Vincent Paul "Vinnie Paul" Abbott (1964-2018)

    Vincent Paul Abbott was born in Abilene, Texas, on March 11, 1964. His father Jerry, a country music songwriter and producer, directed his interest in music towards the drums and bought him his first kit. In 1981, Abbott formed the heavy metal band Pantera with his brother Darrell, and, after a few member changes, recruited vocalist Phil Anselmo in 1987. By 1990, the band had been signed to Atco Records and released Cowboys from Hell, which proved to be the band's turning point. Over the course of four more studio records, a live album and a greatest hits compilation, Pantera was nominated for four best metal performance Grammys for the songs I'm Broken, Suicide Note Pt. I, Cemetery Gates, and Revolution Is My Name. Because of an ongoing dispute between Anselmo and the brothers, Pantera disbanded in 2003. After the breakup, the Abbotts formed the heavy metal band Damageplan with Bob Zilla on bass and Pat Lachman on lead vocals. Damageplan released only one album, New Found Power, in 2004. On December 8th of that year, while on tour to support the new album, Darrell Abbott was shot dead onstage by Nathan Gale at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. Damageplan disbanded shortly thereafter. After burying his brother, Vincent formed Big Vin Records in February 2006 and released Rebel Meets Rebel and a DVD, Dimevision, Volume 1. Along with Cristina Scabbia, (co-lead vocalist of Lacuna Coil) he wrote a monthly question-and-answer column in Revolver. In June 2006, after an 18-month performing hiatus, Abbott joined the heavy metal supergroup Hellyeah, which also featured Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett from Mudvayne, Tom Maxwell from Nothingface, and Bob Zilla from Damageplan. In 2016, the group released 5 studio albums, with the latest being Unden!able, released in June 2016. Unden!able would turn out to be Vincent's last album. His final performance took place at The Vinyl at the Hard Rock Hotel and Resort at Las Vegas on June 17, 2018. Five days later, Vincent unexpectedly died at the age of 54 in his hotel room from coronary artery disease. He was buried beside his mother, Carolyn, and brother, Darrell. Source

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