DIO,is he any good?

[Dave's Bitch]

my BF who is really into rock has got us tickets to go and see Dio,thing is i dont know anything about dio,is he any good?,is he worth going to see?,can somone help me out here and give me some info

[WOAHYEAH]

Dio motherfucking rocks.

I think he's on some Euro tour, not sure.

But yeah, Dio rocks.

[Soul Reaper]

'Just a Rainbow in the dark'

I love singing that song.

Dio rules!!

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Sammy's Bitch
my BF who is really into rock has got us tickets to go and see Dio,thing is i dont know anything about dio,is he any good?,is he worth going to see?,can somone help me out here and give me some info

Enjoy it! I've had the pleasure of seeing Ronnie James Dio repeatedly over the years, and met him in person several times. Dio ALWAYS puts on a top notch show, and you'll be amazed and what kind of voice he has at his age.

His music is great; if you've ever heard "Man On the Silver Mountain" or "Long Live Rock and Roll" by Rainbow, that'll give you a good layout idea (as Rainbow, and those two songs, was a band he was in with Ritchie Blackmore, who was at that time (1975) right out of Deep Purple). After Rainbow, he replaced Ozzy Osbourne as lead vocalist in Black Sabbath and was there from late 1979 until early 1983; his time in Sabbath established further the groundwork that would base his solo career in the band Dio.

As far as the band Dio itself is concerned, the biggest, most well known hits they had were "Holy Diver", "Rainbow in the Dark", "We Rock" and "The Last in Line". The early Dio material, lyrically, is very Dungeons and Dragons'ish (songs about rainbows, wishing wells, dragons, wizards, etc) at times, but Ronnie brought to the board a very mystical, very poetic way of doing it. The difference between himself and everyone else that did it is that Ronnie put his lyrics in a way that was easily memorable, and you'd catch yourself singing along in no time at all. The songs are closer to being anthems, but they're easily memorable and always fun to listen to.

For more information, take a look at his home page.

And furthermore, this should have been in the Music forum, not main, but I'm sure somebody will catch that right quick :)

[Redballjets88]

dio is kick ass

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by bueno bob
The songs are closer to being anthems, but they're easily memorable and always fun to listen to.

Agreed.

Anthems...definitely

[Redballjets88]

he was good with black sabbath too

[Soul Reaper]

Dio also came up with this (the sign, not the foam hand)

[Redballjets88]

yeah he does it all

[Panamark]

Hey Sammy's Bitch, try and put your wonderful posts in their relevant forums. ! ;)
Not everything belongs in MAIN...

[Panamark]

Oh yeah, and welcome... :D

[Stillwell]

Any good?! Young lad, losing your virginity is one thing, but to become a real man, you must experience the albums "Rising," "Heaven and Hell" and "Holy Diver." That'll really give you an auditory orgasm.

[Dave's Bitch]

stillwell im a young girl,not a young lad

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Dio is spanish for God.

This says it all.

[Soul Reaper]

Cool, I didn't know that.

[Last_Child]

Dio motherfucking Rocks!

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
Dio is spanish for God.

This says it all.

"Dios" in Spanish.

"Dio" in Italian.

I think :)

[Dave's Bitch]

cool cool,it all sounds good,Dio should kick ass then

[tobinentinc]

Dio is pretty much the greatest Metal singer/musician of all time. In other words, he fucking rocks!!

[scottydabodi]

Dio rules, just so you know...

[GAR]

(is he any good) ohshitt..

I was at the Country Club in Reseda which held 3000 metalheads at the time, 1984.

Michael Schenker Group (MSG) is the top billing. Some opening band of wanks leaves the stage inbetween sets, and people see Ronnie James Dio walking around upstairs near the stage balcony.

Someone goes, "its DIO" and I swear to you the applause, the "DIO -DIO DIO.." lasted a full 5 minutes till the diminutive little guy got up and gave us all in the audience the "metal" sign both hands up, and took a bow.

