Ronnie James Dio dies at 67
 

[url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ronnie-james-dio-20100517,0,6407628.story]Ronnie James Dio dies at 67; legendary heavy metal singer - latimes.com[/url]

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Was just getting ready to start a thread. One of the best heavy metal rockin icons RIP, DIO.

Some great music will live on forever.

[URL="http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/05/17/remembering-metal-legend-ronnie-james-dio/?ncid=webmaildl8"]Remembering Metal Legend Ronnie James Dio - Noisecreep[/URL]

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R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio. I'm still a fan of his stints with Black Sabbath and his own stuff was great too. That man was a badass and if I remember correctly (pretty sure I'm not) I think he was the originator of the devil horns too.

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R.I.P. RJD

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frtJQFe9apw]YouTube - Black Sabbath Die Young[/ame]

Awesome devil horns around the 3:55 mark

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Neon Knights is one of my favorite all-time heavy metal tunes, with Slipping Away and Mob Rules up there as well. Farewell to a legit rock star.

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RIP DIO. Man what a loss, hard to believe he was 67, I knew he was up there but you wouldnt know it by looking at him and he could still sing his ass off. I love the stuff he did with Rainbow and ofcoarse his first DIO album was flat out crazy good.

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Pioneer Metal head! Loved his music......
RIP RJD

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If you listen to fools . . . THE MOB RULES! RIP Ronnie.

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Great musician. Holy Diver was awesome back in the day...still is now!

I had no idea he was that old. Probably a feat for a hair band-era rocker to live to 67.

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[quote=Buster;702224]Great musician. Holy Diver was awesome back in the day...still is now!

I had no idea he was that old. Probably a feat for a hair band-era rocker to live to 67.[/quote]

what? hair band rocker? no way,plus he was before hairbands

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I saw Alice in Chains last night and they dedicated a song to him, the whole crowd responded by throwing up the horns. Pretty cool sight.

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Oh and a cool little side story. I was in the bathroom before the show last night and as I was walking in out of the corner of my eye I saw a couple of guys washing up, both had really long hair and were dressed in black. I thought damn those guys look like some hardcore rockers. So I look over and it's Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez. I was a total starstruck dork, I wanted to say hello but I couldn't get out a word. LOL

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[quote=Mattyk;702307]Oh and a cool little side story. I was in the bathroom before the show last night and as I was walking in out of the corner of my eye I saw a couple of guys washing up, both had really long hair and were dressed in black. I thought damn those guys look like some hardcore rockers. So I look over and it's Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez. I was a total starstruck dork, I wanted to say hello but I couldn't get out a word. LOL[/quote]


Cool! Must have been a small venue.

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[quote=mredskins;702342]Cool! Must have been a small venue.[/quote]

Yeah Glens Falls Civic Center. Typically used for AHL hockey games, occassional concerts. Probably seats about 5000 tops.

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[quote=Mattyk;702377]Yeah Glens Falls Civic Center. Typically used for [B]AHL hockey[/B] games, occassional concerts. Probably seats about 5000 tops.[/quote]


My favorite sport to go watch, Providence Bruins and Hersey Bears.

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[quote=mredskins;702389]My favorite sport to go watch, Providence Bruins and Hersey Bears.[/quote]

We've got the Phantoms right now, affiliate of the Flyers.

And the Albany River Rats too, but they're moving on.

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Saw Heaven & Hell the year before last at the Metal Masters Tour with Priest and Motorhead. Dio still had it. He looked like an evil twisted troll. So nothing really changed. Yeah those old metal bands were around long before the 80's hair bands. Most of them were playing in the late 60s.

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[quote=mredskins;702389]My favorite sport to go watch, Providence Bruins and Hersey Bears.[/quote]

Bears vs. Phantoms are GREAT games. They truly hate each other and there are nonstop fights when they play. I live near Hershey and have been to some Bears games.

The one game between them, both teams dropped their gloves and started brawling at the first drop of the puck. Goalies too. It was something leftover from their previous matchup.

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[quote=Buster;702397]Bears vs. Phantoms are GREAT games. They truly hate each other and there are nonstop fights when they play. I live near Hershey and have been to some Bears games.

The one game between them, both teams dropped their gloves and started brawling at the first drop of the puck. Goalies too. It was something leftover from their previous matchup.[/quote]


Game five tonight of the Eastern finals, I love to go.