Far Beyond Driven
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| Studio album by Pantera | ||||
| Released | March 22, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | |||
| Genre | Groove metal, thrash metal | |||
| Length | 56:31 | |||
| Label | EastWest | |||
| Producer | Terry Date | |||
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| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
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Far Beyond Driven is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on March 22, 1994 by EastWest Records. The album is Pantera's fastest-selling album. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Also, the album was certified Platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.Far Beyond Driven is the first album by Pantera where the band's guitarist Darrell Abbott is credited as "Dimebag Darrell", having changed his nickname from "Diamond Darrell" soon after Vulgar Display of Power was released. The Japanese and the Driven Downunder Tour '94 Souvenir Collection editions contain a bonus thirteenth track, "The Badge", a Poison Idea cover. This cover was also featured on The Crow soundtrack.
At the time of its release, Pantera's vocalist Phil Anselmo was injured with ruptured disks in his back and was suffering from chronic pain from degenerative disk disease. Anselmo began drinking heavily, abusing painkillers, muscle relaxants and began taking heroin to numb the pain.
In an interview at Loyola University in March 2009, Anselmo said:
The song "I'm Broken" is about back pain that Phil Anselmo felt. Phil Anselmo said "This is right when I started feeling the pain in my lower back, and it felt scary," says Anselmo. "I think this is one of the first times in my life, man, that I had this thing called 'vulnerability' kick in, and that was a very uncomfortable feeling." Anselmo adds, "I think that was really my first glimpse into kind of screaming to the world, 'Fucking... I am broken! Somebody fucking help me here!'"
Speaking about the song "5 Minutes Alone", drummer Vinnie Paul said:
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