It was during the 80s the kind of instant gratification superficial over-commersialized culture we still liv in today started. I mean I know what you mean, but Dio was an exception even back then. You’d have to go back pre Reagan times to find what you are looking for I think.
They were in Australia less than 3 months after the Spectrum show. The expense and logistics didn't permit Dee to make the trip. I got to touch base with Ronnie after the Sydney show. His first words to me were apologising for not bringing the "full show". I said, "Are you kidding?! I've just had one of the greatest musical experiences of my life and you're apologising for it!" He was one of a kind. A true gentleman and always treated you as his equal. RIP.
PS. I was in LA eight months later when they were mixing Dream Evil and Ronnie gave me a copy of the Spectrum video, amongst a shit-ton of other stuff... some of it rare. And the week I spent there was another of my life's great experiences. Got a lovely shot of Craig as he recorded the lead and reinforcement for Faces In The Window. Another gentle soul.
I was blown away when Craig honored me and offered to work with me on the guitar with style and song-writing lessons as my guitar teacher in Los Angeles, so I moved out to N.Hollywood Ca from Colorado in "93" to study with a master by the name of Craig Goldy!^Tone Raven^
I had the joy of seeing Dio with heaven and hell in 2008 (abq, nm). Ill never forget standing next to the ticket checker to see Dio with his on stage persona. I didnt realize how short he was. I miss him dearly.
Saw this tour at Alpine Valley, WI in August of 1985. Rough Cutt was forgettable but Accept was the 2nd band on their "Metal Heart" tour. I had seen them several times before and they were killer!! Dio's stage was massive, the sound was perfect and the setlist was the following: King of Rock and Roll Like the Beat of a Heart Don't Talk to Strangers Hungry for Heaven The Last in Line / Holy Diver Drum Solo Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath cover) Guitar & Keyboards Solo Sacred Heart Rock 'n' Roll Children / Long Live Rock 'n' Roll / Man on the Silver Mountain Encore: Stand Up and Shout Rainbow in the Dark We Rock I would have preferred Vivian Campbell but the show was just amazing and didn't disappoint on any level whatsoever. (He never has in all the time I have seen him over a 30 year period)
Great concert! The Spectrum was raw and Dio owned us in Philly! If you had the courage to cross the 🌈 bridge you found the Sacred Heart all those yeats ago. Thank you Ronnie...you made growing up a helluva lot of fun!
Sadly, I never did see Dio live. I loved him in high school, starting right off with Holy Diver. Back in the day, though, if you didn't listen to the right radio at the right time, or have the right friends, or read the right magazines, you'd never know. Breaks my heart that I never saw him live even once. So every once in a while, I live the show through the Philly concert. And you're right. Dio was there for me when nobody else was as I grew up.
This was my first ever show in 86 at Newcastle City Hall I was 14 years old and it blew me away, I went on to play the City Hall years later drumming in my band and my mind went back to that DIO show and as I was playing I couldn't believe I was playing on that same stage that Ronnie an Vinnie Appice had played on, I actually said to myself as a 14 year old watching this amazing show that I would play here one day, that day came in 2003 a day I will never forget as I have never forgotten and never will seeing DIO as a young teenager : )
I find it touching and heart felt how Craig described fulfilling his dream of playing with his hero. It was very sincere but I find it a little disturbing that Ronnie didn’t look at Craig once during the interview?
In the world of heavy metal music, that type of idolatry is usually frowned upon. Jason Newstead is another example. If you place your heroes on too high a pedestal, they will resent you for it. They don't want a fan when you're in the band, they want something more. With Craig, I think they got the beast they could have hoped for. He was a great fit. Dream Evil is proof of that.
I always enjoy watching Dio interviews and listening to Ronnie speak because he is so friendly, articulate and interesting. I have noticed one oddity though and that is that Ronnie seems to have this odd facial thing going on like a twitch when he speaks. It seemed to effect his eyes and his cheeks the most.
Yes I noticed same but I do t recall him doing it in older interviews. I sense a real sadness in him in these interviews when he's older. As if I want to hug him better.
I remember this period vividly. I held no feelings toward Vivian or Ronnie for his departure. When I heard Craig play on Intermission, I knew everything would be ok...and it was. Craig can hold his own.
Well guys i am young dude born in 1990 and I am so happy that i saw Dio in 2004 was only 14 by thenand I had to travel 400km ... was a blast . It was my first concert(on my own)( I saw Alice Cooper 1999 with my parents and many more ). So it was my first concert and I had a sex for first time ever with 36yo woman . How can I forget that one . Rest easy Ronnie you are a legend .
