On the 10th anniversary of Dimebag Darrell’s death, Billboard’s Ray Waddell, who was among the first to cover the story back in 2004, spoke with Bassman about Dimebag’s legacy, the perspective that a decade brings, and leaving behind his tragedy-marked career in artist management. Tiffany Haddish Arrested on Suspicion of DUI in Beverly Hills As unlikely as this scene was, this was not Bassman’s first brush with rock ‘n roll tragedy Bassman had previously managed Drowning Pool, whose charismatic front man Dave Williams was found dead of heart failure on his tour bus in August of 2002 in Manassas, Va. 8, at the Alrosa Villa rock club in Columbus, Ohio, a deranged man in the audience named Nathan Gale stormed the stage with a 9 mm handgun, killing Dimebag Darrell, tour security Jeff “Mayhem” Thompson, Erin “Stoney” Halk from the venue, and fan Nathan Bray, and wounding tour manager Chris Paluska and drum tech John “Kat” Brooks, before being shot himself by police officer James Niggemeyer. ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Tribute: See All The Coverageįormed in 2003, Damageplan‘s first album New Found Power on the soon-to-be-dissolved Elektra Records, wasn’t exactly blowing up the charts, but the future was bright for Damageplan, with plans to shift to Atlantic as the 2004 tour wound down.
