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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Damnable Fiend on 25 Nov 2009, 21:02
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Wendy Dio, the wife and manager of legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW), has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET:
"Ronnie has been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer. We are starting treatment immediately at the Mayo Clinic. After he kills this dragon, Ronnie will be back on stage, where he belongs, doing what he loves best, performing for his fans.
"Long live rock and roll, long live Ronnie James Dio.
"Thanks to all the friends and fans from all over the world that have sent well wishes. This has really helped to keep his spirit up."
Ronnie James Dio, 67, has performed with ELF, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, and his own band DIO. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser "Hear 'n Aid". He is widely hailed as one of the most powerful singers in heavy metal, renowned for his consistently powerful voice and for popularizing the "devil's horns" hand gesture in metal culture. He is currently involved with HEAVEN & HELL, a project which also includes former BLACK SABBATH bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice. Their first studio album, "The Devil You Know", was released on April 28, 2009.
DIO cancelled its European tour last week after Ronnie was taken ill. The band's lineup for the trek was supposed to include WHITESNAKE/ex-DIO axeman Doug Aldrich due to the fact that the group's regular guitarist, Craig Goldy, had prior touring commitments with BUDGIE in Australia.
DIO's last release was the "Holy Diver Live" CD, featuring a performance of the classic "Holy Diver" album in its entirety, from start to finish, recorded live for the very first time in 2005 in front of a sold-out London crowd.
source: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131004 (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131004)
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fuck
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:-(
I am confident the old dog will pull through, though.
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Dio can never die
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Damn... that's sad, hope he gets better
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Dio pops cancer like zits. I ain't worried.
Guy might cure a few other cancer patients just by being nearby.
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I'm not so sure that Dio's presence is quite enough to cure cancer. He might actually have to sing a little bit. As much as I make fun of Dio (a lot), he put on a great show when I saw him, and I'd say that out of him, Motorhead and Iron Maiden, his group was the most musically interesting (though I enjoyed Maiden more, and banged my head to Motorhead more).
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I bumped Holy Diver (album) so fucking hard today
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I'm pleased. I heard they kept putting him last in line for just about everything.
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Well honestly to me it makes sense seeing as Dio generally would need treatment less than mere mortals, and as such can afford to wait.
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I think Rainbow is a pretty cool guy. eh battles demons and cancers and doesnt afraid of anything. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64coD-rx9sk)
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Like it has been said; Cancer ain't got shit on Dio.
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Oh damn (http://www.metalinsider.net/news/ronnie-james-dio-passes)
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If that is a fake link and not just a messed up one, I will hunt you down.
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Wikipedia agrees with me (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio)
whoops, now it doesn't
Another source (http://www.rockedition.com/news/rip-ronnie-james-dio-passes-away/)
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Yeah. All of the sources I'm seeing point to Liquid Metal (a Sirius station, apparently) and the metalinsider link. I'm really hoping it is a hoax, but if not, that really sucks. First Peter Steele, and now Dio. Both of them supposedly recovering from illness and then dead.
edit: And I've got my Holy Diver shirt on today, too.
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I'm listening to all of Heaven and Hell right now, but it isn't going to make me feel better.
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Metal Archives is flipping their shit about it.
Alright false alarm (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140115)
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God
Fucking
Damnit
Internet
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On the bright side, he's alive. I would rather the internet be filled with rumor-mongering dicks than Dio be dead.
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Guys....
It's official, Ronnie James Dio has passed away (http://www.ronniejamesdio.com/).
Guys... I don't know what to say.
2010 is the worst year for people I like staying alive
Long live his music.
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May 16th is rock the fuck out to Dio day
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Just after she had sent out messages disproving the hoax, too.
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2010, you are the fucking worst.
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Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck FUUUUUCK FUCK FUCKKKK
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Sad_face.gif)
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Sad_face.gif)
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here's a reminder that the fucking scumbag twat from poison survived his brain actually trying to kill him and dio is somehow dead
this world is a pile of shit
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Actually from what I hear both the Poison dude and Dio were both incredibly solid bros.
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But he had reality shows!
And he was in Poison!
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Actually from what I hear both the Poison dude and Dio were both incredibly solid bros.
this just means you haven't seen an episode of rock of love
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Well, fuck.
There goes another childhood hero.
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i'v been listening to rainbow in the dark allmost on a continuous loop since i learned (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUXSTY9AW-s)
i take comfort in the knowledge that dio was a part of Black Sabbath. for you see, Black Sabbath has been in continuous operation since 1968, and has more former members than most bands will ever have albums, and they still exist. Black Sabbath is transcendental, no longer merely a band, Black Sabbath is a legacy, an ideal. Black Sabbath is eternal. Dio, Ozzy, Iommi, men die, and in a hundred years, they will all be gone. but Black Sabbath will live on. In a thousand years the legendary Black Sabbath will still live on. Dio is a part of that, and always will be. his legacy. his legend. The Flesh Is Gone, The Rock Lives On.
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Maybe so, but if I had to choose I'd have said:'take Ozzy'.
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Take Ian Gillan
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None of these people deserves to die. I believe that few people, if any, deserve to die.
That being said, take Chad Kroeger or someone next time, Death.
