Dimebag Darrell Grave Disrespected, Back-Peddling Begins

Posted by RiffYou On March 01, 2015 0 Comment

On Saturday, Nuclear Hellfrost ran for cover after it was discovered that someone affiliated with the metal band had disrespected the grave site of late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott.

The Pantera Facebook account revealed an Instagram post in which a piece of paper with “fag” written upon was left upon the gravestone. To make matters worse, the one who published said photo, provided the following caption: “I HATE pantera…with a passion. and so does the rest of my band. so on tour going through texas we paid douchebag darrell a visit, we spit on his grave, stole a pair of cowboy boots, and i wrote ‘FAG’ on his grave… in not a homophobe but i hope the panturrrra fans see this and shit themselves with anger…FUCK DIMEBAG, buncha racist hillbillies.”

To which Pantera responded: “We are absolutely disgusted by this! We ask that all of you please show Dime & his grave the respect he deserves. This conduct will not be tolerated and the authorities have been notified.”

Very quickly after Nuclear Hellfrost became the prime suspect for this ridiculous act, the band issued a statement on Facebook indicating that the disrespecting of Dimebag Darrell was done by their former singer, Reece Eber.

“The posts about us and to us are a complete surprise to us,” read the statement by Nuclear Hellfrost. “Anything having to do with grave desecration was entirely a hoax put on by our former lead singer completely disconnected from the other members of the band. If you see Dimebag’s grave you can see there is nothing carved into his grave, the only thing that exists is a photo of a piece of paper posted by the former member. We are strongly against any sort of homophobia, racism, or outright disrespect for a human being. We have nothing but the utmost respect for Dimebag and this is a misguided political publicity stunt that we were dragged into by a former member with an awful sense of humor. Nuclear Hellfrost as a band would like to apologize on this former member’s behalf to not only Dimebag’s fans, but most importantly his family. Again, the members of Nuclear Hellfrost had absolutely ZERO actual involvement in any of the alleged actions described by our former singer. Again, nothing but respect to Dimebag as a human being and condolences to his family. These are fabricated and contrived allegations on the internet that never happened in real life.”

Before Eber either personally deleted his Facebook page (or had it deleted for him), Nuclear Hellfrost found his apology and shared it on their account:

“This is Reece Eber, the guy who ignorantly acted like a fool and pulled the dumbest possible delinquent act of my life… And where to begin… I’ve become famous today in the worst possible way. My friends and I have received death threats and multiple insults over the past day or so, I’ve made the news, and all I can say to sum it all up is I’m deeply sorry. I acted ignorantly and completely out of line. There is NO reason for doing what I did, and when I say “I”, I mean ME alone. My friends were not present for the event and should have caught up with them when they were walking away, instead i left a piece of paper with an insult to a man many people idolize and for a cheap laugh that I didn’t think about the consequences. I did not carve into it and it was a piece of paper and nothing was stolen. I’m not asking for forgiveness, I’m not asking for sympathy, I am only attempting to express an apology that I want to reach out to the people I hurt and offended with this dumb act. There is no reason for what I did and it was the worst mistake I’ve made in my young and evidently dumb life. I don’t blame the threats and comments. I understand how you feel and that’s why I’m an asshole because I knowingly was out for blood, and so I don’t blame anyone for wanting to do god knows what to me. The fact of the matter is I feel awful and guilty and this will stick with me forever, just like the Seinfeld guy using the N word… I can not express how sorry I am to Vinnie Paul and the Abbott family for the distress I caused, and the other members of Pantera and other acts Darrell was a part of. I owe everyone an apology for my actions because they were uncalled for, and horrible, despicable, and I went way too far. Some jokes are NOT funny and this is one of them. I took a joke way too far with a piece of paper and some hurtful words and as I’ve expressed, I don’t expect any sort of acceptance or sympathy. I’m doing this out of the guilt I feel, knowing I caused this and I want to attempt to make it right even though I’m sure many will not accept this… I’m truly sorry for my actions and I’m sorry I put people I care about in potential danger and upsetting people for my selfish and morbid sense of humor. Anyways to wrap this up, I hope this was read, I hope at least someone will accept this and I hope for a better future for everyone…”

Well, even if Eber is the true culprit, one must suspect that the days of Nuclear Hellfrost (as a band) will soon come to a close. It’s hard to see how they could recover from this instance, even if as an innocent bystander.

You just don’t mess with Texas…or the memory of Dimebag Darrell.