Platinum Ganster Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Dio - Holy Diver

[@dionnedevillierssmith9582]

It’s Ronnie James Dio, and his band was called Dio. He was a master.

[@davefletch3063]

He was truly great

[@RichFrye]

Elf came before Rainbow, which came before he split from there and formed DIO... about the same era as he replaced Ozzy in Black Sabbath as well

[@JackXombi]

He should totally check out Rainbow in the Dark.

[@stevesauck7001]

@@RichFrye Loved him in Rainbow, and Never More by Elf I think is a great song.

[@billyoliver4000]

Prior to his solo career RJD was the lead vocalist for Rainbow (as well as Black Sabbath). You definitely should check out Stargazer. You won't be sorry!

[@terrymills810]

The singer is Ronnie James Dio. He was already famous when he left Black Sabbath to form his band Dio. He also sang for another legendary guitar player Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple fame in a group called Rainbow. My favorite DIO song is "Rainbow in the Dark". My favorite Dio Black Sabbath song is "Heaven and Hell". My favorite Dio Rainbow song is "Man on the Silver Mountain"

[@ChrisSmith-bz1gl]

Last in Line is a DIO banger.

[@purplebeard1526]

He fronted Elf and Rainbow before his Dio era. I love his Dio albums. He also did 2 albums with Black Sabbath after Ozzy left. Him and Black Sabbath are great together!

[@49schrader]

He actually did 3 Black Sabbath albums. Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules, and Dehumanizer., 4 if you consider the album they did as Heaven and Hell, which is basically BS, with a different drummer.

[@imweakfordeaky]

Even before he did Elf and Rainbow, he was the lead singer of a DOO-WOP group ! Ronnie Dio and the Red Caps, 1961 “An Angel is Missing” kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6ibfoiKZZWUgZIsi=S5n3FIqjsB_Z7vRy

[@purplebeard1526]

@49schrader was 3 in a row? Forgot about Heaven and He'll. I don't have their catalog fully memorized, I just have ozzy hits double cd and the dio hits cd from sabbath.

[@Gunderson105]

@@imweakfordeaky He also played trumpet on the 1963 hit by The Angels: "My Boyfriend's Back".

[@ismnotwasm1420]

God I love some Dio. One of the best vocalists in Rock and Roll.

[@nielgregory108]

A remarkable man with a voice much larger than he should have had.

[@jasoncoburn8166]

Checkout heaven and hell by black sabbath with Dio singing .. classic metal song

[@maryannerazzano7692]

Yes ! Which live show ? Can't remember the year - the 80s tho

[@PrestonH-q5w]

Behold the power of DIO!!

[@jeffs.7412]

The man on the silver mountain..

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

His voice was so distinct and powerful!!🤘🤘

[@jburt779]

I remember the debut. Gave me chills back then too. Does anyone else remember Friday Night Videos, from before MTV?

[@Will_Wel]

I do!!!! :))

[@gregheath8106]

Need to react to Stargazer by Rainbow.. Ronnie James Dio sang on that song and is incredible.

[@markpyle3710]

Cheesy Video, Masterful Song. My all time favorite Singer. RIP "Ronnie"😅

[@CarolinaNC316]

Great choice K.K. But one I really love by Dio that you need to check out is Caught in the Middle 😊. Also mystery, don' t talk to strangers

[@dillonsronce2583]

Ronnie's grandma did teach him that sign, she is/Sicilian and she told him that sign was used all over Italy and Sicily to keep demons away.

[@maryannerazzano7692]

It is. It's called Mallochio . My grandmother was from Naples

[@bookman7409]

From what I've read, it extended beyond Italy, going way back. Generically, it's "the sign of the horns", but I can't place the origin. Maybe Mithraism?

[@nancymjohnson]

Dio accidentally broke my nose at a party once. He tried to get me to go to the hospital, but I told him I wanted to keep that knot on my nose, cuz it was from him! Such a wonderful man. I’m 5’4”, and his forehead hit my nose. He was small is stature, but huge in talent!! ☮️❤️😎🎼 PS- ask Black Pegasus to stop taking song lyrics so literally lol. He takes all the fun out of it! Peace! PSS-have you done anything from YES? My favorite, as well as Alice In Chains

[@ryanr5319]

Yes is fav after Zep. Musicians appreciate, if not like. Heh

[@thomaswest7746]

I saw him twice, once with Rainbow, once, DIO, solo

[@Stefnmaddy]

Same waaaay back in the day. I love watching people discover him for the first time.

