Anthrax’s Scott Ian remembers chaotic Pantera tour: “I threw up, and Darrell’s there with a shot”

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian has recalled the band’s chaotic 1997–98 tour with Pantera, saying the experience taught him how to drink. His story captures the hard-partying atmosphere of the tour and the close, unruly camaraderie between the musicians.

Ian says that after an intense night he ran to the bathroom and vomited, only to find Dimebag Darrell waiting outside with another shot and joking that he would have “more room”. Coal Chamber opened on the tour. The article provides no further details about the incident or the tour’s dates and locations.