Ronnie James Dio

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Heaven & Hell posing for a photograph in the 2000s
How Ronnie James Dio and Black Sabbath put their differences behind them for the third and final time

By Richard Bienstock Published

Heaven & Hell was Black Sabbath’s classic Mob Rules line-up in all but name

Bands & Artists
Ritchie Blackmore (right) and singer Ronnie James Dio photographed in Los Angeles, June 1975
When Ritchie Blackmore met Ronnie James Dio: The story of Rainbow

By Mick Wall Published

Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore recruited a largely unknown vocalist to sing on his new project. The rest, as they say, is history

Bands & Artists
A composite photograph of AC/DC’s Angus Young and Ritchie Blackmore of Rainbow performing onstage in the 1970s
“I reckon Ritchie Blackmore might have thought we’d made a mistake having them open for Rainbow, as we just couldn’t match them”: When AC/DC blew Rainbow off stage

By Geoff Barton, Malcolm Dome Published

Warning: never, ever let AC/DC open for your band

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Bands & Artists
Rainbow in 1976
The story of Ritchie Blackmore's most epic Rainbow song, Stargazer

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

Inspired by a cello riff and launched by one of rock's great drum intros, Stargazer found Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio at their absolute peak

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Tracks & Singles
a photo of the band Primus from the year 2025
Primus recruit Puddles Pity Party for cover of Dio's Holy Diver

By Stef Lach Published

Listen to new Primus EP which includes cover of Dio's Holy Diver and features appearances from Puddles Pity Party and Tool's Maynard James Keenan

Bands & Artists
Rainbow studio portrait
Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio celebrated on Rainbow - The Temple Of The King 1975-76

By Paul Elliott Published

Nine CDs of Ritchie, Ronnie and Rainbow

Albums
Dio posing for a photograph in 1982
Ronnie James Dio rose from the ashes twice to make one of metal’s greatest ever debut albums

By Mick Wall Published

How Dio made their iconic 1983 debut album

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Bands & Artists
Members of Hear n' Aid posing with Bob Geldof
The true story of Hear 'n Aid, the heavy metal Band Aid

By Johnny Black Published

Eat your heart out, Bob Geldof – Hear ’n Aid saw the hard-rock community muscling in on the charity single bandwagon. Cue a heavyweight cast, guitar battles and big hair contests

Interviews
Rainbow in 1976, studio portrait
"I look round and there's puke all over the place, and I thought, this is not going well": How Rainbow's classic lineup came together then fell apart

By Peter Makowski Published

Ritchie Blackmore and his band reflect on Rainbow Rising, hailed as an instant classic upon its release in 1976

Albums
Composite picture showing Ronnie James Dio and Ozzy Osbourne
"Ozzy would always tell me how he loved Ronnie." Vinny Appice says rumours of beef between Ozzy and Dio were untrue

By Stef Lach Published

Ozzy surely hated the man who replaced him in Black Sabbath, right? Nope

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