of 'Vulgar Display of Power' [Full Documentary]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pGHGv6kvFlc/mqdefault.jpg)
Favourite Pantera album? By the way here's the link to the Great Southern Trendkill video I did ua-cam.com/video/uUn1LQwZGkQ/v-deo.html
Cowboys From Hell. And my favorite track is Medicine Man! That song really showed what Phil could do for his vocal range. And it's a killer track by the whole band!
Cowboys… the first pantera song I ever heard was domination….. blew my mind and melted my soul. Shaped me into the metal head I am today.
Video idea- the rise and fall of Columbia House and BMG I know, not just rock music but might be cool to hear about the history
Grunge is a loose term for the raw and heavy rock music, when rock music became harder with Garage rock in 58 and Psychedelic rock in 65
Pantera : slaughter at the Vatican
There best album 😂
I love the diversity of the charts back then. Pantera,Bonnie Raitt and Ace of Base
No there ARE NO CHARTS, just same recycled pop and hip-hop TikTok GARBAGE!!!
Now it is garbage, garbage, garbage.
Even the poppy stuff of back then was better than anything that's on the radio now.
What? There was no diversity at all, that's why Pantera getting up there is a historical highlight.
@@uncleesmentalhealthnetwork6339 So true.
25 Years. I didn't grow up with an abusive or alcoholic father, but, man, for some reason that song just hits me and its heavy af 🤘
Me neither, but that song hits home
Ditto
“Orphaned to the dope and drinks, I learned my lessons well somehow from you.” HAF
I met Pantera at Camelot music in Mayfield heights Ohio, was one of the first 10 inside and had my limited edition far beyond driven album with the screw going up the ass cover signed. They took the time and b.s with each and every fan. it was an experience. I miss in store band signings.
That is one of the takeaways of the digital age. However, we all know the music world don't like the whole digital thing because of Napster, Spotify, and what not? But, if they, shit, if we.... and they... all had a vote to choose to go back to the way things were back then or keep things as they are for all of us now. Truth be told. No one is voting for the return of the way things were. That's because we would have to give up our phones. All the personal entertainment & knowledge this little box of chips, wires, and circuit boards provides us all with throughout each minute and each second of our daily lives. Fuck that !!!!!!
@@Marcd4DeathVideos well said Sir!! Stay Metal 🤘
I'm broken is my fav Pantera song. Whenever I'm down it just speaks to me on a level no other song can.
Me too man. I was gonna leave the exact same comment. I'm broken
I got to see Pantera five or six times. Three were at actual headline concerts, twice at Ozzfest and I think at 3-day metal fest. I got kicked in the head by Phil Anselmo trying to get to the stage to do a dive. I was met by dudes boot and I fell into the security mote & was rushed to the back of the crowd. Because, METAL🤘🏽
did you ever see them with white zombie?
@@whoisharo4689 War of the Gargantuas Tour 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 Was an awesome concert
Source: trust me bro
How bad ass is that??
@@2nd100k what else would you expect from youtube comments
I love that record. Start to finish its a master piece. Forever stronger then all!
I’m broken is probably still my favorite song. It’s just so f-kin good!
When I was in the Navy my whole squadron would wake up and listen to Pantera on the way to the hangar. Pantera fueled us that deployment. Been a huge fan for over a decade and they're responsible for about 70% of my muscle mass, lol
Thank you for your service sir, and stay Metal! 🤘
One of the best albums the 90s gave us, hands down.
That album is relentlessly heavy, but in a way that you want to keep listening. It's dynamic but still brutal.
When "Far beyond driven" came out.OMG it was so awesomely HARD!!!🤘😎👍
Their Planet Caravan cover still makes the hair on the back my neck stand up. 🤘🏽
It still is to this day!
@@angelotrinidad6888 absolutely
Pantera and Faith no More made the 90s rock for me
I remember skipping school that Tuesday!! Had to have it!!
Nativity in Black is the best tribute album ever. Even if Sabbath's sound was a little too old school for some metal heads, it really shows how great their writing and riffs were because they sound good coming out of so many other styles. (The second one had its moments too!)
agree . Type O Negative's cover blew me away.
