RIAA Gold Album Award for Pantera album Reinventing The Steel. Released on Mar. 21, 2000, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA for 500,000 copies sold on May 2, 2000.* Remember Dimebag Darrell (1966-2004) and Vinnie Paul (1964-2018) with this award.
The group's ninth and final studio album featuring the classic lineup included the singles "Revolution Is My Name", which won Metal Edge magazine's Song Of The Year in a reader poll and was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Metal Performance, and "Hole In The Sky". Slayer's Kerry King guested on guitar on one track. The album hit #1 on the UK Rock and Metal Albums chart, #4 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums rundown, #2 in Australia , and charted in many other countries as well.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Gold Album award with solid metal plate and "3D" album art
- In VG condition
- Presented to artist relations director
- Award from 2000
- All original
- Award measures approx. 18" x 18" x 2"
- Known as a RIAA "serial number hologram" award, they were made from 1998 to present
- Great collectors item for Pantera fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This unique RIAA Gold Album award which features a rusty solid metal plate keyed to the album title theme, making the award quite heavy). It was manufactured in 2000, making it approximately 25 years old. It is presented to Marco Soccoli and drum stick maker Vic Firth. Soccoli was a drummer and Director of Artist Relations for musical instrument/gear manufacturers Vic Firth, D'Addario, Evans, Promark, Sonor, Mapex, and others.
The award is in VG condition, with only a very minor mar or two on the frame, including a small taped repair on the top of the top rail, and plexiglass. It is all original although the original owner added a wire hanger to better support the weight of the award. They destroyed the original backing paper in the process but did re-attach the award's original Ill-Eagle Enterprises manufacturer sticker.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com