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"I remember first seeing Dime with the Pantera boys around 1990 with Suicidal Tendencies and Exodus. He was Pantera's hook and straight up owned life and on the record, I find it amazing that I'd be one of Dime's good friends years later. Dime and I shared great times at numerous Pantera and Damage-plan shows, one-on-one in photo-shoots, and during unforgettable moments when I was a personal guest at his house. Whether you knew Dime or read

about him in the countless magazines and books covering his amazing life, one thing is always a constant about this legend called Dimebag: He was really thing is always a constant about this legend called Dimebag: He was really

one-of-a-kind...a unique force and personality put into the body of an iconic and gifted guitarist who not only slayed the metal world with his talents, but

brought a goddamn smile to millions of faces and ears all over the globe. Cheers to Dime...a most incredible man and musician...and my good friend

forever."Chad Lee

Renowed Rock Photographer

CHAD LEE Chad Lee grew up in a home where cameras were

a constant presence. He recalls how his mother was always taking pictures of him jumping bikes, skate-boarding, whatever it might be. “ My mom would

always take me to concerts growing up. I was 9 years old when I went to my first concert in 1982,” Chad

goes on to say, “ Little did I know in 10 or 15 years that music photography was gonna end up being my music photography was gonna end up being my

career.” “ Honestly, through my teens and early twenties I

kind of floated around. I thought I wanted to be a chef for a long time, worked in restaurants. Then I started

building houses and became a union carpenter. It was great work and great money. My ex-wife and I owned

tanning salons as well at that time. As I was getting into my late twenties I was living in Chicago and we

would work on houses unti115 degrees below zero. Up would work on houses unti115 degrees below zero. Up there on the roof pounding nails, I started thinking to

myself, ‘There’s got to be a better way!’ I was still going to concerts when Kiss did their reunion tour. I’ve been a Kiss fan since I was four years old and I have two Kiss tattoos. I bought front row seats to a show and took a Kodak Advantix camera with me and got some pretty

amazing shots for an amateur in the front row. A amazing shots for an amateur in the front row. A bunch of friends were like, ‘Hey, these are really good,

man. You should do this for a living!’ so I started to think about it,” Lee explains.

“Fast forw ard to 19 9 8, I w as a big fan of Marily n Man son . My frien d Joh n 5 w h o play s for R ob Z ombie, but w as w ith Man son at th e time, h e an d I used to trad e K iss merch an d ise on EBay an d w h at n ot. O n e d ay w e g ot to talkin g an d h an g in g out an d I sh ow ed h im some of

my K iss ph otos an d h e said th e same th in g . H e w as like, ‘D ud e, th ese are amaz in g , y ou sh ould d o th is for a livin g .’ R eally , I th oug h t, h ow d o I d o th at?” Ch ad explain s rec allin g th e momen ts h e beg an to seriously con sid er music ph otog raph y as a possible c areer. “So I sh ot a

couple of Man son sh ow s th roug h Joh n 5 an d th en h e in trod uced me to a few key people.” “I w “I w as still build in g h ouses, still ow n ed th e tan n in g salon s so I h ad jobs an d mon ey , th an k fully , th at allow ed me to g o to con certs

reg ularly an d sh oot, sh oot, sh oot every th in g I could ,” Ch ad states. Th en aroun d 20 0 0 h e met Z akk W y ld e of th e ban d Black Label Society , w h o h ad been O z z y O sbourn e’s g uitarist for 20 y ears. Man son w as tourin g w ith O z z fest w h en h e con n ected w ith W y ld e. “I sh ot

Z akk an d later in th e fall I w en t out to see h im at a sh ow an d broug h t some 8 x 10 ’s ph otos I h ad taken of h im. W y ld e w en t th roug h th em an d h e w as like, ‘D ud e, th ese are th e best fuckin g pictures I h ave ever seen of my self, c an I h ave th em? Come back tomorrow an d I

w ill sw ill sig n th em all,’ so I w en t an d sh ot h im th at n ig h t an d th e n ext n ig h t,” Lee rec alls. “Basic ally h e said to me, ‘H ey man , I’ll g ive y ou $2,50 0 to come on tour w ith me for a w eek [of sh ootin g ],’ an d I literally th oug h t, oh my God , th is is an aw esome opportun ity ,” an d Ch ad ’s

d esire for a “better w ay ” w as n aturally beg in n in g to reveal itself. Lee w asn ’t able to take th at job bec ause of oth er prior commitmen ts, but h e soon beg an w orkin g profession ally w ith Z akk an d

th in g s started to “sn ow ball” from th ere. “I d id a lot of w ork w ith Joh n 5 an d g ot some oth er con n ection s th roug h h im an d before I kn ew it I h ad CD covers an d book covers. It just roller-coastered an d g rew from th ere. I sold my first ph oto profession ally 20 0 2,” Ch ad

