They shaped what I was doing in so many ways. As a vocalist, I was so into Henry Rollins from Black Flag and Roger Miret from Agnostic Front. PHIL ANSELMO: The thrash movement was tremendous at the time. VINNIE PAUL: After we finished Power Metal, we looked at ourselves and said, “You know what? These fancy clothes and all this crazy hair ain’t playing music for us, we are.” So we decided to drop the image and focus more on the music and kick as much ass as possible. In commemoration of Cowboys’ 20-year reign and never-ending celebration of the late Dimebag Darrell’s legacy, all three surviving members of the band – Anselmo, Brown, and drummer Vinnie Paul – shared with Classic Rock the story behind the legendary Cowboys From Hell… After we knew we weren’t going to use that thing, we took little parts and used them even in demo mode for This Love. I guess it has historical value so you can see the progression of the band and where it was heading. "But it’s cool to have on there because as a band, it just shows us evolving. And I think if it was up to Phil, it wouldn’t make it on this one either. And that’s probably the reason it didn’t make it on the record. “I think it’s probably one of the first ones that was written for Cowboys From Hell that just didn’t make it. “I didn’t even know that existed until I heard it,” Brown says. Pantera’s first cut across the grain turned 20 years old in July 2010, and in September, Rhino reissued the record as a triple-CD set including the remastered original album, demo tracks (some with different lyrics), live versions, new liner notes, and a bonus song, The Will To Survive, recorded during the Cowboys… sessions.
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