- Recorded
- Pantego Sound Studio, spring 1986
- Engineer
- Credited on the tape as “The Elder” — Jerry Abbott, Dimebag and Vinnie Paul’s father, who cut Pantera’s first four records in the same room
- Lineup
- Walter Trachsler — guitar & bass · John Perez — lead guitar · Dave Gryder — drums · Jim “Moe” Mulqueen — vocals
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The Dallas–Fort Worth Metal Scene in the 1980s: Three Rooms That Built It
Dallas went punk and new wave. Arlington and Fort Worth went metal, in a pasture, a bar, a tombstone factory and a garage a Lebanese landlord never wanted to be a metal club.
Gammacide: The Arlington Thrash Band Behind Victims of Science
One album on a tiny California label, a decade of silence, and a record that kept finding new listeners until the band had to come back for it.
Pantego Sound Studio: The Small Texas Room Where Pantera, Gammacide and Rotting Corpse Recorded
A country songwriter’s studio at the end of a dead-end street in a one-square-mile town made Cowboys From Hell, Vulgar Display of Power and half the thrash demos in Dallas–Fort Worth.