Adore him...will always. He touched/es my heart like no other in a place that's still as the storm's centre. Wish I could have touched his. What a heart. What a soul coming through. All the cold hard light of day and the elements of flight, in a chase. An authenticity forged of the world in the place it touches souls. That resonant voice haunts my dreams. This rock n roll child will never forget you ❤️
I love Ronnie’s sport’s references! I had almost forgotten he was such a fan of NY sports. It’s great how he gave credit to the guys behind the scenes and the road crew. He is truly missed!
Interview RONNIE🔥see him is HAPPINESS💕so Perfect, Great, songs and musics, NO ORDINARY, talent for a BEING Man👏we love Ronnie yesterday and today 2020 , just a PLEASURE, RESPECT💋🌈YOU are my RAINBOW💥🎶 »Sacred Heart »🌞HIM number one music, for life💋Craig is great guitarist (one Last in line-Holy Diver live 1986🎵🤘) I’m listen, listen and listen the wonderful concert🔥🤘
I was lucky enough to have been at both shows Dio recorded at the Spectrum. I've got both on DVD and watch them regularly, I can be seen in both :) I was however very disappointed at the second leg of the tour, the one filmed, to find Vivian Campbell out of the band. Back then I didn't know what or when, just that he wasn't there that night. No disrespect to Craig, as he's an exceptional guitarist in his own right, i just didn't care for the way he played Vivian's stuff, and I hated his sound. I guess the fact that being a guitarist and Vivian being one of my heros at the time ( i was only 17),I guess i was just biased. Not that this mattered at all, but Craig did have the coolest hair back then, but those red batwings had to go. I also gotta say that I'm ,still to this day, a bit miffed that the whole show wasn't included in the special from the spectrum from the last in line tour. Some of my favorite songs were left off the video, man on the silver mountain, long live rock and roll, holy diver and a few others.
Saw this tour in Cleveland, Ohio. I was singing right along; "Just like somebody slammed the door, bang, yeah!" Some dude came up to me and said; "wow, you're really into this!" Damn straight!
It looks so corny now, but that was my first real concert, and it was amazing! There was nothing like it in the world. I'm surprised he didn't mention the crystal ball! That was quite the magical experience. I lived in a town full of hicks who wanted to kick my ass all the time just because I had long hair and listened to metal. I must have listened to that album 2 thousand times. Then to have the lights go down and that crystal ball come out at that age was WAY more than an E ticket ride, let me tell you! It was the thrill of a lifetime. Luckily, I got to see the Vivian Campbell part of the tour. Sorry, Craig, but Vivian was really something special, and "Dream Evil" was a pretty big let down after the first 3 Dio albums. A couple of the songs grew on me, like "Naked in the Rain" and "All the Fools Sailed Away", which are still classics, but it wasn't an album (or cassette, actually) that I played on a loop from beginning to end like the first three.
Rainbow ... 1976/7 Spring lake ,Indiana angel - a/c d/c .... ROCK ! Black Sabbath & Blue Öyster Cult 1982 Market Square Arena.... 2:45 a.m. latest concert ever in indpls . Incredible ! Black Sabath .... Mob rules 1983 Indpls. MSA DIO 1985 Holy Diver DIO. 1986 Sacred Heart DIO 1988 Egypt Pyramid The show will never be seen again.... if Ronnie had 5000 people show in a 20,000 seat arena.... HE BROUGHT IT ALL EVERY TIME !!! No band even approached DIO in every aspect of ROCK AND ROLL .... I've seen most... only one DIO !!! Anyone can play , FEW HAD A BUILT IN INSTRAMENT ..... that voice... by the end of his shows left me.... BREATHLESS !!! RIP RONNIE !!
I am tremendously envious of you! I Dio and BÖC are my two favorite bands ever, and I got to see neither of them. I'd give anything to go back in time and see them at their prime. I've practically memorized the Sacred Heart concert video I've watched it so many times.
We, in Australia, were ripped off. There was no dragon at our shows. The show was good but we were led to believe we were getting the full show. Ronnie did apologize but that didn't make it right. Schnell gave the worst keyboard solo ever. I think he may have even been booed at some point. There were 200 hundred cops waiting for us when we left the arena. I walked up to a lady cop and asked whats this for. She said they thought there would be trouble. I laughed and she said it sounded like a great show.
+swinetrek I would not be surprised if the dragon was gone by then. Dio talks about the dragon on the last show giving one final gasp, and then keeling over dead. I doubt they could have fixed it cheaply.
