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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:38 pm
by EvilCheeseWedge
Death Rattle wrote:I used to come home from school everyday and jump around in my room to Holy Diver. I was a weird kid, but Dio rocks
Sounds like fun
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 3:14 am
by Aerosmitten
schuette wrote:I never said I wanted to do anything with him
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You used your mod powers to change what was said
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 7:14 am
by schuette
this time I didn't H
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:43 am
by awip2062
It's his birthday.
Again.
Let's see he is how old now? 112? LOL
Happy birthday, Ronnie James!
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:05 am
by Big Blue Owl
Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA)
Wow. 56. Heheh...I see you just doubled his years up
![Image](http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg16/luthien_bucket/diodiodiodio.jpg)
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:39 am
by CygnusX1
Happy 56th Dio! ![headbang :headbang:](./images/smilies/headbang.gif)
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:52 pm
by awip2062
Big Blue Owl wrote:Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA)
Wow. 56. Heheh...I see you just doubled his years up
![Image](http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg16/luthien_bucket/diodiodiodio.jpg)
His age is debated, but if '42 was his birth year (I think that is it from when he first recorded an album, but I don't know) that makes him one year older than my mom.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:30 pm
by Soup4Rush
I was just informed by one of my coworkers that Dio is satanic.. I guess I kind of always knew that, but chose to ignore it.. I guess another look at the album Holy Diver kind of confirms it.. I was told the two fingers
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<-- like this but turned the other way is satanic as well..
oh well
Happy Birthday anyway Ronnie James Dio!!!
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:06 pm
by awip2062
I guess I would ask the co-worker to define "satanic". I mean, if you define it as anyone who is not a member of one's own brand of Christianity, then yeah, he is. But as satan worshippper? LOL
I love the Holy Diver album!
![Image](http://www.psalm9416.com/dio_satan_sign.jpg)
Murray (the giant in the picture) totally rocks! He's a good guy, by the way, if you ever read Murr's story. But why would we do that? Just call him a demon or satan figure and be done with him, eh?
Know what's kinda odd? Dio is Italian for "god". He got the name from a mobster in a movie.
He claims to be a Buddhist. I'll go with that.
According to Ronnie, the horns he popularized are called by many "The Evil Eye". He says he remembers his grandmother using them to ward off evil when he was a child.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:30 pm
by Walkinghairball
Yeah, but Gene Simmons did it first!!!
*wink*
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:16 pm
by Soup4Rush
yeah but this guy his pretty out there. he does not even allow his kids to trick or treat on halloween.. He is a pretty nice guy. he just is a little to religious for my tastes.. He actually played Basketball for the LA Clippers back in the late 90's.. he is about 6=11 or so.
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:32 am
by Big Blue Owl
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:51 am
by Walkinghairball
Holy(Smokes) Diver!!!!!!
Ronnie was in a DOO-WOP band?!?!?!?!
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:10 pm
by awip2062
Never heard any of his music pre-Rainbow, Bro? You should check it out. Totally blew me away first time I heard a song by Elf! lol Good stuff, his voice was young and strong and I dig hearing him play bass, but, well, honky-tonk stylin' piano! *gasp!* LOL I'd love to own some of the Ronnie and the Prophets tunes, but when he released his anthology of his own music across the ages Elf was as far back as he included.