R.I.P. Dimebag

[Listening to: Pride - Damageplan - (03:34)]

I was going to post up pictures of our Christmas tree and post up a bunch of funny links and stories I had found lately, but just found out some disturbing news....

At the Alrosa Villa, a nightclub in Columbus, OH, a man walked onstage and started shooting at the members of the band Damageplan. As of now, 5 people are confirmed dead, including members of the band and possibly their tour manager, along with the shooter who was shot by police and possibly a road crew member working at the nightclub. CONFIRMED dead include lead guitarist, Dimebag Darrell and possibly the lead singer Patrick Lachman. Both were former members of the Dallas, TX band Pantera....truly Texas rock legends.....The original news story from Columbus can be found here. The BBC, CNN and MTV are also covering the story. Evidently some guy, possibly a disgruntled Pantera fan (according the witnesses posting on the Damageplan message board) snuck in through a back entrance and walked onto the stage from the side and was yelling at Dimebag Darrell before proceeding to shoot him point blank 5 or 6 times. The shooter then began to shoot at others before he was gunned down by police. Lots of different versions of the story are coming in. I'm sure more details will come available tomorrow....truly a sad day though for the rock/metal/MUSIC community though.

Absolutely insane how things like this happen. Actually pretty speechless about the whole thing. The situation seems so surreal. I'm off to study a bit for my Organic final and try not to think about this too much....geez.....