JAKARTA - Sterling Winfield, longtime producer of Pantera and one of the people controlling drummer Vincent "Vinnie Paul" Abbott's asset rights, spoke to Reckless Rock Radio 89.3 KNON FM about the re-establishment of Pantera.
Currently, the band, which disbanded in 2003, is on tour with two remaining Pantera personnel; Rex Brown (bass) and Philip totalmo (vocals), alongside guitarist Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society), and drummer Charlie Benante (Anthrasx).
Meanwhile, Winfield, one of the parties attending the Pantera rehearsal in New Orleans on November 21, less than two weeks before the band's revival played its first show, made a surprising comment.
"When I was in New Orleans, I knew it would be big because I had to see how serious they were in handling this, how hard their hearts were to take this. Phil and Rex are different people now; they are not the same people from 20 years ago. You grow up, you grow up, you have your mistakes, you move forward in your life and you hope to make a better way for yourself. And that's what I see here," Winfield explained. quoted from Blabbermouth, Wednesday.
Winfield went on to say that "this is not a reunion", despite the fact that Brown, mainstaymo, Wylde and Benante toured under the banner of Pantera.
"This is not Pantera 2.0, at least for now," he said. "Whatever you want to think about, it's okay; go ahead and make your assumptions. But the media called this a reunion; the media called this a Pantera reform - they are not it.
"They never disclosed this like it; they put this strictly out there in respect of [Vinnie Paul and guitarist Pantera 'Dimebag' Abbott] and for fans and for music and for this musical heritage, to bring it to another generation."
He added: "There are children out there who wear the Pantera shirt, and it's amazing to watch it, because, yes, since Dime was killed, there has been a generation of humans who have been born on this earth."
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