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Cortland NY, United States (1982 – present)

There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Dio is a band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, ex- Ronnie and the Prophets, Elf and Rainbow founding member, born in Cortland, New York, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. In addition to Ronnie, Vivian Campbell played guitar; with Jimmy Bain on bass and Vinny Appice on drums.

In May 1983 they released their debut album “Holy Diver,” on which Ronnie sang and played keyboards. To avoid having the vocalist stuck behind a keyboard in concert, the band recruited keyboardist Claude Schnell. Now a quintet, they released “The Last in Line” on July 2, 1984, followed by “Sacred Heart” on August 15, 1985. Several songs were recorded during the tour for that album; they were released along with the studio-recorded “Time To Burn” on the “Intermission” mini LP.

In 1986 the rift between Vivian Campbell and the band led to the first personnel change in the band. The new guitarist was Craig Goldy from Giruffia whom Ronnie James Dio knew from his Hear N Aid project. After the tour was over Dio was working on the next album which was released in July 21 1987, named Dream Evil. After the subsequent tour the band went through a complete overhaul. Goldy left in 1988 and after a year Ronnie announced that the next guitarist will be the then 18 years old prodigy, Rowan Robertson. Then Schnell, Bain and Appice left, too.
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Ronnie says a huge "Thank You" to the Fans!

9 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/dioofficial

Ronnie has the following message for the fans: "I would like to thank all of my friends and fans that came out to support me and the Brittany Foundation Dog Rescue on Saturday. …

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