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Metal Hall Of Fame #1: Ronnie James Dio

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  • 05-08-2004 4:44pm
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    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭


    Who remembers this legend?:
    Rjdmagic.jpg

    No note to high, no dragon too fiery and indeed no man so small. At 5ft 2 Ronnie James Dio is the smallest giant of metal yesteryear.

    After stints with Rainbow and Black Sabbath, Dio was born. A time when metal album covers looked like this:
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    Am i the only person who was blown away in the 80s by Holy Diver, Hungry for Heaven, Last In Line? Back in the day you would often hear his voice bludgeoning shoppers with his sheer level of power as they passed Sound Cellar.

    Yes Ronnie you are the man, and by the looks of it you have no intentions of hanging up your bullet belt anytime soon:
    ronnielive1.jpg

    Hail RJD!!


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    Dathai
    Registered Users Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭Dathai


    Im not that big a fan of Dio.The only song that I feel is good is Holy diver...I dont know why, it just has an aura of funk about it.


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    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    funk this:
    dio2.jpg


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    NeMiSiS
    Registered Users Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭NeMiSiS


    Dio rules !!


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    UnrealQueen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭UnrealQueen


    Who remembers him? How could he be forgotten.


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    Quatre Mains
    Registered Users Posts: 622 ✭✭✭Quatre Mains


    I'm a big fan of Holy Diver and the Last in Line - the sound and musicianship on Holy Diver in particular is amazing, and of course I listen to the Rainbow stuff regularly. However, I'm not mad on his Sabbath stuff bar a couple of tracks on Dehumanizer.

    For the youths -
    Check out - Don;t Talk to Strangers
    Don't go there- Dream On (Areosmith cover, duet w/ Yngwie Malmsteen)


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    Pantera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭Pantera


    I actually saw Dio this summer at the Waken Open Air.... its more funny than anything else.. Holy diver kicks ass tho!


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    Blisterman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,457 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Dio has rocked for a long long time. Now it's time for him to pass the torch.


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