RIP Ronnie James Dio

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Author Message gregduboc Senior Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 423 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 2:42 pm:    Sad news, I am a huge fan of his voice... Greg mike1762 Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 542 Registered: 1-2008 Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 3:18 pm:    I'm a huge fan as well, but I didn't even know he was ill. That voice was the epitome of Heavy Metal. crobbins Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 607 Registered: 6-2004 Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 6:29 pm:    Rest In Peace. dannobasso Senior Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 1258 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 8:19 pm:    A big loss for many fans all over the world. He has been making his great voice heard for many years and still sounded great. He was also a class act always. Humility and appreciation for his fans was always the impression I got. The Mob Rules is one of favorite songs of all time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riSwLDznuGU hieronymous Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 763 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 9:06 pm:    I'm bummed, but he left a great metal legacy. I really like the recent Heaven and Hell concert DVD - basically the Dio version of Black Sabbath, playing and sounding GREAT! Definitely a huge loss. I don't normally post on these kinds of threads, but I'm really feeling this one... I've never heard this song before or seen the video, but I like it! Found it posted on another forum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI9up-pHwkk (Message edited by hieronymous on May 16, 2010) (Message edited by hieronymous on May 16, 2010) adriaan Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2485 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 1:33 am:    Glorious voice! Roger Glover & Guests' "Love is all" was a huge hit in the Netherlands, reaching #1. It actually replaced the horrid "Una Paloma Blanca" of the George Baker Selection (whose earlier hit "Little Green Bag" shot to fame in recent years through a Tarantino film). Ah, to be 9 or 10 again! Uh, well, much like my son is these days. Together we put up a couple of shelves in the garden shed yesterday. Here's the Wikipedia page on The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast, the concept album that originally featured "Love is All". (Message edited by adriaan on May 17, 2010) groovelines Senior Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 589 Registered: 4-2003 Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 9:07 am:    I enjoyed Ronnie in all of his musical incarnations. He always brought a poetic sensibility to each band. The first Rainbow album is still one of my favorites. alembicfan Member Username: alembicfan Post Number: 57 Registered: 10-2007 Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 10:49 am:    Rest in Peace,Ronnie tmoney61092 Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 364 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 3:06 pm:    huge loss to the music world, R.I.P. Ronnie ~Taylor darkstar01 Advanced Member Username: darkstar01 Post Number: 218 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:25 am:    i think we'd be missing something if we didn't point out that, in addition to his awesome musical contributions to metal, he pretty much single handedly gave us this: rip dio. souza_lima New Username: souza_lima Post Number: 9 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:39 am:    They were coming to Brazil and canceled the tour saying Dio got to care a throat's cancer just a month ago. What happened? I'm not a Metal fan, but I can't understand why our local news wrote so little about his death and carrer... Rip Dio! alembic83 Member Username: alembic83 Post Number: 57 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Friday, May 21, 2010 - 8:29 am:    RIP, Dio...He also played bass in some of his early bands! He will be missed!