Rest In Peace Ronnie James Dio

[Golden AWe]

So is that woman protesting against the GOD HATES FAGS, DIO IN HELL people?

[Hardrock69]

Great "anti-WBC" signs.

In other news, this from Facebook today, posted by Wendy:

For the fans that could not make it to Ronnie's Memorial, we will have the official T-Shirt, program and button available for a donation to the "Stand Up And Shout" Cancer Fund. More information this week! Please don't buy them off of eBay as none of the $$ will be going to the fund. These are sellers looking to make a profit off of Ronnie which is very sad

I am happy about this, and will surely donate in memory of Ronnie.

[Hardrock69]

WILL SOMEBODY FIX THIS FUCKING DUPE POST PROBLEM?????

Half the time I post here on Roth Army it winds up with a second duplicate post! From clicking the submit button only one time! What the fuck is going on here?

[Hardrock69]

Lots of pics and video of Ronnie's memorial here- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zP7_C2Fjk
Far to many pics and video to post here, and I'm lazy.....

Funny, that link is for some fucked up comedy video called "I Got Lenoed". Guess you are lazier than you thought!

[GAR]

So is that woman protesting against the GOD HATES FAGS, DIO IN HELL people?

According to Ronnie Dio's lyrics and stage schtick, I would think hell is exactly where Dio wanted to be so he's got the last laugh on Westboro Baptists Church.



I love this guy - he's totally owned them. Don't know who he is but he's got an honorary dumpmeister medal nomination waiting from me if he reg's here..

[Hardrock69]

I think all the peeps that got their own signs up there (especially the chick with the sign that said "God Is Imaginary") had the perfect idea. As much as those assholes deserve to beat into the ground, the best possibly thing to do would be to do exactly as they do...protest with signs. No violence, no drama. The day is for Ronnie, after all.

I look forward to seeing more photos of this event.

[Diamondjimi]

Video from Dio's memorial.

Look who shows up at the 20 second mark!

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Nice work Ace!

[Diamondjimi]

R.I.P.

[jhale667]

Of course you KNEW if anyone was there with a camera, bet dollars to doughnuts (mostly doughnuts) that DisgrACE would find them, and would have dressed (more like a jackass than usual) for the occasion. Seems he was accosting anyone with a camera...

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Touching videos, other than the DisgrACE in the jackasss helmet moments.. LOVE this comment on one of the other tribute videos asshat also ruins: "That guy in the devil mask, let's all go and kick his ass!
I know where he lives: IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!"

[Jagermeister]

Fans Say Farewell to Dio
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
Published: June 1, 2010


As befits a man who sang about tigers, demons, wizards, evil and hell, the heavy-metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio, below, was treated to a raucous memorial service on Sunday, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Dio, who sang in the band that bore his name, as well as in groups like Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell, was 67 when he died of stomach cancer on May 16. More than 1,200 fans gathered at a service inside the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, while hundreds more watched on monitors outside. Among the musicians who performed at the service were the keyboardist Scott Warren, who played a piano arrangement of Dio’s “This Is Your Life”; John Payne of Asia, who sang Black Sabbath’s “Heaven and Hell”; and Joey Belladonna of Anthrax, who sang Rainbow’s “Man on the Silver Mountain.” Willie Fyfe, Mr. Dio’s personal assistant, said: “Once he had a crowd in his hands, that’s where they stayed until it was time to go, then he’d give them back, and walk off and do his thing. Bless him. He’s still doing that now, and the guy is in a coffin.”

[Hardrock69]

I have a friend who was there. He did not get inside, as he arrived at 10 AM and all the wristbands to get inside had been given out.

I will have to ask him if he saw spAce.

[ace diamond]

Good for you, man. If you truly want to cause some irreparable damage to the bastards, then by all means bring your guitar and amp with you. And please, get somebody to film it and post the footage at Youtube.

i was filmed and interviewed by several camera crews.
i did wear my studded leather vest and my black spandex pants, but also my devil mask, with the face cut out of it, so that my face shows throught it.
i got to sit inside in the a/c.
i love rjd, but that service was 4 hours long. no bullshit.
after the first 2 hours, a number of folks got up and bailed. i was trying really hard not to fall asleep.
eddie trunk was the "master of ceremonies".
glenn hughes looked like shit with that bad hairpiece, and his voice was struggling to sing "catch the rainbow"
which was actually played twice ONCE BY GLENN WITH CRAIG GOLDY ON GUITAR. glenn hughes has not aged well.
unfortunately, i did not have $25 for a shirt, but i did keep my program and blue wristband.
also, i was singing as loudly and proudly as i could and most of the songs that were played. i sang from my seat.
at one point eddie trunk commented about the possibility of dimebag and ronnie having a jam, and i blurted out, "they're already doing it".
eddie, at the end of the 4th hours goes "we could go on and on about ronnie james dio for aniother 4 hours" and i blurted out rather loudly "NO!"
anyway, before the service, i went up front to talk to vinny appice, who actually remembered meeting me last year.
i knew ronnie was a new york giants football fan, as am i.
i took my own new york giants hat and i said to vinny after speaking briefly,
"vinny, i brought ronnie a gift, i know what a fan he was, as am i. would you please give this to ronnie for me?"
vinny goes "well, not right now"
to which i said "no not now, but please before you leave"
he said yes.
when i went up to the casket to say my final thanks and goodbye, sure enough, vinny put the hat atop the casket for me.
vinny appice, a class act. him and ronnie both.
rock in peace ronnie james dio

i will add that blondie was at the service as well, but she sat outside.
she and i, along with my "big burly biker friend" and his wife, all went to phillipe's for dinner afterwards.
as for me, there is plenty of video of my and plenty of pictures of me were taken.
i understand there are some videos already posted on youtube, i have not seen them,
but to the religion idiots, on several of the interviews, i looked directly into the camera, and said to them directly, i'm paraphrasing myself:
"since some people from mensa decided to have an einstein convention, and send these religious idiots down here to represent heaven
and it's morality, i felt that it was only fair that hell should be represented as well.
to those fools outside side i say this, 'fuck 'em!
...and the next time that you are down on their knees praising jesus, make sure that you SUCK HIS FUCKING DICK!!!"
or something closely to that effect.

[ace diamond]

I have a friend who was there. He did not get inside, as he arrived at 10 AM and all the wristbands to get inside had been given out.

I will have to ask him if he saw spAce.

left yucaipa at 9am.
got there around 10:30 or 11am. my friends and i got wristbands.

[ace diamond]

Video from Dio's memorial.

Look who shows up at the 20 second mark!

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Nice work Ace!

thanks.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Wow, that dude at the end was quite dickish....

I think it's time to finally unsticky this....

Rest in Peace, Ronnie.....