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Today, July 10th, is the 69th birthday of Ronnie James Dio. Dio is best known for his work in the band Black Sabbath, Rainbow, and his solo work in the band named after him (Dio). Dio died on May 16th in 2010, from stomach cancer. Ronnie-James-Dio.jpg His memory lives on through his amazing voice- which I personally feel is one of the best metal voices ever- along with the legendary devil horns finger sign. His talents and skills truly make him a metal legend. What are your thoughts on Dio, and the projects/bands related to him?

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Re: Ronnie James Dio I saw Dio once, it was only his second time through my state. His first was on the 'Holy Diver' tour in 1982. Doro opened followed by Yngwie. I'd never heard of either of them and loved them both. Dio opened w/ the first 3-4 tracks from Holy Diver and then did the entire Imagica album. He closed with some Rainbow tunes as well as 'Rainbow in the Dark' & 'Holy Diver'. Sadly the bulk of his show was painfully boring. I don't know why he didn't bother to play other songs from ANY of his other albums. I mean his first was a landmark in Trad Metal but Sacred Heart and Dream Evil kick ass. Good memory over all.

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Re: Ronnie James Dio Another legend I wish I could have met, I love Ronnie's work, his voice was always incredible and his songwriting was just as good, since I never got to see him live I'm trying to find any live albums he was on, but so far all I've found is Holy Diver Live, anyone know some other live albums he was on?

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Re: Ronnie James Dio got that album now and Ronnie is his usually Godly self, every time I listen to anything he sang on I just get so sad, when we lost Ronnie we didn't just lose one of the best voices in metal, we lost one of the greatest voices in music, and from the stories I've either heard or read about him he was just as good a person as he was a singer.

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Re: Ronnie James Dio

actually has anyone mentioned Ronnie's work in Elf on this thread yet?
Elf was weird, 60s flower power rock with metal vocals... weird but good. I only saw Dio live once, with Heaven and Hell in '09. It was pretty awe-inspiring to see this little older man who, again, looked like somebody left over from the love & peace days sing in this unbelievably strong and powerful voice. I remember, it was summer and an open air concert and Dio was complaining about it not being dark enough. During the solo in Heaven and Hell, he broke into the chorus of Better in the dark, which was kinda funny. But once he saw the bats flying over the stage, he was happy again. I then had tickets to see him solo again that same year, but it never happened, as he got sick... hope to see him some day in the future though, with Hendrix playing the guitar, Cozy Powell on drums and John Entwistle on bass :)
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got that album now and Ronnie is his usually Godly self' date=' every time I listen to anything he sang on I just get so sad, when we lost Ronnie we didn't just lose one of the best voices in metal, we lost one of the greatest voices in music, and from the stories I've either heard or read about him he was just as good a person as he was a singer.[/quote'] Very, very true, i've got tears in my eyes right now. :(
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