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[Bildo]

Just read that on blabbermouth. Wow. Sure are a lot of classic rockers wanting to do double albums lately. Hopefully they all come to fruition.

Go, Ronnie. We want to hear Magica II and III!

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Sit on it, Potsie.

[Holymagica]

The West Australian recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, DIO, RAINBOW, HEAVEN AND HELL).

In January this year Dio was inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk with fellow rock royalty, including GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and FRANK ZAPPA drummer Terry Bozzio.

Now with nothing left to prove, Dio stands among those credited with the birth and longevity of heavy metal music. But he is still looking forward.

"I'm not really that impressed with myself," he says.

"I know what I can do and I do that really well. I've got the same kind of status as the other guys in SABBATH, I guess I deserve that. But once you start believing what other people are saying about you, you've got nowhere else to go."

Even at an age when most people are considering retirement, if they haven't already done so, Dio hits the stage with the same enthusiasm and ambition as he ever did.

"I'm my own judge and my own critic, and I'm a harsh critic," he says.

"I want every show to be perfect, I want to sing perfectly, I want the weather to be perfect. Guess what, that never happens. But at least I have a goal.

"As far as other things, I can barely tie my shoes. I can do basically nothing any more but I can still get up on stage. It's a job, I'm no better than the plumber or the electrician."

The legend of BLACK SABBATH has been altered in recent years by the mainstream fame found by Ozzy Osbourne on the reality TV show "The Osbournes".

It's a phenomenon which saddens Dio, who like Osbourne has returned to front SABBATH on a number of occasions.

He regards the various incarnations of SABBATH as different bands despite the same name.

"When we did 'Heaven and Hell' we created another BLACK SABBATH and a new generation of SABBATH fans," Dio says.

"I think when they went back and did things with Ozzy it just reintroduced people to what a lot of people hadn't really forgotten, and turned a lot of people onto it for the first time as well"

As a singer whose image has barely altered in his time on stage, Dio worries that Osbourne's importance has been devalued by his media profile in recent years as a bumbling father.

"I've been saddened by the fact that the way people saw Ozzy on the reality show was the way people perceived him," Dio says.

"We've got to remember that Ozzy was one of the creators of this kind of music, he and the other original SABBATH members. I want to remember Ozzy for the legacy he created and not for some show that attempts to use him in a monetary way."

Read the entire article at The West Australian.
http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=403890

[desecrator]

Hi there,

first of all I would like to say that i'm new here, and couldn't find an introduction topic what so ever... (if there's one on this forum can someone give me a link please ?)

secondly, I've got a question wich I think I can ask here, because opening a new topic for this question would be stupid.

A citate from the Biography of RJD on the website:
"The single most important vocal technician in the history of heavy metal."

My question: Who the hell is the most impirtant vocal technician in the heavy metal history? And then I mean according to that biography, not according to the oppinion of the members.

[Gjermundsen]

Huh? What kind of question is that ?
Its Ronnie James Dio.

[Holymagica]

Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO, HEAVEN AND HELL) will be the featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline", hosted by Bob Coburn, airing Wednesday, October 10 at 11:30 p.m. EST/8:30 p.m. PST. Fans can talk live with Ronnie by calling 800-344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you or to listen to the show live via the Internet, go to www.rocklineradio.com.

[Holymagica]

Did you miss Ronnie on Rockline,the show is now available for streaming at this location.

http://rocklineradio.com/replay/replay.php

[Holymagica]

Komodo Rock recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, HEAVEN AND HELL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

Komodo Rock: So with it having gone gold there has been talk of maybe a new studio album from HEAVEN AND HELL next year. Is that something that could happen?

Dio: Yes, we have decided to do that. When it would be, I couldn't tell you. This is the last part of the tour after about 9 months on the road. It's time for us to take a little breather. When the time is right we will get together and start writing for the next album, but as far as the release date goes it will probably be later next year.

Komodo Rock: Does that mean that you won't be going back to the solo DIO stuff for a while then?

Dio: I will. I plan on doing some touring around March or April. Sometime like that. I want to keep a hand in on that one. I love this band that I play with as well, and it's another career, another career with a lot of great music as well. You will see that a lot in the shows that we do play. When people ask if we are going to be doing any DIO material. That's always a nice compliment. But of course we don't. It would be wrong to do that. It's nice to know though that people don't forget and it's something that they want to hear again so much like we are doing with SABBATH now those songs live forever and they become kinda classics of their own. There is always that path to go down and I will.

