Ronnie James Dio died

Sad, sad day in the metal world. He was a great singer and performer. I was fortunate enough to see him live several times.

RIP DIO

Rip rjd..... "he'll know for the 1st time.... If he's evil or devine, he's the last in line!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

^^ Agreed.... Ozzy was Black Sabbath, the rest was jus a copy... Don't get me wrong.. I loved Dio's solo albums, and saw him in concert with Yngwie back in 89'... Lol at the Van Halen, not Van Hagar comparason

Ozzy was Black Sabbath just as DLR was Van Halen. I agree. But RJD was the essence of Black Sabbath. If that makes sense.

^^ It doesn't... explain?

Ozzy was Black Sabbath by name. Like bread and butter. Peanut butter and jelly. They just belong together. But Dio made Black Sabbath. He was what Black Sabbath was about. Don;t get me wrong. I love Ozzy and the stuff he did with Sabbath. I just think what Dio did with them was more Sabbath.

I guess I never got much past Paranoid (one of the greatest albums ever), and a few after that one.... But, I understand what you mean... For me anyways, Ozzy=Sabbath... Dio I know from his later stuff... Last in Line, Holy Diver etc...

Check out Sabbath albums Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules. It is a different kind of Sabbath. Not Iron Man or War Pigs by any stretch of the imagination. But still incredible just the same.

R.I.P. rjd thanks for all the good music

I was just listening to Holy Diver by Killswitch Engage , remake after Holy Diver by Dio when I saw this topic , this is really sad .

Heard about this through celebritydeathbeeper.com which emails you for free, no spam, when celebrities die.

bummer

A great talent lost, i heard his last words were i didnt even get to see froyo

hope he finds his rainbow in the dark!

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RJD may be gone but his music will live on forever! :rockon:

I raise the horns in tribute and in memoriam of RJD. May you rest in peace.

:rockon::rockon::rockon::rockon::rockon::rockon::rockon::rockon:

So apparently the wbc Will be protesting his funeral. ... wtf

As much as I disagree with the message that the WBC is spreading it is their right, as Americans, to publicly picket and protest. So it is that right which I support and will vehemently defend regardless of the circumstance. For anyone to deny an individual or group of individuals that right makes them worse than those they wish to silence. By living in this country and the freedoms guaranteed us by the constitution we have to take the good with the bad.

Anyway. Rest in Peace, R.J.D. You were, are and always will be an icon to metalheads everywhere! :rockon:

I am 100% for freedom of speach, however their method are in port taste. Protest all you want.... but have some respect for the family.

But karma is a *****, and I'm sure when their leader dies there will be hundreds of people waiting...

The thing is Freedom of Speech does not dictate nor does it require respect. Again I fully agree with you but in that same breath I defend their right to assemble and protest. On the karma thing, oh yeah, she is a finicky ***** and will definitely come and slap the WBC around soon enough.