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(http://i43.tinypic.com/2ai2c5i.png)
ahhh /b/
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Hahaha death is hilarious
Anyway, Ian Gillan? I know his stint in Sabbath wasn't pretty but come on man, Deep Purple.
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I can't remember if he's the one who sang on Iommi's solo records or if that was Glenn Hughes, but those weren't bad. Not up to the standard of Sabbath in their prime, of course, but pretty good.
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None of these people deserves to die. I believe that few people, if any, deserve to die.
That being said, take Chad Kroeger or someone next time, Death.
Will.I.Am.
Srsly.
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Also acceptable.
Perhaps Creed.
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Guess which lovely beacon of tolerance is going to be making a presence at his funeral? I'll give you a hint: the fucking WBC. Don't know quite how that's going to go down, I'm having a hard time picturing a bunch of metalheads being polite with those people.
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Wow. This might actually turn into a self sustaining burial cycle if the WBC is willing and able to deliver enough of their members.
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Oh man... That is just wrong. like Dimmukane said, I can't see metalheads being polites with WBC and I believe that they have all the right to not being polite at all.
It's a shame that Dio's funeral has to be some sort of drama. I feel sooooooo good that I've never seen people like the WBC
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Wouldn't it be nice if just once the police had something to do that prevented them from keeping an eye on WBC rallies?
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That being said, take Chad Kroeger or someone next time, Death.
Will.I.Am.
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Hahaha death is hilarious
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Who or what is the WBC? I've got, so far...Westboro Baptist Church, World Barista Championship, World Boxing Council, War Bureau of Consultants, Worker's Beer Compant...none of these make sense.
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Westboro Baptist Church. Just google them specifically. It will make more sense, trust me.
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That being said, take Chad Kroeger or someone next time, Death.
Will.I.Am.
Hahaha death is hilarious
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Yes it is
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Ha ha ha
ha
ha
holy fuck these guys terrify me
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death isn't hilarious at all which is why i'm wholesale behind the heavy metal slaughter of any westboro baptists who show up at dio's funeral
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/a/ab/Bathory.jpg)
(http://www.sondrak.com/archive/skpics/bm11.jpg)
:x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x
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... what?
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they're posing in preparation to slaughter some WBC-goers I think
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(http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/7/6/0/47602_photo.jpg)
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Oh.
Okay.
Carry on.
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i've heard, though i can't confirm it, that the wbc actually gets a fair chunk of it's funding by suing the people who take swings at them. thing to remember is that self righteous fuckers usually love to feel persecuted. it helps confirm that they are the good guys doing their gods' work when the wicked try to stop their douche baggery.
that said, wouldn't it just be so fucking sweet if they bit off more than they could chew this time? a grieving family member might take a swing, and they're used to that but my perfect scenario would be for them to show up and find fifty or sixty mosh hardened metalheads waiting for them, and just staring them down till they back off with their tails between their legs. that kind of psychological humiliation might even be more satisfying than a righteous ass kicking.
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Dio pops cancer like zits. I ain't worried.
lolololololololololololololololololo
Oh man I come back to QC to find this thread and it's like a time machine
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lololololo I was just thinking the same thing about yr post in the blog thread
(leave again soon, please)
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(http://www.inhislikeness.com/comics/2010-05-28.jpg)
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(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l34cdnUNnj1qa7svao1_400.png)
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Who is Varg Vikernes and what does Sam Beard have to do with him
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That is a photo of Varg. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varg_Vikernes)
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Weird.
Someone else showed me that photo last year and said it was Sam. Well...shit, now I feel dumb.
Still looks like him, though.
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Dio fans picket the picketers
(http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Ronnie-James-Dio-Memo_chun-500x335.jpg)
Additional pictures.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657202742/in/set-72157624178703250/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657202742/in/set-72157624178703250/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657120976/in/set-72157624178703250/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657120976/in/set-72157624178703250/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4656503959/in/set-72157624178703250/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4656503959/in/set-72157624178703250/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4656502305/in/set-72157624178703250/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4656502305/in/set-72157624178703250/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657486886/in/set-72157624178703250/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657486886/in/set-72157624178703250/)
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God sent the oil? Oh, WBC.
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What happens when bad things happen to WBC members?
What happens when good things happen to fags+sinners+etc.?
Have I just blown the WBC's mind
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Bad things only happen to WBC members when they sin accidentally, which is all the time. Good things happen to others because Satan.
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Have I just blown the WBC's mind
I wish you'd blow OUT their minds.
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Dio fans picket the picketers
(http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Ronnie-James-Dio-Memo_chun-500x335.jpg)
Additional pictures.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657202742/in/set-72157624178703250/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657202742/in/set-72157624178703250/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657120976/in/set-72157624178703250/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657120976/in/set-72157624178703250/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4656503959/in/set-72157624178703250/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4656503959/in/set-72157624178703250/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4656502305/in/set-72157624178703250/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4656502305/in/set-72157624178703250/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657486886/in/set-72157624178703250/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80216545@N00/4657486886/in/set-72157624178703250/)
heh. awesome.
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(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l34cdnUNnj1qa7svao1_400.png)
That is absolutely beautiful.
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I just joined it and I can't wait to see what my mom says about it