Pantera returned to the recording studio with Anselmo in 1999
Additionally, the band played on the 1998 UK Ozzfest tour alongside Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Foo Fighters , Slayer , Soulfly , Fear Factory, and Therapy? , as well as touring with Clutch and Neurosis .
Just four months later, both Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven were awarded platinum as well.
Pantera released their first live album, Official Live: 101 Proof , on July 29, 1997
Two weeks before the live album’s release, Pantera received its first platinum album , for Cowboys from Hell .
The last show the original lineup of Acid Bath performed took place at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium on April 25, 1997. Crowbar, Floodgate, and Dead Industry were also on the bill. Jeromy Boullion played guitar for Acid Bath instead of Mike Sanchez. Acid Bath did not get paid because the…
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After two studio albums, Acid Bath’s career abruptly ended on January 23, 1997, when bass guitarist Audie Pitre and his parents were killed by a drunk driver who had run a stop sign. Kelly Pitre, Audie’s brother, was the only one of four family members to survive the incident, escaping…
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The band would play the song “Domination” (from Cowboys from Hell ) leading into the ending of “Hollow” (what is roughly the last 2:30 of the album version), forming a medley referred to as “Dom/Hollow”, as can be heard on the band’s 1997 live album Official Live: 101 Proof .
The band also received their second and third ” Best Metal Performance ” Grammy nominations for The Great Southern Trendkill ‘s ” Suicide Note (Pt. I) ” and Cowboys From Hell ‘s ” Cemetery Gates ” in 1997 and 1998 , respectively.
The release of their video 3 Watch It Go earned them a 1997 Metal Edge Readers’ Choice Award, when it was voted “Best Video Cassette”.