At the end of the performance of “Walk” at Dimebash 2016, which took place on January 22nd at Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood, CA, Phil Anselmo ended the night with a Nazi salute, then screamed “white power” to the crowd (video below). Uploader Chris R posted: “I originally cut this from my first post of “Walk”, but I feel people deserve to see this! A very sad moment and to me ruined the night! This is not what Pantera is about!!! Absolutely uncalled for and I can see why Vinny Paul wants nothing to do with this man. Phil Anselmo you are a racist prick!!”

In a new interview with Eddie Trunk on Sirius XM Volume (found here), Anselmo commented on th eincident and being branded a racist by fans, the media, Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn, and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. An excerpt from the conversation is below:

Anselmo: "These so-called peers who gave me backlash need to take a good, cold stare in the mirror themselves. And anyone else who throws that word 'racism' or 'racist' around so freely, they need to understand the implications of said word. That's a heavy-duty implication when you don't know jack shit about me except for what you've seen on what? In live performances, music videos, interviews, whatever. And taken out of this whole thing is my dark sense of humor, which at the time, I was half angry / half joking, because, funny enough, just before the gig started, Dug Pinnick from King's X, a gay black man, came to say hello to me. I kissed him on the lips because I'm comfortable as hell with my sexuality, and I don't care what people think about me sexually. And then he said, 'Man, you taste good,' and it was the white wine. I said, 'It must be that white power...' (laughs). Yes, so that was a joke there. And then some of my musical peers — your words — took that, and, by the way, the main culprit wasn't even privy to the room that I was in."

Superjoint, featuring Anselmo, have announced a string of US dates in January with support from Battlecross and Child Bite. Confirmed dates are listed below.

Tour dates:

January
12 - Austin, TX - Grizzly Hall
13 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
17 - Fayetteville, AR - George’s Majestic Lounge
19 - Cleveland, OH - The Agora Ballroom
20 - Valparaiso, IN - Big Shots
21 - Dayton, OH - Oddbody’s
22 - Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot Ballroom
24 - Louisville, KY - Diamond Pub Concert Hall
25 - Indianapolis, IN - The Emerson Theater
27 - Arlington Heights, IL - House Of Music & Ent.
28 - Sauget, IL - Pop's Concert Venue

Superjoint recently released their Caught Up In The Gears Of Application full-length. Produced by Phil Anselmo and Stephen Berrigan (Down, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, Eyehategod, Haarp, Classhole, etc.) and mastered by Scott Hull (Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Pig Destroyer) at Visceral Sounds, Caught Up In The Gears Of Application remains true to Superjoint's original strategy: to spew forth an acrimonious crossover of hardcore punk, metal, and unrelenting, hostile, New Orleans-style angst.

Order Caught Up In The Gears Of Application via the Housecore Store here. For digital orders, head to iTunes or Apple Music.  

Tracklisting:

“Today And Tomorrow”
“Burning The Blanket”
“Ruin You”
“Caught Up In The Gears Of The Application”
“Sociopathic Herd Delusion”
“Circling The Drain”
“Clickbait”
“Asshole”
“Mutts Bite Too”
“Rigging The Fight”
“Receiving No Answer To The Knock”

Album stream:

“Caught Up In The Gears Of Application” video: