Hear N' Aid - Stars [The Lead Vocals] (LD MASTER) [BEST QUALITY] (1986)

Hear 'n Aid was a one-off project of the heavy metal/hard rock scene of the 1980s to raise money for famine relief in Africa. According to Ronnie James Dio's MySpace profile, the project raised $1 million within a year.
The song was recorded on May 20 and 21 1985 at the A&M Records Studio in Hollywood, California. The project included contributions from Ted Nugent, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tommy Aldridge and members of Dio, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Quiet Riot, Dokken, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, Queensrÿche, Blue Öyster Cult, Vanilla Fudge, Y&T, Rough Cutt, Giuffria, Journey, W.A.S.P. and Night Ranger as well as the parody band Spinal Tap. Lead vocals were shared between Ronnie James Dio, Rob Halford, Kevin DuBrow, Eric Bloom, Geoff Tate, Dave Meniketti, Don Dokken and Paul Shortino. Vivian Campbell, Carlos Cavazo, Buck Dharma, Brad Gillis, Craig Goldy, George Lynch, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Ojeda and Neal Schon all added guitar solos. Iron Maiden's Dave Murray and Adrian Smith were in the middle of their 'World Slavery Tour' at the time and flew in to attend the main session. A documentary was shot of the recording process and released simultaneously.

[@MantasCronosAbaddon]

How is it that Dio, Halford and Tate were all in the same room, and the universe didn't blow up?!

[@rockvocalist7007]

they ARE the universe

[@ferryelvers7726]

Because god agreed. 🤘🏻

[@CarlyFloq]

My 3 fav ❤❤❤

[@scottashe984]

DIO isn't into that

[@Voin88688]

Kevin Dubrow is very underrated. He has a great voice

[@Frip36]

I realized this too. I'd love to hear his full version.

[@bobbyshirley2776]

He’s the best out of them all. Listen to twilight hotel by quiet riot

[@2000xlt]

Who else hears Halford in the chorus above everyone

[@fitnessfactoryoutlet320]

If you look at the record ( yes I own it) it shows who was singing that and guess what...Not halford...It was Tate! ( Cmon no surprise)

[@chrisl2466]

Absolutely.

[@johanandersson9711]

All of us? 😉

[@ilmizarnanda]

Prime geoff Tate was alien😂​@@fitnessfactoryoutlet320

[@M4RC0_RD]

Ronnie only had to say one thing after Geoff went.... ''great... its great... great'' he was left speechless :)

[@NateShredwards]

If Dio told me my vocals were sounding good, I'd probably die...

[@L0vac]

All are great, Dio and Tate are on a higher level, but Halford... Out of this planet.

[@georgepetrov5482]

Halford !!! .. the ultimate metal beast !! ... no one can sing like him !!!

[@gallegorosales2152]

Geoff Tate (Queensrÿche) todavia no estaba consagrado con su banda (tenian solo un EP y ¨the Warning¨), fueron soporte de DIO durante su gira x Europa y Asia.Vio el talento vocal de TATE y lo convoco para este proyecto.

[@d-d-i]

Rob Halford and Dio were the real Stars in here.

[@eighties_son]

Geoff Tate really impressive!😎

[@kerrrangg]

Rob just absolutely blowing it out of the water, amazes me every time he opens his mouth. I am only 18 and Rob is and forever will be my hero. This music will never die!

[@DoYouWorry]

5:08, that nod Dio gives says it all. He knows who he's standing next to. Even Dio knows Halford can't be beat.

[@JuhaniPaasikangas]

Exactly

[@joycedoull7275]

MUTUAL RESPECT

[@KimboRamboFin]

4:43 Shit just got real. You can immediately tell we are dealing with a legend.

[@L0vac]

They had to tune down Halford by a lot because he was just stronger/louder than anyone else.

[@paulm.5979]

so true

[@maiden06660]

Ronnie's face after Rob does his vocals cracks me up every time.

[@stanky9875]

True. Dio brought it, then Halford came in hard and heavy.🤘

[@Frip36]

I think Ronnie was reacting to Halford's tank-top.

[@epicvsfvror]

Shortino, Dio, Halford, Meniketti.... They're out if this world!

[@Andyfth91]

I really love how Dio and Rob sound in this.

[@blackout.X]

Kevin Dubrow is also my favorite - with the "We all wanna touch a rainbow" by Paul Shortino thrown in there!

[@Andyfth91]

B. Elliott Just checked. Yeah, Kevin was pretty cool here. I think I'll check him out.

[@Hanzey1966]

And Forever We Will Shine !!! YEAHH

[@johnniec2861]

unfortunately kevin has long not since been with us ,,

[@alejandrocasas3254]

MR.GEOFF TATE!!! MASTER CLASS

[@fraterlucifer888]

sein Dio and Rob Halford standin there together ,,the two great voices of metal,,,, RIP dio

[@DanteInferno72]

Dio and Halford !!!!!...period

[@lifeisgoid]

Love all these guys. Geoff Tate was absolutly AMAZING!! ROB HALFORD,DIO goes without saying.

