Ronnie James Dio

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Works

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Acting · Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA

Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona, July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), was an American rock and heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio, among others. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser Hear 'n Aid. He was widely hailed as one of the most powerful singers in heavy metal, renowned for his…

Known for

• Dio: Dreamers Never Die — Self2022
• Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine — Self (archive footage)2017
• Dio: Live in London - Hammersmith Apollo 19932014
• Dio | Finding the Sacred Heart — Lead Vocals2013
• Dio: The Singles Collection — Himself2012
• Heaven & Hell: Neon Nights — Vocals2010
• Heaven & Hell: Neon Nights - 30 Years of Heaven & Hell — Himself2010
• Iron Maiden: Flight 666 — Self2009
• Dio: At Tokyo Super Rock Festival — Himself2009
• Heaven and Hell: Rockpalast — vocals2009

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1942

Active to

2010

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,487,114

Total plays

42,207,965

Dio was an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Dio left Black Sabbath with intentions to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice. The name Dio was chosen because it made sense from a commercial standpoint, as the name was already well known at that time. The band released ten studio albums and had numerous lineup changes over the years, with Dio himself being the only constant member. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Dio"

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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4. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 36,548x

5. Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.

   · 1988 · cited 31,720x

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Quotes

• “I'm not a very religious person. I have no concept of what a God is; it may be the man on the silver mountain. My image of the man on the silver mountain is a guy with flowing robes and lightning coming from his fingertips, kind of a mytholigal figure like Zeus. The song is more of a plea from the fallen and to the fallen that there is hope, I will make you holy again. Ask me and I will do something for you.”
• “It correlates itself with the way almost all of the people in this country believed in Richard Nixon up until the time he decided he was going to take a leap off the tower and fell flat on his ass and became just a little lump of blood and putty. That was my way of saying that the common man will always rise above the leader who oppresses them.”
• “We always seem to begin or end in Philadelphia, it's the best place to start and the best place to stop. You're fantastic. My favorite place. Thank you!”
• “You know, music was given to us to color our world, and some people like blue, some people like green, some people like the combination of both. It's just a matter of personal taste. I don't think that it matters what you do or what your main interest is. I think music especially should be enjoyed and liked in its entirety by everyone.”
• “All Wagner, Ring, whatever. [...] The whole Valkyrie thing was cool, 'cause it was so tied into metal. I like Wagner's strength, just the pureness of it. I like a couple of Mozart things, but mainly Wagner.”
• “But I think it's a hell of a book. I think Whoever put it together did quite an interesting job, but I think that it was ... I think that things were put in there to capture a group of people so they would follow a religion.”

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