Pantera - Official Live: 101 Proof on CD

Description

It's a bit surprising that Pantera waited until 1997 to release a live album, considering how brutal and powerful the band had been in concert. At an average Pantera show, it would not be unusual to see security evicting overzealous fans and club bathrooms filled with bloody wads of paper towels from mosh pit injuries. Official Live 101 Proof captures the group in its natural, violent element, combining abrupt, barbed riffs with pulse-pounding beats and furious vocals. The record spans Pantera's career, from the classic guitar lick of "Cowboys from Hell" to the fuzzbomb fury of "Suicide Note Pt. 2" (from album The Great Southern Trendkill). As an encore, the band offers album buyers two new studio tracks, the bluesy bonecrusher "Where You Come From" and the grinding "I Can't Hide". As the fortress of alternative rock continues to crumble, Pantera stomp vindictively through the rubble, their metallic legacy intact. --Jon Wiederhorn Product Description Official Live captures Pantera doing what they do best - unleashing their anger in front of the rabid crowds who have helped them sell millions of albums without MTV or heavy radio airplay. Official Live contains the most popular power grooves from Pantera's whole career, plus 2 new studio recordings. This album will be a priority release for EastWest for the rest of the year, and the band comes off this summer's recent Ozzfest to headline their own tour starting in August.