Ronnie James Dio's Feelings About Vivian Cambell

[Bill Lumbergh]

I'm fuckin' sick of hearing about this overrated fag....he probably cries himself to sleep every night because he didnt appear on any Leppard record that anyone remembers....even the bottom of the barrel shit like Adrenalize....

[Mr Badguy]

Viv does owe a lot to Dio.

If he wasn`t in Dio he would have never been in the picture for the Whitesnake or Def Leppard gigs.

Shit, almost everybody hates their boss but you have to give them the respect they deserve for giving you a chance when they give you a job.

He was fired form Whitesnake before he even got to do an album and Def Leppard have done fuck all since he joined.

When you sum up Viv`s career, it`s all about what he did in Dio.

[Hardrock69]

Originally posted by NATEDOG001976
Ok, go hang the conferderate flag up on the trailer......

Vivian rocks, Dio was smart to sign him up. What has Dio done in the last 20 years?

Not much!

Were you born stupid or did you learn how to be that way?

[NATEDOG001976]

Originally posted by Hardrock69
Were you born stupid or did you learn how to be that way?

Maybe we should look at how many hit Dio had VS. Def Leppard?

[Hardrock69]

"Hits" are irrelevant.

Why are you even concerned with "Def Leppard"?

Vivian was not with Def Leppard until 1992.

How many 'hits' has Dump Leper had since Vivian was allowed to work for them?

How long has Vivian been on the pro level?

Seems to me Dio gave him is FIRST pro gig, and at that point it had already been 25 years since he released his first record.

What the fuck has Vivian done except be a fucking sideman?

NOT A FUCKING THING!

Fuck that pathetic loser.

Next year will be Dio's 50TH ANNIVERSARY of his first released record.

Dio was playing gigs in bands and releasing fucking records at least 4 years before Vivian Campbell was even born!


So tell me again how Dio has done nothing, yet Vivian Campbell is some kind legendary guitarist.

[bastardog]

I just think nate owned himself with the comment so people here have something to have fun with.

Is imposible someone could think of Viv been better than Dio.......he has to be joking

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Originally posted by Hardrock69
"Hits" are irrelevant.

Why are you even concerned with "Def Leppard"?

Vivian was not with Def Leppard until 1992.

How many 'hits' has Dump Leper had since Vivian was allowed to work for them?

How long has Vivian been on the pro level?

Seems to me Dio gave him is FIRST pro gig, and at that point it had already been 25 years since he released his first record.

What the fuck has Vivian done except be a fucking sideman?

NOT A FUCKING THING!

Fuck that pathetic loser.

Next year will be Dio's 50TH ANNIVERSARY of his first released record.

Dio was playing gigs in bands and releasing fucking records at least 4 years before Vivian Campbell was even born!


So tell me again how Dio has done nothing, yet Vivian Campbell is some kind legendary guitarist.

If I said it any better...I would win a Nobel Prize.

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by NATEDOG001976
Maybe we should look at how many hit Dio had VS. Def Leppard?

OK, for sake of argument. But let's not make it DEF LEPPARD, per se. Let's make it interesting. Let's make it Ronnie Dio vs. Vivian Campbell song to song, since you can't include anything prior to Adrenalize as a "Vivian Campbell Hit Song" and since you're oh so dedicated to the notion that Vivian is oh so much more accomplished than Ronnie.

Lets do just that.

Dio w/ Rainbow:

Man On the Silver Mountain
Catch the Rainbow
Long Live Rock and Roll
Gates of Babylon
Kill the King

Dio w/ Black Sabbath:

Neon Knights
Heaven and Hell
Die Young
Turn Up the Night
Voodoo
The Mob Rules
TV Crimes
Time Machine

Dio Solo:

Holy Diver
Don't Talk to Strangers
Rainbow in the Dark
We Rock
The Last in Line
Rock and Roll Children
Hungry for Heaven
All the Fools Sailed Away

ALL of those songs have been on rock radio rotation and overall 'hits', as far as 'hits' are concerned. Several of those tracks are fucking LEGENDARY metal tunes (Man On the Silver Mountain, Long Live Rock and Roll, Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules, Holy Diver, Rainbow in the Dark, We Rock - those AT LEAST).

Vivian Campbell:

w/ Dio:

Holy Diver
Don't Talk to Strangers
Rainbow in the Dark
We Rock
The Last in Line
Rock and Roll Children
Hungry for Heaven

w/ Def Leppard:

Let's Get Rocked (Vivian didn't write it)
Make Love Like a Man (Vivian didn't write it)
Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad (Vivian didn't write it)
Two Steps Behind (Vivian didn't write it)
*Miss You in a Heartbeat (Vivian didn't write it)
*Promises (Vivian didn't write it)

(* Optionally included - not technically hits, although they faired moderately well in some radio markets, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt)


w/ Shadow King:

-

w/ River Dogs:

-

w/ Whitesnake:

-

Solo:

-

**

Final Count -

Ronnie James Dio - 21

Vivan Campbell - 13 (7 of which were written with...you guessed it...RONNIE JAMES DIO - and the rest of which he didn't even contribute to the songwriting)

:D

Point proven? Good.

NEXT.

[philouze]

Yup.. Although Viv's a great guitarist (not my fave, tho.. gotta be kiddin), Ronnie's the shit. He'll outlive all of em.

RJD's much older than Joe Fuckin Elliott. But his voice is much stronger now than Joe's, even back in the days of OTTN/HND/Pyro..

[Coyote]

Would we be having this conversation if Dio had taken, say, John Sykes as a guitarist?

I think not.

[MAPRamone]

Originally posted by Coyote
Would we be having this conversation if Dio had taken, say, John Sykes as a guitarist?

I think not.

Yep. Ronnie made Vivian PERIOD!!!

[Devil Incarnate]

Thanks, Nate. You did good. Now go home and tell dad what a man you are.

[Mr Badguy]

Originally posted by philouze
RJD's much older than Joe Fuckin Elliott. But his voice is much stronger now than Joe's, even back in the days of OTTN/HND/Pyro..

Don`t even go there.

Joe was NEVER a good singer never mind a great one.

The only reason he stayed in Leppard is because he`s pretty much the boss.

Dio vs Elliott is like comparing Ice Cream and Horse manure.

[philouze]

I wished I'd put it that way...

[Hardrock69]

Originally posted by Mr Badguy
Don`t even go there.

Joe was NEVER a good singer never mind a great one.

The only reason he stayed in Leppard is because he`s pretty much the boss.

Dio vs Elliott is like comparing Ice Cream and Horse manure.

Good comparison.

Or like comparing a championship tennis pro to a braindead quadriplegic.