R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio 1942 ? 2010
After initial rumours were dismissed earlier today, Metal Hammer is devastated to report that Ronnie James Dio has passed away. (more?)
Ronnie James Dio
Official site. Biography, discography, tour dates, news, information about his fan club, chat room, and forum.Ronnie James Dio – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Metal legend Ronnie James Dio dead at 67 – Yahoo! News
Ronnie James Dio, the metal god who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath and later piloted the bands Heaven & Hell and Dio, has died, according to his …
Ronnie James Dio Dies At Age 67
Metal singer Ronnie James Dio dies aged 67
Sunday, May 16, 2010
American metal singer Ronnie James Dio died today at the age of 67, as announced by his wife, Wendy. Dio passed at 7:45 this morning at the Mayo Clinic, an American disease treatment center, after a two-year fight with stomach cancer that caused him to stop singing while he received treatment. “Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all…Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever,” added his wife in a statement on Dio’s web site.
Ronnie James Dio: ?If You?re Expecting Me To Be Blackie Lawless, Well I?m Not?
In tribute to Ronnie Dio who tragically died at the weekend, here is the unscene full transcript of a recent interview with the great man. ?Some people consider me to be immortal, I?m certainly not. I have a long life in music. I?ll never stop. So I guess I am immortal.? (more?)
Lars Ulrich Pays Tribute To Ronnie James Dio
from Metal Hammer by terrybezer
The World Of Metal Pays Tribute To Dio
from Metal Hammer by terrybezer
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Rockin’ in the Ph.D. World
There are plenty in higher education who devote themselves to interpreting rock and roll as literature. Fewer devote themselves to the interpreting literature as rock and roll.
But that is what four California academics ? three at Stanford University and another at the University of California at Los Angeles ? set out to do with their band, Glass Wave. The group, formed two years ago by the Stanford literature professors Robert P. Harrison and Daniel Edelstein, recently released its self-titled debut album.
Essential Progressive Metal Albums
from About.com Heavy Metal
The World Of Metal Pays Tribute To Dio
from Metal Hammer by terrybezer
The 50 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time
Music Radar have been polling their readers to see what they think is the greatest metal album of all time? (more?)
What’s A Black Metal Band Gotta Do To Get Murdered By Religious Maniacs These Days?
Thanks to commenter Warty for discovering the musical stylings of Ayat, Lebanon’s (arguably) first “Anti-Islamic Black Metal Band.” Ayat (Miracle) has been opening Levantie eardrums for nine years, and in 2008 the duo signed with Moribund records to release their album Six Years of Dormant Hatred.
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