VIVIAN CAMPBELL: 'I Always Thought VAN HALEN Were A Lot More Interesting Than DIO'

[Hardrock69]

"When I started playing with DIO we would sit around and write riffs. It was all about the guitar-hero thing. There were a lot of fresher bands out than DIO, like VAN HALEN. I always thought VAN HALEN were a lot more interesting than DIO. They had a sense of humor and they had a very fresh sound. Eddie Van Halen was doing things no one else had done on the guitar before him. David Lee Roth is a million miles away from Ronnie James Dio in terms of vocal ability and what they were singing about but David Lee Roth was interesting and he was perfect for VAN HALEN. Ronnie was very, very rigid and set in his ways. What he was doing was not just heavy metal, it was classic heavy metal. He would only write about certain things. He had very, very strict boundaries in which you had to work. As a result of that, I sort of got burned out on heavy metal. I remember being on the road with DIO and buying all these different cassette tapes. I would buy ARETHA FRANKLIN, ELVIS PRESLEY, PETER GABRIEL — anything but hard rock. I listened to a lot of soul music at that time. If I was listening to guitar music I was not listening to Yngwie, Shenker or Van Halen. I was listening to Jeff Beck, David Gilmour or early Eric Clapton.

[Golden AWe]

NO SHIT!

[Nickdfresh]

Ronnie JAMES DIO should get the fuck over himself...

The term boring cliche' comes to mind.

[cdwillis]

Well no shit, you don't see Dave writing songs about dragons and wizards.

[Seshmeister]

Or dwarfs...

[cdwillis]

For Dio that would be an autobiographical song.

[DavidLeeNatra]

VIVIAN CAMPBELL: 'I Always Thought VAN HALEN Were A Lot More Interesting Than DIO'

so did we...

[LockedandLoaded]

LOL!
"Well no shit, you don't see Dave writing songs about dragons and wizards." "Or Dwarfs"

Dio is a druid.

[diamondD]

I never understood what people saw in RJD. Without Blackmore or Sabbath, he was just another hard rock wannabe.

[DavidLeeNatra]

Originally posted by diamondD
I never understood what people saw in RJD. Without Blackmore or Sabbath, he was just another hard rock wannabe.

and pathetic as hell...

[bastardog]

Dio is true to his fans......he knows what we are waiting from him and not dissapoint us with different styles on every CD.
It could be boring for some.......but every time he release a new album ,you know what to expect ----- TRUE HARD ROCK
not the strawberrylove as VanHagar or the bullshit Ozzy is releasing with Zakk Shit ..errr....Wylde
This little old citizen (65) still rocks as the first day

[Brett]

The only reason Ozzy has stayed interesting is Zakk Wylde. He's hardly a hinderance.

I would hope VH would be more interesting than Dio.

Dio had his moments, but his mystical lyric bullshit was annoying after a while.

[MAX]

Originally posted by cdwillis
Well no shit, you don't see Dave writing songs about dragons and wizards.

ROTFLMAO!!!


Now that's fucking hilarious!!!

[weesfreewheelin]

Its because of Dio that I even know who the fuck Vivian Campbell is. To downplay what made you famous is bullshit. Kinda reminds me of another band we all know

[Dave's Bitch]

Originally posted by diamondD
I never understood what people saw in RJD. Without Blackmore or Sabbath, he was just another hard rock wannabe.

his totaly AMAZING voice