Many times over the last several months when a tune by Ronnie James Dio came on the radio, I cranked it, and then thought what an underrated rocker he was in the 80s (at least in my mind).I learned that Dio died today of stomach cancer.
In reading some of the articles about Dio's death, I learned that Dio replaced Ozzy Osborne in Black Sabbath in 1980. How did I not know that? Black Sabbath? I was all about heavy metal and hair bands in the 80s. Black Sabbath? Replaced Ozzy? I remember his self-titled band, Dio, and even vaguely remember his first band, Rainbow. Black Sabbath?!? And it wasn't like he in the band for just a year or something. He had three stints with Black Sabbath (1980-82; 1992; and 2007-2009, when the band toured as Heaven and Hell, to differentiate it from Ozzy's version of Sabbath).
I really have to wonder if I've lost some brain cells over the years. How could I have not known this? I am stunned.
R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio. You rocked!!!
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