Pantera shaped over 40 years in the past, so that they have fairly just a few albums, which suggests additionally they have lots of songs.
So, we determined to conduct an experiment to see which of their songs have by no means been performed dwell — however focusing solely on the period with Philip Anselmo on vocals. Therefore, we’re solely monitoring their setlists from 1987 on.
To set up our findings, we plugged all of Pantera’s songs with Anselmo singing on them into their tour statistics on Setlist.fm. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the songs from albums similar to Cowboys From Hell, Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven had been performed throughout a present sooner or later. Even Power Metal solely had one contender left standing, however that is seemingly as a result of they’d much less materials to play in the starting.
A novel end result was a observe from their 1997 dwell album Official Live: 101 Proof, nevertheless it wasn’t a dwell observe — it was a studio recording included at the finish of the album, and it by no means appeared throughout any of their setlists.
“Cowboys From Hell,” “Walk” and “Fucking Hostile” had been the high most-frequently performed songs all through their profession as a touring group. Sadly, due to the tragic deaths of Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul, we’ll by no means get to see them play collectively once more. However, Anselmo nonetheless performs the songs dwell to honor the group’s legacy.
To see the 13 songs Pantera have by no means performed dwell (with Anselmo behind the mic), scroll via the gallery under.
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These Are the Songs Pantera Have Never Played Live
The Philip Anselmo-era songs Pantera have by no means performed dwell.
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