According to Amazon.com, Philip Anselmo (from both Down and Pantera) is set to release an autobiography next January!
In this brutally honest, no-holds-barred memoir, Philip Anselmo, former frontman of the legendary metal band Pantera, finally tells his side of the storyon everything from the bands meteoric rise to the murder of guitarist Darrell Abbott onstage.
From bar band obscurity to the bright spotlight of the worlds stage, Anselmo helped lead Pantera to world domination. He soared to the top with the first extreme metal album to debut at #1 on theBillboardmusic charts withFar Beyond Drivenin 1994. He turned a bar-bumping glam metal band into the heaviest, most extreme, and most successful heavy metal unit since Metallica.
But the ride to the top wasnt easy.
Soon afterFar Beyond Driventopped the charts, Anselmo hit rock bottom at the bands celebrated return gig in Dallas, Texas, where he was declared clinically dead for more than four minutes after he overdosed on heroin. He later watched Pantera disintegrate due to backbiting, alcohol and drug abuse, and chronic pain. And in addition to nearly killing himself, Anselmo has been blamed for killing the band and wrongfully accused as the reason his best friend and guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott was murdered onstage by a deranged fan.
Anselmos rise to the top of the heavy metal heap as the ultimate frontman is the stuff of modern-day legend. Finally, he tells all in this fascinating narrative of his hard-won music career with incredible highs and devastating lows.Mouth for Waris the hard, honest, brutal truth.
Sounds like a pretty good read to us! Watch this space for more information…
