Surprising Reaction To Rainbow - Kill The King

[@philipmulcahy7234]

The first three Rainbow albums feature Dio, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Rainbow Rising and Long Live Rock n Roll, three of the greatest rock albums ever recorded.

[@jerrywoods4066]

Machinehead burn

[@lionelalias4561]

Thanx Martin Birch for the fuckin' sound !

[@timpearson2912]

Cozy Powell one of the best drummers ever.RIP

[@ronalda.saname396]

Yes, Mr. Powell after John Bonham greatest drummer ever.

[@ronalda.saname396]

Yes.

[@salvatoretotoriina9523]

@@ronalda.saname396 no,Powell numero 1

[@jerrywoods4066]

@@ronalda.saname396 Ian paice cozy powell neil peart

[@jerrywoods4066]

@@salvatoretotoriina9523 Ian paice 1,cozy2

[@patricecallahan8028]

You gotta hear Rainbow Stargazer. Its EPIC!!

[@tommillsap7120]

Best rock song ever recorded!

[@reclaimthestage]

Ritchie Blackmore is my favorite guitarist! The man was/is and innovator. And of course, Dio and Cozy slay! Fun fact, this song is literally about playing chess.

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

Hahhahahaha...Aaahhhhhh.... Kill the king! LOL!!!!! hahahahahaha

[@valdivia1234567]

Yes! I always thought he was amazing. This whole band had so much talent.

[@shauno6799]

Umm, I think it has far reaching cryptic meanings more so than playing chess!

[@reclaimthestage]

Shaun Smith Well yeah, all Dio lyrics are riddled with metaphors and similes.This song is no different. However, the lyrics are clearly riddled with multiple chess references. I suppose I should have initially said it was “inspired” by the game of chess. Cheers.

[@M.Never.]

@@reclaimthestage I've read that a lot and also that Dio himself claimed it was a about a game of chess, but I've never been able to find the actual quote. Would be trademark cryptic Dio lyrics, of course. And makes sense as the Queen's doing the killing. Remember when in the Tenacious D movie Jack Black took 10 years to arrive at the right Hollywood because he failed to decipher Dio's cryptic directions?

[@Jbsutt]

ive always thought this was the most underrated riff of all time. my favorite song ever

[@billphelan1199]

Damn right!

[@glpf5]

If you want killer drums, base, off the wall guitar and Ronnie at his best it's "mistreated" by Rainbow, Live in Munich. Thanks for the video, love to see younger folks recognizing great music and talent!

[@CH-ho5vr]

Do Rainbow - A Light In The Black.

[@Bushanie24]

nice

[@chrisstratton4569]

This entire album is pure fire. It can be considered the prelude to "Black Purple". Dio took away a lot of lessons from Blackmore when he moved on to Sabbath, and it shows on the inestimable Heaven and Hell record. Ironically Ian Gillan would take up the vocal reins for Sabbath when Dio exited, before reuniting with Blackmore and reforming Deep Purple. This song is very much a Blackmore song with Dio singing. Check out Gates of Babylon for a Dio song with Blackmore on guitar.

[@mojoriot2293]

Gillan wasn't the best voice for Sabbath, but they had some great jams..."Zero the Hero" is probably my favorite. Unfortunately when I hear Gillan's Sabbath songs, it just sounds like Deep Purple to me. I still like it, just doesn't have that Sabbath 'creepiness?' 'darkness?' IDK, just not the same...imo. 🤘😬

[@ben1ben]

Ritchie Blackmore on Guitar, Cozy Powell on Drums and young Dio on lead vocals what more do you want. Rainbow is so freakin good and this is one of my favorite songs, I never expected someone to request this wow. I try to play this on drums everyday because its like an exercise for double bass drumming. Cozy Powell is an amazing Metal Drummer but very underrated RIP Cozy and Dio. Check out Stargazer by Rainbow. A Light in the black is the continuation for Stargazers story so it would be good reacting to both.

[@josephbarr1659]

I agree. If you're going to react to Stargazer, might as well play the following track (Light in the Black) and get the rest of the story. Good call!!

[@ronalda.saname396]

After John Bonham, Cozy Powell my favorite drummer RIP Mr. Powell.

[@wiz9496]

Check out The Man on the Silver Mountain or Stargazer. RJD at his best.

[@mojoriot2293]

Silver Mountain! Hells yeah! Ahh shit...now that song is gonna be stuck in my head for days! That song, & Rainbow in the Dark, always get stuck in my head, even just hearing the title! Guess that's a sign of a good song...Or a terrible ear worm. In this case it's the former, lol. (*for me, anyway) 🤘😁

[@johnsherman4035]

This is best line-up from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. Funny you mention British Rock but only Ritchie and Cozy were British on this LP. Ronnie was American, Bob Daisly an Aussie and David Stone a Canadian. Anyway, Ritchie has been influencing guitarists for 5 generations. He co-founded Deep Purple another Iconic band with incredible Singers. Ian Gillan especially. Check out Child in Time 👍 Ritchie's solo here is incredible too btw.

[@hansvandenbroek835]

All songs from Rainbow On stage, their legendary live album with RJD on vocals are super. Super quality. Personal favorite "Sixteenth Century Green Sleeves".

[@serp9425]

Kill the king - the beginning of the power metal era

[@velistanisic7486]

I was about 10 years old when Rainbows first album came out. My older brother played it and I was hooked straight away. Another great song from the album is Gates of Babylon.

[@MartinArscott1]

Gates of Babylon is awesome!

[@MikeGTR]

Rainbow - Man on the Silver Mountain is a must!

