Early Pantera

I just got 3 of 4 of their older cds and it is so hard to believe that this is the same band that came out with Walk, So F*ing Hostile, Becoming and Cowboys From Hell. I'd like to hear Phil try to sing the way he did in Power Metal again, haha. The guy can barely even talk these days. Anyone know what became of the 2 former singers of Pantera? They were a pretty good glam band.

I saw my first Pantera show in '84. They were playing  Van Halen and Judas Priest covers. It was pretty easy to see they were something special. Darrell was a phenom, even as a teenager.  I'm not sure what happened to the earlier vocalists. Terry Lee was around the Dallas scene with Lord Tracy for a while.

These were my favorites from their early years. 

metaldude wrote:I saw my first Pantera show in '84. They were playing  Van Halen and Judas Priest covers. It was pretty easy to see they were something special. Darrell was a phenom, even as a teenager.  I'm not sure what happened to the earlier vocalists. Terry Lee was around the Dallas scene with Lord Tracy for a while.

I didn't learn of them until the 90's when they were big. That's some of the best stuff to see a young hot band and to know that it's going somewhere.

"Power Metal" is an excellent album.

Their early music is so different from Cowboys. But i do like those 2 songs off of "Power Metal." I thought Cowboys was their debut until around 5 years ago!!

Power Metal had several good songs on it. If you liked those, try Deathtrap, Down Below, or Proud To Be Loud (written by Ron Keel).

I like Pantera up until Cowboys from Hell. The albums after that don't really interest me. I few good songs here and there.


A few of my favorites from their earlier albums:

I saw my first Pantera show in '84.

Wow..I saw them in 85 in fort worth at a club called saveys.. maybe you remember it? It was a regular hangout for me back then... I hung out with Diamond Darrel once after a show and we got hammered.. 
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The early albums are my absolute favorite Pantera albums...worth every Penney...my favorites are...

wow I can't really agree, I'm listening to power metal now and I have to say I really like(d) Scott's voice better

I have to agree that Darrell is better than all ofc

The "Power Metal" CD from pre-Cowboys from Hell days of the band was amazing.

MetalGospel wrote:The "Power Metal" CD from pre-Cowboys from Hell days of the band was amazing.

Absolutely!