.. and he wasn't even on the bill that night, just going to see the Schenker show.

[Panamark]

DIO Rocks. No doubts.

Saw him live in the 80's, fucking great concert !!
It was the Holy Diver era....

[Soul Reaper]

Recommened album?

[Soul Reaper]

I might get Holy Diver.

[Fabulous Shadow]

Take a Dio album cover, turn the DIO moniker upside down, look closely.....what does it say????

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0007GP68I.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[bueno bob]

DEVL

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by GAR
(is he any good) ohshitt..

I was at the Country Club in Reseda which held 3000 metalheads at the time, 1984.

Michael Schenker Group (MSG) is the top billing. Some opening band of wanks leaves the stage inbetween sets, and people see Ronnie James Dio walking around upstairs near the stage balcony.

Someone goes, "its DIO" and I swear to you the applause, the "DIO -DIO DIO.." lasted a full 5 minutes till the diminutive little guy got up and gave us all in the audience the "metal" sign both hands up, and took a bow.

.. and he wasn't even on the bill that night, just going to see the Schenker show.

Got a close story.

We went to see Dio in 2000, "Magica" tour as I remember...upstairs was none other than Mr. Geezer Butler, sitting around watching everything. We all noticed him easily, everybody was shouting and yelling "Geezer! Geezer!" while we were waiting for the first shitty opening band, he smiled and waved...thought for sure he'd join Ronnie on stage for a rendition of Neon Knights or something, but it didn't happen...

[BrownSound1]

Yeah, if I had to pick one voice to represent the ultimate Metal singer it would be Ronnie James Dio. Last album I bought of his was Killing the Dragon, and I loved it. The man still has incredible pipes.

[Terry]

Was into Dio big time in the early 1980s.

Holy Diver and Last In Line are essential listening, in my book, for any hard rock fan. Got to see Dio twice, once on the Last In Line tour (Twisted Sister opened on the Last In Line show I saw, at the height of their Stay Hungry [We're Not Gonna Take It / I Wanna Rock] fame, but Dio fuckin' blew em away), and once on the Sacred Heart tour when Viv was still with the band. They came back again on the Sacred Heart tour when Craig Goldie had replaced Viv, but didn't bother going to that one.

Heard a boot online of Dio live from a few years ago. The band was doing I Speed At Night, from Last In Line (one of the best songs from that album), and wasn't expecting much. Can't remember who the guitarist was, although I don't believe it was Goldie...but the band nailed it.

You should have a great time

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
Take a Dio album cover, turn the DIO moniker upside down, look closely.....what does it say????

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0007GP68I.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Er... Dio?

Cheers! :bottle:

[Hardrock69]

Can you believe he has been releasing records for almost FIFTY FUCKING YEARS?
:eek:

His first single came out in the late 50s....like '58 or '59.

What an amazing career he has had.

He is in his 60s now, and still out touring and stuff!

[Soul Reaper]

THE RONNIE JAMES DIO LEGACY

His band The Vegas Kings, from the late 50s.

[Soul Reaper]

Dio with the Electric Elves (The Prophets eariler)

[Soul Reaper]

The Electric Elves changed their name to Elf

[Soul Reaper]

Then Dio joined Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

[Soul Reaper]

Then Dio left Rainbow and went on to join Black Sabbath, who had recently fired Ozzy osborune (or that other guy, I forget his name).

[Soul Reaper]

With Black Sabbath

[Soul Reaper]

He left Black Sabbath and went on to form a solo career and the rest as they say is history.

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[Golden AWe]

For me, Ronnie James Dio mostly has value on the camp section...yesss, a good singer, but his lyrics and the presence...doesn't really impress me.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
Then Dio joined Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

Actually, the band on the first RAINBOW album WAS Elf.

Dio said he wouldn't join Blackmore unless he used Elf as his Rainbow line-up. It was more like Blackmore joining Elf.

However, like any line-up featuring Ritchie Blackmore-it was short-lived.