Oh yeah! Love Far Beyond Driven is a great album. The big thing in 1994 was all the pop punk stuff like Green Day, etc. The Alternative machine was at full speed with Bush and the Foo Fighters. So many choices. I chose Pantera. As a guitar obsessed 20 something it was great times. Best since the 80s ended.
The Foo Fighters were not around in 1994
@@toddrichardson8595 Nope, in 94' The Food Fighters didn't exist. Some of their members were still around mopping up that mess that selfish fuck Kurt Nobrain left behind when he decided to eat a bullet instead of dealing with it. OOPS, hope that didn't offend anyone on here. If it did, oh well. Follow Kurt's lead or deal with it.
Nope, in 94' The Food Fighters didn't exist. Some of their members were still around mopping up that mess that selfish fuck Kurt Nobrain left behind when he decided to eat a bullet instead of dealing with it. OOPS, hope that didn't offend anyone on here. If it did, oh well.
I remember popunk being more late 90s
@@Kharis- The Foo Fighters and Bush are worse
Pantera saved the 90s
Pantera WAS the ‘90s for me from ‘94 on.
Nah
Calm down.
pantera n deftones are amazing
For mainstream fans... Death metal, grindcore, 2 nd wave Black metal and industrial metal saved the 90s
Forever stronger than all!
VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER is my favorite PANTERA album. Was the first PANTERA album I heard and was blown away. From beginning to end kicks ass. All the legendary songs on there plus RISE is one of my all time favorite PANTERA songs
Stronger Than All!
Everyone in 94: metal is dead!
Pantera: hold my black toothed grin...
Far Beyond Driven blew my mind.
I distinctly remember when " Slaughtered" hit me.
Probably a top ten favorite of mine.
I got to see Pantera open up for Black Sabbath in Las Vegas in 1999. I was 16 years old. Im glad I got to witness that.
Fuuuuu*K!!!! I remember buying this cassette and sitting in my car with it cranked completely up!!!…. I’m a 7-time Pantera show veteran and I miss Dime & Vinny so much….what a great FN album 🤘🔥🤘
I fucking LOVE this album!!!👍🏽🤘🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
Pantera should be in the Rock n roll hall of Fame one day. 😀👍🤘🎸
Yes! Without a doubt
Around the time. I discovered Pantera.
The album Dimebag introduced me to the Whammy Pedal with
5 minutes alone is a wicked tune and dime shreds a wicked riff towards the end , funny story behind it too
I'm 44 in 2022 and still jam out to Pantera. Every album is heavier than the one before. I hated to see them fall apart and then the horrible tragedies that followed. Phil always gets the blame. But it wasn't him. The pain caused the addiction. And the addiction was what destroyed everything. If you've been there, you know I'm speaking truth. If you haven't, then you can't possibly understand.
Peaked #1 without major radio play* that's a fact and major accomplishment
Far Beyond Driven is the heaviest album ever made imo. Changed my life.
A world lit only by Fire by Godflesh
Isnt the Great southern trendkill heavier than far beyond driven?
@@jeremywanner3240 i think tgst feels so heavy for its atmosphere. it's very dark
@@jeremywanner3240 yes, and this reminds me of the comment I made under that video like a month ago.. About Trendkill being one of the heaviest albums of all time.
the great southern trendkill is way heavier and better imo
Love both In Utero and Far Beyond Driven!
I remembered that day well when I bought that CD
That was awesome!
Great content brother 🤘🏻
My favorite Pantera albulm is still vulgar display. With that said I am proud to say I seen Pantera live 17 different times before the year 2001. Definitely the best metal show I ever seen was when I seen them with Megadeth and White Zombie. My cousin and I got thrown out for being too rough in the pit. We snuck back in like 2 minutes after getting the boot and continued being rough while in the pit🤕
This is some of the best memories I ever had in my life. Thanks Pantera!
And I will be at the tribute shows next year, but probably not in the pit,
too much!
Great video.
That album is AWESOME!!! 🤘🏻
F. grunge. I came of age in the early 90s and Pantera was like a bright, golden path away from that weak music that suddenly so popular. Pantera was music I felt and got energy from, and I still appreciate and enjoy what they made. Pantera is so good.
