Ronnie James Dio Hated "Rainbow In The Dark" The Heaviness Wasn't Heavy Enough . Part of what led to the formation of the band Dio was Ronnie's departure from his previous group, Rainbow.

When 40-year-old Ronnie James Dio stormed out of Black Sabbath in 1982, finally defeated by the rampant drug abuse of guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, the world’s greatest heavy ...

The long-awaited autobiography titled “Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography” was co-written by British music journalist Mick Wall and Ronnie James Dio’s widow, longtime manager Wendy Dio.

Ronnie James Dio, the former Elf, Rainbow and Black Sabbath singer who often claimed credit for inventing metal’s chief hand gesture, the devil horns, has died at the age of 67, according to a ...

GETTY IMAGESAbove, Ronnie James Dio performs on stage with Heaven and Hell during their "Heaven and Hell" tour at Challenge Stadium August 2, 2007 in Perth, Australia. Heaven and Hell wss a ...

May 16, 2015, marks the fifth anniversary of legendary vocalist Ronnie James Dio‘s passing. To pay tribute to Ronnie and his contributions to the metal scene, we sat down with a bunch of today ...

We lost a true metal legend when Ronnie James Dio succumbed to cancer back in 2010. But if the guy did one thing in life, he influenced a lot of heavy metal talent and it shows in the soon to be ...

Ronnie James Dio leads Heaven & Hell in concert at the Forum in Inglewood in 2007. (Los Angeles Times) By Craig Rosen. Nov. 13, 2024 Updated 11:51 AM PT. Share via Close extra sharing options.

Ronnie James Dio is one of heavy metal’s most legendary lead vocalists, and undoubtedly its most well-traveled, having fronted no less than three classic bands, including the one that took his ...

Central New York native Ronnie James Dio never forgot where he came from, even as he played sold out shows at Madison Square Garden or was mobbed by fans in Japan as if he was one of the Beatles ...

The post Feature-Length Ronnie James Dio Documentary Is Being Made appeared first on Consequence of Sound. A fully authorized feature-length documentary about the late Ronnie James Dio is in the ...

When 40-year-old Ronnie James Dio stormed out of Black Sabbath in 1982, finally defeated by the rampant drug abuse of guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, the world’s greatest heavy ...