Usually, when we, here at "The Mormon and The Atheist" do a death post it is to delight in the passing of a total piece of shit like Ted Kennedy or Michael Jackson. This is NOT one of those posts. Today a rock and roll legend passed away. Dio was without a doubt one of the preeminent metal singers of all time. His career started in high school playing bass and then becoming lead singer for "The Vegas Kings" in 1957. His musical odyssey took him on a long and winding career singing in some of the greatest metal bands of all time. In 1975 he joined Ritchie Blackmore's band "Rainbow" and belted out the vocals to such hits as "Stargazer" , "The Man On The Silver Mountain" and my personal favorite "Gates Of Babylon". In 1979 he left Rainbow to replace Ozzy Osbourne as the lead singer of "Black Sabbath". In 1980 Black Sabbath released "Heaven and Hell" and followed a year later with "Mob Rules". IMHO these were the two best albums "Sabbath" ever recorded. Finally in 1983 he formed "Dio" and put out 10 studio albums, many of which are in the media player on my computer. I highly recommend owning "The Last In Line" and "Holy Diver" to anyone who considers themselves a music lover. Losing Ronnie James Dio makes this a very somber day for me. I've listened to his music on a regular basis for the past 25 years and will continue to do so. Many musicians have passed over the years but this one's passing hurts. Hopefully Ronnie's music will live on forever and his status should be revered far more than the likes of Kurt Cobain and other no-talent hacks who died young and didn't accomplish 1/1000th of what Dio did.
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