Love this band.
Excellent album I'm Broken was the first track I heard and what got me into Pantera
"Cowboys From Hell" and "Vulgar Display of Power" are definitely INCREDIBLE albums but "Far Beyond Driven" is definitely my favorite Pantera album!
Opening with Strength Beyond Strength could not be more perfect!! That song RIPS with the opening hardcore style riff that eventually evolves into a super sludgy (possibly their BEST) breakdown!
Then the rest of the album's grooves are just heavy AF!
FOREVER STRONGER THAN ALL
THOSE WERE THE DAYS I'LL NEVER FORGET BEING PHILIP'S AGE THESE DAY'S UNFORTUNATELY ARE LONG GONE AND WELL NEVER BE THE SAME YES PANTERA IS TOURING THIS COMING YEAR 2023 BUT IT'S NOT PANTERA NORE WELL IT OR COULD IT EVER BE AGAIN WITH THE ABBOTT BROTHERS GONE. FOREVER STRONGER THAN ALL UNTIL THE END. VERY GREAT TIMES IN MY LIFE AS WELL AS BAD BUT I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD!!!! RIP ABBOTT BROTHER'S.
RIP ABBOTTS
Pantera's planet caravan is just so good
🔥THNX for the PanterA man🔥 edit: Far Beyond Driven tops my list
Phil is the man. I give him props for saying the most politically incorrect thing a person can say at this time.
DO IT
This is actually Pantera's 3rd studio album on a major label. Technically it's the 7th one for the band. 🤘
Yeah but we don’t talk about the first few albums 🤫
1988 Power Metal album is damn good
@@williamsussman7343 yeah I know. It's kind of a Fight Club thing, we just don't talk about it lol.
Far Beyond Driven is one heavy ass album I'm surprised it made it on the billboard 100 list.
Far Beyond Driven is is one of the greatest rock albums ever
Excellent album R I P PANTERA AND THE ABBOTT BROTHERS
One crazy thing I just noticed is that Pantera ultimately never sold that many albums considering how popular they are. Despite debuting at #1 Far Beyond Driven only went gold that year and didn't get platinum status until 1997. Vulgar Display of Power was at platinum until 2004 then it went double. Incredibly loyal fan base and the band never sold out(or you could say they imploded before any legacy could be tarnished which is what happens to most bands that stick around for long enough.....like Megadeth/Metallica....etc
Far Beyond Driven is my favorite Pantera album
Thank God they didn't follow Metallica's Black album. Black album is where Metallica lost me and so happy Pantera stayed heavy and didn't go commercial too.
Saw pantera open for Skid Row and Black Sabbath in the 90s both times in Ma.
Can you do a video on the Pantera/White Zombie tour of 96? I saw that tour at Red Rocks in Colorado!
yes with EyeHateGod too right? That's on my list.
@@rnrtruestories Sweet! And yes EYEHATEGOD opened that tour!
I liked the 97 tour with Neurosis and Biohazard. Neurosis was still the greatest show I saw live, then.
Greatest Metal band ever. Never softened, never gave up on Metal just got heavier and heavier.
That thumbnail though. Jesus. Fucking love the Nick Cave reference though.
I dont have any regrets inlife but not seeing Pantera live just became 1
🤘🤘🤘
🤘😎🤘
Why would anyone have expectedly them to slow down like Metallica? I wore this out in the 90s but mine never had "the badge"
The great Southern trendkill LP made ne really respect them as a metal band
15348 views and 14,500 rock n roll rookies didn't upvote.
Maaaan, you see? There ain't doubt that The Melvins are the most important band to the good 90s music! Please, could you make a video about King Buzzo projects thru the years? Thanks.
Who tf was melvins?
@@jarumsuntik4099 way to out yourself as a noob
@@Xeroforte melvins was a noob?
the closet i got to seeing pantera was damage plan never seen any of phills stuff live sadly
Can you do a video on buzzoven?
Pantera: the kinder, gentler Exhorder
Also I remember when all those writers thought PANTERA was a new band like WTF TOU GUYS EVEN PAY ATTENTION lol
Can someone please find and do a story on their glamor rock hair metal band phase? The internet has been wiped clean of any trace. I've heard from a very reliable source with connections in the industry it exist.
