#PANTERA 1990

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

34 YEARS AGO TODAY -- THE COWBOYS FROM HELL TOOK OVER THE CITY OF DALLAS, TX.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a flyer design promoting PANTERA's "Cowboys from Hell" record release party, on Saturday July 21, 1990, at the Basement, Dallas, TX. Artwork by Dimebag Darrell (1966-2004) -- another legend lost.

FLYER INFO: "The Basement in Dallas was the unofficial home base club in the early days of PANTERA, which shot three music videos in one day there: "Psycho Holiday", "Cemetery Gates" and "Cowboys from Hell". Three days before the release of "Cowboys from Hell", Pantera played a record release party for everyone at The Basement, for which guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott created the original flyer."

-- BRAVE WORDS (July, 2020)

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3417177015586275262.

[eroticlamb]

Zakk Wylde featured in Young Guitar magazine, September 1999 ♡

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

De Tomaso Pantera GTS-5, 1990. A very late series Pantera was also part of the Evolution of Aero section at the London Concours

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Burn • Golgotha Tenement Blues • Big Empty • Dead Souls • Darkness • Color Me Once • Ghostrider • Milktoast • The Badge • Slip Slide Melting • After the Flesh • Snakedriver • Time Baby III • It Can't Rain All the Time

Spotify ♪ YouTube

[fantastickkay]

From Backstreet Boys & Friends, 1999.

[not-from-your-town]

1991 [x]

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[radiophd]

pantera -- rise

[livmorbid]

🤘🏻🎸

[kylejasonblack]

[sudden-stops-kill]

'cowboys from hell'

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

TO ALL THE BANGERS, BEER DRINKERS, & HELL-RAISERS -- THIS ONE'S FOR YOU -- KANPAI!

PIC INFO: Spotlight on vocalist/lyricist Phil Anselmo of American groove/thrash metal band PANTERA, photographed in Japan during the band's "Vulgar Display of Power" Tour, c. summer '92. 📸: Joe Giron.

"In July of 1992 the band made their first trek to Japan for a headlining tour. There were dates in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya. Every show sold out and the fans were amazing. Traditionally, Japanese fans stay in their seats and show their appreciation by clapping, but Pantera’s infectious “power” metal had the crowds on their feet at every show.

To liven up the backstage hours before the band hit the stage, we did a bunch of portrait sessions using Japanese props and signage.

We also discovered Kirin and Asahi beer on this trip. The best part was that they sold small "pony" kegs in vending machines on the street. Any time we ventured out of our hotel, we’d load up to bring back to our rooms. One night, we were riding back to our hotel in a cab when we spied a beer vending machine at an intersection and attempted to hop out of the cab. Our cabbie thought we were skipping out on the fare and freaked, but we somehow convinced him to pull over so we could stock up."

-- JOE GIRON (PANTERA photographer on the band's exploits in Japan)

Sources: www.pinterest.com/pin/324048135691554113 & Medium.

[tornbluefoamcouch]

Artista: Pantera Álbum: Cowboys from hell Ano: 1990 Faixas/Tempo: 12/57min Estilo: Heavy metal/Trash Metal/Groove Metal Data de Execução: 05/12/2022 Nota: 6,0 Melhor Música:  Cowboys From Hell

[jarofalicesgrunge]

Pantera concert circa 1990 - 1991

📸by Dede Lehew

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

NASCAR Pantera ‐ First To 300

A reporter sat in a late-night cafe, sipping coffee and attempting to calm his nerves after a high-speed ride with Gary and his Pantera. The deafening roar of the V-8 engine still echoed in his mind, and his hands shook as he held his cup. It was as if he had just escaped from the clutches of the devil himself. Tragically, a few minutes later the devil caught up with Garry Mitsunaga and his red Pantera!

For students of Japanese car culture, the Mitsunaga Pantera that graced the cover of Option Magazine is a significant page of Asian tuning lore, as it was the first street-legal vehicle to achieve a recorded speed of 300 km/h in Japan.

