Pantera's "Far Beyond Driven" to Be Expanded by Rhino

Pantera’s “Far Beyond Driven” to Be Expanded by Rhino

January 22, 2014 By Mike Duquette — No Comments

Anyone who saw the breakthrough of Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power as a fluke would be proven wrong in the spring of 1994, when the group’s heavy-hitting Far Beyond Driven debuted atop the Billboard 200. Two decades later, Rhino is expanding the LP with a previously unreleased live bootleg.

Far Beyond Driven continued the successful groove-metal formula established since the 1990 release of major-label debut Cowboys from Hell. The late guitarist Dimebag Darrell delivered some of the most monster riffs on six strings, while Phil Anselmo’s lyrics turned more introspective than on previous efforts, including lead single “I’m Broken” – which, with a Top 20 U.K. chart placement, is the band’s most successful single.

The 20th anniversary edition of Far Beyond Driven pairs the remastered original album with the band’s performance at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Donington, England on June 4, 1994. The band’s trek to Europe was tumultuous: Darrell and brother/Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul fought with journalists from Kerrang over an unflattering cartoon of Vinnie in the magazine, and Anselmo took on community service after assaulting a security guard at a gig later that month. But the resultant show is as energetic as they come, featuring songs from all three of the band’s Atco/EastWest albums.

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Look for Far Beyond Driven: 20th Anniversary Edition on March 25. Pre-order links are not yet live, but the full track list is after the jump.

Far Beyond Driven: 20th Anniversary Edition (EastWest/Rhino, 2014)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as EastWest 92302, 1994)

Strength Beyond Strength
Becoming
5 Minutes Alone
I’m Broken
Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills
Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks
Slaughtered
25 Years
Shedding Skin
Use My Third Arm
Throes of Rejection
Planet Caravan

Disc 2: Far Beyond Bootleg: Live from Donington ’94 (previously unreleased)

Use My Third Arm
Walk
Strength Beyond Strength
Domination/Hollow
Slaughtered
Fucking Hostile
This Love
Mouth for War
Cowboys from Hell

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, having written at and worked for all three major catalogue music labels and contributing to Allmusic, Billboard, Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Classic Rock. He's penned liner notes for Verve, Chess, Mondo and Soul Music Records.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife, a cat named Ravioli, twin daughters and a large yet tasteful collection of music.