Its pretty easy to find. Before Anselmo joined they released the album Metal Magic which is just plain hair metal sounding to my ears (I'm too young to know a lot about hair metal). You can listen to it from plenty of places, even Amazon sells it if I recall correctly). The Abbott brothers were big into that scene.
@@Anathemas very cool ill have to look for that. have you seen any of their pictures or posters from that time?
Love their bread
Kurt Cobain also cited The Melvins as an inspiration.
Pantera is the heaviest thing to hit this earth since the astroid that killed the dinosaurs.
alright
So much better then that Rock Feed shit.
Throes of Rejection is Pantera's best track of all-time. Far Beyond Driven isn't their best album, to me, Vulgar Display is, but Throes is the best single track by Pantera. It's friggin amazing, Dimebag's solo is sick, the bass on it is amazing and Vinnie's drumming is super solid. Phil's lyrics are on-point as well. A great, great track.
😢
5 minutes alone makes you drunk when your high and high when your drunk
I remember the news and it flew in the face of trends dominating the charts. Maybe Phil having no hair got them a pass
And they did it w 0 help from radio. It was 100% organic
Phil is the perfect front man. He's just a scary looking dude
At which point did they make music history? FBD wasn't the first metal album to debut at #1, so what am I missing?
It was the heaviest
@@integrity101 That's subjective.
@@moderusprime not really.
@@integrity101 Yes, really. I can subjectively say Sad But True or My Friend of Misery are "heavier" than anything off FBD because it's opinion, not fact.
@@moderusprime
Sure technically I can say Britney Spears album is the heaviest album of all time. Its subjective while also being moronic.
Clearly FBD is the heaviest album to debut at #1. This really isnt rocket science. If you wanna say Hootie and the blowfish or whoever was heavier than fine.
Pantera? Lighten up? Yeah right!
Phil Anselmo made the band, the fucked-up his voice, his back and, eventually, the band itself. It is truly a tragic story.
Far Beyond Driven is the last great Metal album…and is in the top 3 for GOAT
From forehead to ribcage.....
Pantera saved metal
Last Great band....
Good short story man. I can tell you respect the music. There will never be another PANTERA. This tour next year is complete BS and i will not support it. PANTERA’s legacy is just fine without the two remaining members trying to grab some cash on the Fallen. I will never respect Phil and Rex the way i once did…
That's idiotic.
they are a perfect example that when you stick to your guns, you make history, other will sell their soul for a dollar
I prefer the original album cover of Far Beyond Driven.
More like, Far Beyond Driven By Greed To Start A Tribute Band
The Great Southern Trend kill was good, minus those cheese ball ballads
Heavier than anything Metallica has ever done
I love Pantera more than Metallica but Fight Fire With Fire is more brutal than anything Pantera has done. It was even released in 1984, 10 years prior to Far Beyond Driven.
Gotta pay our dues.
Getcha pull
@@daBEAGLE1017 Heavier than "fucking hostile"? Hmmmmmm
Grew up with Metallica and up until the black album "the sell out album" I have mad respect for them but I'll argue those two songs any day!!
@@neckbone3943 I too grew up with Metallica in the mid 80s, great times.
Remember hearing the opening riff to Enter Sandman on the radio and saying "WTF" while our other buddies were in ecstasy. That's when I became heavily involved with SLAYER!!
Good times indeed!
@@neckbone3943 ps, Fucking Hostile is indeed brutal. Nothing was more insane than those "spinning" pits when performed live. Fight Fire only gave us whiplash.
@@daBEAGLE1017 Right about Slayer!!! Was into them earlier then the black album but I definitely put them above and beyond Metallica.
Those were the days!!!
The current Deathmetal band SPITE seems to be following the same idea. They claim they weren't hearing anything they liked, so they made it themselves on their recent 'Dedication to Flesh' album which I've played 10x non stop
Vinnie Paul looks mexican.
Heaviest band in metal history.
That's hilarious
@@Xeroforte who u like ? Metallica
Good friends and a bottle of pills pretty much describes my 20s lol