[Hardrock69]

Hey now, as great of a pictorial history as that was, why in the hell did you post a picture of DEEP PURPLE with that pussy Joe Lynn Turner and claim it was a photo of Rainbow??

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Shit, why didn't I notice that? Dio isn't even that tall.

[Hardrock69]

Selland Arena, Fresno, CA, USA, November 26th, 1975

http://www.dio.net/pictures_gallery/751126_ronnie.jpg

http://www.dio.net/pictures_gallery/751126_ritchie.jpg

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by Hardrock69
Hey now, as great of a pictorial history as that was, why in the hell did you post a picture of DEEP PURPLE with that pussy Joe Lynn Turner and claim it was a photo of Rainbow??

oops...

[Soul Reaper]

Is this better?

[Soul Reaper]

Which famous Rainbow songs was Dio on?

I seriously dont know

[Hardrock69]

All the great ones....Man On The Silver Mountain, Long Live Rock And Roll, Ummm...Kill The King? Or was that a solo song....

Just go to Amazon.com and search for the first few Rainbow albums he was on and look at the track listings.

[Soul Reaper]

Which singer did 'Since You've Been Gone'?

[Shaun Ponsonby]

That was Graham Bonnet on 'Since You've Been Gone'.

And, Hardrock69, 'Kill The King' WAS Rainbow.

So was 'Light In The Black'.

[Hardrock69]

Yeah I was at work, and dealing with some serious shit...could not remember...

LOL!

[SoldMySoul4RnR]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
Dio also came up with this (the sign, not the foam hand)

Gene Simmons likes to think he came up with it, hehehe the tard.

Dio rocks!!!

[Soul Reaper]

Then who was that singer who did 'I Surrender'?

[Last_Child]

Joe Lynn Turner..

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by Hardrock69
that pussy Joe Lynn Turner

i see...

[Last_Child]

exactly..

[Soul Reaper]

Danger, danger the queen’s about to kill
There’s a stranger, stranger and life about to spill
Oh no, move me out of harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like the wind
I’m no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on
Kill the king
Tear him down
Kill the king
Strike him down

Power, power it happens every day
Power, devour all along the way
Oh no, move me out of harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like the wind
I’m no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on
Kill the king

Treason, treason, the specter looms again
Treason, treason, the realm is safe and then
Oh no, move me out of harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like the rainbow
I’m no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on

Kill the king
Tear him down
Kill the king
Got to take his crown

Kill the king
He’ll rule no more
Strike him dead

He’ll rule no more
Strike him dead
The people roar
Kill the king
Take his head
Down, down, down, down
Oh, kill
Oh, kill
Oh, oh

[gnahh]

Had the pleasure of being in the audience in Philly when Dio filmed the show for the concert video he released from the Sacred Heart tour. Great show once you got past all the dragon and wizards imagery. Of course back in the day it seemed killer, but watching it now it seems kinda lame. The music still rocks though.


STAND UP AND SHOUT!!!

[Dave's Bitch]

DIO SATURDAY 15th OCTOBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Shaun Ponsonby]

See you there.

[Vinnie Velvet]

Dio is one of the greatest metal voices of all time!

And such a great songwriter as well.

The best DIO album is his first solo outing, 1983's HOLY DIVER.

Classic, just classic tunes -- "Stand Up and Shout", "Holy Diver", "Rainbow in the Dark".

With Vivian Campbell buring up the fretboard, makes ya wonder why he's wasting his talent now playing in Def Leppard.

I admit, I lost track of Dio after the Vivian left the band.

Though, I thought Magica (2000) was pretty good, as was Killing the Dragon.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

What I have heard of 'Master of the Moon' is good.

[Dave's Bitch]

my fav dio songs are as follows

1.Holy Diver
2.Rainbow In The Dark
3.Dont Talk To Strangers
4.Stand Up And Shout
5.Straight Through The Heart(i think thats what its caled lol)

[Dave's Bitch]

Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
See you there.

hopefully ;)