But they pulled it off without losing their high level of musicality. TERRY DATE It was a really lofty goal to make this record heavier and more powerful than Vulgar Display of Power, which was an incredibly heavy record. Everybody was very much on board with going against the grain. PHIL ANSELMO When we were touring Vulgar Display of Power, we knew that Far Beyond Driven had to be a legacy-defining type thing. It was the record that established Pantera, so we felt like we had to take our music to another level. VINNIE PAUL We pushed ourselves on every record, but Vulgar had such a great reaction. To celebrate the landmark album, Revolver rounded up the living members of Pantera-Paul, vocalist Phil Anselmo, and bassist Rex Brown-along with producer Terry Date, to discuss why Far Beyond Driven is so uncompromisingly heavy, the pains of its birth, and the tour that followed. 'All of a sudden the media was going, 'Who's this Pantera band?' ' Paul recalls. 1 on the Billboard chart, ahead of Bonnie Raitt's new record, Longing in Their Hearts, and Ace of Base's The Sign, which had been at the top the week before. Video of Pantera Becoming (live) The album was destined to be a metal classic, but when it arrived March 22, 1994, Far Beyond Driven came as a shock to the central nervous system of the music scene at large by the following week, the record had debuted at No.
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