{"id":79765,"date":"2020-03-02T14:32:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=79765"},"modified":"2020-03-02T15:31:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T20:31:24","slug":"rex-brown-on-pantera-reunion-im-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=79765","title":{"rendered":"REX BROWN &#8211; On PANTERA Reunion: &#8220;I&#8217;m In&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/RexanddimeCFH.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79766\" width=\"266\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/RexanddimeCFH.jpg 436w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/RexanddimeCFH-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Former <strong>PANTERA\/DOWN<\/strong> bassist, <strong>Rex Brown<\/strong>, says &#8220;I&#8217;m In&#8221; for teaming up with <strong>Philip Anselmo<\/strong> and <strong>Zakk Wylde<\/strong> for a &#8216;special reunion tour&#8217; celebrating the music of <strong>PANTERA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Brown<\/strong> reportedly made the comment in response to an interview <strong>&#8220;Dimebag&#8221; Darrell Abbott<\/strong>&#8216;s longtime girlfriend <strong>Rita Haney<\/strong> gave last month in which she said she would &#8220;definitely&#8221; be in favor of <strong>Anselmo<\/strong>, <strong>Brown<\/strong> and <strong>Wylde<\/strong> embarking on such a trek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Eight days after <strong>BLABBERMOUTH.NET<\/strong> first published <strong>Haney<\/strong>&#8216;s remarks, <strong>Brown<\/strong> took to his <strong>Twitter<\/strong> to write: &#8220;I wanna make sure that ppl understand what I&#8217;m about to tweet.. It&#8217;s not up to <strong>Rita<\/strong> to say what will happen, only what <strong>Philip<\/strong> &amp; I say&#8230;I&#8217;m in!! Dig?!?!?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">As the story goes, <strong>Rita<\/strong> discussed the possibility of the former <strong>PANTERA<\/strong> members and the <strong>OZZY OSBOURNE<\/strong> guitarist paying tribute to <strong>Dimebag<\/strong> and his brother <strong>Vinnie Paul Abbott<\/strong> while speaking to <strong>&#8220;The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show&#8221;<\/strong> on the red carpet of the <strong>Ronnie James Dio 10th Memorial Awards Gala<\/strong> on February 20 at the Avalon in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Report: DIMEBAG, The Witches Sabbath &amp; MK Ultra Killing Machines (Part 1) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jkfAaag1Bx\">https:\/\/t.co\/jkfAaag1Bx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMetalDen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheMetalDen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetalChris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MetalChris<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metaledge?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@metaledge<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TMZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DRUDGE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DRUDGE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chaigrl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chaigrl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nytimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RollingStone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RollingStone<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLABBERMOUTHNET?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BLABBERMOUTHNET<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qO1dzU37DN\">pic.twitter.com\/qO1dzU37DN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Metal Den (@TheMetalDen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMetalDen\/status\/1203715889876652032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">There is also said to be a top secret discussion going on for Phil and Rex to complete the unreleased tracks intended for the 2nd <strong>DAMAGEPLAN<\/strong> album that were cut by Dimebag and Vinnie Paul before Dime was murdered on the stage during a show in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/center><center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Report: DAMAGEPLAN, Baphomet And The Lamb Of God (Pt. 3) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N10NHQrV3E\">https:\/\/t.co\/N10NHQrV3E<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMetalDen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheMetalDen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisDayInMETAL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ThisDayInMETAL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndOfCentury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EndOfCentury<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachMoonshine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZachMoonshine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoylentRadio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SoylentRadio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CielGris1987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CielGris1987<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chris0718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Chris0718<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WyldeAudio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WyldeAudio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UrMidnight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UrMidnight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TruthForDimebag?