Ronnie James Dio, the lead singer of some of the greatest heavy metal and hard rock bands of all time, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and more recently, Heaven & Hell passed away at 7:45 am (CDT) on May 16, 2010, according to official sources. He had been fighting stomach cancer for quite a while.
Personally, I have always thought that Dio was one of the greatest vocalists and frontmen of all time, and I was absolutely shocked to find out. He was one of the very few singers to make me feel like I was present when watching a concert video. Some of my favourite heavy metal songs of all time are sung by him and I will deeply regret not ever seeing him live.
I wish that he will rest in peace and my heart goes out to his family and friends.
Are there any of his fans on the forums? How has this affected you? And more importantly, let's remember how incredible he was; how has he affected your life?
Great great music, though I didn't know much about him. I read what his wife had wrote on HERE (http://www.ronniejamesdio.com/) about an hour ago. Too bad, man :'(
What a legend, rest in peace.
R.I.P Dio
I read about it at work last night. It's very sad to hear about this.
This was another one that shocked me. I mean, I knew he was sick, but when I read that he passed it hit me pretty hard.
The man is a legend. I'll let Tenacious D lend me some words...
Dio has rocked [rocked] for a long, long time,
Now it's time for him to pass the torch.
He has songs of wilderbeasts and angels,
He has soared on the wings of a demon.
It's time to pass the torch,
You're too old to rock, no more rockin' for you.
We're takin' you to a home,
But we will sing a song about you.
And we will make sure that you're very well taken care of.
You'll tell us secrets that you've learned. Woah!
Your sauce will mix with ours,
And we'll make a good goulash baby.
Dio, time to go!
You must give your cape and scepter to me.
And a smaller one for KG.
Go! Go! Dio! Dio!
Rest in peace Dio.
\m/ \m/
RIP tiny rocker.
Never listened to the man's music (metal is way too sophisticated for me, I'm a three-chord kind of guy), but I did appreciate his appearance in The Pick of Destiny. And compared to Ozzy he seemed to still have his wits. Always a shame when an artist who inspires and entertains people leaves us. Hugs to the fans on the forum.
Sad stuff. RIP
I feel bad I didn't make H&H a priority last Sonisphere.
A great vocalist, he will be sorely missed.
RIP. Dido.
Rest in peace holy dio, you're the star of the masquerade.
I think I read this like 8 times from different sources, but I still refused to believe it.
Damn........ RIP Dio.
What will happen to Heaven and Hell now?
Logged in to irc today and was like wtf? I never thought he'd die. Seriously.