[@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra]

Possibly, the top "bar" ever spit! (definitely one of the top 5, of all time!): "Between the velvet lies there's a truth that's hard a steel!" 🤘🤘 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jeffreyhamlin2971]

I have a great memory of going to see Ronnie James Dio back in the the late 80's. He is my top favorite artist from my youth. I was front row with my girl inside the security guards in front of the stage. I remember Dio from Black Sabbath , Rainbow and his solo music. You are missed greatly RJD RIP. Peace i..i, Sidenote go watch the Killswitch Engage version of Holy Diver. The video is great with a little humor in it.

[@DianaMiceli-Billingsley-kj4ln]

Oh hell yeah, I’m pulling up for Dio! ❤

[@cadburybunny]

Such an AMAZING artist!! Glad you picked this song ... Hide in the Rainbow is another gooder too.

[@charlenehowd5263]

His grandmother used that symbol 🤘to ward off evil spirits, something that the Italian people are superstitious about. Their elderly people are very superstitious. RJD just adopted the horns and it's been a staple for every metal head worldwide. I was fortunate enough to watch Dio many times, both with Black Sabbath and on 2 solo album tours

[@troyodell3686]

Thats the beautiful thing about music if it sounds good listen to it nobody says u have to stick to one genre i love all types of music and i think this channel is amazing because u are not genre specific! One of the best reaction channels out there awesome job!

[@xXxJSHxXx]

Ronnie James Dio One of the best vocalists . a real Master And he who got the whole Metal world to use the little finger and index finger extended and clenched hand It comes from him!

[@ericpeterman9332]

This is awesome you're doing this! This is one of those songs that I don't care who you are, you will like the song and you will not be able to get the hook chorus out of your head!

[@troyodell3686]

What u have here is a master at work! I love that u are doing Dio he is incredibly talented one of my favorite! I had the honor of seeing him live and it was so good! I love what u do as well great channel!

[@DianaMiceli-Billingsley-kj4ln]

I’m half Sicilian and that sign is not supposed to be evil.

[@maryannerazzano7692]

No , it wards off evil. It's called Malochio ( spelling may be off ) .

[@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra]

Your "Ronnie James Dio crash course"😛😜: R.J.D. began his career in upstate N.Y. (in similar environs to where Lou Gramm [vocalist from Foreigner] grew-up and made his first inroads. Excepting that: Lou was more from the Rochester area and Ronnie was slightly-more "mid-state"). Dio's first successful/"break-out" band was actually: Elf (from upstate N.Y.) This is also where he altered his name from Ronald Padavona to: Ronnie James Dio ["Dio" being the Italian term for "God" or "Godlike"]. Dio also played bass (for certain periods) in Elf, but at a certain point he decided to begin concentrating purely on vocals, as his instrument. Elf recorded 3 primarily unsuccessful albums. During this time, the band also toured the U.S. and at some point signed with Deep Purple's management. they also opened dates on the Machine Head tour for Deep Purple (as well as, later, also, when D.P. was touring on the back of: the Made In Japan live releases). After [guitarist] Ritchie Blackmore departed Deep Purple (mid-1975), he, basically, "absorbed" Elf and created the band: Rainbow [initially referred to as: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]. {The band was named after the famed: Rainbow Bar & Grill, which was (and remains, I believe) a long-time, legendary and much beloved hang-out for rockers, in L.A. [including the infamous: Hollywood Vampires (NOT the group of folks treading on and off stages, in recent years, using that legendary name [because one of the former members is in that line-up] but the original "drinking club" which had many, many famed (and behaviorally "insane" at the time!) members.]). The first Rainbow album is: Ritchie Blackmore with Elf. By the time the recording of the 2nd album [Rising] came around, Blackmore had fired/released everyone from, Elf, save for vocalist: Ronnie James Dio. Blackmore put together the strongest (and most legendary!) line-up of: Rainbow Ronnie James Dio: lead vocals Cozy Powell: drums and percussion Tony Carey: keyboards, vocals Jimmy Bain: bass guitar [Jimmy was an old friend of Ritchie's, from England] and (of course): Ritchie Blackmore: guitars Following: RISING, Dio did one more album with Rainbow. the album was strong and the tour did well, but Dio had a need to move on. After Dio left, Blackmore, attempted to continue with vocalist: Graham Bonnett. The more pop-rock direction pursued by Rainbow at that point produced a successful single, but within a year-or-so, Blackmore basically, folded the band [It would get "rebooted" with a new line-up and vocalist: Joe Lynn Turner (from the New Jersey band: Fandango) in the early-to-mid-ish '80s ]. Near the time that Dio left Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne got fired from Black Sabbath (and the band was falling apart). Geezer, Bill Ward and Iommi got their shit a little bit more together and decided they wanted to continue Sabbath. They got Ronnie James Dio to come in and at that point, the record labels were trying to promote a "Sabbath vs. Ozzy (solo)" thing. But both bands ended-up being successful and creating great music! Dio did 2 albums with Sabbath [Both wonderful!] and, then, finally got his stuff together to do a solo project. His old Rainbow bandmate Jimmy Bain joined him and Ronnie pulled Black Sabbath's "fill-in" drummer: Vinny Appice [younger brother of another legendary Rock drummer: Carmine Appice] along with him and formed: Dio. R.J.D. also acquired previously "mainly/primarily unknown" guitarist: Vivian Campbell [formerly of the NWoBHM band from Ireland: Sweet Savage[. Vivian Campbell was mainly a rhythm guitarist, but this is, really, what attracted Dio to him and Vivian became an '80s metal guitar god! [He, later, played in the "fill-in Whitesnake" live band, in '87-'88 and after the death of "Steamin'" Steve Clark 🪦😭😭😭😭 ...he became Def Leppard's second replacement guitarist (and has now been a longstanding member, for 🤷...around 30 years or so.)] Dio (band)'s debut album was: Holy Diver, which featured the song you're listening to as the title-track! Ronnie James Dio, sadly, passed away (of some form of stomach cancer😭😡) in 2010 | and the Metal community and music community, at large, still mourn his loss. 😭😭

