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Review of Ronnie James Dio This Is Your Life
I had such high hopes for this album. I should have known that it wouldn’t be able to live up to the hype. For those of you who don’t know ‘Ronnie James Dio This Is Your Life’ is a tribute album to the late Ronnie James Dio. With sneak previews of songs by Corey Taylor…
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Doro Pesch to sub for Ripper on some Dio Disciples dates
According to Blabbermouth the former frontwoman of Warlock, the ever amazing Doro Pesch, will be subbing for Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens on some dates of the European tour for Dio Disciples. Dio Disciples is the band formed in the wake of Ronnie James Dio’s death in order to perform the music that he was working on…
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Ripper to front Dio Disciples
Previously I posted about how that Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens was going to record previously unrecorded material from the late metal god Ronnie James Dio. And I basically had a metalgasm when that was announced. Now I’ve had another one on the news that Ripper will be fronting a band along with Rudy Sarzo, Simon Wright,…
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Big names to appear on Dio tribute album
Word has it that a tribute album to the late metal god Ronnie James Dio will contain some big names. How big you may ask? How’s this for big? Rob Halford, Dave Grohl, Glenn Hughes, Alice Cooper, Chris Jericho, and Lemmy. Does it really get any bigger than that? A tribute worthy of the true…
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Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens to record unreleased Dio material?
According to an interview with Dio guitarist Craig Goldy some unreleased material developed by the late Ronnie James Dio may be recorded with former Judas Priest and Iced Earth vocalist Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens. Jeb: Is there any more music still in the vaults? Craig: There is going to be some unreleased material come out. Wendy…
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Revolver Mag cover pays tribute to fallen Metal icons
On a recent cover of Revolver Magazine, they pay tribute to the two Metal icons that passed away last year and were my two biggest heroes in the world of Metal. I am of course speaking about Peter Steele of Type O Negative and the Master of Metal himself Ronnie James Dio. Other musicians that…
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Dio’s home for sale
Late metal god Ronnie James Dio’s home in Encino, California is currently up for sale for a cool $3.3M. I know I’m probably just echoing the sentiment of most Dio fans but if I could pull that kind of money out of my ass I would buy the house and never sell it. I hope…
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Dio Statue to be erected in Bulgaria
A statue of the late metal god Ronnie James Dio is going to be erected in Kavarna, Bulgaria. Now I have a reason to go to Bulgaria. I do have a little bone to pick about the statue itself. How can you have a statue of Dio and not have him giving the horns? All hail…