Ronnie James Dio Passes Away
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I saw the Sabbath/BOC show in 1980 (Black and Blue, for those that remember it) at the Boston Garden and I wasn't aware until a few days before the show that Ozzy had been given the boot from Sabbath. Dio tore things up for Sabbath that evening for sure.
Sabbath was the loudest band I'd ever heard to that point. That honor lasted for about 40 minutes until Cult took the stage and made Sabbath sound like a string quartet. Not better, per se, just a fuck of a lot louder.
In any case, Dio was an important element in the whole hard rock/metal thing.
Sabbath was the loudest band I'd ever heard to that point. That honor lasted for about 40 minutes until Cult took the stage and made Sabbath sound like a string quartet. Not better, per se, just a fuck of a lot louder.
In any case, Dio was an important element in the whole hard rock/metal thing.
mjp
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I saw Black Sabbath in the 70s when I was a kid and they scared the shit out of me. They didn't do anything scary, per se, they just seemed dangerous and angry. And loud.
Dio? Too bad he died, but whatever as far as music or singers go. He was a joke.
Johannes
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That's sad. I've been drunk to Heaven and Hell innumerable times.
Why a joke? Gestures and staging might have been a bit overblown from todays viewpoint, but so is all Metal. And he had some voice. He could really blare it out, much more than Ozzy, although Ozzy always will be the Black Sabbath singer.
Why a joke? Gestures and staging might have been a bit overblown from todays viewpoint, but so is all Metal. And he had some voice. He could really blare it out, much more than Ozzy, although Ozzy always will be the Black Sabbath singer.
Bukfan
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Speaking of loud bands, Canned Heat was among the loudest bands in the late sixties. They'd heard Blue Cheer was the loudest so they wanted to be louder than them. Their gutarist, Henry Vestine, had a 1200 Watt TNT amp connected to 8 cabinets with two 15 Inch speakers in each cabinet. Here's a pic of him in front of the amp and cabinets:
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mjp
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To me, a stubby, balding, shrieking man is not spooky, and he was trying to be spooky and underworld and ominous. So I laughed whenever I saw him, and laughing = joke.
Dio's generation is a dying breed. There will always be plenty of pretentious douchebags to front subpar metal bands.
I grew up on metal, so I maintain some respect for the form, as a thing and an experience. But Dio always seemed like the band's humorless little buddy, who they only let on stage because the real singer was too drunk to stand up.
Again, it's too bad he died. It's too bad anyone dies. But metal didn't die yesterday. Just one of its more celebrated elves.
bospress.net
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Yes, growing up I was into metal and we always had a good laugh at Dio. Something just too poser-ish about it. Maybe it was the fake devil worship angle or the devil hand signals...
You know that you are getting old when 67 year old men are dying and you remember when they were young....
Speaking of overly theatric, we have not discussed Iron Maiden in a while.
And, who knew that Bruce Dickinson is a commercial airline pilot? Not me...
Bill
You know that you are getting old when 67 year old men are dying and you remember when they were young....
Speaking of overly theatric, we have not discussed Iron Maiden in a while.
And, who knew that Bruce Dickinson is a commercial airline pilot? Not me...
Bill
number6horse
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Ronnie James Dio, whose soaring vocals, poetic lyrics and mythic tales of a never-ending struggle between good and evil broke new ground in heavy metal, died Sunday, according to a statement from his wife and manager. He was 67.
Opening paragraph from the AP story.
Opening paragraph from the AP story.
mjp
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Well, you know how it is when you die; they have to say you were a great and beloved pioneer, whether it is really true or not.
But I expect to take full advantage of that rule when I die and make someone write something about how great and pretty I was. And how I cured polio and invented rock and roll. They can stand next to my pauper's grave and read it next to an assembled crowd of no one and then release it to AP, where it will become the truth of record.
In papers all across the country that are too poor to hire their own writers, you will see the article:
But I expect to take full advantage of that rule when I die and make someone write something about how great and pretty I was. And how I cured polio and invented rock and roll. They can stand next to my pauper's grave and read it next to an assembled crowd of no one and then release it to AP, where it will become the truth of record.
In papers all across the country that are too poor to hire their own writers, you will see the article:
INVENTOR OF ROCK AND ROLL, CURER OF POLIO BURIED IN PAUPER'S GRAVE
Scientists rise in worldwide protest, Rock and Roll hall of fame flies pirate flag at half mast.
By Mather Schneider, Los Angeles, AP
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Scientists rise in worldwide protest, Rock and Roll hall of fame flies pirate flag at half mast.
By Mather Schneider, Los Angeles, AP
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I have a bootleg here where Ronnie James Dio signs the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy.
drop me a pm and I'll burn it for you. it's awesome.
Aaaaaaand Gargamel opened the 13th seeeeaaaaalllll! Annd lo and behold the Hellll creatures of Saturn rose to capture the RIIIIIIIIIIING!
or something like that. I'll have to consult the lyric sheet again. I have it tattooed on my back, but it's hard to read. you know, it being on my back and all.
drop me a pm and I'll burn it for you. it's awesome.
Aaaaaaand Gargamel opened the 13th seeeeaaaaalllll! Annd lo and behold the Hellll creatures of Saturn rose to capture the RIIIIIIIIIIING!
or something like that. I'll have to consult the lyric sheet again. I have it tattooed on my back, but it's hard to read. you know, it being on my back and all.
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