Dio Tribute album coming?

[Driftin Elf]

It seems inevitible that a tribute album is destined to happen, as plans for a late summer Dio memorial 'Stand up and Shout' cancer fundraiser concert were already mentioned at Ronnie's memorial.
Personally, I have never heard any covered Dio song as good as Dio had done it.
Still, moving forward, I would rather see people trying to add new life to these songs, and keeping the legend alive than to see Dio's awesome and unique work fade into history.

What groups would you like to see cover Dio's songs?
My thoughts on who I think could cover Dio best with some dignity,

Metallica...Holy Diver, Stand Up And Shout, or Master Of The Moon

John Oliva's Pain/Savatage... All The Fools Sailed Away, or The Man Who Would Be King...This Is Your Life as last song on album

Alice Cooper... Rock-n Roll Children, or Throw Away Children

Queensryche...Rainbow In The Dark, Hungry For Heaven, or Breathless

Iron Maiden...Egypt...Chains are on, or Last In Line

Judas Priest...King of Rock-n Roll, or Sacred Heart

Loudness(are they still a band?)...We Rock, Like The Beat Of A Heart, or Kill The King(sounded good the first time they covered it)

Ritchie Blackmore, or Steve Vai solo...Still I'm Sad-no vocals, as the voice is gone.

David Coverdale/ Whitesnake...Mistreated, as this was a shared Deep Purple/Rainbow song

Ian Gillan... Man On The Silver Mountain, or Bible Black

...and for fun I'd like to see Ozzy just try to do Neon Nights, or Breaking into Heaven with Heaven & Hell.

Hopefully the new Electra single could get on there too, as I(and many others) missed out on Touranado.

I'm sure I've left several out, and for those I apoligize.
If we get some thoughts rolling around out there, maybe something will take off, and happen.
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...and the time had come for the one to go to the temple of the king...RIP Ronnie.

[Holymagica]

I like this idea!
Some great choices you have there, I would love to hear
Iron Maiden...Egypt...Chains are on, or Last In Line
Of course we are gonna pick bands we like the most.
I would like to hear..............
Kamelot- Stargazer
MSG -Caught in the Middle
Saxon-Turn Up the Night
Draconian-Heaven and Hell
Tarja-Rainbow Eyes
And heres my curveball....
Katherine Jenkins singing Holy Diver
I liked her non metal version of this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQYcQknTPYI

[LindaJeanne]

This is hard, because trying to visualize (er, audioize?) someone elses' voice on one of Ronnie's songs just produces cognitive dissonance (and sadness ).

But I decided to take a shot at it to see what I came up with: some of these are kind of off-the-wall (a couple aren't even metal or hard rock) and might not work in actuality, but here goes :

I want to third Iron Maiden for Egypt (chains are on).

Arch-era Fate's Warning reunion: Stargazer/Light in the Black
Serenity (Aus) -- Rainbow in the Dark / Holy Diver
Candlemass -- Bible Black / Dream Evil
Isole -- too Late / After All (the Dead)
Wuthering Heights -- Last in Line / Gates of Babylon
Blind Guardian -- 16th Century Greensleeves / Temple of the King
Wintersun -- Mob Rules
Diary of Dreams -- Shadow of the Wind
WeltenBrand -- Follow the Tears / Breaking into Heaven

[alitivity]

All these songs, and no one has mentioned the song Nevermet is working on Sometimes keeping a secret can be fun
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[DioInfinitum]

Iron Maiden is one band I had imagined might do well if they try their hand at a Dio tribute.

Bruce D is amazing in his own way. I recall hearing Ronnie saying he appreciated Bruce as a singer.

I found it also interesting that Ronnie noted 'Chris Cornell' as the only singer of 'the day' that was good. I think it might be fitting if Chris tried his hand at a tribute. It could probably be good too...but in these last years Chris went heavy cheese on us.

Rob Halford is another singer who 'might' do well with a Dio cover. He's amazing, but he's still not Dio.

Alice Cooper? I like how Alice sings but the idea of him singing a Dio tune turns me off.

Metallica? Metallica is amazing and I bet they could pull of something amazing though more likely in their own style somehow rather than trying to sing like Ronnie. I love James's voice, I just can't imagine him doing it to a Dio tune.

There are some songs that are so inherently Dio that covering them is almost blasphemous.

I enjoyed this 'producer's fun dream brainstorm.'

[SABBATH STEVE]

[StargazerGeisha]

[Holymagica]

LindaJeanne
Are you a fan of Serenity?


StargazerGeisha
Great curve ball!

[LindaJeanne]

HolyMagica:

The Austrian symphonic-power-metal band "Serenity": yes, my favorite songs of theirs are "From Where the Dark is Born" and "Sheltered (by the Obscure)".

The UK Doom Metal band "Serenity": they're OK, but there are several other doom-metal bands I like better.