R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio.
He was Hungry For Heaven,,But first he had to raise a little Hell.
RJD is now singing for a band with the likes of Dime Bag, Randy Rhoads and many other true believers in Heavy Metal.
I grew up listening to him. I remember listening to him with Elf, Rainbow,Black Sabbath and on his own.
He was amazing.
Unfortunately I only got to see him twice in concert.
Once on the Sacred Heart tour and then on the Unleash The Wolves. I remember that one because he had Doro Pesch and Warlock opening for him.
I remember her being short and having this amazing voice and stage preasence.
Then he came out and destroyed the place.
Man,, he was a short guy,, but his voice was ten foot tall.
I saw the Rainbow In The Dark vid on MTV back in i think 1983 when he went solo and had Vivian Campbell playiing guitar for him.
I thought he was amazing with the other bands,, but Godlike on his own.
I had heard he took some time off for health reasons when Heaven and Hell stoppedtouring. But I didint know it was for cancer.
I saw my dad suffer for years with cancer, and my grandfather passed away due to stomach cancer.
Ronnie James Dio has officialy joined the ranks of those I loved that cancer took from me.
May his soul fly as free as his voice did.
He was a truly amazing human being and an inovater in the metal music scene ( and music in general).
