PANTERA – Release Social Distancing T-Shirt

While most are in mandatory home “quarantine” and practicing social distancing, long disbanded thrash groove act PANTERA have “turned some of their classic lyrics into a new limited-edition t-shirt.”

Prominently featuring the highly relevant “be yourself by yourself stay away from me” advice from their 1992 classic, “Walk,” along with retooled cover art from the album, Vulgar Display of Power, the shirt is available in limited quantities and 40% of its net proceeds will be donated to MusiCares and their COVID-19 Relief Fund.

The “Stay Away From Me” shirt can be ordered here.

“The preeminent metal band of the early to mid-’90s, Pantera put to rest any and all remnants of the ’80s metal scene, almost single-handedly demolishing any notion that hair metal, speed metal, power metal, et al., were anything but passé. Loathe to admit it, the Texas band had in fact been one of those ’80s metal bands, releasing fairly unsuccessful (and later disowned) glam-inspired music throughout much of the decade. The about-face came with the addition of vocalist Phil Anselmo, and the key turning point was the band’s major-label debut, Cowboys from Hell (1990). Pantera’s mainstream breakthrough came next with Vulgar Display of Power (1992), their second major-label album, which thrust the band to the forefront of the metal scene, alongside such veteran bands as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax, as well as fellow up-and-comers Sepultura and White Zombie. By the time Pantera unleashed Far Beyond Driven (1994), after two long years of touring, they were the most popular metal band in the land: the new album debuted atop the Billboard Top 200 as its lead single, “I’m Broken,” was getting massive airplay.” – All Music