Black Friday: Vulgar display of blogging

Friday, February 6th, 2009 | musiX

I was recently looking back at my relationship with music throughout my life (see post below). What I didn’t mention was that I worked at a record store in a tiny Northern California speck called Red Bluff for a couple of years.

While the bosses were there I usually had to play these mix tapes with the hits of the day. When they went home, I listened to my music. Pantera received a lot of play in those days. Sometimes people came in and perused the H’s and M’s for Hootie and Alanis, and I’d turn it up a little louder. We sold a grotesque amount of those CDs.

I was introduced to Pantera by a pot-smoking Crüe fan. It was all over when I heard Vulgar Display of Power—one of the best metal records of all time, made by one of the best metal bands of all time, with one of the best guitarists of all time. Released in 1992, Vulgar Display of Power once and for all shook the band of its glam-rock ways (1990’s Cowboys From Hell wasn’t quite there), and helped create a monster with a love for Black-Toothed Grins, Sabbath, Ace Frehley and ZZ Top. Guitars rip. Vocals shred. Drums pummel. The album cover says it all: My fist, your face … my gawd!

“A New Level” - Pantera (Vulgar Display of Power)

“This Love” - Pantera (Vulgar Display of Power)

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