I REMEMBER WATCHING MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WITH MY DAD BACK IN 1980 WHEN LEGENDARY SPORTS BROADCASTER HOWARD COSELL INTERUPTED BROADCAST WITH THE NEWS THAT THE ICONIC MUSICIAN AND FORMER BEATLE, JOHN LENNON HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED JUST OUTSIDE HIS RESIDENCE IN NEW YORK CITY UPON ARRIVING HOME AFTER WORKING IN THE STUDIO, HIS KILLER, 25 YEAR OLD MARK DAVID CHAPMAN…A OVERZEALOUS AND MENTALLY UNSTABLE FAN…TOTALLY UNSPEAKABLE…AND THEN 24 YEARS TO THE DAY PANTERA CO FOUNDERS AND BROTHERS DIMEBAG DARREL AND VINNIE PAUL WERE ON TOUR WITH THEIR NEW BAND, DAMAGEPLAN IN COLOMBUS OHIO JUST A YEAR AFTER THE BITTER BREAK UP OF PANTERA AND WERE ON THEIR WAY TO MAJOR SUCCESS WHEN IT ALL CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT…DIMEBAG DARREL WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON STAGE MID PERFORMANCE, AS WELL AS 3 OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE, BY A FORMER MARINE WHO HAD BEEN DISCHARGED DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES…THE SHOOTER, WHO YELLED “YOU BROKE UP PANTERA” JUST BEFORE HE SHOT DARRELL, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A RESPONDING POLICE OFFICER…DIMEBAG DARRELL ABBOT HAD BECOME A GUITAR HERO IN THE METAL WORLD COMBINING MULTIPLE STYLES AND WAS JUST 38 YEARS OLD… THE FIRST TIME DARRELL ABBOT WAS CREDITED AS DIMEBAG DARRELL WAS ON PANTERA’S 1994 ALBUM FAR BEYOND DRIVEN…THE LEAD SINGLE OFF THAT ALBUM IS “I’M BROKEN” AND THAT IS HOW MANY FELT AFTER THE SENSELESS ACTS THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF 2 OF THE MOST ICONIC ARTISTS OF OUR TIME….”I’M BROKEN”…IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON THIS SAD DAY IN ROCK HISTORY….ON 105.7 THE X 

Can you “Imagine” what they could’ve/would’ve done with their music? 🙁