RIP Dio!

Post by **Jarngrimr** » 19 May 2010, 07:25

En av de aller største! Respekt!

Post by **Affen** » 19 May 2010, 08:04

Jens Johansson wrote:I hesitated a bit to write something about this. In a way it feels weird to use this sad day to attract attention to myself. Then I realized I also feel a bit strange to not even comment in public.

I joined Dio-the-band for about a year in the early '90s, that's how I got to know Ronnie. Him, and let's not forget Wendy, who is still very much alive. They were a team. ...

My time in Dio was simply one of the best times in my life. Ronnie was one of the best people I ever met, very different from the usual musicians and other suspects in this wretched industry. I think this is something you will hear over and over — you have heard it before he was gone, and you will also keep hearing it after he is gone. Quite simply, because it's the truth. And especially towards fans.

If you didn't realize it by now, you can ask anyone who met him. Ronnie was the guy signing autographs in the cold rain after the point where any mere mortal would have crawled back into bed. It was insane. His dedication to the fans was not from this world. He is the guy that finally made it dawn on me who it is who actually pays the bills — it is the fans. ...

His voice was like a tank... I never heard him have a bad day. I have honestly never met anyone else like this in my whole life. Even if he stayed up all night drinking and talking, he would still deliver 150 percent the next day.

From his performing, you'd think he was 22 years old, his whole life... but if you look at how much he accomplished, you'd think he lived to the age of 120.

My best memories of the time with him are either him laughing at something I or someone else said, or me laughing at something he said, or any of the many running gags that he created. ...

He was very intelligent. He was, without a question, NOT some sort of devil worshipper or Satanist. He grew up in a small town and was what I would call just a 'very decent person.' He had higher morals than most people I have met, and definitely he had higher morals than I have. He just didn't particularly believe in God of the Christian bible, I think. But he was really spiritual and thought about deep issues, a lot.

I realize this may sound like I'm trying to paint too soft a picture. I am really racking my brains here and I couldn't think of anything bad to say about him even if I tried. The only thing I can think of is that his character definitely had a surprising bite when something pissed him off; he didn't suffer fools lightly. If you were a fool in his path, and all options of patience, understanding and politeness had been exhausted, then he didn't hold back verbally... beware, fool, you might have two a--holes all of a sudden, or your head might be rolling on the floor! I, of course, found this extremely amusing (unless it was me who was the unwitting fool, which I think happened, like, once).

I don't exaggerate when I say I feel him being gone is a loss for humanity, but I still try to look at the glass as half full. Imagine if he would have died at 27 like so many other geniuses. As a listener I'm thankful for that grace, and as a person I'm thankful I got to know him. ...

The music he made will remain after me, or anyone reading this, will be gone. So unless you did already, put some of it on. If it puts an evil smile on your face, then your day is better. That's all any musician can ask from you.

Kommentarer fra Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore og Rowan Robertson også her: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/163937 ... _dio.jhtml

Post by **Terrorsatan** » 19 May 2010, 09:08

Joakim wrote:Siden det ramses opp antall ganger man fikk sett den lille mannen.
Litt usikker på antall ganger på rockefeller med tror det er 3, pluss en gang på sentrum scene, en gang på Wacken, en gang på Sweden Rock. Og to ganger med Heaven and Hell på Sweden Rock.

RIP

Jaggu usikker på antall ganger selv,men husker du dro meg med på en av Rockefellerkonsertene. Hadde ingen planer om å gå,men slang meg på.

Post by **Imhotep616** » 19 May 2010, 09:40

j***a kreft!

Dio - in Heaven & Hell

Post by **Gladøks** » 19 May 2010, 11:17

Jeg fikk dessverre bare sett ham 1 gang, med Heaven and Hell på Graspop i 2007. Jeg hadde jo alltids håpt at sjansen skulle by seg igjen, enten med H&H eller med solobandet, men sånn ville altså ikke skjebnen det...

Post by **Gladøks** » 19 May 2010, 11:40

Den amerikanske metalradioverten Eddie Trunk hadde et flere timer langt hyllestprogram til Dio på den 17. Det ligger ute i sin helhet på 21. (eller noe) klipp på YouTube. Her er to utdrag, hvor Rob Halford blir intervjua:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtNVGQm301Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h7YPMue ... re=related

Post by **norseman** » 19 May 2010, 12:44

Vanvittig trasig det her. Fikk dessverre bare sett Dio live en gang, og da i en gjesteopptreden. Han stilte opp for 3 eller 4 låter med Deep Purple når de spilte med symfoniorkesteret på Hell Bluesfestival. Det var en fantastisk konsert, Dio-låtene inkludert. Veldig glad for at jeg fikk med meg denne ene opptredenen nå. Mye Rainbow, Dio og Sabbath på anlegget her nå. På den ene siden har han gitt ut utrolig mye bra musikk allerede, på den andre siden hadde det vært spennende å se hvor mange år han hadde kunne fortsatt med stemmen og energien i behold. Hadde håpet at han kunne holdt på som verdens barskeste og hardeste 70-åring. Det han har drevet med de siste årene er definitivt ikke noe å skamme seg over.

Post by **Aspergers Inc.** » 19 May 2010, 12:53

Fikk sett ham én gang jeg også, på Hell Bluesfestival i 2002 (da med solobandet). Det var en meget bra konsert. Skulle gjerne ha sett ham live flere ganger, både som Dio og med Heaven & Hell...

Post by **Doomination** » 19 May 2010, 14:14

Da han spilte på Sentrum Scene i 08 hadde jeg egentlig ikke tenkt å dra, men drømte natta før at jeg var på en Heaven And Hell-konsert som ble avbrutt på grunn av tekniske problemer. Dette førte til at jeg kjøpte billett til Dio-konserten, noe jeg er veldig glad for at jeg gjorde.

