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Ronnie James Dio appreciation thread

The internet is currently blowing up with various reports that Dio has passed away from stomach cancer. No major news source confirmation as of yet.

SUCH INCREDIBLE SADNESS.

EDIT: Of course. I waited 40 minutes to post this thread and two minutes after I post it Blabbermouth reports that Dio is not dead per his wife.

Whether dead or alive, Dio deserves a thread where we post Dio youtube links. Post away!

ADDITIONAL EDIT: Dio has passed. Mourning.

Somewhere Jack Black is weeping.

NO ****ING WAY!?!?

I was in the kitchen getting a water earlier and heard my brother listening to some Dio song in the living room. It must have been a report.

RIP if true, I hope not.

Dio has rocked for a long, long time. But it isn't yet time for him to pass the torch.

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 6761029)

Dio has rocked for a long, long time. But it isn't yet time for him to pass the torch.

Scared me there Reaper!

\m/ Dio \m/

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I met him in 1990.

Cool dude.

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Originally Posted by stevieray (Post 6761183)

I met him in 1990.

Cool dude.

I talked to him after a Lone Star show, probably 90'. He was standing by his tourbus as I was leaving. He was very gracious and personable.
I have Holy Diver in my car right now and every time I listen to it I am amazed at how the cd stands the test of time. Definite Classic.

Wendy Dio, wife/manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW), has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET:

"Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45 a.m. [on Sunday] 16th May. Many, many friends and family were able to say their private goodbyes before he peacefully passed away.

"Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all.

"We so appreciate the love and support that you have all given us.

"Please give us a few days of privacy to deal with this terrible loss.

"Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever."

It was only a month ago that Dio, 67, spoke about his battle with cancer with the Artisan News Service on the "black carpet" of the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which took place on April 8 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. When asked about how he had been feeling since he was diagnosed with the disease late last year, Dio said, "Well, I feel good and bad at times. It's a long process. Chemotherapy is a... I never realized what a difficult thing it was to go through. It's a real cumulative effect — the more you have, the more it piles up on top and it takes longer and longer to get over it. I find it very difficult to eat. I don't like to eat anyway, so I guess that's OK. But I know I have to. But this makes it very, very hard. But if you're determined to beat it, then you have to go with what you believe is going to beat it for you, and in this case it's that. I go to a great hospital in Houston called M.D. Anderson, which I think is the best hospital in the world, I have the best doctor in the world, Dr. Ajani, who I really trust and I really believe in, so I think I've done all the right things. It makes me feel positive about my life and positive that there is a lot more of it to live."

Earlier this month, HEAVEN & HELL canceled its summer tour plans in Europe due to Dio's treatment for stomach cancer. The band said in a statement that Dio wasn't "well enough to tour this summer. We hope that everyone understands and want to thank fans and industry colleagues for their continuing support at this time."

Ronnie James Dio had performed with ELF, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, and his own band DIO. Other musical projects included the collective fundraiser "Hear 'n Aid". He is widely hailed as one of the most powerful singers in heavy metal, renowned for his consistently powerful voice and for popularizing the "devil's horns" hand gesture in metal culture. He was most recently involved with HEAVEN & HELL, a project which also included former BLACK SABBATH bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice. Their first and only studio album, "The Devil You Know", was released on April 28, 2009.

I knew he was sick and has been for a while.

I remember hearing the Holy Diver album for the first time...WOW!

Gonna cue it up right now!

RIP Ronnie...

Well, this is a freaking buzzkill.

Yeah, this sucks. He was only 67 years old.

Best. Metal. Singer. EVER.

RIP, Ronnie.

Dio was awesome.

I'm a Rainbow fan, loved his work with them.

RIP. :rockon:

Kinda funny, last month I saw Porcupine Tree and the opening act was a group I hadn't heard of before named Bigelf. I remember at the time thinking of Dio and his group Elf.

Oh they say that it's over, yeah
And it just had to be
Oh they say that it's over
Poor lost children of the sea, yeah

LOOK OUT! The sky is falling down!
LOOK OUT! The world is spinning round and round and round!
LOOK OUT! The sun is going black, black
LOOK OUT! It's never never never coming back, LOOK OUT!

a very sad day for metal fans everywhere. Not only a great vocalist and performer but a great person as well.

I credit this tune, amongst scant others, for getting me “into” "metal":
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R.I.P.
http://msp287.photobucket.com/albums...orns_story.jpg

I think Roger Glover is on bass for this ELF track right before ELF joined Blackmore? I think. Anyway:

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Wow...that sucks......definately a legend....

RIP ronnie...

incredible singer, incredible voice

Classic Rainbow, classic Dio, classic Blackmore at the end:

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RIP, RJD. Loved Dio back in the day. Haven't really listened to much of his stuff in years, though.

I will miss Dio, but will never forget his music. His songs had a huge affect on me when I was teen. I went through some tough times, but I'd listen to Dio songs and would find the strength to continue. His lyrics could take you to a distant land, like Children of the Sea or help to heal an aching heart. Everytime I was feeling like dying during a break-up, I'd always put on Dio and he'd sing, "She's straight from hell, but you never could tell..." and I'd feel better. Gypsy, Lady Evil and Too Late were all good songs for that.

|m| I'm glad I was able to see Dio with H&H a couple years ago. He was awesome live. May he rock on eternally where ever he has now sailed away to.

