Ronnie James Dio . . . Underrated?

[Mezro]

Originally posted by FORD
Purple Sabbath didn't stay around long enough to get the recognition they deserved, but let's face it, the only Black Sabbath albums after that were "Dehumanizer" and "Reunion".

Those Tony Iommi solo albums were not even remotely Black Sabbath.

Yeah, that Seventh Star thing (with Glen Hughes) was a bag of warm feces.

Purple Sabbath rocked and I wish they would have put out some more stuff.

Mezro..who does like the Dio Sabbath just a bit more than with Ozzy

[mightyjar]

Dio

I loved Sabbath with Ronnie James at the helm. Mob Rules and Heaven and Hell were fantastic.
In my opinion the heaviest album Sabbath put out was Born Again with Ian Gillan on vocals. This was one of the best shows I ever saw.
Digital Bitch, Trashed and Zero the Hero are awesome tunes from that album. I wish they had stayed together a little longer for a couple more albums.

[SNIPER]

my band opened for Ronnie once. Met him, very nice guy.

[FORD]

Diaper has a band??

[SNIPER]

Yes, played with Motley Crue, Saliva, Drowning Pool, Seven Dust, Tesla. And alot more. playing two dates with Queensryche in October.

[Ozzy Fudd]

Originally posted by tobinentinc
The DIO era Sabbath gets no respect nor credit. It's a shame. Dio should be given more credit for what he's done to heavy metal.

I had all the albums that dio done But never seen him in concert he is a Master of his craft.

[tobinentinc]

Dio's new album comes out the 30th. I think it's worth a checkout.

[Panamark]

Yeah, I 'll probably give it a listen...

[vhfan010]

I heard that Dio was the one that made the rock on sign popular

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Dio kicks ass... especially the solo stuff... I was listening to Holy Diver just the other night, matter of fact.... 1981-1984 were the best years for metal bands and some good guitarists... last time I saw Dio was in San Jose about 5 years ago I believe... still had some good vocal chops... want to talk about "range" and "singing" this is the man...


Sorry I had to admit something in common with Panamark... consider this my contribution to the circle jerk... lmao


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And you could always count on Dio and Ozzy to put the religious right in a tizzy with their blasphemous and irreverent album art... I saw Dio for both the Holy Diver and Last In Line tours, and I think that big assed Satan backdrop converted me to Satanism for a few years there in my teen years... lmao

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"... If your circle stays unbroken, then you're a lucky man, cuz it never never never has for me... in the palace of the virigin, lies the chalice of the soul, and it's likely you might find the answer there......"

Invisible.

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"You've got desire, so let it out! You've got the power, Stand Up And Shout!!!!!"

...guitar solo shredding... V.C.


Goddam... where's my stash... time to light one up and fookin' rock out!!!!!

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[cjmarsicano]

Originally posted by Panamark
NO!

Im a big DIO fan and yes, Heaven and Hell was fantastic, but nothing beats the original Black Sabbath. Thats like saying 5150 was better than the original Van Halen albums...
Original Sabbath was the best !!!

I'd rather Sabbath with Dio than VH with Samantha Hagar.

Sabbath's lone album with Ian Gilliam wasn't bad either.

[Wayne L.]

I think RJD is one of the greatest rock vocalist of all time who is highly overrated in hard rock while my favorite song by him is Voodoo during his Black Sabbath days which is an underrated rock classic.