Dimebag Darrell Is Jonathan Donais' "MVP" Among His Most Influential Guitarists
In an interview, the Anthrax guitarist counts off the players who shaped him most — and crowns Pantera legend Dimebag Darrell above them all.
Anthrax and ex-Shadows Fall guitarist Jonathan Donais has counted off his five most influential guitarists in an interview with Metal Edge — and left no doubt about who sits at the very top for him: Pantera legend Dimebag Darrell.
For Donais, Dimebag combined everything in one player: strong songs, crushing riffs, memorable solos and genuine rock-star presence. What mattered most, he says, were the early Pantera home videos, which first made him want to become a touring musician at all.
Elsewhere on his list are the thrash greats he learned to play from — Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, plus the "Rust In Peace" pairing of Megadeth's Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman — and, in Randy Rhoads, a guitarist who fused classical training with metal muscle. As an extra beyond the top five, Donais flagged Carcass' album "Heartwork," without which, he believes, Shadows Fall would never have existed.
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