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"I insist upon being great": The A-Z of Ronnie James Dio
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
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
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
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
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
While recording in a haunted château, Ronnie James Dio believed he'd accidentally summoned a "really evil spirit" that caused chaos during their sessions
"SHEPHERD'S P-I-EEEE!": that time Uriah Heep's singer was the voice of Ronnie James Dio in a TV advert promoting the UK's favourite minced meat and mashed potato classic
"Shepherd's pie will go down a treat / Give me a portion of your mash and meat!"
"If an arrow has been shot at me, I shoot it back..." The life and career of Ronnie James Dio, in his own words
The amazing life and career of a true metal legend, as explained by the man himself
