| B-SIDES | ▼ Music Precious Metal The Pantera house in Arlington owned by Vinnie Paul has been demolished. BY DANNY GALLAGHER NY DELICATESSEN, RESTAURANT & BAKERY 4 DFW LOCATIONS • CINDISNYDELI.COM occupied by late Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul tore it down just a few months after purchasing it in February. The empty two-story, four-bedroom, A T RHUS OCT 2 D IE RN , OR .7 ICK S A EA F T WOR TH WIN A P OF AI LSBERERO/CM FEE/HIAETSTLO ICKT AAOSV. R CRSP N R T ES! DL five-bathroom mansion on Hickory Valley Court went on the real estate market in early February, and a buyer scooped it up in a little over a few days, according to its Zillow list- ing. Paul died in 2018 at 54 from a heart con- dition in his other home in Las Vegas. “Absolutely gut wrenching and heart- breaking,” wrote former deejay Derek “D- Rock” Walker on a Facebook post with two photos of the remaining rubble that’s since been taken down from the web. “This is what remains of the monument that was Vinnie Paul’s home in Arlington, Texas. This was not only a heavy metal landmark but a staple in Pantera’s rock and roll legacy.” According to Walker’s post, Paul’s former home was purchased by “private investors” to make way for a new building. The announcement of the house’s for- sale sign in February prompted a plan from Avenged Sevenfold singer M. Shadows to buy the house through an independent col- lective funded by NFTs. Shadows laid out his plans on his Twitter page. “This is the place where any musician that came through Dallas would come after a long night at Vinnies [sic] famous strip club or after the shows,” Shadows posted. “Musicians, actors ... you name it ... It was like the ‘Graceland of Heavy Metal.’ We have been many times. So [Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Zack Vengeance] suggested a DAO [decentralized autonomous organization] purchase of it.” The mansion is just one of many parts of 20 Paul’s estate that have gone up for sale. An estate auction of Paul’s belongings is under- way through Backstage Auctions and closes on Sunday. The auction’s catalog includes several drum kits from Paul’s performing days with bands Pantera, Damageplan and Hellyeah and his guitar collection, including a vintage axe owned by Paul’s late brother and Pantera bandmate “Dimebag” Darrell. Paul’s Arlington home holds a signifi- cant place in Pantera’s heavy metal legacy. local piece of heavy metal history is gone. The owner of the 3,784-square-foot mansion in Arlington once owned and The house was built to be a party spot with features like a rotating wall that housed a secret sex play room, space for hot tubs and a pool and a safe room. Paul hosted huge parties for sporting events like the Super Bowl and the Dallas Stars’ Stanley Cup win in 1999, with members of the team and the fabled trophy. Paul told the metal blog Loudwire in an interview for its “Wikipedia Fact or Fiction” column that during the early morning hours of a huge celebration party in which Paul packed his house with strippers and cases of Crown Royal whisky, Stars Center Guy Car- bonneau grabbed the Stanley Cup trophy and yelled at defenseman Craig Ludwig from a second story balcony, “Hey Luddy! Catch the cup!” Then Carbonneau tossed the huge silver trophy off the balcony where it landed on the side of Paul’s swimming pool, leaving a huge dent. Members of the party including Paul jumped in the pool and sank it to the bottom. Paul says the cup’s keeper told him, “You cannot do that. That’s the Stanley Cup!’’ And, Paul added: “And we’re like, ‘We just fucking did it dude!’ It was pretty awesome man.” Paul spent a lot of time in his house griev- ing after his brother Dimebag died in 2004 from a shooting in a Ohio club committed by a crazed fan. He spent the following year in his house and away from the drums, only leaving to grab drinks at his all-nude strip club The Clubhouse. He returned to the drums in 2005 at a tribute concert for Drowning Pool and formed the new group Hellyeah with names like Mudvayne singer Chad Gray and Nothingface guitarist Tom Maxwell. They recorded six albums and toured until Paul’s death. ▼ STATE FAIR DEEP-FRIED TUNES T TEXAS STATE FAIR ANNOUNCES FREE CONCERT LINEUP, INCLUDING 74 LOCAL PERFORMERS. BY TYLER DANIELS his year while you’re stuffing your face with Fletcher’s Origi- nal Corny Dogs and fried Oreos at the State Fair of Texas, you can enjoy a free music lineup that includes genres ranging from country to courtesy Zillow The late Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul left behind a legendary mansion that was torn down. R&B, norteño to electro-pop and others. All performances are free to fairgoers with the purchase of a daily ticket, and 74 of the 90- pls performers hail from Texas. The Chevrolet Main Stage, located next to the Craft Pavilion near the Hall of State, will play host to the biggest performances of the fair. Sixteen headliners will be per- forming at the main stage over the fair’s 24- day span, including Trace Adkins (Sept. 30), Ashanti (Oct. 1), Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Oct. 1), Chris Perez (as in Selena’s widower, on Oct. 4), Jamestown Revival (Oct. 8) and La Mafia (Oct. 23). The wave of local artists brought to the fair is an initiative known as The Lone Star Music Series, which launched in 2019 and aims to showcase Texas-sized talent in their hometowns and backyards. The regional performers will include Denton-based rock band Brave Combo (Oct. 3) along with Fort Worth natives Squezebox Bandits (Oct. 12) and Trevor Douglas (Oct. 10). For a full list of headline performers and regional acts, visit the Chevrolet Main Stage website. Other live music and shows will be fea- tured across other stages throughout the fairgrounds, such as the Bud Light Stage, lo- cated centrally in the Cotton Bowl Plaza, which will host Joshua Ray Walker, who re- cently performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. His performance is on open- ing day, Sept. 30. The Mariachi Rosas Divi- nas, an all-female mariachi band, will perform on Oct. 2. The Yuengling Stage, located outside the Go Texas Pavilion, will have a Friday night comedy series, titled “Deep Fried Comedy,” as well as live music throughout the week. Season passes are now on sale for $50. One of North Texas’ most popular annual traditions, the State Fair of Texas, returns from Sept. 30 through Oct. 23. Each year over two million people find their way into the fair, which features rides, games, unique fried foods, college football, pig racing and provides jobs for thousands. JUNE 9–15, 2022 DALLAS OBSERVER CLASSIFIED | MUSIC | DISH | CULTURE | UNFAIR PARK | CONTENTS dallasobserver.com
