General Music Chat

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I loved his work with Rainbow. I respected his other work. I looked forward to more great work from him.

I guess I never realized he was with Blackmore.
Man that due could wail !

RIP RJD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFH36je9Hro

He's been credited occassionally with inventing the "sign of the horns" rock salute, as well.
Though he says it actually comes from his grandmother as a sign to WARD OFF evil!

So, all those Satanists are unknowingly WARDING OFF Satan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFH36je9Hro

Thanks for that.
One of my all time favorite oldies.
Yeah, that's ROCK N ROLL BABY!!

May your afterlife be as rockin' as your life, Ronnie James Dio!

Noooooooo!

Sonuva bich...

Nicest famous person I ever met.
There was a lot of power in that little body.

I'm sad now...

One of the truly great heavy metal singers from a time when you could understand the lyrics. Devil horns in heaven. RIP.

He was one of the most gifted singers through the evolution of metal, yet he stayed true to his beliefs and foundation. Truly a very sad day indeed. RIP brother...

I saw him with Rainbow and when they did Man on the SIlver Mountain live it just blew me away. I dont guess at that time I knew who he was, but from then on I was a fan. He had a huge iconic rock voice that will be missed.

RIP RJD

<----- Totally bummed out about RJDIO. His legacy will live on as a legendary singer.

A bit of trivia, Ronald James Dio was born in New Hampshire from Italian parents, his real last name is Ronald James Padavona, he changed his name to Dio (BTW Dio in Italian means God) but it was not religion that motivated Dio to chose that name, Ronny James Dio partially named himself after a New York mobster Johnny Dioguardi.

I didn't know this! I thought he was gonna be ok. I'm crushed. Really, this bums me out.

Ronnie was/is in my top 5 of vocalists. He was such a cool guy too.

I'm gonna go cry now...

The last thing he did was the Jack Black vehicle..

And that was entertaining as well?

Heavy rock has lost one of it's greats. RIP Ronnie