Komodo Rock: With touring with DIO, the band, and recording another album next year does that mean there is unlikely to be another HEAVEN AND HELL tour next year?

Dio: I don't know if there will be one next year. It depends on how long it takes us to do what we do. When you do an album you have to tour with it. When it is I don't know but I'm sure we will.

Komodo Rock: So it will be a tour when the album is ready?

Dio: Yeah. When we have that all finished and we can take our time and do a proper job of it then touring will certainly be in the offing.

Komodo Rock: Taking time and getting things just right is obviously important to you?

Dio: Oh, yeah. We are always on top of that anyway. We refuse to play badly in concert and we refuse to put out a bad album as well. What we write will be what makes us happy, and usually what makes us happy is what people want to hear from us. I don't know how much time we will need. Sometimes you can take too much time. You can just wallow around and all of this should be perfect and that should be perfect. You have to have the ability to know when naturalness has to take over because everything isn't perfect, because if it's too perfect then that is what it sounds like. It has no heart. It has no soul. So we know very well how long it will take us and how long it should take us to do it. We are not going to go for the perfectionist, but we do have enough time certainly to give ourselves some choices.

Komodo Rock: You've had press recently regarding Vivian Campbell [referring to a video tape (see below) that surfaced of Ronnie telling a fan that he hoped Vivian "fucking dies" and calling Vivian's current group DEF LEPPARD "a fucking rock band for you to fucking have diarrhea with."]. Is that something that you are quite passionate about?

Dio: No, I'm not passionate about it. I think that the lowly vermin that captured that on his cell phone at a moment when you are saying something that perhaps you would never say to the press, or something that you didn't really mean that much, but you know, sometimes situations dictate what you say. And once again that was something that was completely off the record. Apparently I said something bad about the band as well, about DEF LEPPARD, and once again all of things that were said were said in the heat of the moment. No reference to them at all, and I would like to apologize to those guys. I like them. It wasn't fair to them, but as far as Vivian goes, all I can say is check out the source, and then see what that source has been saying and sometimes you reply. Most of the time I have been taking the high road on all of it and I have not said anything on it. I have praised Vivian so much and I think that he deserves praise for as great as he played, but you know that was just a retort to the things that he had said about me first, and once again in an unguarded moment, I feel that I was very unfair, but I said what I said. But I am not passionate about hating him, no. I have better things to do with my life than to think about revenge or being a horrible person. Of course I don't want him to die! What I said was, once again a heat of the moment thing. Those things cannot be explained unless you speak to the source which is me, I guess, like you are doing. So no, I have no passion about that whatsoever.

Read the entire interview at Komodo Rock.
http://www.komodorock.com/interviews/interviews/komodo-rock-talks-with-ronnie-james-dio-200711012460/


Now if you have just come to slang off Ronnie to this thread your comments will be deleted and you could be banned..so behave!

[blacksheep06A]

Thanx Holy for posting this, I really appreciate it.

You're doing a great job

[Breathless]

[Bobby66]

... ...couldn't be happier...Ronnie deserves the attention that Heaven & Hell brings...I cant wait!...hopefully this will lead to a properly promoted & spectaular DIO tour in the future...

[Bobby66]

[Holymagica]

Ronnie will be the featured guest on "Breakfast at Talita's" on http://www.totalrock.com/ tomorrow morning (Saturday, December 15) from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon UK time. Ronnie will talk about the recent HEAVEN AND HELL tour and future plans for the band, even his pet cats, and — of course — the devil horns.

Check out www.myspace.com/breakfastattalitas for playlists and what's coming up on the show.

[ScarrybutTrue]

Awsome...

I tried to get in to the Ronnie James concert 2007 summer but I did'nt make it. Now I can just hope that he'll come back to finland some day.

[ScarrybutTrue]

Thanks for the interview. It made many things more clearer about Ronnie James Dio's future... Wishing he would come to Finland... And stuff...

[Holymagica]

I have posted this twice incase folks missed it.

Please becareful when buying tickets for a Europe Tour from a band called ''Dio - distraught overlord'' If you think you are buying a ticket for Ronnie's James Dio you are wrong.
This has nothing to do with Ronnie James Dio.

The reason for this message is so folks don't get confused at this other band using the DIO name.
Make sure when you are buying Tickets for DIO this summer that its Ronnie James Dio band and not this other band.
News and dates for DIO on Tour will appear on the website soon,so please keep checking RonnieJamesDio.com and Dio's Myspace.