“Listening to music makes me think about all these beautiful people we’ve lost in rock’n’roll, from Janis Joplin to Ronnie James Dio to Lemmy. But also about the fact that music lives ...

Yngwie Malmsteen's wild tales of Lemmy, Ronnie James Dio, Metallica and more. Richard Bienstock. Wed, June 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM UTC. 12 min read.

Wendy Dio has revealed that she paid Lemmy a visit two hours before the Motörhead leader died. Lemmy’s doctor, Sandeep Kapoor, was one of Ronnie’s doctors before the singer died of stomach ...

Dee Snider on Why Lemmy May Have Been an Actual Angel In addition to the names he listed above, Snider also went on to praise Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford, Bono, James Brown, and others as great ...

Ronnie James Dio Hated "Rainbow In The Dark" The Heaviness Wasn't Heavy Enough . Part of what led to the formation of the band Dio was Ronnie's departure from his previous group, Rainbow.

When 40-year-old Ronnie James Dio stormed out of Black Sabbath in 1982, finally defeated by the rampant drug abuse of guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, the world’s greatest heavy ...

Ronnie James Dio’s Five Best Doom Metal Songs (Outside of Black Sabbath) 60 Rockers Who’ve Been in Multiple Successful Bands Vinny Appice Details ‘Amazing’ Last Session With Ronnie James Dio ...

Ronnie James Dio was in agony as a 2009 tour with the Black Sabbath offshoot band Heaven and Hell continued. He just couldn't figure out why. His wife Wendy and Dio had already visited a Beverly ...

Ronnie James Dio steered Black Sabbath away from the brink of self-destruction when he replaced the ousted Ozzy Osbourne in 1979. But just three years and two beloved albums later, he'd sing his ...

When 40-year-old Ronnie James Dio stormed out of Black Sabbath in 1982, finally defeated by the rampant drug abuse of guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, the world’s greatest heavy ...