[@kalenbaker7901]

Don Dokken is so cool. Love the smoothness and pitch of his vocals. Too bad he doesn't sound nearly as good as back then

[@hinjurock70]

Sound like Dio made everyone sing kinda similar him - lol Rob and Geoff did their own thing though 🤘

[@itkojecockot]

Dave Meniketti is great singer and guitarist.......

[@carl13220]

To be honest, RJ Dio aside, Halford and Tate are really impressive here.

[@NoR110011]

Dio is the best

[@DannyGadish]

Rob Halford, Ronnie James Dio, Blackie Lawless, and Geoff Tate are pretty much the best singers of all time

[@hinjurock70]

@@DannyGadish Chris Cornell and Layne Staley. And of course Bruce Dickinson.

[@DannyGadish]

@@hinjurock70 ehh, no

[@hinjurock70]

@@DannyGadish You obviously haven't listened to them much - Chris and Layne had some of the most powerful voices is rock history, and Chris Cornell's range was insane in his prime. Listen to "Say Hello To Heaven" - he hits higher notes than Robert Plant or Rob Halford, and with more power and fullness.

[@lassemaja8382]

Dave Meniketti is brilliant, he could easily have done a guitar part to.

[@1stAmerican]

Geoff Tate is bad ass! No wonder Queensrych plays a dozen concerts a year in Albuquerque!

[@5150vhnd]

This is cool, because you can hear the vocals with out ANY effects, just raw. OUCH! Don sounded pretty good as did Halford. Bottom line here is that it was for a good cause and I love them all.

[@MachineKing1313]

Kevin Dubrow sounded really good! RIP Kevin and Dio!

[@serdar213]

Paul Shortino and Geoff are my favorite here

[@bobbykelly2333]

Rough Cutt should have been bigger...

[@supertrix6628]

Geoff tate, simply owns em all, best voice of all in this edition, Their is another recording of this sound session, and tate just blows em all out of water on that one, this one is not the whole audition run versions of the video.

[@Frip36]

He's a bit too affected. (Odd)

[@wahwahgaboor]

yup he's got the twisted pipes for sure.. you can't beat Halford for the high stuff though and the others have their own tone which is a matter of taste

[@benitokamelo252]

Where's that other video?

[@fredericosantos4185]

As always, Halford exceeding perfection.

[@ElectricWarrior89]

everyone killed it!!!! paul shortino's part, i always thought, sounded really awesome.

[@azwris]

Kevin DuBrow 4 Life!

[@puertecitos6888]

kevin dubrow was an untalented shit.

[@VaporeonLayne]

It sucks he left us too early just like Ronnie. R.I.P.

[@Punisher4mHell]

All the legends in one frame. What else could more fuckin' awesome than this?

[@AngelofAnguish]

In my opinion, this is "the Expendables" of heavy rock!

[@nancyzilinsky4219]

Dio and Tate...Chills everytime 💖💖

[@duuuusen]

No way, Geoff was at his best in 1986.

[@biusbush7671]

Tate and Shortino my favorites here, but it's really a pity they dropped Halford's screams (5:01) , they would have been perfect for the closing while the song fades away

[@FatiFleur-jn7ky]

They should have kept everything what we heard here from Halford. I guess someone's ego got in the way hahahaha ;)

[@yudhasibarani8476]

@@FatiFleur-jn7ky 😆😆 tampered product previously

[@thundersteel75]

Dude, Tate is just a beast, all of them are great, but tate is just on a higher level

[@landonclayton7806]

I thought same , even jsut his first line in the finished recording is 🤯🤯

[@p0rkjell0]

Tate killed it!!!!

[@GeorgiaLunch]

I hear this song and watch these takes, and I wanna rip my throat out. They're just so amazing.

[@mlfilion]

The final mix must of been a beast of a challenge. All that talent together yet they don't over power the song. And what a great song it is. Great writing/singing/ mixing and producing by the legend himself RJD. Thank you!

[@PetrosTser]

Bruce was in Iron Maiden for more than three years and together they had released three studio albums, one live album and one video and had just gone through a monumental tour, the "World Slavery Tour". The had already conquered the world.

[@stratdx]

I enjoyed all of the vocalists, but Dubrow kinda blew me away. I expected most of those guys to be great, but he really stood out for me.

[@tehmudkipz213]

Wow, Halford was so fing awsome! All of them were great!

[@onizgr77]

Rob Halford is beast

[@Corporation666metal]

Absolutely amazing. Dio and Halford!

[@shroomyshroom8490]

Amazing. Simply amazing. It's awesome to see and hear these guys record, especially the Metal God.

[@kerrang2757]

Rob Halford awesome!

[@JohnCoctoasten85]

+bee 2bee This

[@tested211]

Halford = wow!

[@UnivegaSuperSport]

5:09 Freeze it.

[@malmstring]

Paul Shortino really got pipes. Cool.

[@eleniel917]

they are all great ! I am a DIO fan mysef but in this project they are all together so I say every single one was great! lovely project! gives me goosebumps every time I listen to that song!

[@therhino1207]

Chills man, chills.