Must not have been the show I saw... it was sensational, start to finish. Frankly, I think the presence of the dragon would have diminished what I witnessed.
Gotta love it .... Ronnie was a Rangers and Yankees fan. The stage shows of the 80s were 180 degrees away from those of the 70s, with the exception of Alice Cooper. Other bands took the stage and just the music was the show
"Recorded 1986?" Dio mentioned Beyoncé and Evanescence around 17:00. Beyoncé would have been 4 years old and Evanescence had their first EP in 1999. This interview has to be more recent than 1986.
He was talking about contemporaries for the then current generation of music fans around 2003/4 (Master Of The Moon era) and would not cave in to pressure to "update" his songwriting "for modern audiences". He was Dio. We wanted Dio. And he NEVER disappointed, ever.
craig goldie is a nice guy. grew up listening to heavy metal in the mid and late 80's. I always thought goldie and adrian vandenberg (whitesnake) needed new gigs (should be fired). you always need great guitarists for a whitesnake or a dio. but, I guess there is only so many great guitarists to go around in the world of metal. would of loved to see a jake e lee or george lynch play in dio after vivian left. or better yet, a john sykes. would of loved to have seen at least a few more dio albums (after the sacred heart album) with great guitarists.
Always been a fan. But funny when someone die. They become bigger and attract more fanbois. Dio with Sabbath brought 8 to 10 000 people to concert. Dio on his own was playing clubs before joining Iommi again. Im all fine with it. Just funny to hear and read all that worship online. Where the fuck were you when he was alive? Oh saw him in 1988 Oh saw him with Sabbath in the 80s Oh,,,this and that. I was there at every fucking tour. You guys remember when Dio opened for Maiden right?,,,, Go google then,,,
To be fair, 1991 and the rise of Grunge killed a LOT of metal acts. Poison, Blue Murder, Whitesnake, the list goes on. The die-hard fans remained die-hard, but the casual fans moved on. This is the way of all things, really. So the praise you hear sung is from a loud but small group of super-fans, I suspect. The casual fans, the ones that could have filled stadiums like the Spectrum, those are gone. Or, let's face it, also dead. Us fans who were with Dio in the beginning are starting to die off.
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Fans are the most pitiful and pathetic creatures to ever slither around the face of the Earth.
I think that's a bit of hyperbole on Dio's part. If you watch the VHS version, Dean the Dragon can be seen belching out smoke in a few places (probably dry ice fog), but never fire. In the VHS version, someone dropped in some really cheesy special effects of fire coming out of his mouth during the big roar at the end of the Sacred Heart song, but that was all post--production. In the DVD release of the Sacred Heart concert, the raw footage is used, and there's no fire to be seen.
Its quite ashamed that you have to pay upwards to, (and OVER) $100 a ticket to see a bigger named band play. The biggest thing they bring is screens which is all digital crap for visuals and production. I seen both the Last in Line and the Sacred Heart tours..I remember the tickets were around $12, And those shows stick in my mind over 100s of concerts Ive seen. NOTE TO all YOU BIG BANDS CHARGING ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNTS OF MONEY...FUCKING BRING A SHOW ...LAZY, CHEAP BASTARDS
I saw this show with my high school buddies at the CNE bandshell in Toronto. Dio had 2 opening acts, Canadian band Kick Axe and a silly hair band no one had heard of called Ruff Cutt (pure shit Ratt cover band). Dio was an hour late and Kick Axe came back on stage to play for an hour until Dio took the stage. Dio was awesome but only played for 50 minutes....not impressed. Toronto got ripped off big time that tour
It looks so corny now, but that was my first real concert, and it was amazing! There was nothing like it in the world. I'm surprised he didn't mention the crystal ball! That was quite the magical experience. I lived in a town full of hicks who wanted to kick my ass all the time just because I had long hair and listened to metal. I must have listened to that album 2 thousand times. Then to have the lights go down and that crystal ball come out at that age was WAY more than an E ticket ride, let me tell you! It was the thrill of a lifetime. Luckily, I got to see the Vivian Campbell part of the tour. Sorry, Craig, but Vivian was really something special, and "Dream Evil" was a pretty big let down after the first 3 Dio albums. A couple of the songs grew on me, like "Naked in the Rain" and "All the Fools Sailed Away", which are still classics, but it wasn't an album (or cassette, actually) that I played on a loop from beginning to end like the first three.
I'd have given anything to have been there to see Dio in his time. To this day, watching the concert in Philly is something I go back to again and again.
