Rebel Meets Rebel was an American
outlaw countryOutlaw country was a significant trend in country music during the late 1960s and the 1970s , commonly referred to as The Outlaw Movement or simply Outlaw music...
crossover project with
David Allan CoeDavid Allan Coe is an American country music singer who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career. As a singer, his biggest hits were "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", "The Ride", and "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile"...
on vocals and guitar,
Dimebag DarrellDarrell Lance Abbott, also known as "Diamond Darrell", "Dimebag Darrell", or simply "Dime" was an American guitarist...
on guitar & back-up vocals,
Rex BrownRex Robert Brown is an American heavy metal bassist. Currently a member of Down, he is most famous as the longtime bassist for the Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling band Pantera.-Life and career:...
on bass, and
Vinnie PaulVincent Paul Abbott, also known as "Vinnie Paul" is a heavy metal drummer and producer who is currently a member of supergroup Hellyeah, but is best known for being a member, and co-founder, of the heavy metal band Pantera...
on drums. The project resulted in the self-titled album
Rebel Meets RebelRebel Meets Rebel was an American Outlaw country album; the result of a project by American country music singer David Allan Coe and Texas heavy metal band Pantera members Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown and Vinnie Paul...
. The music was written and recorded by the band when the musicians had time aside from their other projects, including
PanteraPantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and "Dimebag" Darrell , then known as Diamond Darrell, in 1981. Bassist Rex Brown then known as Rex Rocker would join in 1982, with vocalist Terry Glaze...
's world tour supporting
Reinventing the SteelReinventing the Steel is the ninth and final studio album by heavy metal band Pantera. It was released through East West Records, on March 14, 2000.-Album information:...
.
Rebel Meets Rebel was an American
outlaw countryOutlaw country was a significant trend in country music during the late 1960s and the 1970s , commonly referred to as The Outlaw Movement or simply Outlaw music...
crossover project with
David Allan CoeDavid Allan Coe is an American country music singer who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career. As a singer, his biggest hits were "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", "The Ride", and "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile"...
on vocals and guitar,
Dimebag DarrellDarrell Lance Abbott, also known as "Diamond Darrell", "Dimebag Darrell", or simply "Dime" was an American guitarist...
on guitar & back-up vocals,
Rex BrownRex Robert Brown is an American heavy metal bassist. Currently a member of Down, he is most famous as the longtime bassist for the Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling band Pantera.-Life and career:...
on bass, and
Vinnie PaulVincent Paul Abbott, also known as "Vinnie Paul" is a heavy metal drummer and producer who is currently a member of supergroup Hellyeah, but is best known for being a member, and co-founder, of the heavy metal band Pantera...
on drums. The project resulted in the self-titled album
Rebel Meets RebelRebel Meets Rebel was an American Outlaw country album; the result of a project by American country music singer David Allan Coe and Texas heavy metal band Pantera members Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown and Vinnie Paul...
. The music was written and recorded by the band when the musicians had time aside from their other projects, including
PanteraPantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and "Dimebag" Darrell , then known as Diamond Darrell, in 1981. Bassist Rex Brown then known as Rex Rocker would join in 1982, with vocalist Terry Glaze...
's world tour supporting
Reinventing the SteelReinventing the Steel is the ninth and final studio album by heavy metal band Pantera. It was released through East West Records, on March 14, 2000.-Album information:...
.
Originally the song
Rebel Meets Rebel was supposed to be released as a duet with Coe and
Phil AnselmoPhilip Hansen "Phil" Anselmo is an American musician who is best known as the frontman for the heavy metal band Pantera. He is currently the frontman for heavy metal band Down. He is also the owner of Housecore Records.-Childhood and early life:Anselmo grew up in the inner city of New Orleans...
.
Another appearance on the album was
Hank Williams IIIShelton Hank Williams, known as Hank Williams III , is an American country, punk and metal musician. The grandson of country legend Hank Williams, Sr...
providing vocals on the track "Get Outta' My Life" alongside David Allan Coe.
The album was released on May 2, 2006, under Vinnie Paul's own label
Big Vin RecordsBig Vin Records is a record label, based in Arlington, Texas, United States, that was formed in February 2006 by Metal drummer and producer, Vinnie Paul. Big Vin Records has a distribution deal with Fontana Records, which in turn is owned by Universal Music Group. Vinnie became famous for being in...
, posthumously after Dimebag Darrell's murder in 2004.
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