RIP Ronnie James Dio

giant_man

So sad, at 67 and such a fantastic voice of heavy metal ...... RIP Ronnie!

Limburger

Amen, brother

mask of sanity

A great loss indeed. By all accounts he sounded like a great man and made a huge contribution to music!

JohnCleland

I have been fortunate to have seen the great man himself in action, although over 20 yrs ago and often take time to re-visit him through my ageing LP collection

I wanted to share his music with my son, who is now 16 and should have seen him in Bristol a couple of months ago until he pulled out due to his condition.

Its not until someone leaves us that we miss them.

RIP



http://www.ronniejamesdio.com/

skullthaw

rip

Tom Butcher

Sad - was into that sort of stuff aged about 10-13 through my older brother - think the LP was Rainbow Rising - memories.

carrock

A lovely guy as well- I met him in 1992 on the Dehumanizer tour and such a humble friendly guy- nothing was too much trouble

Strange that he was very quietly spoken but his voice seemed to cut through above everyone else, and of course that carried through to his singing voice

A rare talent

Jez mon

Saw him perform with Heaven and Hell at Wacken last summer. It was amazing, he had true stage presence and an amazing voice,

Consummate metal frontman

ScaldedCat

Gates of Babylon, amazing song and an amazing voice.

antooony

Tom Butcher wrote:

Sad - was into that sort of stuff aged about 10-13 through my older brother - think the LP was Rainbow Rising - memories.

Yep, great album. The late great Cozy Powell on the drums.

Sad news. RIP Mr Dio

bam49

sad news indeed.. I saw him twice at Hammersmith Odeon with Black Sabbath. He had a hard act to follow Ozzy but I thought he was very good ...

hopper1

I saw him at Deeside Leisure Centre... Brilliant...

A bit like Bon Scot... In that they're irreplaceable.

mrushton

First saw him with Rainbow (in 1976?) then he revitalised Sabbath with the Heaven and Hell/Mob Rules albums (saw him on those tours) and with Dio a few times. He enunciation was always superb, you could hear all his lyrics, none of this 'RAWKANDROWLALLNIGHTPARTAAYHOWYADOINWELUVYA' stuff. Whatever band he was with he made better.

carrock

apparently when they supported bon jovi at donington in 1988 every other bands vocals were lost in the sound mix, apart from dio. A class act.

Dio and Freddie Mercury are dead. Boy George and Holly Johnson are still alive and "singing". No justice in this world :shock:

Matt the Tester

carrock wrote:

apparently when they supported bon jovi at donington in 1988 every other bands vocals were lost in the sound mix, apart from dio. A class act.

Dio and Freddie Mercury are dead. Boy George and Holly Johnson are still alive and "singing". No justice in this world :shock:

yeah lol and the leader singer from journey who sang the original of "Don't stop believin"

brin

[/quote]yeah lol and the leader singer from journey who sang the original of "Don't stop believin"[/quote]

That would be Steve Perry, otherwise known in music circles as 'the voice' a well merited acclaim.
the 'original' you mean there have been other versions? nah

mrushton

brin wrote:

yeah lol and the leader singer from journey who sang the original of "Don't stop believin"[/quote]

That would be Steve Perry, otherwise known in music circles as 'the voice' a well merited acclaim.
the 'original' you mean there have been other versions? nah[/quote]

You should listen to Sam Cooke then Steve Perry and see where it all came from. Saw Journey with Steve Perry but within Journey he is actually hated as the man who cost them a lot of money and nearly ruined their careers altho' guitarist Neal Schon would always be highly regarded