American heavy metal singer (1942–2010)
He gave heavy metal its signature hand gesture and a voice that could carry both dungeon-dark mythology and soaring melody. Ronnie James Dio moved through the genre's biggest bands—Rainbow, Black Sabbath, his own Dio—and left each one heavier for it.
Ronald James Padavona started singing in 1957 with the Vegas Kings, then formed the rock band Elf a decade later. In 1975, Ritchie Blackmore hired him for Rainbow, where three studio albums established Dio as one of hard rock's defining vocalists. He joined Black Sabbath in 1979 after Ozzy Osbourne's exit and recorded Heaven & Hell, Mob Rules, and later Dehumanizer—all commercial successes. In 1982 he left to front his own band, Dio, which earned two platinum albums. He reunited with his Sabbath bandmates in 2006 under the name Heaven & Hell. Diagnosed with stomach cancer in November 2009, he…
Sourced, dated quotes from Ronnie James Dio
I'm lucky that I am a very hard person and strong within my beliefs, so that this hasn't really been a problem for me, y'know, I just get cancer, I'll kick the hell outta you.
I brought melody and classicalness and a great amount of musicality to this band.
That was obvious that there are people in this world who always going to try and take advantage of you — and do take advantage of you.
Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I've learned in my own life.
The dancer is the free spirit unfettered by chains and not confined by four walls. Noone seems to care much for those they can't control.
The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.
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