[@snezzevp]

A little man with a huge voice. He was only 5’-4”. A rock legend!! Amazing voice. Former lead singer for Rainbow and Black Sabbath.

[@tyysubbs1703]

The funny thing to me has always been they called metal the devils music, and that sign devil horns. But that sign is to ward off demons. That's because metal is gods music. You have to have a whole lot of god given talent to play and to sing metal music and with twenty thousand fans holding up that sign at a concert, ain't no evil spirits getting in.

[@deey138]

Great song. I love your reactions. I went through your catalogue and listened to "Pressure". You blow me away

[@rickwhite8793]

For Dio its gotta be last in line mate!

[@funkmeisterB-5000]

5:22 Led Zepplin and the Stones were the first bands I recall that fired up the conservatives into calling bands devil worshippers.In spite of the boycotts and ads slamming them, all it did was make the kids love them more. Loved Dio..that power, snarly voice..should be in a book called, : "How to make your voice heavy metal perfect"

[@Desu-Desu-Chan-San]

DIO is such a legend

[@Stefnmaddy]

Oh WOW you’re going there. Mad respect because Ronnie James Dio is someone you need to know when diving into rock. He is one of one.

[@bar5radass]

So many performers at this time were that, performers. Musicians, singers, actors, performance artists, all wrapped up in one package. It was theater and it was glorious! I miss those days…

[@bitslammer]

I'm 100% in agreement about people reacting to music outside of their area. While it's always interesting to hear someone give an expert take from the inside this is much more interesting. First of all I get a real dopamine hit seeing people moved by songs I've listened to forever. Second although I may have been listingin to a song for over 40yrs people like you often call out something new and interesting I've never noticed or thought about. Really cool to see that new perspective on an older song.

[@jeffjones6221]

5' 4" of vocal dynamite!

[@RichFrye]

let Steven King write a book called The Omen, .... it sells millions of copies, then make an award winning movie out of it.... even better.... but let Iron Maiden's bass player write a song about the nightmare that movie gave him and it's suddenly evil and satanic....

[@Brumstikryder100]

First concert i ever went to was Rainbow...fell in awe of Dio...loved his stage presence, his voice, and ironically he passed away on my birthday...😢😢

[@Richie_]

Listened Dio since early 80's.. Ronnie has an amazing voice. I really like musicians of different genres reviewing the music I love.

[@danwoodard4696]

Give Last In Line a listen and some of his Black Sabbath. His Live Evil doing some Ozzy songs are really good too.

[@LikeUCare123]

Dio also was in the band called Heaven and Hell some great music. Heaven & Hell was a British-American heavy metal supergroup active from 2006 to 2010, featuring guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, vocalist Ronnie James Dio and drummer Vinny Appice.

[@justme5578]

Please also react to Dio's -Last in Line!!!!!

[@maryannerazzano7692]

Live though please !

