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Tag Archives: Ronnie James Dio
Geezer Butler’s Lifetime of Sabbaths—and the Days of Metal In Between
The song opens unlike anything else that had been heard in rock music to date. The sounds of a howling wind, drizzling rain, thunder, and then the slow, repetitive tolling of a bell. Just when you think it’s a Halloween … Continue reading
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The Metal Magic of Ronnie James Dio Shines in Posthumous Autobiography
Rainbow in the Dark: The AutobiographyBy Ronnie James Dio with Wendy Dio and Mick Wall264 pp.$28Permuted Press When Ronnie James Dio—announced in 2009 that he had stomach cancer, it certainly gave him an impetus to complete the autobiography that he’d … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Sabbath, Dio, Rainbow, Ronnie James Dio
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