Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Permuted Press Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP RAINBOW IN THE DARK is likely one of the most anticipated Heavy Metal themed autobiographies in several years. That is not just because it is the life story of Dio but this book has been in the works and public…
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Hoseley, R. (ed.)- Dio-Holy Diver (Book review)
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Z2 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I don’t think it is a coincidence that the very first officially endorsed Dio comic/graphic novel was released to coincide with the new Dio autobiography, RAINBOW IN TBE DARK! The good people at Z2 are really building a good name…
DIO’s Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City and Holy Diver Live Available
First Two Albums in DIO Live Album Reissue Series, Newly Remastered with Newly Created Cover Art Set Watch the Video for “Man On The Silver Mountain” from Holy Diver Live The first two albums in the DIO Live Album Reissue Series, Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City and…
THE DEAD DAISIES announces the new album HOLY GROUND
WELCOME TO THE HOLY GROUND Rock’n’Roll is a trip, not a destination…we all know how the saying goes! The Dead Daisies continue their journey towards 2021 with new music, virtual performances, and adventures. The Dead Daisies have gone from strength to strength since the release of their self-titled album in…
Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City and Holy Diver Live Announced as First Two Albums in DIO Live Album Reissue Series
Newly Remastered Deluxe Reissues with Newly Created Cover Art Set for Release February 12, 2021 via BMG Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City and Holy Diver Live Pre-Orders Available Now Niji Entertainment and BMG announce the first two albums in the DIO Live Album Reissue Series with Evil…
RONNIE JAMES DIO STAND UP AND SHOUT CANCER FUND CELEBRATES DIO’S BIRTHDAY WITH SPECIAL VIDEO
The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org), founded in memory of the late rock legend, will commemorate what would have been Dio’s 78thbirthday on July 10 with a video in which rock music celebrities talk about what Ronnie and his music has meant to them. Dio lost…
Fifth Annual “Bowl for Ronnie” Bowling Party Raises More Than $50,000 for Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund
Standing Room Only Event Hosted by Broadcast Personality Eddie Trunk Attracts Rockers, Celebrities and World’s #1 Bowler to Raise Awareness and Funds for Cancer Charity The Fifth Annual BOWL FOR RONNIE Celebrity Bowling Party, benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org), was held on Thursday,…
DIO “The Studio Album Collection: 1996 – 2004” Coming in Feb. 2020
Release Date: February 21, 2020 Rare Live Tracks Available Now! Deluxe Newly Remastered Editions of DIO’s Four Studio Albums from 1996-2004 Limited Edition 1st run of vinyl features lenticular LP-sized album art print Long out of print on CD 2CD and Streaming/Digital versions feature rare and unreleased bonus tracks BMG…
MARTIN POPOFF Publishes New Book Entitled “Sensitive to Light: The Rainbow Story”
Folks, even if you have my little Rainbow book from 2005, I urge you to consider this massive overhaul. – First off, this book is 50% longer, a whopping 120,000 words and 318 pages – No pictures in the old one – two swell colour sections of photos…
Fifth Annual “Bowl for Ronnie” Celebrity Bowling Party Set for Thursday, November 7 to Benefit the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund
The Fifth Annual BOWL FOR RONNIE Celebrity Bowling Party, benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org), will take place on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at PINZ Bowling Center in Studio City, California. The event will be hosted by television and radio personality Eddie Trunk, who…
Guitarist Vivian Campbell discusses working with Def Leppard, Last in Line, Dio and more
VIVIAN CAMPBELL INTERVIEW AND LIVE PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA Vivian Campbell is a Northern Irish guitarist, who came to rock prominence in the early 1980s as a member of Dio, with whom he recorded the classic albums, HOLY DIVER, THE LAST IN LINE, and SACRED HEART. After leaving the band…
The Three Tremors – The Three Tremors
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2019, Steel Cartel Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog “Three times louder than a sonic boom. Three fingers on the hand of doom!” This is the description used on the press release to describe the brand new collaboration from three of heavy metal’s more formidable vocalists: Tim “Ripper”…
Rose Tattoo @ O2 Islington Academy, London
Rose Tattoo + Girlschool O2 Islington Academy, London 13th September 2018 Live review and pictures by: Ryan Whitwell / Shotison Media
BMG to Reissue DIO’s Classic 1996 – 2004 Studio Albums
Available to Stream/Buy via Apple Music – See Below for Links The entire DIO studio album collection is now complete! BMG and Niji Entertainment Group Inc. have partnered to reissue DIO‘s 1996 – 2004 studio albums. Fans will finally be able to enjoy official versions of Angry Machines (1996), Magica (2000),…
Interview with James Curl, author of Ronnie James Dio
Interview with James Curl By JP Tell about your introduction to Metal and how you became such a Dio fan! My first introduction to hard rock and heavy metal really began in the late 1970s and early 80’s with bands like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Black Sabbath and Van…