Sorry for you guys that think Phil was not slamming when Nola was written. I partied with Phil a couple years prior to this album, and I assure you heroin was among the party favors. Phil has stated in an 8/09 interview with Blabbermouth that "I wasn't singing anymore about levels of confidence and power and walking and all these songs of positivity, I was singing about dope.
Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/philip-anselmo-opens-up-about-his-heroin-addiction-pantera-s-breakup/#X67yGe7tbQqFTpUg.99" and Nola was about fear and self loathing. Most of Nola is an obvious cry for help. This song is, most definitely, about his struggle with junk.
Sorry for you guys that think Phil was not slamming when Nola was written. I partied with Phil a couple years prior to this album, and I assure you heroin was among the party favors. Phil has stated in an 8/09 interview with Blabbermouth that "I wasn't singing anymore about levels of confidence and power and walking and all these songs of positivity, I was singing about dope. Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/philip-anselmo-opens-up-about-his-heroin-addiction-pantera-s-breakup/#X67yGe7tbQqFTpUg.99" and Nola was about fear and self loathing. Most of Nola is an obvious cry for help. This song is, most definitely, about his struggle with junk.