Editing Damageplan (section)

===Formation===
By 2003, drummer [[Vinnie Paul]] and guitarist [[Dimebag Darrell]] were plagued with difficulties that their previous metal band, [[Pantera]], was experiencing. Both described the performance level of Pantera's vocalist, [[Phil Anselmo]], as "hit and miss, depending on what type of chemicals he was on".<ref name="Damageplan - This One's For You, Dimebag"/> Following the release of Pantera's 2000 album ''[[Reinventing the Steel]]'' and the subsequent tour, Anselmo and bassist [[Rex Brown]] started to focus on their side projects, and remained out of contact with the brothers, affecting their ability to write or record any future Pantera material. Both Abbott brothers eventually chose to move on from Pantera, as they began writing new material on their own.<ref name="Damageplan - This One's For You, Dimebag">{{cite web
 |title=Damageplan – This one's for you, Dimebag
 |publisher=[[MusicOMH]]
 |url=http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/damageplan.htm
 |access-date=February 5, 2008
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114075920/http://musicomh.com/music/features/damageplan.htm
 |archive-date=January 14, 2010
}}</ref>

A [[demo (music)|demo]] of the song "Crawl" was sent to former [[Halford (band)|Halford]] guitarist [[Pat Lachman]] who auditioned as vocalist. Lachman was hired, and New Found Power was formed in early 2003 with former Jerry Cantrell guitarist Shawn Matthews on bass initially, who was replaced after the album recording with the brothers' tattoo artist, [[Bob Zilla]].<ref name="Updated: PANTERA, Ex-HALFORD Members Join Forces In NEW FOUND POWER">{{cite news
 |title=Updated: Pantera, ex-Halford members joinforces in New Found Power
 |work=Blabbermouth.net
 |date=January 21, 2003
 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=9093 
 |access-date=March 14, 2008
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222125404/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=9093
 |archive-date=February 22, 2008
}}</ref><ref name="Heart of Steel: Interviews">{{cite web
|title=Heart of steel: Interviews
|author=McDonalds, Keith
|publisher=Metal Rules
|url=http://metal-rules.com/interviews/DamagePlan-April2004.htm
|access-date=February 5, 2008}}</ref> When writing music, Paul claimed; "we put no boundaries on it&nbsp;... we wanted it to be very diverse", and Darrell said "We wanted to stretch out and expand our capabilities to their fullest."<ref name="Damageplan Put Pantera Behind Them With New Found Power">{{cite web
 |title=Damageplan put Pantera behind them with ''New Found Power''
 |author=Wiederhorn, How
 |publisher=VH1
 |date=January 8, 2004
 |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1484223/01082004/damageplan.jhtml
 |access-date=February 5, 2008
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202054626/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1484223/01082004/damageplan.jhtml
 |archive-date=December 2, 2008
}}</ref> The band changed its name to Damageplan and decided to name the first album ''New Found Power''.<ref name="Updated: PANTERA, Ex-HALFORD Members Join Forces In NEW FOUND POWER"/>