Ronnie James Dio came close to joining Sweet in 1979, the band's leader, Andy Scott, said. The British glam rockers were considering a replacement for the departed singer Brian Connolly at the time, ...

Here is the favorite Ronnie James Dio song of five rock and metal icons. The legendary singer, who died of stomach cancer in 2010 at the age of 67, famously fronted Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This May 23, 2019 photo released by Niji Entertainment shows, from left, singer Tim Owens, bassist Bjorn Englen, keyboardist Scott ...

When Ronnie James Dio died in 2010 of stomach cancer, the metal world mourned the loss of one of its great vocalists, as well as one of the genre’s biggest personalities. He was loved by pretty much ...

On the same night that he first met Sabbath's Dark Lord of the Riff, Tony Iommi, at LA's infamous Rainbow Bar and Grill in 1979, the two wrote the monolithic Children of the Sea, sparking the potent ...