Ronnie James Dio with drummer Vinny Appice in 2007. He had reunited with his former Black Sabbath bandmates to tour and record as Heaven and Hell in the years prior to his death. Credit: Photo by ...

An excerpt from the late Ronnie James Dio’s memoir reveals that he’d “shied away” from joining Black Sabbath when he was first asked. Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography, which was completed by ...

Prior to his tragic death in 2010, Ronnie James Dio had been writing his autobiography, looking back on the remarkable life that led him from his hometown in upstate New York to the biggest stages in ...

As Ronnie James Dio told me a year before he died in 2010: “To be in one world-famous band is more than most musicians can ever dream. To be in two is almost being greedy. But to find yourself being a ...

Central New York native Ronnie James Dio never forgot where he came from, even as he played sold out shows at Madison Square Garden or was mobbed by fans in Japan as if he was one of the Beatles. In ...

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 ...

The late Ronnie James Dio had a big life in rock ‘n’ roll, which included fronting the bands Elf, Rainbow and Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell, as well as his own group over the course of 10 studio albums.

"I was also unsure how on earth I was supposed to replace Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath," Dio writes. "In the late Seventies, the idea of a superstar group like Sabbath replacing their frontman was ...

Wendy Dio, widow and longtime manager of beloved heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, was the latest guest on Full Metal Jackie's weekend radio program. In her continued effort to keep the Dio legacy ...

Ronnie James Dio, the man who is single handedly responsible for creating metal horns, has sold over 50M albums and fronted some of the world’s biggest heavy metal bands including Rainbow and Black ...

The first documentary film about Central New York music legend Ronnie James Dio is finally coming to DVD and Blu-ray — with extra footage. The acclaimed rockumentary, “Dio: Dreamers Never Die,” will ...