Jimmy Bain where abouts?

Jeffrey · Killing The Dragon Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 324

Hey all,

I haven't heard anything about Jimmy Bain in years. All I know is he played with Vinny Appice WWIII and 3 legged Dog I believe. I always thought him and Dio were best friends, at least in the 1980s.

But when Dio passed, I was expecting to hear something from him. Has he retired or still playing around in different bands?

Jeffrey
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Holymagica · Guest

Last time I read anything he was pissed off with Vinny Appice for touring and being in Heaven and Hell.
Jimmy has not logged into his myspace account since 18th of May.

There is an interview you can listen to here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyHfd21oABQ

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Jeffrey · Killing The Dragon Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 324

No, no, no. I wasn't trying to hear anything negative or start trouble. I didn't expect personal matters or private things.

I simply didn't know if he was still active in music world. I know he has to be getting older like the rest of us. I wanted to find out what he was up to, not hear if he had anything bad to say about Dio. I didn't even know he was fired from Dio. I just thought he left.

If you think this post will start trouble, or if it gets out of hand here, delete the whole thing.

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Jeffrey

I won't deleted it...and I am sure folks will be respectful.

Jeffrey · Killing The Dragon Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 324

I just listened to the interview. Boy, i had no idea he had hard feelings with Ronnie. He really sounds like a sore loser. Too bad for him. He really let me down.

Sorry I asked now. I thought more of him before this. Be careful what you ask, I guess.

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DioInfinitum · Joined: 21 May 2010 Posts: 262 Location: Denver, CO

Yes, from the sound of it, Jimmy seems to feel a little burned.
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olivious the drummer · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:24 am Post subject:

He has been doing some shows with Mandy Lion (WWIII) in the US.
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alitivity · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:26 pm Post subject:

Definitely some discrepancies in his interview from the way things were reported years ago, like Viv being fired, the way I remember it he left Ronnie High and Dry, and even then Ronnie was nice about it because he thought Viv was going off to make his own music. Things didnt get nasty until he joined Whitesnake to play John Sykes songs, and Ronnie had the nerve to ask where the creativity was in that.

Bain's about Craig were uncalled for, and even though the Viv years were my favorite albums, my favorite DIO song is with Craig. Craig has left his mark on the Band DIO every bit as much as Viv ever did.
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Holymagica · Guest

Did David Coverdale not phone Ronnie to ask what Viv was like to work with and by all accounts Dio said wonderful things to David about Viv.

Its funny both guitarists have been following in each other footsteps from that day when Jimmy Bain got Ronnie to listen to Campbell and Sykes.
If only Dio had picked Sykes Cool

I have always been a fan of John Sykes more than Campbell, Sykes has more substance, tone and sound.

olivious the drummer · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:34 am Post subject:

Yep Ronnie was very complimentary about Viv to Mr Coverdale, its a shame things seemed to go down hill between Ronnie and Viv.

But I agree Sykes and Dio would have been an incredible combination and I think would have formed a long a fruitful partnership. I love what each Dio guitarist has brought to the table but I think Sykes would have pipped them all.
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Jeffrey · Killing The Dragon Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 324

I'm not sure what John Sykes is up to now. For a while I thought he was touring with Thin Lizzy, handling guitar and vocal duties. But last I heard he had quit that and was putting his talent to use on another band.

But now I can't think of what band or musician he is working with.

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alitivity · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:32 pm Post subject:

This is what it says on his myspace page