
Ronnie James Dio
Actor · 1942 – 2010 · Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona, July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), was an American rock and heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio, among others. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser Hear 'n Aid. He was widely hailed as one of the most powerful singers in heavy metal, renowned for his consistently powerful voice. He is credited with popularizing the "metal horns" hand gesture in metal culture. Before his death, he was collaborating on a project with former Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice, under the moniker Heaven & Hell, whose only studio album, The Devil You Know, was released on April 28, 2009. He has sold over 47 million copies of albums with all of the bands he has worked with. He died of stomach cancer on May 16, 2010 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, CA. One of the last songs he recorded was titled "Metal Will Never Die".
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Movie6.8ComedyMusicIn Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006 · 1.9K votes
Movie7.9MusicDocumentaryLive Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"
Live Aid
1985 · 54 votes
Movie7.2DocumentaryA look at the rise and fall of the subversive skateboarding magazine Big Brother, which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and had a profound effect on the skating subculture with its unfiltered approach.
Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine
2017 · 22 votes
Movie7.6DocumentaryMusicThe film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, Nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture.
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
2005 · 176 votes
Movie7.7MusicDocumentaryThis career spanning documentary on heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio delves deep into his incredible rise from 50's doo-wop crooner, to his early classic rock days in Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, to replacing the iconic lead singer Ozzy Osborne in Black Sabbath, to finally cement his legend with DIO. Ronnie's biography is completely unique to the tired sex, drugs and rock and roll cliches. The film is about perseverance, dreams and the power to believe in yourself.
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
2022 · 32 votes
Movie7.7DocumentaryMusicHeavy metal band Iron Maiden's 2008 Somewhere Back in Time World Tour. This concert recording accompanies the documentary film "Iron Maiden: Flight 666". The 16 songs performed were filmed live in 16 different cities giving you the full experience of the live power of Maiden and their fans all around the globe.
Iron Maiden: Flight 666
2009 · 111 votes
- Movie8.0Documentary
Documentary produced for the "Little Nicky" DVD about heavy metal and the Devil featuring rock stars Gene Simmons, Ronnie James Dio, and Ozzy Osborne.
Satan’s Top 40
2001 · 1 votes
Movie7.5MusicRainbow was formed by Ritchie Blackmore in 1975 after he left Deep Purple at the height of their fame. They were instantly successful and released a string of hit albums, with an ever-changing line up, between 1975 and 1983 when Blackmore broke up the group to join the reformed Deep Purple. This concert from their European tour in 1977 features the line up responsible for the "Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll" album released later that year, including vocalist Ronnie James Dio and drummer Cozy Powell. Blackmore had to be smuggled out of Austria after trouble with the police at a gig two nights earlier, and was very late arriving in Munich, all of which seemed to inspire both the band and the audience to create a truly remarkable gig.
Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977
2006 · 2 votes
Movie7.2MusicCaptured live in front of a sold-out London crowd Ronnie James Dio delivers a truly memorable performance on this truly memorable night - October 22, 2005. This set includes a performance of Dio's debut album, Holy Diver, in its entirety. Dio has been hailed as one of the finest voices in Heavy Metal for over 30 years now and for good reason.
Dio: Holy Diver Live
2006 · 8 votes
Movie6.8DocumentaryThis documentary is a considered look at the continuing story of Metal, in the words of the people that make it, live it, breathe it and keep it vital. The Bands. The Fans, The Producers, The Industry and The Journalists. What makes it tick, why nothing else can touch it for power, emotion and longevity, why it's misunderstood, why it doesn't care, how it continues to upset the establishment, how it manipulates the media, the positivity, and the way it has forced it's iconography and ethos deep into an unsuspecting and unwilling mainstream.
Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life
2006 · 4 votes
MovieDocumentaryMusicHear 'n Aid was a one-time collaboration of various individual hard rock and heavy metal artists in 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Africa. According to Ronnie James Dio's MySpace profile, the project raised $1 million within a year.
Movie7.0MusicOn a rain-soaked Friday the 13th in December of 2002, the mastery of DIO took full command of New York City's famous Roseland Ballroom. In grand fashion, the formidable quintet was unleashed upon a rabid sold-out crowd, delivering a memorable performance that was nothing less than a heavy metal history lesson.
Dio: Evil or Divine
2003 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryMusicVideo magazine with interviews and video clips. Featured on this volume is: Alice Cooper, Dio, W.A.S.P., Anthrax, Motörhead, Voi Vod, Vio-Lence, Party Ninjas, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, Forbidden, Mammoth, Warrant, Quireboys
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 1
1989 · 1 votes
Movie3.0AnimationMusicA project assembled to musically support William Plomer's (1903-73) book of poems called 'The Butterfly Ball and Grasshoppers Feast'; in which Alan Aldridge had provided the illustrations. British Lion had secured the rights, and commissioned Glover, through Tony Edwards (the Deep Purple manager), to add the musical dimension that it required if it were to be made into a 26-part animated cartoon series, suitable for TV. (Discogs) This is the music video for the song Love Is All, performed by Ronnie James Dio.
The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
1974 · 1 votes
Movie8.4MusicDeep Purple in Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Paul Mann. Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall London 25th & 26th September 1999.
Movie6.3MusicConcert video filmed at The Spectrum in Philadelphia on June 17, 1986 during the second leg of the "Sacred Heart" tour, which featured new guitarist Craig Goldy. Now for the first time the full concert is being released in the original running order, restored from the original 16mm film and with remastered sound.
Dio | Finding the Sacred Heart
2013 · 3 votes
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TV8.3AnimationComedyFollow the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
South Park
1997 · 5.2K votes
- TV7.5Documentary
Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre. Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.
Where Are They Now?
1999 · 2 votes
TV10.0RealityRockpalast
1974 · 1 votes