Ronnie James Dio
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A tribute to Ronnie James Dio: July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010
By Paul Elliott published
Ronnie James Dio: July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010

Black Sabbath albums ranked, from worst to best
By Paul Elliott published
Some Black Sabbath albums are epoch-defining classics, some are average, some downright embarrassing, and we've ranked them – from woeful worst to brilliant best

The song Ronnie James Dio called one of the "proudest things he'd ever done"
By Mick Wall published
Begun by Dio when he was fronting Black Sabbath, it transformed his career and became one of the classic metal tracks of the 80s

"I insist upon being great": The A-Z of Ronnie James Dio
By Jerry Ewing published
In his decades fronting Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and more, the little man with the huge voice made a great many friends – and more than a few enemies

The first and last lyrics sung on record by 20 legendary bands
By Dave Everley published
From The Beatles and Bowie to Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain and, these are the first and last lines sung on record by rock’s biggest bands

"Everybody wanted to get in on the action. I wasn't letting that happen": Dio's first platinum album could have been very different
By Mick Wall published
Unencumbered by the curse of the second album, The Last In Line became one of the most momentous metal albums of the 80s

“We’re all very temperamental in our different ways, but we’ve learned to live with that”: how Black Sabbath were reborn in the 21st century as Heaven & Hell
By Jon Hotten published
In this classic 2009 interview, Ronnie James Dio and Tony Iommi look back at resurrecting Black Sabbath’s iconic second line-up under the namd Heaven & Hell

"It was a very magical time. The right people came together at the right moment": Ronnie James Dio's track-by-track guide to Dio's classic Holy Diver
By Geoff Barton published
Many believed Ronnie James Dio was finished when he quit Black Sabbath, but he proved the doubters wrong with an all-time classic

"It was the most scary thing any of us had ever been through." Ronnie James Dio on the "evil spirit" that apparently sabotaged Rainbow and ended up pushing his wife down the stairs
By Liz Scarlett published
While recording in a haunted château, Ronnie James Dio believed he'd accidentally summoned a "really evil spirit" that caused chaos during their sessions
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