Actual speed was 307.69 km/h on the infamous Yatabe Test Circuit in November 1981, making it the most legendary Pantera in all of Japan. Figuring Yatabe was too dangerous for civilian drivers, and wanting to take the human element of unpredictability out of things, driving duties at this event were performed by professional racer Kunimitsu Takahashi, who is considered the father of drifting.

Yatabe was the preeminent destination for high-speed testing in Japan from the 1960s to the 1990s. However, it was closed two decades ago due to a tragic accident involving Masa Saito, the editor of the tuning magazine Option. After the accident manufacturers started shifting towards more contemporary testing facilities.

Prior to the Porsche-vs-Skyline dreams of the 1990s, the streets of Japan were ruled by the infamous Midnight Club running Pantera's, Firebirds and American V-8s. For those unaware of the Pantera, it is an Italian-American sportscar with a Ford 351 Cleveland engine and were sold in the early 70's through Lincoln Mercury dealerships.

Leading up to November 1981, top speeds were achieved by vehicles such as the S30 Fairlady, tuned by SS Kubo, which reached a maximum speed of 257.60km/h. The fastest imported car, surprisingly, was the Trust Firebird Trans-Am, which recorded a top speed of 264.71km/h. So when the Pantera eclipsing the 300km/h mark it was a huge leap forward and a landmark achievement, becoming the benchmark for all the street racers and tuners to beat.

Mitsunaga was not entirely content. Only a speed above 320 km/h (200 mph) would suffice. It is said that Takahashi advised him against driving the Pantera outside of a racetrack. Mitsunaga disregarded the warning.

Just before the accident, he was transporting a journalist down a 38 kilometer (24 mile) stretch of the Tomei Expressway. With a recorded time of 6 minutes and 20 seconds he averaged 250 KM/H ( ~160 MPH).

Not long after dropping off that rattled journalist, he supposedly totaled his Pantera while avoiding a taxi. They meet their end at approximately 1:40 a.m. on November 28, 1981. Tragically, Mitsunaga died in the accident, instantly.

At the moment of his death, Garry Allan Mitsunaga was already a legend in the Japanese dragstrip and top-speed racing scene. He was an American, born in Hawaii and employed by the Harman Kardon audio group. The company sent him to Tokyo in 1975 to work for one of its Japanese divisions, in sales.

Upon his passing, he was revered as a patron saint of street racing, inspiring countless individuals to pursue ever-greater velocities. Despite his non-Japanese origin, he was a hero to the local community, and his legacy lived on through the Mitsunaga Pantera, a symbol of both the thrill and the peril of this high-octane pursuit. Although the whereabouts of the Pantera are unknown, its engine showed up for sale in 1995.

NASCAR

Mitsunaga's Pantera, was tuned by Masaru Hosoki from ABR, one of Japans most famous tuners. It also featuring a 600hp engine built by Mario Rossi, an American NASCAR mechanic and crew chief for the likes of Bobby Allison and Glenn “Fireball” Roberts. Rossi was also the guy that built the only Dodge Daytona to compete during the 1971 season. It's only race was finishing 7th at the Daytona 500 with a de-stroked Plymouth 340 TA engine to meet the new 305ci engine displacement mandate for the five Ford & Chrysler aero cars during the 1971 NASCAR season.

Rossi has been embroiled in controversy since his involvement in the $300 million drug smuggling scandal that shook NASCAR in 1982. Four days after the 1982 Daytona 500 in Florida, authorities arrested 66 people, including several associated with NASCAR teams, on what has been labeled “Black Thursday.” Among those implicated in the scheme that authorities believe grossed $300 million were owner Billie Harvey and driver Gary Balough from the team on which Rossi was working as a mechanic. Rossi’s role (if any) in the drug operation is unclear – though his own daughter implicates him.

Rossi's whereabouts have been a mystery since his disappearance, with some believing him to be in the witness protection program in the United States. Despite claims of his death in a plane crash off the Bahamas in 1983, the insurance company asserts that the plane in question has been sold multiple times without any recorded accidents.

What’s legend and what’s fact we are unlikely to ever know for certain. What we do know, however, is that Garry Mitsunaga and his Pantera dared to dance with the devil in the witching hour.

[not-from-your-town]

1992 [x]