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TruthForDimebag<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1DugmFCicU\">pic.twitter.com\/1DugmFCicU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Randy Rocket Cody (@rocketmetalden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocketmetalden\/status\/955313212991377408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Last year, <strong>Anselmo<\/strong> told Chile&#8217;s <strong>Humo Negro<\/strong> that he would consider getting together with <strong>Wylde<\/strong> and <strong>Brown<\/strong> and performing <strong>PANTERA<\/strong>&#8216;s classic songs in concert. &#8220;Well, <strong>Zakk<\/strong> is a busy man,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He does his own band, he does stuff with <strong>Ozzy<\/strong> and all that stuff. We spoke about it maybe one time. And I think everybody \u2014 <em>everybody<\/em> \u2014 is\u2026 I guess they&#8217;re like me. Keep an open mind about it. We&#8217;ll see. But I know from all the hard work with [<strong>Anselmo<\/strong>&#8216;s] <strong>THE ILLEGALS<\/strong> [project] here to make those songs right, all of us, we would have to take time off and really practice together and get everything perfect. So it&#8217;s a lot of work. And I&#8217;m doing a lot of bands, man, right now. [But] if everything was lined up, I would do it \u2014 sure. Fuck yeah! Why not?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Legendary rock journalist, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocketmetalden\">Randy &#8220;Rocket&#8221; Cody<\/a><\/strong>, has issued a wild <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/dimebag-darrell-mk-ultra-hitz-part-3\/\">conspiracy theory<\/a><\/strong> that has Phil Anselmo and the CIA having arranged the assassination of Dimebag via a &#8220;False Flag&#8221; attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anselmo had taken major heat for using the Nazi salute during a prior Dimebash invent meant to honor Dimebag and he shouted <strong>&#8220;White Power!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anselmo also went on the record during a notorious magazine piece just prior to Dime&#8217;s tragic concert slaying claiming he could do harm to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/center><center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A few years ago, I interviewed Phil Anselmo and we discussed the White Power symbol of the confederate flag. This was prior to him flashing the Nazi Sieg Heil sign at Dimebash. Read here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0GlVOgjda5\">https:\/\/t.co\/0GlVOgjda5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMetalDen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheMetalDen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TruthForDimebag?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TruthForDimebag<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mkultra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mkultra<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HZMW9WAoxQ\">pic.twitter.com\/HZMW9WAoxQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Randy Rocket Cody (@rocketmetalden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocketmetalden\/status\/1066588200863449088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Zakk<\/strong> <strong>Wylde<\/strong> is also open to the idea, telling <strong>&#8220;The Cassius Morris Show&#8221;<\/strong> last October: &#8220;When <strong>Saint Vinnie<\/strong> was still around, they were talking about it then. I mean, the way I always looked at it is it&#8217;s a <strong>PANTERA<\/strong> celebration and an honor. I mean, every night I&#8217;m playing with <strong>Ozz<\/strong>, we honor <strong>Saint Rhoads<\/strong> [late <strong>Ozzy<\/strong> guitarist <strong>Randy Rhoads<\/strong>]. I&#8217;m playing the <strong>Randy<\/strong> stuff every night, and I&#8217;m blessed and it&#8217;s an honor to do it. Basically, we&#8217;re paying tribute to <strong>Randy<\/strong> every night \u2014 keeping his music alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An alleged new track that is planned for the final <strong>PANTERA<\/strong> album is tentatively titled &#8220;Best Dude&#8221; and was jammed as an impromptu performance live by <strong>DAMAGEPLAN<\/strong> in 2004. Listen<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/pantera-new-track-best-dude\/\"> HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/center><center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Report: DIMEBAG DARRELL \u2013 Why Did The U.S. Government Kill Him? &#x1f621;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PartThree?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PartThree<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ujR1PKvLbN\">https:\/\/t.co\/ujR1PKvLbN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMetalDen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheMetalDen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pantera?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Pantera<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TruthForDimebag?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TruthForDimebag<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TZiX3mwwkU\">pic.twitter.com\/TZiX3mwwkU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Metal Den (@TheMetalDen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMetalDen\/status\/910384061373444096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former PANTERA\/DOWN bassist, Rex Brown, says &#8220;I&#8217;m In&#8221; for teaming up with Philip Anselmo and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79765"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79782,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79765\/revisions\/79782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}