Editing Pantera (section)

===Ideology and lyrical themes===
Pantera adopted a self-described "take no shit" attitude, epitomized in its song "[[5 Minutes Alone]]" from the album ''[[Far Beyond Driven]]''. According to Vinnie Paul, the song originated from an incident during a show in San Diego, California, Anselmo was annoyed by a heckler and encouraged the crowd to beat him up. Consequently, the band was sued by the father of the heckler who said he wanted "five minutes alone" with Anselmo to prove who was the "big daddy", and Anselmo responded that he would use those "five minutes alone" with the father to "whoop his ass."<ref name="donkaye" />

Despite being a standard glam metal band early in their career, the band members perceive themselves to have subsequently had an uncompromising career in which they never "[[selling out|sold out]]" or gave in to trends. This is most noticeably highlighted in the themes and title of ''The Great Southern Trendkill''. Anselmo said:

{{blockquote|We've survived every fucking trend—heavy metal, "[[grunge metal]]", [[funk metal]], [[rap metal]]—and we're still here. We put everyone on notice that we don't fuck around. Our fans know we're true right down to the fucking core.<ref name="Pantera.com Band">{{cite web|url=http://pantera.com/band.htm| url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101044450/http://pantera.com/band.htm|title=Official Pantera|archive-date=November 1, 2013 |access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref>}}

Similarly, the die-hard attitude of "We'll Grind That Axe for a Long Time" (from ''Reinventing the Steel'') is, according to Anselmo, "in a way, our motto."<ref name="Pantera.com Band"/>