You know, I am not really sure if this post is supposed to go under a different thread but I don't really care. They can always move it or whatever.

I happened to be very moved by the early and tragic death of Dimebag Darrell. The guy has been the most influential and skilled guitar player since Randy Rhodes, undoubtedly untouched with not many comparable. I had modeled my guitar playing after him and I consider him my teacher.
Now, being that I like information and get to be nosy sometimes, I wanted to see what other bands had to say about his passing. So I went on about a dozen websites, metal bands, rock bands and even some pop ones and I WAS VERY MOVED TO SEE that most had some sort of tribute to Dime on their front page. Like him or not, you can not deny his accomplishments, his contributions to the world of rock and roll and his influence on guitar players in every little corner of the planet. Here are some that I visited, just to name a few:

www.zakkwylde.com
www.ozzy.com
www.skidrow.com
www.drowningpool.com
www.megadeth.com
www.metallica.com

And of course… the loudest dot com on the planet…
www.knac.com has not stopped playing Pantera and Damageplan since the tragedy.

Members of Motorhead, KISS, Limp Bizkit, Green Day, GOO GOO DOLLS (?), Nirvana, Velvet Revolver, Korn, MAROON 5 and many other different bands paid tributes either in interviews or on their sites so it all makes me wonder…

Not a word from the Jovi camp??

After all the good things Dime and Pantera said about Bon Jovi on VH-1 and in interviews over the years? You can call your webmaster and post something on the site? Just because Dime was in a different music category, a metalhead, shouldn’t you still pay tribute to him?? He was a good man who was shot for no reason while he was WORKING!

It’s just morals…. That’s all…

I am sure that when Jon or any of the BJ band members die or get shot there will be a lot of tributes from a variety of different bands.