[@erikaronska1096]

🤘RIP Ronnie🤘 Love these reactions to the music I listened to in high school! One of my favorite songs is "Heaven and Hell" when he was in Black Sabbath

[@beckiramsey9561]

Ronnie James Dio, an amazing singer/songwriter, actually quite an intelligent man! Love listening to him sing!! We have a concert video from Philadelphia, 1986. So awesome, I wish I could have seen that concert. It was for their Sacred Heart tour, I was a senior in HS that year and hadn’t even heard of him yet though.😢 Such a bummer! You should definitely do more of his music! Thanks Krizz!❤❤

[@snezzevp]

A little man with a huge voice. He was only 5’-4”. A rock legend!! Amazing voice.

[@clintmccorkle1969]

Krizz just saying bro I love the fact you are putting ur 2 cents on some rock shit bcuz honestly u r the definition of rock and roll weather it by rap singing r&b gospel KABOSH I mean cmon man....I seen u live 3 times and doesn't matter the headliners the opening act the 2 other sets involved ur always involved with damn near everything and that is amazing.....guess I should say GENIUS

[@farfromperfek]

Saw him live in 1983. He had laser battling knights and a 40ft tall fire breathing dragon which he slayed at the end of the show. Freaking awesome.

[@walterfleury3840]

One of the greatest. He had to be great taking over for Ozzy in Black Sabbath. Both iterations of Sabbath were amazing, Dio also sang in Rainbow with Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. Temple of the King, Man On The Silver Mountain, any song on that rainbow album is awesome too.

[@friendlyNemesis]

Yeah - I saw an interview with Ronnie as well. The devil horns to ward off evil. I believe the actual name is mentioned in several comments. Ronnie would use the sign at his concerts as a part of his show to 'ward off the evil'. the audience picked up on the sign and mimicked it, and then it just spread like wildfire. Of course, because it was used at so many rock, metal, and 'devil music' concerts, those not in the know started to make it about a bad sign vs a warding sign. LOL.

[@armandocardenas2999]

Gotta do Rainbows "Mistreated" that DIO fronted back in the 70's.....One of the greatest live vocals EVER.

[@billvanveghel1357]

one of the top three male vocalists in the 70's along with Freddie Mercury and Paul Rodgers...you need to check him out with Rainbow and the live version of Man On the Silver Mountain or Stargazer...keep on rockin with positivity

[@babarocus1]

This my joint!! I fuc with Dio heavy!

[@therealmciver3761]

Dude, back in 1984 when I was 14 yrs old, me and 2 buddies got a bus ticket from New Castle, Pa to Pittsburgh to see Dio's Holy Diver Tour. Twisted Sister and Accept were the opening bands.

[@bobscavone4228]

New subscriber here. Yes , you can rent anything for productions. I have seen it myself working for the studio mechanics on the Chi. Glad to be here.

[@SuperBlackheart99]

Dude, your building bridges. Don't underestimate what is happening. Right here. Right now.

[@craighill3715]

I’m a 70’s/early 80’s English rock guy. That man could sing The Cheesecake Factory menu and blow you away! Check out a live video of him with a band called Rainbow doing a song called Mistreated. The man was lungs from his knees up!😁🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@JeanineLint]

Hi Krizz, his name is *Ronnie* James Dio ... not Rodney. He named the band Dio. Before Dio, he sang for Black Sabbath when Ozzy left the band and he also sang for Rainbow. Enjoy your channel and reactions.

[@imweakfordeaky]

@@JeanineLint and before all of that, he was a doo-wop crooner in a group called Ronnie Dio and The Red Caps in 1961

[@williamreiser3118]

Rest in peace the one and only Ronnie James Dio to me he's the greatest singer in rock and roll ever he didn't need to die he was great and the band Rainbow he was great on the albums he did with Black Sabbath Indiana awesome solo career then him and members of his solo band and members of Black Sabbath formed a group called heaven and hell did an album of all new songs the album was called devil you know check it out every song is fire I met him once early 2000s I will always miss him

[@bugsyblack-ml6xx]

First time commentor, if you wanna know how versatile RJD was, then check out him as the vocalist/bassist for his 2nd group from the early 70s, called Elf . Elf was more in the vibe of Bluesly, Saloon Styled Piano based on R&B Rock ( you can actually hear the African Styled drum pattern in the song Ain't it Amusing ) 🤘

[@susanconstable2113]

Little man with the big voice! Legendary man! The devil horns are not evil at all. It’s a metal thing. Lol

[@IanDaniel-DataAnalytics]

Dio's voice was so powerful that he needed to bring his own microphone to any session, otherwise he overloads and permanently damages them. Every sound engineer rue's the day that didn't heed that warning.