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Originally Posted by Jawshco (Post 6762701)

Rainbow in the Dark, perhaps the greatest Metal riff ever. Dio was un-paralleled. Definitely one of metal's greatest voices of all time. RIP Ronnie...

An album I wore out as a teen.

Ronnie James Dio's widow says it was 'very difficult' sending his possessions to auction:....

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Wendy Dio admitted it wasn’t easy giving up some of the possessions that once belonged to her husband, Ronnie James Dio.

The heavy metal frontman with the powerful pipes who sang about the battles of good versus evil passed away in 2010 at age 67 from stomach cancer.

Dio teamed up with Julien’s Auctions and offered 666 items from the rock icon’s personal collection, including stage props, instruments used over the years, swords, medieval art and more.

The auction took place at Hard Rock Cafe New York on Sept. 14 and Sept. 15. Fans were able to score some unlikely items, including Dio’s 1993 passport.

The 73-year-old widow and former manager told Fox News the vast collection had been in storage for years, even before her beloved husband passed away. But nearly nine years after Ronnie’s death, Dio found herself contemplating on what to do with the late singer’s possessions.

It was her good friend Ahmet Zappa, the son of late singer Frank Zappa, who suggested auctioning them off to fans.

“Some of [the items] were very difficult to give up,” said Dio. “I still didn’t give up everything. But some of the things were very difficult. I had to go back-and-forth a few times about a letter George Harrison had written to him asking for an autograph. Some of the shirts still smell of him.

"But what am I going to do with all of these things? These items have been in storage since Ronnie was alive… I rather have these items go to fans or museums than just being stored up. … I think the best thing to do is let other people enjoy it.”

The auction also featured Ronnie's extensive collection of sports memorabilia, including countless jerseys and signed baseballs.

Dio insisted Ronnie was a passionate sports fans and would often write his hit songs while watching his favorite team, the New York Giants. And when he wasn’t out on the road, Ronnie found comfort “being a homebody” and inviting close friends over to watch a game.

Dio said one of Ronnie’s treasures was a baseball signed by Mickey Mantle.

“That was something he really, really wanted,” she recalled. “He was a huge fan of his. I actually bid on that at an auction. I paid way, way too much money on it. But, I bid on it for his birthday present. That’s how he got that.”

There’s also the signed Wayne Gretzky jersey, which nearly went missing.

“Wayne Gretzky gave him the hockey shirt that he played in,” said Dio. “I was going through a bunch of stuff one time and I thought, ‘Oh, what’s this old raggedy thing that’s 10 times bigger than Ronnie?' I nearly gave it away. A signed Wayne Gretzky! I almost got killed for that one.”

Wendy shared the auction gave her an opportunity to connect with fans, which her husband was always grateful for.

“He was just a very, very humble person,” she said. “He loved his fans. He never forgot where he came from. He never forgot they were the reason he lived in a nice house.”

Dio stressed her spouse was “just a normal human being,” one who enjoyed basic comforts when not performing on stage. He relished eating Indian or Italian food and was “quite a good cook.” And despite his jaw-dropping, custom-made stage costumes, he didn’t hesitate to shop at Walmart.

“I remember once being there in his hometown of Cortlandt,” Dio recalled. “We had gone to visit his parents. We were coming out of Walmart and this guy suddenly appears running up to us. ‘I didn’t know you shopped at Walmart?! Can I take your picture?’ Ronnie said, ‘Yes, of course!’”

At the time of Ronnie’s death, the New York Times reported his band Heaven and Hell had canceled its summer tour because of his deteriorating health. But despite being diagnosed with a fatal illness, Ronnie enjoyed the final years of his life.

“He was very happy because he had gone back to the Black Sabbath guys,” said Dio. “They had reformed again and made some albums and a bunch of tours. Because he had left before in the ‘90s negatively, it was really great that they were all back together and everything was good.

"I think he had completed his circle before he passed. He went out on a high note. I don’t think he could have lived if he had lost his voice and not be able to perform again. So I like to look at it in a positive way, that it was is time, that he chose to go.”

According to the New York Times, when Ozzy Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, Ronnie replaced him and stayed until 1982. He briefly rejoined Black Sabbath in the early ‘90s, singing on the band’s 1992 album “Dehumanizer.”

In 2006, he began playing with members of that band, naming the group Heaven and Hell after the title of the first Black Sabbath album on which he had appeared.

The newspaper added Heaven and Hell toured widely and unveiled one album, “The Devil You Know,” in 2009.

But despite Ronnie’s lasting influence in a genre that is still often misunderstood, Dio said she still spends time clearing up misconceptions about her husband’s music. She claimed some still believe the singer, who sang of devils and defiance, was satanic.

“Which is totally wrong,” she said. “Ronnie was an altar boy. His songs were always about good versus evil and following your dreams. His music was positive. For instance, in the cover of ‘Holy Diver,’ you see it looks like a priest with a monster.

