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 ...

Say, did you know that Ronnie James Dio fronted a series of doo-wop / R&B groups before going on to become heavy metal royalty as the leader of Elf, Rainbow, Dio and Black Sabbath? Impress your ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Music was central to his life from an early age. Although he never received any formal vocal ...

When Ronnie James Dio—announced in 2009 that he had stomach cancer, it certainly gave him an impetus to complete the autobiography that he’d been working on for a while. He’d already had a sizable ...

The metal world lost one of its greatest voices, and one of its nicest guys, on Sunday morning, when legendary singer Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer at 67. After swatting away Internet rumors ...

Ronnie James Dio is one of heavy metal’s most legendary lead vocalists, and undoubtedly its most well-traveled, having fronted no less than three classic bands, including the one that took his last ...

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 ...

Reading the recently published Ronnie James Dio memoir Rainbow in the Dark is like unearthing a time capsule buried by the former Rainbow and Black Sabbath singer, who died of stomach cancer in 2010.

Several years before Ronnie James Dio was diagnosed with cancer, the heavy metal music icon began writing his memoir. Now, his fans will get to read the singer’s story in his own words. When Dio had ...

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 ...