Hadde også den store gleden av å se Heaven And Hell i Spektrum for ett år siden. Endte opp med å dra alene, men var helt bestemt på at jeg måtte få med meg denne konserten. Igjen, veldig glad for at jeg gjorde det!

Har gått glipp av mye, blant annet Sabbath med Ozzy, på grunn av feil prioriteringer. Men Dio så jeg de gangene jeg hadde mulighet, og er veldig takknemlig for disse konsertopplevelsene. Spesielt Heaven And Hell står igjen som en av de absolutt største for meg personlig.

Post by **Joakim** » 19 May 2010, 19:45

Fant ikke igjen tråden hvor vi poster samlinger...

Så da slenger jeg den ut her.

Post by **UndeadFlowerKing** » 20 May 2010, 01:07

En av tidenes beste vokalister, RIP

Post by **Erman** » 20 May 2010, 07:37

@ Norseman:
Var det den gangen Dio angivelig klinte til en av festivalansatte, og ble nekta å spille frem til 2002?
Har prøvd å finne kilder til historien, men akkOVE.

Post by **Porcus** » 20 May 2010, 08:55

norseman wrote:Han stilte opp for 3 eller 4 låter med Deep Purple når de spilte med symfoniorkesteret på Hell Bluesfestival.

Den turneen, ja. De kom ikke til Oslo, så jeg dro til Göteborg for det. Bra greie.

Post by **Favn** » 20 May 2010, 21:48

Kiss hyller Dio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_8G90E6 ... r_embedded#!

Post by **Pandora** » 21 May 2010, 08:21

Sebastian Bach løper for Dio:

http://www.facebook.com/sebastianbach?r ... 486&ref=mf

Post by **norseman** » 21 May 2010, 08:42

Erman wrote:@ Norseman:
Var det den gangen Dio angivelig klinte til en av festivalansatte, og ble nekta å spille frem til 2002?
Har prøvd å finne kilder til historien, men akkOVE.

Aner ikke, har aldri hørt om dette. En fantastisk konsert var det uansett, som fikk drit kritikk i avisene (bla bla dinosaurer, bla bla pompøst, bla bla slitne, den vanlige pakka før det ble stuerent å heie på gamle legender på turne igjen), men publikumsresponsen var enorm.

Post by **Shrinebuilder** » 21 May 2010, 13:00

WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH To Picket RONNIE JAMES DIO's Public Memorial Service? - May 20, 2010

According to the official web site of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) — an independent Baptist church and hate group known for its hatred of homosexuals and its protest activities (which include picketing funerals) — WBC is planning on picketing Ronnie James Dio's public memorial service on Sunday, May 30 at 2:00 p.m. at The Hall Of Liberty located at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, California. What will presumably one of WBC's standard "peaceful sidewalk demonstrations" is meant to "remind you who worship that old Serpent, s***n, that your time is very short," according to a post on the "Upcoming Picket Schedule" page of the web site. The post continues, "You know 67 year old, s***n-worshiping (or at least one of their enablers) Ronnie James Dio (of showing his devil horns to the world each time he goes in public) BLACK SABBATH fame is dead, right? We'll be there! Just because the chances of any of God's elect being amongst this group of heavy metal sycophants is slim to none does not mean they should not get some good words."

The post goes on to say, "Yes, it is true that Ozzy Osbourne did 'accidentally' bite off the head of a bat, but THAT is the least of their sins (little nasties!), they currently do not do that, but they throw raw meat to the audience and encourage violence of EVERY FORM!"

The WBC web site then proceeds to list "admitted sins of this now dead and in hell pervert: 1) He hates his neighbor(s) starting with Ozzy Osbourne, and continuing down to his pornography star niece Gen Padova! 2) He hates God. Pay especial attention to the fact that he changed his original sir name from Padova to Dio, which means God in Italian. 3) Ronnie the simpleton enabled, and encouraged Sorceries: everything he was about including the little finger horn thing (he got this from his mother which is an incantation to ward off the 'evil eye') to the drugs, bloody raw meat and his fellowship with those pentagon necklace wearing freakish band members."

The post concludes: "Yes, Ronnie James Padova (NOT DIO) is currently residing in hell. When all those who worship him and his false gods meet him in hell it will be just like this: Isaiah 2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: Isaiah 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. Praise God all ye, His people. The Great Day of the Lord draws nigh. AMEN!"

According to CNN.com, the members of the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church filed a legal brief with the high court last year indicating that they "believe it is their duty to protest and picket at certain events, including funerals, to promote their religious message: 'That God's promise of love and heaven for those who obey him in this life is counterbalanced by God's wrath and hell for those who do not obey him.'"

The congregation is made up mostly of pastor Fred Phelps and his family. The pastor has 13 children, and at least 54 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. He described himself as an "old-time" gospel preacher in a CNN interview in 2006, saying, "You can't preach the Bible without preaching the hatred of God."

For more information on the Westboro Baptist Church, read this entire CNN.com article from June 2009.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... mID=140446

En smule respektløst og skammelig.

Post by **Kjellvete** » 21 May 2010, 13:09

Ynkelige "mennesker".

Har egentlig ikke mer å tilføye

Post by **Presticide** » 21 May 2010, 14:07

Jeg hadde nesten blitt mer sjokkert om de ikke stilte opp, for å si det sånn.

Post by **Dick Hardy** » 21 May 2010, 14:17

h*****e ble nok fyllt opp lenge før Dio døde. Stort sett av religiøse fanatikere.

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