Dio!

[Meatplow]

k lets talk Dio!

I've been listening to a fair bit of Dio recently, though millions have listened to his whole discography and gotten used to the guy by now i've only just got into his first two albums Holy Diver and Last In Line which are both fantastic rock (Holy Diver being the better). Heaven & Hell by Sabbath is very good as well, it is refreshing to hear a Sabbath without the other guy (yeah whats his name ;)).

He invented the devil horns signal I am told, there is little more metal then that! What a guy discuss his greatest.

Do not mention the Killswitch Engage cover of that song please. :upset:

[guitrguy]

I am Dio.

[Meatplow]

You are f'cking not!

[Cocaine]

He invented the devil horns signal I am told, there is little more metal then that! What a guy discuss his greatest.
Well, it's an old wop thing but he made it metal.

Dio is the only 50+ year old dude (his actual age is unknown) that can still ****in' rock the pleather pants.

Holy Diver is one of the greatest videos of all time. YOu have to love the weird cutout demons and the sword that's like twice his size.

[Invicta_Veritas]

Killswitch Engage!!!!

[Cocaine]

Killswitch Engage!!!!

butchered that song with their unbridled mediocrity.

[guitrguy]

See heres a pic of me
http://www.closetohomemusic.com/images/ronnie_james_dio.bmp

[Invicta_Veritas]

butchered that song with their unbridled mediocrity.

No ****. I was being a smartass, since he specifically said no KsE mentions.

[Cocaine]

rly?!

Dio ruled in the Tenacious D movie, which was otherwise pitiful.

[Meatplow]

It's cool i more or less expected it.

Yep, I meant he popularised the devil horns thing but yeah w/e. Dio is great.

[Cocaine]

Dio has rocked, for a long, long time.

I love that he has a sense of humour, too. When Tenacious D wrote "Dio", Dio put them at the start of his then-latest video (where they parodied Heaven and Hell)

[Meatplow]

:)

I was born in the wrong era of music I swear.

[Collis]

I've not really listened to his solo stuff but he was my favorite vocalist in Sabbath, and we cant forget ... RAINBOW!

Before they became crap Rainbow did some awesome stuff with Dio (The bands' first two albums). And my recommended song would be Stargazer, it's epic.

[guitrguy]

rly?!

Dio ruled in the Tenacious D movie, which was otherwise pitiful.

That opening scene was good. The movie was horrible afterward.

[Cocaine]

I love the little keyboard part in Rainbow in the Dark, it's sooooo gay. Also, nobody waste money on Holy Diver Live, it's really disappointing.

[Meatplow]

I've been trying to find some Rainbow with no avail....

np - Caught In The Middle (great song!)

[Collis]

I've been trying to find some Rainbow with no avail....

np - Caught In The Middle (great song!)

I'll upload it tomorrow and rep you a link, about to go out y'see. Remind me.

EDIT: Infact if anyone else wants it, lemme know....

[Meatplow]

That'd be great, thanks :)

[i am the robots]

butchered that song with their unbridled mediocrity.

You cannot deny that Howard's vocals on the cover are really really good.

[Meatplow]

I'll say the vocals are good apart from the cliche screaming, and the solo part was really well done. The rest of it was rubbish.

[Cocaine]

The rest of it was basically just, "check us out we're covering a legendary song so people will think we're authentic! DIO, NOW WITH 50% MORE DOWN-TUNING!"

[i am the robots]

His screaming is still very good though. That man has range, it's just the whole approach to screaming in that cover blows.

[pate]

Dio is the only 50+ year old dude (his actual age is unknown)

He was born in '42, making him 65.

Also, nobody waste money on Holy Diver Live, it's really disappointing.

What the crap, that's awesome.

[Cocaine]

What the crap, that's awesome.
His voice is inconsistent on it.

I read that there wasn't actually proof that he was born in 42.

[DanD]

i made my dad cry once because i told him that i wished Dio was my father

[pate]

His voice is fine after the firs track or two.

Also:

There is a long-standing dispute regarding Dio's age. His most likely birth year is 1942. Dio himself has said in the past that he was born July 10, 1949 and, at other times, outright refused to give the year of his birth. The general consensus is that the 1942 date is probably correct, due to the following:

The United States Library of Congress copyright searches for both Ronnie James Dio and Ronald James Padavona material both return listings invariably citing the 1942 birthdate.

He was in his first band in 1958, which means that if the 1949 date were correct, he would have been 9 years old. This would be unlikely, but not impossible. (Dio has also said that he started his first group around age 10). According to classmates from his high school, and reportedly also a yearbook, which is available in the reference section of the Cortland City Library show a Ronald James Padavona graduated from Cortland High School in 1960. He would have graduated high school a few days before his 11th birthday if he was born in 1949. He was also his senior class president and was voted most popular. His first band photos, with "Ronnie and the Red Caps" from ca. 1960 or 1961[1], are also widely circulated on the Internet. In the photo, he looks to be somewhere in his mid teens, and probably older than the 12 years old he would have been, if the 1949 birth date were correct.

