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Points: 6761 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2012 at 16:13
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

No more cheesy than Sabbath or Rainbow for sure.


80's Rainbow was pretty cheesy. I still liked most of it though..

Sabbath, cheesy?? When was that? They've been sh*t, but I wouldn't describe them as cheesy.

...upon careful reflection, I'd say that much of prog is also rather cheesy!  That's okay, it gives the music character!   I'll take high-quality cheese-rock ANY day, rather than cheap-Velveeta-out-for-cash cheese-rock (Kiss for example).

Dio must've had a great sense of humor...coming up with the "devil salute," based upon an old Italian "devil sign" he learned as a lad!  

I saw him in concert with his solo band about 1991, he was excellent!  He did a wide selection of tunes including Rainbow and Sabbath.  Geezer Butler joined him onstage for the encore, it was the beginning of the Heaven & Hell reunion.  Amazing vocals....

RIP, RJD!  You are missed. 

p.s. His Royal Majesty, The King of Prog Cheese....



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that picture of Rick Wakeman never gets old, man... Athough contemporary prog needs more capes and less "oooh, I'm so post-everything".

Back on topic, I always stick to Dio's collaborations in Sabbath (mostly The Mob Rules and H&H) and Rainbow. I don't care that much about his solo career. Elf seems like the common heavy rock band of the early 70's, but keep in mind that (as far as I know), most of Elf's members worked with Blackmore for the first Rainbow album.
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If you liked the Dehumanizer album or Devil You Know, do try Strange Highways.  It's on similar lines.  I love the angry version of Dio more than the 'angelic' one.
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Points: 327 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2012 at 02:14
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

No more cheesy than Sabbath or Rainbow for sure.


80's Rainbow was pretty cheesy. I still liked most of it though..

Sabbath, cheesy?? When was that? They've been sh*t, but I wouldn't describe them as cheesy.

That's my point.
Having lived through the 80s we all know you had to chew your way through a ton of cheese if you were going to stay a rock fan.

(black sabbath + cheese =  spinal tap stonehenge sequence)
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Originally posted by wjohnd wjohnd wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

No more cheesy than Sabbath or Rainbow for sure.


80's Rainbow was pretty cheesy. I still liked most of it though..

Sabbath, cheesy?? When was that? They've been sh*t, but I wouldn't describe them as cheesy.

That's my point.
Having lived through the 80s we all know you had to chew your way through a ton of cheese if you were going to stay a rock fan.

(black sabbath + cheese =  spinal tap stonehenge sequence)

That got me to thinking...was all the cheese-rock of the '80s the inspiration for THIS??  Might well have been!!
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

  

p.s. His Royal Majesty, The King of Prog Cheese....


Holy crap, we have that exact same chair at the summer place. Maybe I'll have to haul it out to the yard and take a good pose photo of my own some day.

Anyway, Dio is the only artist I can think of who's made masterpiece albums as part of three different bands. That's Rising, Heaven & Hell and Holy Diver, and plenty of his other stuff doesn't fall far behind. Someone mentioned Killing the Dragon, which is one of my favourite Dio things hands down.

But prog lounge?
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Points: 327 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2012 at 07:06
Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:


That got me to thinking...was all the cheese-rock of the '80s the inspiration for THIS??  Might well have been!!


A necessary condition  but not sufficient for this bit of bonkers rockeratics

Too much Primula or Danish Blue before bedtime perhaps.
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Ronnie James Dio is one of my favourite singers. His work with Rainbow is simply magnificent. His work with Black Sabbath is very good too. Dio was a good band as well, especially live. I would therefore strongly recommend beginning with a live release. The two concert DVDs Evil Or Divine and Holy Diver Live are both great! They both contain a good selection of Dio, Rainbow, and Black Sabbath songs.   

Dio's studio albums are a mixed bag. Personally, I have a soft spot for Dream Evil. The song All The Fools Sailed Away is excellent and rather proggy. Another proggy song is Egypt (The Chains Are One) from the Last In Line album. The most proggy album overall of his is probably the conceptual Magica. It has some good songs.   

Personally I think that Dio should be added to Prog Related (and so should Ozzy Osbourne)  
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