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Vincent Paul Abbott (March 11, 1964 – June 22, 2018), also known as Vinnie Paul, was an American musician, singer, and producer best known for his role as the drummer and co-founder of the heavy metal band Pantera.
He was a member of Hellyeah for 12 years from 2006 to his death in 2018.
Dimebag Darrell, his younger brother, co-founded Damageplan in 2003 with his younger brother.
Early years
On March 11, 1964, Vincent Paul Abbott was born in Abilene, Texas. Jerry, a country music composer and producer, and Carolyn Abbott were his parents. Abbott was born in the tuba but his father led him to the drums, despite the fact that there were no future prospects for a tuba player. His father bought him his first drum kit.
As a drummer, Abbott cited Peter Criss, Alex Van Halen, and Tommy Aldridge as his top influences.
Career
In 1981, Abbott, Darrell Abbott and Terry Glaze on guitars, bassist Tommy D. Bradford, and singer Donnie Hart formed the heavy metal band Pantera. Terry Glaze took over vocal duties following Hart's departure. Bradford left the band in 1982 and was replaced by Rex Brown. With that lineup, the band also released three albums.
Pantera recruited singer Phil Anselmo in 1987 and 1989, the first person to ever record Power Metal (album). The band had signed to Atco Records and released Cowboys from Hell by 1990, the band's turning point. Anselmo and Pantera were nominated for four best metal performance Grammys for the songs "I'm Broken," "Suicide Note Pt." "I," "Cess Gates," and "Revolution Is My Name."
Although touring and recording with his side projects in 2001, Anselmo decided to postpone Pantera due to back pain. Pantera's official disbandment took place in 2003 for several reasons, but mostly because of the ongoing conflict between Anselmo and the Abbott brothers, though Rex Brown remained neutral. While Abbott and Anselmo were expected to forgive him and rekindle a relationship, animosity between Abbott and Anselmo would arise in the years to follow, though Anselmo had already said he wanted to forgive him and rekindle a love. Abbott, on the other hand, said he was not interested in speaking to Anselmo.
The Abbott brothers formed the heavy metal band Damageplan after the breakup of Pantera, with former tattoo artist Bob Zilla on bass and former Halford guitarist Pat Lachman on lead vocals. Damageplan's New Found Power, which was released on February 10, 2004, was limited to one album. The song "Ashes to Ashes," a project with Alice in Chains guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, was not finished on the album, but it was included on the soundtrack to the 2004 film The Punisher, and it was a bonus track on New Found Power's Japanese version.
Darrell was shot and killed at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, on December 8, 2004, while on tour to promote Damageplan's album. Just after, the damage plan was cancelled. Abbott revealed in a 2016 interview with Loudwire that there are five Unreleased Damageplan tracks for the band's second album, but that there are no vocals, only him and Darrell performed on them. Abbott said he didn't know what to do with those songs, but he did often wonder about recording vocals for the songs with Rob Halford of Darrell's favorite singers, like Rob Halford of Judas Priest and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, but he didn't have time to do it because he was concentrating on his band Hellyeah.
Abbott, Darrell's brother, founded Big Vin Records in February 2006 and released Rebel Meets Rebel and Volume 1 on DVD. Abbott and Cristina Scabbia (co-lead vocalist of Lacuna Coil) co-led an initiative in Revolving with a monthly question-and-answer column. Abbott maintained endorsements for ddrum, Sabian cymbals, and Vic Firth drumsticks. He has previously endorsed Tama, Pearl drums, and Remo drumheads and hardware.
Abbott was not sure if he'd return to music after an 18-month absence, but he eventually joined Hellyeah, which featured singer Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett from Mudvayne, guitarist Tom Maxwell from Nothingface, and bassist Bob Zilla from Damageplan, who was a replacement for original bassist Jerry Montano. Abbott and the band made six studio albums together. Hellyeah will tour for the first time since Abbott's death in May 2019 to promote the band's final album, Welcome Home. Roy Mayorga, a Stone Sour drummer, was chosen as Abbott's replacement.
"Use My Third Arm," "Prim Concrete Sledge," "13 Steps to Nowhere," "Becoming" and "Becoming" were two of his favorite drum parts to perform in a promotional video for the drum company ddrum in November 2008. He began the American Drummer Champions in 2009 with the help of a friend and influence, M. Ludowise, former Downset drummer.
Abbott appeared in a music video for Black Label Society's "Ain't No Sunshine" in August 2013, alongside a horse-masked Zakk Wylde. Wylde and Abbott were close friends, with Wylde and Abbott's brother Darrell being particularly close before his death in 2004.
Abbott had been planning to release Drumming Up an Appetite with Vinnie Paul for many years.