Ronnie James Dio - New Tribute Album In The Works
Ronnie James Dio's widow Wendy Dio has revealed that she will be putting together a tribute album to honor one of the greatest metal legends that ever lived, her husband. So far, names such as Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead), Ian Gillan (Black Sabbath), Alice Cooper, Glenn Hughes (Black Sabbath), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Chris Jericho (Fozzy) and Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) have promised to take part of the tribute, planned to be released until the end of the year.
It is also confirmed that Dave Grohl will be covering Black Sabbath's song "The Mob Rules" and Rob Halford from Judas Priest will do the same for Rainbow's "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll". All the artists will have complete creative freedom in the choosing and recording of the songs.
It is also confirmed that Dave Grohl will be covering Black Sabbath's song "The Mob Rules" and Rob Halford from Judas Priest will do the same for Rainbow's "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll". All the artists will have complete creative freedom in the choosing and recording of the songs.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60962 From: Sweden  |
Ok ok all is good but who is Fozzy and Chris Jericho  one more comersation , since I never heard about Fozzy
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| Milena gloom cookie Posts: 4603 From: Norway  |
Written by Irritable Ted on 15.01.2012 at 13:54 +1. I also like the names so far.
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5934 From: USA  |
As much as this sounds interesting, I think I might stick with the other tribute album, Holy Dio: A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio, the one that has all the power metal bands doing covers of songs from across his career. Power metal is a genre massively influenced by Dio's work, so therefore it seems a bit more... fitting, for lack of a better word, to have such bands doing covers of his material. If anyone's never picked up that album by the way, I highly recommend it. The Yngwie cover of Gates of Babylon and Stratovarius's version of Kill the King are awesome.
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| vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493 From: Bulgaria  |
I'm neutral concerning tribute albums. Some covers can be pretty good (see Cathedral's cover of "Solitude" off Nativity in Black), but often they are nothing noteworthy or downright boring (Slatanic Slaughter or some shit, although YMMV, since I don't remember much of it).
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| moe5512 Posts: 501 From: Finland  |
I think that Dio's death is old news already, this just feels like a way for the producers to get lodz of moneez
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| RavenKing Posts: 1941 From: Canada  |
Written by moe5512 on 15.01.2012 at 18:50 This is old news, Imo. He passed away almost 2 years ago.
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Account deleted Written by moe5512 on 15.01.2012 at 18:50 this will be done for charity reasons. So the "lodz of moneez" will go for charity. 
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| Berserk Posts: 164 From: Canada  |
Chris Jericho? way to try and get that WWE nonsense into this... Sure, he's in a metal band, but he's definetly not a METAL legend.
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| moe5512 Posts: 501 From: Finland |
Written by Guest on 15.01.2012 at 19:04 That they claim, yes
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| AndMetalForAll kual21 Posts: 314 From: Portugal  |
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Posts: 15250  |
Written by moe5512 on 15.01.2012 at 20:21 If Wendy Dio is involved, YES.
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| Iron Nostarion Maiden Whore Posts: 289 From: Jordan  |
Written by Berserk on 15.01.2012 at 20:09 I was going to joke about Chris Jericho being a wrestler name and thought the musician was someone else, but now I'm really amazed. XD
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada  |
Written by malaikat on 15.01.2012 at 22:49 Fozzy is Chris Jericho's heavy metal band... he's best known for his work in the WWF/WWE.
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| Olli Posts: 362 From: UK  |
None of these talented musicians will be able to bring the power that Dios vocals added to his songs. It will be an interesting listen though.
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| Mindheist No Longer Human Posts: 618 From: Tunisia  |
Come on Maiden, come on Metallica, come on Diamond Head; Sabbath, Priest and Motorhead are waiting for you to complete the lineup. Only legends should honor him. Only soldiers from the dark times should sing his praises.
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| LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561 From: USA  |
Well, I'm down. If it's better than the To Heaven Through Hell, I'll be satisfied.
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| ScreamingSteelUS Editor-in-Chief Posts: 5669 From: USA  |
I already love the concept, but I have to wonder why Ian Gillan is credited as being in Black Sabbath rather than Deep Purple. Yes, I realize he was actually IN Sabbath, but Deep Purple is where the magic happened. That's common knowledge.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands  |
Written by ScreamingSteelUS on 16.01.2012 at 07:06 same applies to Glen Hughes
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| ScreamingSteelUS Editor-in-Chief Posts: 5669 From: USA |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.01.2012 at 10:08 Yeah, I didn't even notice that. They could have listed his impressive credits in the space where Sebastian Bach is now.
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 From: UK  |
Written by BitterCOld on 15.01.2012 at 21:43 Yep. As this tribute is officially endorsed by Wendy, it almost certainly means the proceeds from this album will be going to charity. With the exception of Chris Jericho, who is anything but a metal legend, and shouldn't be included on this, I'm happy with how the lineup is looking thus far. Ronnie does deserve some of the top names in metal and true legends to pay tribute to him. Although it is unfortunately unlikely that we will get any less well known-songs turning up on this album, I'm still pretty excited for this.
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3349 From: Australia  |
Well, Gillen was Dio's replacement in Sabbath, so maybe the man Dio replaced will turn up. Anyone else curious to hear Ozzy sing Heavan & Hell?
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 From: UK |
Written by M C Vice on 16.01.2012 at 10:58 He was, and I think "Born Again" is a very underrated album, although it's production is awful.  There was a lot of animosity between Ozzy and Ronnie whilst Ronnie was still alive, so I'm not sure if he will be involved or not. Though I can't deny, it would be interesting to hear Ozzy do one of Ronnie's classics, and it would be a very fitting tribute.
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 From: Czech Republic  |
Hmm, Ozzy singing Heaven and Hell would sound pretty out of place imo though I would still be quite interested in hearing it. actually I kinda hope they'll do at least one song off the Dio stuff on this 2012 tour.
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3349 From: Australia |
Written by Angelic Storm on 16.01.2012 at 11:03 I've always thought that Over To You, the last song Ozzy sang on Never Say Die, would have worked well as a duet with Dio - sort of handing the raighns over to his successor ("I handed my future over to you"). I also reckon that Rising, Streetwalker, I, Fear and I Could Have Been A Dreamer should be on it (with Bruce Dickenson doing Streetwalker, or maybe Halford or Kiske). And the guy who replaced Dio in Rainbow should be there, too. Also, I reckon Born Again was better than Mob Rules.
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| RavenKing Posts: 1941 From: Canada |
Written by Angelic Storm on 16.01.2012 at 10:55 I think Sebitchian Back is anything but a metal legend either and I wonder what the hell he's doing there. Skid Row is not even a metal band.
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 From: UK |
Written by RavenKing on 17.01.2012 at 01:27 Well, at least that is a matter for debate. Also, Ronnie was a legend of hard rock as well as metal, so even if what you said was true, then Sebastian has a right to be on it. Or at least, more of a right than Chris Jericho, who is major claim to fame is "wrestling", not rock or metal.
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| RavenKing Posts: 1941 From: Canada |
Written by Angelic Storm on 17.01.2012 at 01:34 I see where you're coming from but I think Sebastian Back is simply too young, anyway. He doesn't belong to the same group of (old) metalheads like the others. I mean, people around Dio's age.
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