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| 2016-07-27 | Blue Oyster Cult & The Clash Producer Sandy Pearlman Dead at 72 | Veteran rock producer Sandy Pearlman died on Tuesday morning (July 26) at age 72 after a long struggle following a cerebral hemorrhage he suffered in December, according to his longtime friend Robert Duncan. Pearlman was best known for producing nine albums by hard rock icons Blue Öyster Cult -- including their first five releases and a co-producing credit on their iconic hit the No. 12 1976 track "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" -- as well as The Dictators "Go Girl Crazy!" and The Clash's first U.S. release, "Give 'Em Enough Rope". In addition to working behind the boards, Pearlman also managed BÖC, Romeo Void, The Dictators and, briefly, Dio-era Black Sabbath. He was president of 415 Records and vice president of pioneering 1990s online music service e-music.
Pearlman's friend Duncan, announced the news in a Facebook post, writing, "Sandy Pearlman, poet, writer, songwriter, producer, manager, professor, polymath, visionary, passed peacefully, surrounded by love, at 12:30 am, July 26, 2016, in Marin County, California. A celebration of his exceptional life will be announced later." Duncan set up a GoFundMe page in June to help raise money for Pearlman's medical costs after what Duncan said was a hemorrhage that left his friend of five decades "unable to walk, talk or fully comprehend his circumstances and in need of enormously expensive care."
Source: BillBoard |
| 2010-06-30 | Bruce Dickinson's Ronnie James Dio Dedication | 
Video footage of Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson dedicating the song "Blood Brothers" to Dio during Maiden's June 19, 2010 concert in San Bernardino, California can be viewed below. Dickinson sent out the track to "a mentor of mine — a guy who very sadly passed away," he said from the stage. "Somewhere, hopefully, he's looking up there taking the piss out of me now — Mr. Ronnie James Dio. This is a guy about who I can truly say, 'Ronnie, I am not fucking worthy, even if I am three inches taller than you."
Source: DarkSide.ru |
| 2010-06-11 | Download festival to honour Dio, Gray and Cable | Late rockers including Ronnie James Dio, Slipknot's Paul Gray and former Stereophonics star Stuart Cable are to be honoured at the Download music festival this weekend.
Videos commemorating the stars, who all passed away in the last month, will be played throughout the event - with the first clip to be broadcast to the crowd during AC/DC's Friday night headline slot.
Tributes will also be made to late musicians Peter Steele (Type O Negative), Avenged Sevenfold's Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, Evile star Mike Alexander and Monsters Of Rock co-founder Maurice Jones.
Gray will receive his own dedication on Saturday night prior to Rage Against The Machine's headline slot on the main stage.
Festival organisers previously announced the second stage at the event in Derbyshire, will be renamed The Ronnie James Dio Stage.
Source: Ananova |
| 2010-05-27 | Dave Mustaine Remembers Ronnie James Dio | 
During an appearance on this past Monday's (May 24) edition of the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn, Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine spoke about the legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (Dio, Heaven & Hell, Black Sabbath, Rainbow), who passed away on May 16 after a six-month battle with cancer.
"Everybody that's ever met Ronnie, they've got different types of stories," Mustaine said. "We've heard types of stories about his voice and how great he was as a man. And we've heard stories about his different lineups that he's been with.
"One of the things that I remember him most for was "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves" and "Man On The Silver Mountain", which was the first record that I'd ever gotten from him with Rainbow guitarist - Ritchie Blackmore.
"We had gone out on tour with him when Megadeth's "So Far, So Good, So What" came out and it was really, really making a statement, because we had broken the Top 200 with thrash metal, and nobody really knew what thrash metal was at the time.
"I remember talking to Ronnie - we were in catering - and I go, "Hey, Ronnie, I just wanna thank you for taking us out on tour." He goes, "Yeah, man. Thanks to you for coming, too." And I said, "No. I mean, really. Thanks. It's really cool." And he goes, "Look, we could both sit here and give each other handjobs or we could smoke this joint. What do you think?" And I was like, "Well..." So, needless to say, we smoked a joint and I passed on the handjob."
Source: DarkSide.ru |
| 2010-05-25 | Rocker Dio dies | 
Heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio has lost his battle with stomach cancer. He was 67.
The Heaven & Hell star passed away at a hospital in Houston, Texas on Sunday.
His wife Wendy initially denied internet reports the rocker had died earlier in the day, but revealed he was "not doing good" - and now his partner admits she is heartbroken over the loss of her beloved husband.
In a statement to Blabbermouth.net, she says, "Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45 a.m. (on Sunday) 16th May. Many, many friends and family were able to say their private goodbyes before he peacefully passed away.
"Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all. We so appreciate the love and support that you have all given us. Please give us a few days of privacy to deal with this terrible loss. Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever."
Born Ronald James Padavona in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to an Italian family in 1942, he changed his name to Dio after mafia member Johnny Dio.
He found fame in 1957 with The Vegas Kings; the group changed their name several times before disbanding in 1967. He then went on to front Elf with guitarist pal Nick Pantas before forming another band, Rainbow.
In 1979, Dio joined Black Sabbath, replacing Ozzy Osbourne, but after just three years he quit to form the band Dio, with drummer Vinny Appice. They went on to enjoy great success, releasing ten studio albums.
In recent years, Dio and Appice rejoined Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler to tour under the moniker Heaven & Hell, and he was also inducted into the Rock Walk of Fame in Hollywood in 2007.
Dio was diagnosed with stomach cancer last year and his health had worsened over the last few months, with Heaven & Hell announcing just weeks ago that they were cancelling all summer dates as a result of his deteriorating health.
Dio is survived by his wife Wendy, his adopted son Dan, and two grandchildren.
Source: Ananova |
| 2009-09-01 | Heaven & Hell Is Not Breaking Up: Says DIO's Management | The management for legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (Heaven & Hell, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, DIO) has released the following statement to blabbermouth.net:
"[We] just want to quash any rumors that Heaven & Hell have broken up. [Heaven & Hell guitarist] Tony Iommi has to have surgery on his hand and [needs] some down time for recovery. Therefore DIO will be performing some dates in the U.K. and Europe in November/December during this time off. Heaven & Hell are already making plans for dates next year."
In a recent interview with The Aquarian Weekly, Iommi stated about his upcoming surgery, "I've got to have an operation on my hand, and that's sort of a major thing I need to get done and I've been putting it off now. So we're going to have some time off while I get that done. That'll be a bit of a break, I think. Not for everybody, but it'll be some time off from touring for me for sure."
When asked what happened to his hand, Iommi replied, "The cartilage is gone from the thumb in my fingering hand. It's been like that now, to be honest, for a year and I've been taking anti-inflammatories and all sorts of stuff to try and calm it down, but it's inevitable I've got to have the operation because the bone is rubbing on the bone. Funny enough, I talked to Eddie Van Halen this morning, because he's had the same sort of problem, so I'm seeing him to have a chat about what happened to him. He thinks it's very successful, so we'll see."
Source: DarkSide.ru |
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