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RONNIE JAMES DIO: SABBATH With OZZY To Celebrate Band's 40th Anniversary Next Year

David Glessner of the Express-News recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalists Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL, DIO, RAINBOW). A few excerpts follow: On Dio's universally recognized forked-fingers devil-horn salute: "You see it at Britney Spears concerts now...

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BLACK SABBATH: Connecticut Signing Session Announced

BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL guitarist Tony Iommi's web site has been updated with the following message: "We can confirm that Tony, Ronnie (James Dio),Geezer (Butler) and Vinny (Appice) will be signing copies of the new [SABBATH] CD, 'The Dio Years', at the Spin Street Stage located in the Shops...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Kicks Off U.S. Tour In Phoenix; Video Footage, Photos Available

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — kicked off its U.S. trek with support from MEGADETH and MACHINE HEAD Sunday night (April 22) in Phoenix, Arizona. Check out a co...

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Legendary Drummer CARMINE APPICE Appearing At Creative Ej In Charlotte

Carmine Appice will be conducting a workshop for drummers of all ages and skill levels at the Creative Ej School of Music on Tuesday, May 1 at 7:00 p.m. Creative Ej is located in the Northlake Mall area between Charlotte and Huntersville, North Carolina. Tickets are $10 in advance. Appice's appearan...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Discusses The Making Of 'The Blackening'

Midwest Metal recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn. An excerpt from the chat follows: Midwest Metal: MACHINE HEAD has always had its share of longer songs. However on "Through the Ashes of Empires" you seemed to take it a bit further. Now on "The Blackening" there'...

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3 LEGGED DOGG Shoots 'Give And Take Away' Video

The members of one of the more promising hard rock supergroups to come along in recent times, 3 LEGGED DOGG, recently took time out of their busy schedules to shoot the inaugural video, "Give and Take Away", from their debut album, "Frozen Summer", for Perris Records. Shot in Los Angeles, CA, the cl...

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TROUBLE Drummer Launches RETRO GRAVE Solo Project

TROUBLE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson has launched a solo project called RETRO GRAVE. Three new recordings from the band — "Retro Grave", "Kid Ignoble" and "Stone Head" — are available for streaming via the RETRO GRAVE MySpace page. Oly is currently scheduling drum clinics throughout the U.S. for later i...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Thrilled With New DIO-Era Anthology

Launch Radio Networks reports: BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi is thrilled with the band's latest release, which spotlights the time when Ronnie James Dio was the singer. It's called "Black Sabbath: The Dio Years", and in addition to a selection of material from the past, the album also has three...

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HEAVEN AND HELL To Guest On SIRIUS' 'Bloody Roots'

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — will be the featured guests on this week's "Bloody Roots" on Sirius Satellite Radio. "Hear first hand accounts of the difficult...

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The Dio Years

Few debates make me as nauseated as the one concerning the worthiness of the Ozzy Osbourne versus Ronnie Jame Dio BLACK SABBATH lineups. While it is true (in my mind) that the Ozzy-era lineup cannot be touched from the standpoint of musical trailblazing and the writing of legendary tunes, to say tha...

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BLACK SABBATH: Three Chapters From 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' Biography Available Online

Rockdetector.com, the world's biggest rock and metal database with over 56,000 band pages, is now hosting no less than three chapters of Garry Sharpe-Young's acclaimed BLACK SABBATH biography "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" at this location. Described by Black-Sabbath.com as the "SABBATH bible," Garry's bo...

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BLACK SABBATH: Photos From New York City Signing Session Available

BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) signed copies of the new BLACK SABBATH CD, "The Dio Years", earlier today (Tuesday, April 3) at Best Buy (44th & 5th Avenue) in New York City. Chec...

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HEAVEN AND HELL On 'The Opie & Anthony Show'; Video Available

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — were the in-studio guests on "The Opie & Anthony Show" yesterday (Monday, April 2). Watch video footage of the appearance at...

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HEAVEN AND HELL DVD Shoot Cut Short By Union Issue

Launch Radio Networks reports: The BLACK SABBATH offshoot HEAVEN AND HELL shot a concert DVD at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Friday (March 30). By all accounts, the band's performance was great, with some long-time fans calling it the group's best show ever, but things didn't go as smoo...

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HEAVEN AND HELL To Guest On XM's 'Eddie Trunk Live' Today

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — will be the featured guests on "Eddie Trunk Live" on XM Satellite Radio today (Monday, April 2) between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m....