Ronnie James Dio came close to joining Sweet in 1979, the band's leader, Andy Scott, said. The British glam rockers were considering a replacement for the departed singer Brian Connolly at the time, ...

As the former figurehead of Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his decades-spanning solo band, Ronnie James Dio was one of the finest and most identifiable voices in all of heavy metal. In fact, nowadays it’s ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ronnie James Dio, the pint-sized heavy metal singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, died on Sunday, five months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, his wife ...

Ozzy Osbourne recently praised his Black Sabbath replacement, Ronnie James Dio, for doing "a good job" with his old band — even though he never listened to the albums they made together. The Prince of ...

You know, if you looked at his body of work in recent years, you wouldn’t be too far off to say Joey Belladonna is a cover band vocalist that just so happens to front Anthrax and not the other way ...

Like the fantasy books from which it often draws inspiration, the realm of heavy metal is filled with kings and queens, heroes and villains, outlaws and ghosts. Among them, few loomed larger than ...

Ronnie James Dio was born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth. His parents moved to Cortland, New York when Ronnie was very young. He started playing the trumpet at the age of five ...

The annual Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund benefits continue to make significant financial strides in helping to achieve their mission of cancer prevention, education and continued ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Wearing fright wigs and clad in heavy metal fashion gear, the six piece Dio tribute band Shiny ...