Phil Anselmo
Phil Anselmo
Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmois an American musician who is best known as the former lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Pantera. He is currently the frontman for the Louisiana-based heavy metal supergroup Down. Anselmo is also the owner of Housecore Records and has been a part of many other bands...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth30 June 1968
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
heart men thinking
We, PANTERA, had the greatest, the most intense, dedicated fans I've ever seen in my ******* life. And I really hope with all my heart that one day, people - especially our fans and my friends - can see clearly enough to think for themselves and really realize that I have nothing but love for them. I've just been going through personal hell since December. Once again, it's very hard to talk about, man. You know, my heart is in a thousand pieces a day.
thinking sea world
I think music is a big, big wide world, and I am voyager on this particular ship in this sea of wild music, and I'm gonna dive in and find as many fish as I can and catch them all. I love music.
successful thinking done
I'm a bad pessimist. I don't think about how successful any record I've ever done is going to do before it came out.
sorry pain thinking
You can only exist as far as your mind will allow you to exist, and I think chronic pain will stop time dead in its tracks. You feel like you're the only one, and how unfair it is, and a million different feel-sorry-for-yourself type feelings.
american-musician
This is the band I always wanted to be in.
begin considered halfway strength
Knowing what you're up against is part of the strength of writing something that is even, I guess, considered halfway original, knowing what's out there to begin with.
band demos documented fortunate parts riffs saw stuff type
I think Pantera is a type of band that has been documented very, very well over the years. With the past re-releases, we were fortunate enough to have old demos and stuff that never really saw the light of day. But Pantera was not the type of band to waste many riffs or many parts or songs.
created hours maybe music public release
I have created hours upon hours of different music over the years that the general public has never heard. Maybe one day I'll release them all in one big package, but we'll see.
asked gonna loving playing totally
I had the question asked of me before, 'What do you like better: singing or playing guitar?' If I'm gonna be totally truthful, if that microphone's in my hand, I'm loving it. When the guitar's in my hand, I'm a little nervous, but I'm still loving it.
best both education groove intensity meets orleans
Honestly, I got the best of both worlds: groove of New Orleans meets the intensity of Texas. That's the best education I could have, the best experiences I could have.
bit felt pay responsibility success
The success that Pantera had, I could have never, ever forecasted or predicted, and I always felt a responsibility to try to pay even a bit of it forward.
beatles constantly hendrix influences led life love zeppelin
I love the Beatles, and when I was very young, I had young parents, so Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles constantly were big influences on my life.
band bit lead minutes parts room thank work
The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don't have much room anyway. Thank goodness. But I've always contributed guitar parts to every band I've ever been in, so I'll always play the axe.
footage
There has got to be a lot of unreleased video out there, live footage and whatnot. There's always going to be something extra for the Pantera fan.