A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa is a book written by rock writer and photographer Chris Armold

Chris Armold

Chris Armold is the author of A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa, a recounting of the tragedy at the Alrosa Villa, where Dimebag Darrell, Jeff "Mayhem" Thompson, Erin Halk, and Nathan Bray were killed and John "Kat" Brooks and Chris Paluska were injured by Nathan...

 and released by MJS Music Publications in 2007.

Overview

It tells the story of events leading to the shocking onstage murders of former Pantera

Pantera

Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...

 guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott, fan Nathan Bray, Alrosa Villa employee Erin Halk, and security guard Jeffery Thompson, who were all fatally shot by Nathan Gale

Nathan Gale

Nathan M. Gale was a former American Marine who is known for having murdered former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and three others during a Damageplan concert at the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio, on December 8, 2004.-Life:Nathan M. Gale was born in Calumet City, Illinois, and raised...

, while Abbott was performing with his new band Damageplan

Damageplan

Damageplan was an American heavy metal supergroup from Dallas, Texas that 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 Halford guitarist Pat Lachman on vocals, and later...

on December 8, 2004 at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio.

James Niggemeyer, the police officer who killed Darrell's assailant, wrote the foreword.

External links

• “A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa” at Amazon.com