"That was Ronnie’s way of saying to look inside a person. Don’t go by what you think that person is based on the outside. How do you know the monster is not the good person and the priest is the evil person? That was his way of saying… Don’t judge a book by its cover.”

As for Ronnie popularizing the “devil horn” hand gesture? Dio said the seemingly occult-fueled imagery came from his childhood.

“Ronnie as a child was brought up… in a very Italian neighborhood,” she explained. “His grandmother... had come straight off the boat from Italy. He would walk with her when he was 4-5 years old and he would see her doing this sign. And it wards off evil. It’s an old Italian superstition that dates back centuries.

“So when Ronnie joined Black Sabbath and took the place of Ozzy, he knew Ozzy always did the peace sign… So he did that sign instead. And the whole world caught on. People say Ronnie invented it. He did not invent it. He just carried on that tradition his grandmother did.”

While Ronnie savored his rock ’n’ roll success during his final years, Dio said he started complaining about stomach pains five years before his passing.

“He felt like he had a gas bubble, indigestion,” she said. “I took him to a specialist in Beverly Hills. They gave him a test. They said, ‘Oh, it’s just a gas bubble. Don’t worry.’ If I knew what I know now — and I know a lot since going through cancer with Ronnie — I know I should have said, ‘Let’s go get an ultrasound, a blood test, and endoscopy, something.’ But I knew nothing about cancer at that time. Nothing. We just went on. He would eat like it was going out of style.”

Beyond the auction, Dio is determined to maintain her husband’s legacy. She said listeners can expect a re-release of his entire catalogue with some surprises next year. But she hopes Ronnie’s items will unveil a different side to the artist.

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Originally Posted by alpha_omega (Post 13745198)

Now that's a rock icon That's one of the most impressive things i've ever heard is having a rock idol ask for anothers rock idol autograph.

A hero of mine growing up local makes it big My favorite was 1st Ave when he was with Elf. They played in small local clubs so sad.

I must have been on hiatus when this happened or something. He's my favorite singer of all time. Black Sabbath with Dio is my #1 ever, ever.

The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
They tell you black is really white, the moon is the sun at night, it’s Heaven and Hell.

Best metal lyrics evah.

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 13746965)

The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
They tell you black is really white, the moon is the sun at night, it’s Heaven and Hell.

Best metal lyrics evah.

It's a long way to nowhere
And I'm leaving very soon
On the way we pass so close
To the back side of the moon

What an absolutely brilliant album, start to finish...

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Originally Posted by Brock (Post 6761687)

Well, this is a freaking buzzkill.

Damn, I miss Brock... what the hell ever happened to that guy?

No goodbyes, no 'bad news, needing some positive thoughts guys'

Just... poof

Brocks prose dripped acid with artistic minimalism

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Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 13750760)

Damn, I miss Brock... what the hell ever happened to that guy?

No goodbyes, no 'bad news, needing some positive thoughts guys'

Just... poof

Brocks prose dripped acid with artistic minimalism

Agreed. We clashed for my first couple years but I grew to like him. Does anyone know him personally?

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Originally Posted by MTG#10 (Post 13752121)

Agreed. We clashed for my first couple years but I grew to like him. Does anyone know him personally?

Same here, he used to jab me constantly... but he was the rare cat who could insult me, yet often cause a chuckle

Seems weird that he was here for so long, yet no one seems to know what happened

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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 13747052)

It's a long way to nowhere
And I'm leaving very soon
On the way we pass so close
To the back side of the moon

What an absolutely brilliant album, start to finish...

**** yes.

I ****ing love DIO.

I work with a bunch of people under the age of like 25 or so. When they see me listing to my iPod at work, sometimes they’ll casually ask “what are you listening to”. I say, for example Dio.....and they literally have never heard of them . Lol

Granted, they’ve never heard of a ton of shit I listen to.
Soundgarden
Joe Satriani
SRV
Pantera
Stone Temple Pilots
Alice In Chains
Megadeth

Are some others I’ve sipaid im listening to and got the same look.

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Originally Posted by Dayze (Post 13752425)

Tell the manager of the Hot Topic you work at thanks for the job and to go **** himself.

:D

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Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 13752451)

Tell the manager of the Hot Topic you work at thanks for the job and to go **** himself.

:D

ROFL

I tell my 14-year old daughter that Hot Topic smells like patchouli and daddy issues.

Here's a couple of Dio led Sabbath songs I always liked -

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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 13752464)

ROFL

I tell my 14-year old daughter that Hot Topic smells like patchouli and daddy issues.

Alarmingly accurate LMAO

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Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 13752471)

Here's a couple of Dio led Sabbath songs I always liked

Dehumanizer is a very underrated album.

Here's probably my favorite Black Sabbath song ever...

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Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 13750760)

Damn, I miss Brock... what the hell ever happened to that guy?

No goodbyes, no 'bad news, needing some positive thoughts guys'

Just... poof

Brocks prose dripped acid with artistic minimalism

Brock is working at a Cinnabon in Omaha. He got into a little trouble down in New Mexico. Can't say too much.