Former NIRVANA Bassist's RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute

May 18, 2010

Former NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic has penned a tribute to legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio as part of Krist's weekly column on music and politics, which appears on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com. An excerpt follows below.

"As a teenager in Aberdeen in 1980, I was consuming as much heavy rock music as possible. The heaviest band was BLACK SABBATH. And I was introduced to their music through the compilation record, 'We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'N' Roll', at the Salvation Army thrift store, of all places. For 50 cents, I got a piece of vinyl that blew my mind. Soon after, I went to the record store proper and bought the 'new' SABBATH album, 'Heaven and Hell'. This record rocked my world, but it was different because the vocalist was not Ozzy Osbourne, but Ronnie James Dio, a heavy-metal pioneer who died of stomach cancer on Sunday, May 16.

"I didn't know he was ill and was sad to hear the news.

"Dio is a giant in the world of heavy metal.

"I bought 'Heaven and Hell' and couldn't 'play the hell out of it' — mystery and magic are a big part of the Dio legend — no, I'll say I played it constantly. I even gave it a spin on Sunday night in honor of Dio. The tune 'Neon Knights' never sounded better."

Read Krist's entire column at SeattleWeekly.com.

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