[@ellisonlowrimore7751]

THEY ALL KILLED IT!🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@DokkenSabbath]

Don kills it, and Dokken is my all time favorite

[@julioclmguitar3335]

Spencer Deforest yeah the secund chorus he does a hight note

[@playinguitarful]

Vocal range is weaker than the other singers

[@stanky9875]

Rob Halford: Metal God.🤘

[@emeryfry2808]

Shortino distorts the mic. I love it.

[@hebbe11000]

Tate is the voice

[@j800r]

@DoYouWorry You not see his reaction to Geoff? As if to say "well, you just almost showed me up there". Ronnie was always a big fan of Geoff's and rightfully so.

[@robn.7426]

And one of the few who can still belt it out to this day.

[@MARSHOMEWORLD]

Very cool to hear more of the vocal takes by the different singers.

[@JPB0889]

Imagine being the one going in the booth after rob. Bar was raised really high. Haha

[@jfk5star]

Fantastic inside look to one of the greatest rock stars getting together and loving it/,,/

[@michaelbecker3852]

Before I walk my dog Investoren just to say....GREAT !! So long time ago and still brilliant...Shoud habe come from Germany, but... Aloha Michel

[@Paul-fq9pj]

TATE kills it

[@blackout.X]

Halford.

[@groovetranan]

just saw the DIO documentary and came back to this video! its awesome

[@mdurwin]

I’d love to get my hands on these tracks, since they clearly had each singer do the entire thing. I’d love to hear each.

[@mioszbartosiewicz4378]

There is to little Rob Halford :/

[@phillipfry9765]

Meniketti shouldve done the whole intro haha

[@goldenhill]

Thanks for sharing and rock on people.

[@BobPadilla-r2i]

All these guys are amazing

[@randyman4075]

all are first class singers .. i love Kevin too ..his voice would have been perfect for ACDC

[@LedKashmir]

Dio and Halford!! My absolute favorites!! 🤘🏻❤️🔥

[@playinguitarful]

Geoff Tate sounded the best but they were all great

[@CarlyFloq]

Perfection! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@alvarodominguez2239]

Love the reaction of Dio about Tate... "it's right"

[@jeffufcfanaticrosenberg]

I live in Cali and they were a local band. in the 80s they played gigs all over the Bay Area. was hella kul

[@dcummings4834]

His parents owned a music store in Oakland. When my daughter was in middle school we rented a flute for her to play in the school band. I had to go there every month to pay the rent. He was in there a lot but I was too shy to talk to him!

[@5150vhnd]

Ronnie RULES!!

[@Djtmanga]

Spinal tap is my favorite movie and my favorite music i really owned it very good

[@jondoeami]

It's mindblowingly insane how many of the most talented rockers were gathered all in one place thanks to Dio. Geoff Tate was insanely powerful, probably the best in that time even among that insane talent pool.

[@lynyrddeville]

There's a whole lotta money lines on this song. Very cool!

[@jeffufcfanaticrosenberg]

kevin dubrow ! how sad ! gone too soon like Ronnie

[@metalinl-a1128]

Dubrow said in an interview. I started late with the ya yo. It took him out at 52 years old. Sucks. FIRST BAND TO GET SIGNED OUT OF L.A AFTER HALEN

[@davidmcglusky1810]

The best of the best

[@M4RC0_RD]

No way man Geoff Tate kills any voice!

[@giovannisitipervendere]

Geoff supremacy

[@BluesJammer69]

some good stuff right there!

[@mikenekozukin1405]

Geoff Tate ！

[@johncates812]

Shortino is an idiot but man ..... i became a fan. Also, Geoff the only artist they played without music in the background ..... pretty amazing.

[@ukguitarnoodle]

"I've got pipes I haven't used yet "

[@TimCarter]

I would love to hear all of the masters from this session.

[@jeffersonbfbf]

Don Dokken awesome voice!

[@p0rkjell0]

Tate Killed It....

[@Polentaccio]

lol amazing what effects, compression, and mic pre's do for below average weak voices. Studio magic! Ronnie's got the real pipes though! beast

[@flassk7]

No one can touch Halford when it comes to screams.

[@onizgr77]

and King Diamond

[@lrn_news9171]

Juggernaut Not true. There are plenty of singers who screamed like that, listen to Midnight from Crimson Glory.

[@lrn_news9171]

Hector Barbossa Not Serious?

[@cosplayboundlive]

Screams maybe.. But Tate was untouchable when it came to singing back then.

[@goncalobaia1574]

@@cosplayboundlive tate was such a beast man it's sad he cant sing like that anymore, he could ve done so much good stuff

[@dimitryos5254]

Dio approves the work. This ain't nobody else's prerogative.

[@spaceavenger54]

You guys can say or pick whoever you want, but if I had to pick Halford, Dio, Tate , or Meneketi for my band just based on this, I don't think I could make up my mind.

[@brokenteethalbumreviews5388]

Halford was a beast in this

[@glw2]

Dubrow! I miss him too!

[@coltonmoore4716]

Great song Did anyone else notice don dokken haveing a blunt during his interview He did look smashed

[@elculiaodelosjudaspriest]

Simplemente épico gente

[@LUCHOALF]

King Dios del metal forever 🌈🎸⭐🌞💜♥️