Track Listing

1. New Level
2. Walk
3. Becoming
4. 5 Minutes Alone
5. Sandblasted Skin
6. Suicide Note Part 2
7. War Nerve
8. This Love
9. Dom/Hollow
10. Strength Beyond Strength
11. I'm Broken
12. Cowboys From Hell
13. Cemetery Gates
14. Fucking Hostile
15. Where You Come From
16. I Can't Hide

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38558 in Music
• Released on: 1997-08-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Explicit Lyrics, Live
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's a bit surprising that Pantera waited until 1997 to release a live album, considering how brutal and powerful the band had been in concert. At an average Pantera show, it would not be unusual to see security evicting overzealous fans and club bathrooms filled with bloody wads of paper towels from mosh pit injuries. Official Live 101 Proof captures the group in its natural, violent element, combining abrupt, barbed riffs with pulse-pounding beats and furious vocals. The record spans Pantera's career, from the classic guitar lick of "Cowboys from Hell" to the fuzzbomb fury of "Suicide Note Pt. 2" (from album The Great Southern Trendkill). As an encore, the band offers album buyers two new studio tracks, the bluesy bonecrusher "Where You Come From" and the grinding "I Can't Hide". As the fortress of alternative rock continues to crumble, Pantera stomp vindictively through the rubble, their metallic legacy intact. --Jon Wiederhorn

CD Description
After seven long years of almost non-stop touring, Pantera personally chose these 16 songs as the creme de la creme, the definitive live Pantera experience. All well and good, we can only hope the folks up front had kneepads and mouthpieces, because this is not for the faint of heart. This is incendiary thrash metal; full-speed-ahead sonic mayhem, from the churning grunge of "Becoming" to the jackhammer assault of "Hostile". "New Level", the disc's opener, pretty much defines the experience here; vocals are shouted rather than sung, drums are attacked with fury and vengeance, guitars scream and churn and ring out like the very bells of Hades...well, you get the idea. There are two new songs here as well, whichthe band recorded during a 12-day break in their hectic tour schedule.

Customer Reviews

probably my favourite cd, easily panteras best
this was the first pantera cd i ever heard, and straight away i went and bought all their studio cds. its got all their best songs, plus two new studio tracks, 'where you come from', bluesy riff like cowboys from hell, and 'i cant hide', aggresive song maybe like rise.

if you have their other stuff, you'll notice some songs have had their endings changed - becoming has the ending from throes of rejection, i'm broken has the ending from live in a hole and stuff like that. all the songs sound so much better live, if you like pantera or not i reccomend this cd, it kix arse!

Great Album!
Great album, but I'd have to disagree with people sayin that the two new songs are forgetable, ok so I cant Hide isnt a classic but Where You Come From is a top quality song! If you havent got any Pantera albums i'd recommend this but if youve got a few then theres nothing special on this that you wont of already heard.

What live albums should be!
This is my favorite Pantera CD, it's got most of their best tracks on it, although there are a few I would've liked them to add. Most of the tracks sound far better live, like Walk, although I do find Phil Anselmos rantings between tracks (or even sometimes in the middle of them! see Walk again) annoying on repeated listens. The two new tracks are pretty forgettable, probably ones that didn't get on to their albums. This is definately a worthwile buy, everything a live album should be, you will not be dissapointed.