[@slackywozere]

so good i named my first born son after him

[@NHindividualist]

New Hampshire's gift to rock and roll.

[@MaRoach7]

Saw RJD 3x with Rainbow, Solo(Holy Diver tour) and with Black Sabbath(Heaven And Hell tour)

[@kathleenmurphy6220]

“Last in Line” is one of my favorites.

[@michaelh3715]

Ronnie was one a little dude with a massive presence RIP Lgend

[@GeorgeSmart-b4e]

Greatest vocalist in rock and metal

[@carinnordmark6910]

Danzig - Mother 93 Live

[@donnasmith5942]

Ronnie James Dio was the best Metal Singer. And always will be!! He was a small man...but had a very strong voice!

[@robberrie677]

Another fun video... Duran Duran... Wild boys...

[@brianchacon6208]

Vivian Campbell is a great guitarist for Dio. Some of the best solos!

[@gaiavenus]

Great reaction as always ☺👍💯 another good one to check out, 40 heavy metal supergroup came together for charity and raised $3 million for famine relief in Africa that was organized but Ronnie Dio called *Stars* released 1986, great song, vocals and musicians. *Hear N' Aid - Stars [The Record] (LD MASTER) [BEST QUALITY] (1986)*

[@carinnordmark6910]

they use signs just when they hunted wizards and witches and it has two meanings, but brother on either side you have the outt

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

With roaches it’s tricky, look at the movie The Nest(1987) , the studio house they used was infested for years and when they were filming Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987) right after they had to deal with the roach problem

[@robert_5974]

I'm still wanting that rock/metal album you and Tech N9ne were doing with Dirty Wormz. The few tracks that came out of that were amazing! You can do a whole rock album and I'd be with it!

[@Shabbot]

Holy Diver is a dope venue

[@RobwLPOC]

Ronnie James Dio was known for being the small guy with a giant voice and also known for being one of the nicest people ever in the music business.

[@cmiles97x38]

The hand "horns" sign was from Dio's Italian grandmother warding off the evil eye. It was superstitious thing.

[@williamself1224]

Rip RJD! Love him

[@oldmetalheadsteve3622]

Any song by DIO is awesome, you cant go wrong, but I recommend Last In Line.

[@jbga.6178]

You need to hear DIO as frontman for Black Sabbath. A good song to check out is Lady Evil, but there are many more.

[@jimbusby8298]

As Teenager Cruz the streets bangin this one 10 🔈🔊 RJD ROCKIN 🎶🎵 🎤🎸🥁

[@jameslhota3712]

Give her the gun is another great song from Dio

[@tralph40]

I hope you could do Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath with Dio on vocals. Studio version is a must because of the detail in production. Magic brother!!!!

[@SalMaccarrone]

Exactly what it is my brotha. Theatrical

[@rammannawar1626]

Have you ever checked out queens Reich if you want to hear a powerful voice with an 4 or 5 octave you won’t be disappointed.👍👍

[@91GT347]

That hand sign wards off the evil eye. Malocchio

[@DaveMartin-h5o]

This is on my Spotify playlist

[@maryannerazzano7692]

Now do "Heaven and Hell " live with Black Sabbath when Dio was singer . It has to be live

[@michaeldalzell6670]

Love this song 🎧, but if ya get the chance, check out The Band called LILIAC. They do an amazing job of this song 🎵

[@greggdougherty8992]

You may want to react to Devo. Their version of "Working in a coal mine" is considered one of the best remakes of all times.

[@patricetemple733]

He made the horns famous but never ssid he invented it. He just is the one associated with it.

[@Ol_Blue]

If you're interested more in the symbol you mentioned, the fingers are to be pointed down and at, as you stated, to ward off evil. It was/is used more widespread toward folks if mad at someone. All according to an Italian heritage person.

[@johncarpenter3751]

The band Killswitch engaged did an amazing cover of this song and it’s quite possibly even better imo

[@JasonEtnoyer]

Ronnie James Dio was known as one of the kindest and nicest people in the world. He has so much respect from so many great people in the world! God bless him and rest in piece Ronnie!

[@ThomasStarnes-d5p]

They say Ronnie James Dio never died. He just went to another dimension to fight dragons and wizards.

[@Wyrdbard]

Great reaction 👍....but they cut the guitar solo and you got a shortened version of the song. How would you like people arbitrarily chopping up your creation and reacting to what's left? Hate that shit! 😒