Ronnie James Dio

[Dubversion]

Graham Bonnet ? was he shit

nah, he didn't really fit but Down To Earth was a great Rainbow album. Jesus, even Joe Lynn Turner was better than fucking Dio

 

[Belushi]

Jesus, even Joe Lynn Turner was better than fucking Dio

Now your really taking shit

 

[Dubversion]

Now your really taking shit

I Surrender was a great tune. As was Can't Happen Here

 

[Belushi]

I Surrender was a great tune.

FFS thats in my head now

 

[Dubversion]

"... giving up the role of pretenDAARRRR"

 

[May Kasahara]

Isn't Dio just the ultimate dep? Whenever a hair metal band loses its original and more talented singer, there he is, hanging around waiting to step in.

 

[Dubversion]

there he is, hanging around waiting to step onto a box.

corrected


although to be fair, that's kind of how those bands work: the family tree of Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Rainbow and to a lesser extent Black Sabbath is one of the most ridiculous things ever.

 

[Belushi]

corrected


although to be fair, that's kind of how those bands work: the family tree of Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Rainbow and to a lesser extent Black Sabbath is one of the most ridiculous things ever.

Good thinking, lets move this thread on to David Coverdale

 

[Dubversion]

Good thinking, lets move this thread on to David Coverdale

now he was a CUNT

 

[May Kasahara]

Dio has just always struck me as the wannabe cool kid hanging around the edges of the gang, going "Look at me! Look at me! Pick me! I can do that! I'll do anything!" And then all the actual cool kids who are already in the gang make him do humiliating things like eating his own snot or exposing himself to the local hot chick, just because they can.

 

[Belushi]

now he was a CUNT

I loved Whitesnake whe I was 14

 

[Dubversion]

DAnd then all the actual cool kids who are already in the gang make him do humiliating things like eating his own snot or exposing himself to the local hot chick..

.. or being in Dio.

 

[Dubversion]

I loved Whitesnake whe I was 14

nah, even then i thought they were overwrought blues-wank

 

[Gromit]

corrected


although to be fair, that's kind of how those bands work: the family tree of Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Rainbow and to a lesser extent Black Sabbath is one of the most ridiculous things ever.

We better not get started on Whitesnake. They seemed to have a new lineup each month of the year ranging from good to why the fuck did they change it? to ok, to crap again.

 

[Belushi]

nah, even then i thought they were overwrought blues-wank

I owned about six albums when I was 14 - I bet you already had about 4000 and a column in Melody Maker

 

[Belushi]

We better not get started on Whitesnake. They seemed to have a new lineup each month of the year ranging from good to why the fuck did they change it? to ok, to crap again.

It was just Coverdale basically and whoever could hack working with him.

 

[Dubversion]

I owned about six albums when I was 14 - I bet you already had about 4000 and a column in Melody Maker

nah, Sounds. Melody Maker was rubbish then

 

[sojourner]

I loved Whitesnake whe I was 14

I went to see them when I was about 14

 

[Sweet FA]

Dio has just always struck me as the wannabe cool kid hanging around the edges of the gang, going "Look at me! Look at me! Pick me! I can do that! I'll do anything!" And then all the actual cool kids who are already in the gang make him do humiliating things like eating his own snot or exposing himself to the local hot chick, just because they can.

cf. Glen Matlock "Here Glen, have some of this sandwich"

On topic; Dio's an awful little tool and no mistake.

 

[MooChild]

Dio was ace for his first 2 solo albums, i met him and he is a tiny tiny man with ludicrously tiny feet (i have no idea why this stuck in my memory), he was a great vocalist though.

 

[wishface]

has he ever done anything i should know. all i know is dio era sabbath *spit* and the various vapid spandex projects he got up to in the 80s with increasing desperation.

'spandex projects'?

 

[Meltingpot]

I Surrender was a great tune. As was Can't Happen Here

Sorry, but "I Surrender" can't hold a candle to "Stargazer" (though that owes something to Ritchie Blackmore's soloing as well).

 

[Meltingpot]

wailing midget. Not a patch on Ozzy, or even the other Rainbow vocalists.

Even Ozzy says Dio is better, "a great singer who others try and emulate" IIRC.

OK, it's not that simple. Oz is better at expressing emotion IMO (like on "Changes" and his cover of the Beatles' "In My Life", but for range, raw power and sustain, Dio has him beat. Just check out "Neon Knights" for evidence.

 

[bluestreak]

'spandex projects'?

alright, 'Dio''s various incarnations.

 

[lights.out.london]

May look like an angry hobbit but by thunder he is still the best singer in rock today.

Excellent singer, but RJD never was and is not a patch on Rob Halford.

IMO Dio's best work was in Rainbow, but Holy Diver was magnificent. ELF was, erm, maybe best forgotten!

 

[MooChild]

Excellent singer, but RJD never was and is not a patch on Rob Halford.

IMO Dio's best work was in Rainbow, but Holy Diver was magnificent. ELF was, erm, maybe best forgotten!

I like some of the ELF stuff im sad though

 

[lights.out.london]

I like some of the ELF stuff im sad though

Blimey - other than Ronnie and his mum, I wondered who bought the other copy!

 

[purves grundy]

When I first saw the name at the age of 14, I thought they were called D10.

Oh how the piss was ripped out of me.

 

[damnhippie]

jesus, i saw Dio live at the Wacken metal festival...i think we'd spent long enough in the biergarten surrounded by drunk pissing german hairies that it all kind of made sense at that point...

 

[saucisson]

how old is dio?

I remember reading one of the rock family trees and he had a doo wop band in the 50s so he must be mid to late 60s at least.