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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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 Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 3:03 pm Post subject: Ronnie James Dio is dead |
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Ronnie James Dio, whose soaring vocals, poetic lyrics and mythic tales of a never-ending struggle between good and evil broke new ground in heavy metal, died Sunday, according to a statement from his wife and manager. He was 67.
Dio rose to fame in 1975 as the first lead singer of Rainbow, the heavy metal band put together by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who had just quit Deep Purple.
Dio then replaced legendary vocalist Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath in 1980 with the critically acclaimed album "Heaven And Hell," considered by many critics to be one of the finest heavy metal albums of all time. His on-again, off-again tenure with Black Sabbath touched off an intense debate among fans as to which singer was the true essence of the band � a discussion that lasted until his death.
"He possessed one of the greatest voices in all of heavy metal, and had a heart to match it," said Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French, whose band toured with Dio since 1983, and was to do so again this summer at European rock festivals. "He was the nicest, classiest person you would ever want to meet." |
An original to be sure. 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_ronnie_james_dio |
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shifter2009
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
Location: wisconsin
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| Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I feel your pain, bro. The world is a little less awesome. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 2:59 am Post subject: |
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My ex-roomie was at a Pantera show or some such and in the T-shirt line when some wasted guy came up and was like "You know this is a pretty great show and all but it doesn't top the best ever. That's right, I'm talking about the Great One, Ronnie James Dio man!!!!"
Multiple times at the pizza shack we'd be blasting Dio and the reaction would always be the same- A few customers would just look at as like total losers/be like "wut the .... is this they're playing" and then some random 35+dude would come in and be like "Woah, Dio" and then some other guy would come in and be like "Are you guys listening to Dio?" and then laugh with us at how ridiculous Dio was, yet at the same time how weirdly awesome his music was.
Or taking an order and a random patch of silence would hit the store and all of a sudden you'd hear "NIIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTT PEEEEEEOOOOPPPPLLLEEE" and just totally lose it laughing. |
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thomas pars
Joined: 29 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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One time I was coming home late from Hongdae really kinda drunk.
I jumped into a cab and the driver was playing the most intense falsetto
metal. the driver was probably in his 60's.
And I asked him "What are you listening to?"
"Lonnie James Dio-euh"
I asked him to turn it up and we rocked out in his cab till home.
Best cab ride ever. |
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metalhead
Joined: 18 May 2010
Location: Toilet
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| A true metal legend has left us - RIP |
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