British-born/Australian-based singer Graham Bonnet, who replaced Dio in Rainbow, has disputed the age difference between Ronnie and he. Bonnet was born September 23, 1947. However, in a 2005 interview, while discussing guitarist and former bandmate, Ritchie Blackmore, Dio said that Ritchie "isn't that much younger" than him. Blackmore was born in 1945. Online public records searches (done in 2005) list Dio as 64 years old under the name "Ronald Padavona" and as 57 years old under the name "Ronnie James Dio". Another search shows a "Ronald and Wendy Padavona" in Studio City, CA (presumably a business address), ages 64 and 58 (as of February, 2006), which would fit with the assumed birth years of 1942 and 1947 for Dio and his wife, Wendy. This also suggests that Dio's legal name is still Ronald Padavona. Interestingly, Blackmore has said that Ronnie is younger than him at other times, although this could easily be attributed to Dio's maintaining a false birth date that Blackmore (and others who know Dio) assumed was correct. In an article on Black Sabbath in an issue of Circus magazine ("Black Sabbath Pray For Brighter Days") in the spring of 1982, Dio's age is listed as 33. This would seem to support a birth date of 1948, since the interview appeared before Dio's July birthday. Again, if Dio had been giving an incorrect date of birth for years, it's not out of the question that this number is also wrong.

As a result, most of Dio's fans agree that the 1942 date is the most likely the correct one. The 1949 date is second most likely. 1944 is another possible date, and 1947, 1940, 1939, and even 1937, but there is no real evidence to back these dates up. The age of Ronnie and his son also builds the case for 1942, although a 20 year age difference was not that rare in the 1960s. In one interview, Dio was very emphatic about the 1949 year, saying, "Well, I was born in '49, and I never told anybody anything other than that." It is assumed that he may have taken on the alias Ronnie James Dio at this time, and that his real date of birth was, in fact, in 1942.

In 2004 Dio was elected to the Cortland City School Hall of Fame. The plaque shows his graduation year was in fact 1960, which essentially puts this dispute to rest. http://www.cortlandschools.org/alumni/wallpresentation.swf

[Meatplow]

heh awesome stuff

all i know is he is old, had an awesome career and he rocks :)

[Shadows Within]

does anyone know if lock up the wolves has any hearable keyboard part in it? i've only heard Wild One.

[Deth]

I love me some Dio \m/

I'll keep throwing around \m/ in this thread for him \m/

Anyone else absolutely love the Rainbow albums he was on? They're pure brilliance from beginning to end, and of course RJD's vocals help.

\m/

[pate]

The Rainbow albums are ****ing killer. My favorite is Richie Blackmore's Rainbow.

[Deth]

I'm partial to Rising myself, but all of them are amazing.

[FatalEnergy]

I've always liked the three Black Sabbath albums he did more than anything. He rules all though.

[pate]

Dehumanizer > Mob Rules > Heaven and Hell > Every Dio album except Holy Diver

[Collis]

I'm partial to Rising myself, but all of them are amazing.

Me too. Stargazer is fookin' awesome.

His vocals are so powerful, and for such a small man... :thumb:

[Meatplow]

Sacred Heart is a pretty good album.

[pate]

Indeed, and then Vivian left because he ran out of ideas.

[Deth]

And joined Def Leppard :confused:

[Meatplow]

I've really enjoyed a lot of his guitar work from what i've heard so far, Holy Diver has a lot of great parts of it.

[pate]

And joined Def Leppard :confused:

That's part of the joke. I know that he ran out of ideas because....has he done ANYTHING musically since he quit Dio? No. He claims to not even play solos anymore. Faggot

[Collis]

You like Rising Meatplow?

[Meatplow]

You like Rising Meatplow?

I've downloaded it, i'll give it a proper listen tonight. Thanks for the up :thumb:

How many albums did Rainbow do?

[Collis]

How many albums did Rainbow do?

3 with Dio and about 5 without, I think. Rising is the second of the three with Dio.

[Meatplow]

Nice.

[Brew]

Dio is awesome. I saw Heaven and Hell last night and saw Dio on his Holy Diver tour in 2005, his voice is still as amazing as ever.

[pate]

He was great when I saw them in September.

[masterchaos]

I know I'll be ridin' on the gypsy

[pate]

Cause they'll only bring you down.

[Deth]

Don't Talk to Strangers is such an underrated song. It's my second favorite on Holy Diver, after the title track of course.

[masterchaos]

Those lyrics make me laugh everytime. Excellent cheese.

"Dont talk to strangers. 'Cause they're only there to make you sad"

[Deth]

Those lyrics are great if you actually think about them.

NP: Holy Diver

[pate]

Don't Talk to Strangers is such an underrated song. It's my second favorite on Holy Diver, after the title track of course.

I don't know how I'd rank them. I really love those two, plus Rainbow of course, and Caught in the Middle, and Gypsy, and Straight Through the Heart ...and Invisible and Shame on the Night. Well hell I just named them all.

[masterchaos]

Caught in the Middle is easily the weakest song on the album for me.

[Deth]

Yeah, for sure. That and Invisible are the songs I could do without.

NP: Evil Eyes

[pate]

Caught in the Middle is kickass. Being the weakest song on Holy Diver is like being the weakest member of the Russian Olympic Weightlifting team.

[Deth]

I think I might just listen to music with Dio singing tonight.

NP: Killing the Dragon

Damn, I had to break out the Bolt Thrower in the gym. Sorry Ronnie.

[Meatplow]

Caught In The Middle is just as anthemic as any other song on Holy Diver. My favourite is probably Straight Through The Heart though, at least at the moment I can't stop playing it.

Caught in the Middle is kickass. Being the weakest song on Holy Diver is like being the weakest member of the Russian Olympic Weightlifting team.

Truth, nice analogy. :lol: