Damageplan

Damageplan
From left to right: Bob Zilla, Vinnie Paul, Pat Lachman, Dimebag Darrell.
Background information
Also known as	New Found Power
Origin	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Nu metal, groove metal, thrash metal
Years active	2003 (2003)–2004 (2004)
Labels	Elektra
Associated acts	Pantera, Hellyeah
Website	damageplan.com
Past members	Pat Lachman Dimebag Darrell Vinnie Paul Shawn Matthews Bob Zilla

Damageplan was an American heavy metal band from Dallas, Texas, formed in 2003. Following the demise of their previous group Pantera, brothers Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott wanted to start a new band. The pair recruited former Diesel Machine and Halford guitarist Pat Lachman on vocals, and later Bob Zilla on bass. Damageplan released their only studio album New Found Power in the United States on February 10, 2004, which debuted at number 38 on the Billboard 200, selling 44,676 copies in its first week.

While Damageplan was promoting the album at a concert on December 8, 2004, at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, a man named Nathan Gale climbed on stage and killed lead guitarist Darrell and three others, and wounding another seven, before being shot dead by police officer James Niggemeyer. Although no motive was found, some witnesses claimed Gale blamed the brothers for Pantera's breakup and believed that they had stolen his lyrics. The band's manager confirmed there are unreleased Damageplan recordings, although they have not surfaced, and the band has not performed since the incident. Abbott and Zilla have joined the band Hellyeah, and Lachman joined The Mercy Clinic.

By 2003, guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott were not pleased with the difficulties heavy metal band Pantera was experiencing. Abbott described the performance level of Pantera's vocalist, Phil Anselmo, as "hit and miss, depending on what type of chemicals he was on." Following the release of Pantera's 2000 album Reinventing the Steel, Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown started to focus on their side projects and did not discuss or record any further Pantera material, while Darrell and Vinnie wanted to continue to write and play music. They thought it was time to move on and, upon disbanding Pantera, began writing new material.