Ronnie James Dio died today

[1969912 0]

Rwieder mentioned this in SC, I thought I'd post it here. RIP:

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/05/metal-icon-ronnie-james-dio-dead-at-67.html

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

Oh crap!! That means Jack Black (Tenacious D) will have the "torch"

Picture

And the story

Seriously, one of the best voices in rock that I ever heard.
And a pretty decent person, by what little I know.

The world is a lesser place

"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy

"~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

[johnmatrix 21]

\m/

[1969912 0]

The guy couldn't have been much over five feet tall, but must have been all lungs. This isn't from his prime but is pretty good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubx-7zXkwZM&feature=related

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[wildWilly 0]

A true metal icon. He will be greatly missed.

growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.

[rwieder 0]

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Rwieder mentioned this in SC, I thought I'd post it here. RIP

So why highjack my post?

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[1969912 0]

I just realized that he was 60 years old in the 2004 H&H video I posted above Yeah, one of the best.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[cocheese 0]

Blue skies/Black Sabbath

Saw him a few times. Biggest little guy in the business.

Favorite tunehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqLFl2obk-o

[1969912 0]

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Rwieder mentioned this in SC, I thought I'd post it here. RIP

So why highjack my post?

I didn't. I posted a different news site in a different forum, and gave you credit for posting the news first in SC. BTW, it's "hijack"

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

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Rwieder mentioned this in SC, I thought I'd post it here. RIP

So why highjack my post?

Because there are a lot of folks who dare not tread in the dark and dangerous waters of SC

And others can't because they have been naughty

"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy

"~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

[1969912 0]

Here's Dio singing in the group Ronnie and the Red Caps in 1958. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmbuHKuyDRc

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[rwieder 0]

"So why highjack my post?"

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I didn't.

Yes you did.

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I posted a different news site in a different forum, and gave you credit for posting the news first in SC. BTW, it's "hijack"

I'm not going to argue with you about trivial matters such as how to spell high jack. Although it does annoy me that you blocked me from PM's so you wouldn't have to hear me. You know what you did. I'm not going to say what you did was Chicken Shit, but it sure reeks of "Hen House ways."

Why don't you complete your profile, are you merely a freaking TROLL? Later "Thread Thief"

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[DSE 5]

He was a huge person, although a very short/thin man. He always had a "happy buzz" on.
He gave as much as anyone in the biz, if not more than most.
He always got a chuckle out of being known for the "guy that gave metal the devil's horns."
Sad day.

[shropshire 0]

The end of the Rainbow - the sad loss of another Rock Icon from my youth ... . What a voice ....

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[johnmatrix 21]

Out of so many, just one personal favorite...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2dGui_bjpk

Saw him a couple of years back on the Heaven and Hell tour, truly awesome stuff.

[AndyBoyd 0]

A legend. RIP.