Dimebag Darrell Statue Support Swelling

Mankind has a funny thing for statues. It's a bit odd that we build these life-size likenesses of people we like and then just, what... look at them? Have them around? Michaelangelo's David... understandable. Rodin? Sure... But hey, if it's rock n' roll statues we're talking, then we say (in a deep John Kerry 2004 voice) BRING, IT, ON. The folks of Dallas want to build a statue of slain Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and there certainly is a precedent for this sort of thing. Witness statues of original AC/DC singer Bon Scott (Fremantle, Australia), Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott (Dublin) and Jimi Hendrix (Seattle), to name only a few. Of course, this movement has a MySpace. From the Dallas Observer:

The two dudes trying to erect a "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott statue in Dallas got a big boost this week: Revolver ("The World's Loudest Rock Magazine!") ran a little piece about the efforts of Houston's Joey Riordan and Toronto's mono-monikered Mangra, which is snowballing down the virtual metal mountain thanks to Blabbermouth.net.

Truth is, the duo have been at this since June, at the very least; thus far, it appears they've raised some $1,063.33 following a fund-raising concert in Canada last month.