During a Q&A session at Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp’s “Metalmania III” in Los Angeles, guitarist Zakk Wylde was asked if he would continue playing with Pantera ”permanently’.
Zakk Wylde answered, saying:
“Yeah. I told the guys (singer Philip Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown) whenever… as long as they wanna do it.
”I don’t know why you would wanna end it, ’cause all you’re (doing is) going out there and you’re just celebrating the fellas. I think it’s a beautiful thing and I get to hang out with my buddies.”
Zakk, who was close friends with late PANTERA guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, was also asked about his relationship with Dimebag‘s brother, late PANTERA drummer Vincent “Vinnie Paul” Abbott. He said:
“Oh, Vinnie was great too… With Dime and Vinnie, every night was Friday night or Saturday night. ‘Cause it wouldn’t be Sunday. And even if it was Sunday, it would be Sunday Night Football. You know what I mean? Every night was Friday night, man. I mean, it just literally was. I always say it, if you [were hanging out with] Dime and Vinnie, there was zero time to get depressed. If you were bummed out, it’s, like, ‘Zakk, call the fellas up. We’re gonna have a party.’ You could either be depressed or you could be loving life and whooping as much ass as possible. They were always about having a good time. I mean, Dime would walk in a room if somebody was depressed as could possibly be, [and] he would just light up a room. Same thing with Vinnie, man.”