within the message in blood
marks the years of pain
and your godforsaken ending to life
-- pantera
I was never much of a metal fan, so I'd barely heard of the band Pantera and not at all of guitarist Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott, recently slain in an Ohio nightclub by some deranged moron.
Ace of Spades adds an interesting detail:
"He was a hick with an attitude, and I say that respectfully," said neighbor Jim Evans, 63, a retired computer executive who said he frequently walked dogs with Abbott. "We'd talk conservative politics. He was a big, big supporter of George Bush."
I wonder if this kind of sentiment isn't more common with musicians who actually have to work for their living. Yeah, I'm not talking about you, Bruce. *
(*By "Bruce" I of course mean Springsteen, not Bruce of Autonomous Source, who is not, as far as I know, a musician.
Though I'm sure he would be a fine one if he put his mind to it.)