explain s. Ch ad Lee Ch ad Lee’s most w ell kn ow n an d celebrated ph oto sh oot in clud es th e aw e-in spirin g picture of D imebag D arrell on th e cover of th is

mag az in e. Th e imag e, an d it’s blaz in g oran g e sun set sky h ues reflectin g g low in g lava-like lig h t upon th e lake, silh ouetted by back g roun d veg etation , w ith D arrell immersed , h ead th row n back, on e w ith th e n early supern atural lookin g scen e is icon ic. I’ve alw ay s been partial to sun set ph otos, but th is imag e is virtually on fire ph y sic ally an d metaph oric ally . W ith out D imebag th e picture stan d s

alon e in all of its n atural w on d er as a pow erful imag e. But w ith D arrell an d in th e con text of w h o th is man w as an d still is to people, th e th e d eep feelin g th at’s been c aptured in h im, completely lackin g in h ibition , raw , open , submerg ed w ith n ature an d th e elemen ts, th e on e

of a kin d imag e tran sforms in to someth in g oth erw orld ly . Captured momen ts like th is d on ’t just h appen . Th ere is a trustin g an d d eeply c arin g relation sh ip g oin g on h ere betw een ph otog ra-ph er an d subject. D arrell h ad been frien d s w ith Ch ad sin ce th e early d ay s of h is ph otog raph y c areer. D imebag h ad told Lee, “ Stick w ith

me, I’ll make y ou rich an d famous,” an d th oug h it c an easily seem a foresh ad ow in g statemen t, Ch ad in terprets D ime’s en courag emen t in a more practic al lig h t. “It w as h is w ay to turn th e spotlig h t on to th ose aroun d h im,” Ch ad explain s loy ally .

Lee h ad just flow n in to sh oot w h at w as to be th eir fin al ph oto session at D imebag ’s. Lee w as at th e airport w h en h e realiz ed th at h e h ad left h is w allet on th e plan e. No mon ey , n o cred it c ard s, h e could n ’t even ren t a c ar to g et out of th ere. Ch ad c alls D arrell an d

relay s th e scen e. Immed iately D imebag arran g es for a ren tal c ar to pick Lee up, take h im to th e clubh ouse w h ere h e w as g iven an en velope w ith a very g en erous sum of mon ey D ime in sisted h e take an d a n ew w allet-w ith a c h ain attach ed . Super stan d up in d ivid ual. Th e fin al

ph oto session th en follow s an d some truly d ivin e imag es are born from a truly d ivin e g uy really just bein g h imself w ith h is g ood frien d Ch ad .

Lee h Lee h as n ever taken a ph otog raph y class in h is en tire life. H e g ot close to takin g some a few y ears back, but all h is frien d s kept tellin g h im n ot to an d h e took th eir ad vice. Th ey just kn ew th at w h at Ch ad h ad could n ot be taug h t.

I Imag es from th at ph oto sh oot h ave g on e on to w orld w id e fame; on posters, CD s, t-sh irts, ad s, an d all sorts of rock memorabilia. Th ere’s just n o d en y in g th e g row in g leg ac y of D imebag w ith th e real, vast, an d substan tial love th at lives on for h im. Ch ad ’s exq uisite ph otos g ive us all someth in g special an d set apart for our remembran ce an d h on orin g of th e un iq uely g ifted artist an d h uman bein g

th at w as an d forever is D imebag D arrell. By : Gin a Carpin i

Photo By Chad Lee

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R o b M ich aelsBy Jennifer To ti

RR o b M ich aels h as been a par t o f th e music ind ustry since h is teenage year s. H is mo st

r ecent pr o ject is a jo int musical effo r t betw een acclaimed music pr o d ucer Br and o n

Jar r ett fo r M o H o Pr o d uctio ns and th e talented band member s, Jimi Cr o k er , James

M ueller , and D an K r emer . R o b’s fo ur th album “A“Accept D estinatio n” is alr ead y gar ner ing

inter est fo r televisio n and mo vie inclusio n. Th e single Letting Go blend s r o ck and guitar

r ifts w ith a tw ist o f go spel ch o ir . Th e r esult is asto und ing.

20 10 w as an incr ed ible year fo r R o b M ich aels. R o b o pened fo r th e Gin Blo sso ms, played th e

San Gennar o Festival spo nso r ed by Jimmy K immel, w as th e musical guest fo r th e pr o mi-

nent Acme Co med y Th eatr e, and pick ed up so me very go o d end o r sements, includ ing w o r ld

class M inar ik Guitar s. Th is spo nso r sh ip places RR o b in th e family w ith M o to r h ead , D ick D ale,

James Valentine, D anny B. H arvey, Scar lett Po mer s, and many o th er to p guitar ists. Th e

mo mentum is car rying R o b into 20 11 w ith th e r elease o f h is album. Visit

h ttp://w w w .r o bmich aels.co m fo r up to d ate info r matio n.

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