It was Dio talking to himself ... starting with Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice. “I looked at him as a brother,” Appice says now ...

Ronnie James Dio was one of metal’s all-time great singers, appearing on landmark albums by Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his eponymous band Dio. The latter’s career couldn’t have got off to a ...

Come 1983, Ronnie was finally prepared to strike out on his own with Dio, and the band he recruited, featuring guitarist Vivian Campbell, bassist Jimmy Bain, drummer Vinnie Appice and keyboardist ...