[@catgonz]

Ritche Blackmore left Deep Purple and formed Rainbow in 1975, Ronnie Dio was there first singer, he left after 3 albums, fronted Black Sabbath for a while then went out on his own in the early 80's, he would play with Black Sabbath from time to time. Rainbow would have 2 more singers and some very successful yet more commerical hits.

[@DanJackson1977]

STARGAZER by Rainbow. One of Dios finest moments. He was in Rainbow just before he joined Black Sabbath.

[@stantonvalberg9814]

Blackmore, Dio, Powell - Godlike talent. The golden age of rock, and old school metal.

[@gmac6503]

Horray! Glad you found Ritchie and Rainbow. I've been following them since the beginning. Lots of stuff they did. Dio is a vocal god as Ritchie is also as is Cozy as is...=they all are! Great Reaction.

[@fzoulcmbyl2134]

You can go back even more with Ronnie, if you want some good ol' southern Georgia/Carolina dixie blues rock, the band Elf has some pretty good tunes and Dio's voice is amazing as always.

[@wiz9496]

Before he was in Electric Elves he was in Vegas Kings. They debuted in 1958! Ronnie played bass guitar.

[@fzoulcmbyl2134]

Ya, I have those songs but I was just trying to stay in the "rock n roll" genre, those 50-60's songs are good but very different music.

[@josephbarr1659]

Someone on another reaction video (another channel) made the point that Rainbow's original lineup was basically the band Elf, but with Blackmore taking over on lead guitar. Is that true?? I haven't had time to look it up.

[@M.Never.]

@@josephbarr1659 Yes, that's correct. Dio said he made it a point that if this was going to happen, it would be his band plus Blackmore.

[@markmilner842]

Man, you’ve got to check out Stargazer, Gates of Babylon, Man On the Silver Mountain.... such a great band.

[@Scott-tq9vo]

Stargazer! Period.

[@shmick6079]

Dio’s work in Rainbow is his best imo. The partnership with Blackmore was perfect.

[@jasonrichardson1208]

I love Blackmore's solos but for heavy riffs IOMMI all day!!

[@s22ad]

React to more Rainbow! The early stuff with RJD is the best although they became more pop-sounding because Ritchie wanted to sell more records, which is why Dio left the band. Originally, I think Ritchie was touring with Deep Purple when they had a support act called Elf, Dio was the singer of Elf. They both liked songs about wizards and magic and castles and fantasy stuff and Ritchie was fighting with Ian Gillan, the singer of DP, a lot. So Ritchie left and formed Rainbow with RJD, the whole band of Elf minus the guitarist became Rainbow. I'd recommend listening to Man On The Silver Mountain, probably Rainbow's answer to Smoke On The Water riff-wise. It's more neoclassical than rock, but thats what Rainbow was about for the first few years.

[@buckshroyer5665]

“Catch the Rainbow” may be Blackmore and Dios finest piece....🤔

[@jalkabre5904]

Love that song, my ultimate Chill song.

[@ganuv]

Rainbow belonged to Ritchie Blackmore one of the greatest guitarists ever , and he was the one that gave dio his first big brake after leaving deep purple in 1974. This whole album is amazing! Long live rock n roll , which was their second album, first one was also very good which was called Richie Blackmore‘s rainbow

[@jasoncoburn8166]

I could be lemmys mole...we have the same music taste ! Rainbow ...L.a. connection

[@Lemmys_Mole]

Well Jason, funny you said that...it's also one of my favourites & it's on my request list 😀 🤘

[@josephbarr1659]

LA Connection is another great song! I concur!!

[@jeffbriggs3226]

I've been listening to it for 40 years and I never realized this, but it does have an iron maiden like sound to it. Good call! Surely they were an influence on Iron Maiden

[@WoodhavenFoods]

I was so waiting for your reaction when you found out it was Dio, epic! Yea, the song Stargazer is a MUST!

[@jonathanlundeen8954]

Rainbow was basically a supergroup...Dio, Blackmore,cozy Powell.Next try Man on the silver mountain.

[@maksphoto78]

Ronnie is a legend. He started with a folk rock band called Elf, then Rainbow, then got inited to Black Sabbath.

[@RushfanUK]

Without Blackmore Dio would never have got to where he did, Elf as a band were going nowhere, only two albums in 7 years at a time when bands had to sell records to keep going and without record company support they would never break big, Elf had toured with Deep Purple but were never going to crack the big time, Rainbow put Dio on the international stage and led to his future success, you have to think that at the time nobody went to see Rainbow live because of Dio, they went because it was Ritchie Blackmore one of the greatest rock guitarists of the time.

[@DanJackson1977]

Really wanna get your mind blown.. check out his stuff from the late 1950s and early 60s.. like Ronnie Dio and the Red Caps, or Ronnie Dio and the Prophets. Dio was doing his thing at the birth of Rock n Roll.

[@20kingsize]

Excellent reaction to an tremendous line-up of musicans! Superb rock music - you need to know about Light In The Black too!! ;-)

[@cookie13lu]

Well my absolute favorite song of Rainbow is "Catch the Rainbow" from the Live "On Stage" record. A 15 Minutes pure masterpiece but that said all the tracks on this album are killer. Take your pick.

[@keefmack]

One of the best heavy rock songs ever recorded!

[@megarocks911]

Lol yep good ol DIO, great reaction my friend ❤️.

[@robsco1249]

Genial Riff and solos by Blackmore. Ritchie Is the King...think what would have been the hard rock world without him...no Purple, no Rainbow, no Dio etc. etc.

[@SuperGanelon]

Anything with Dio in it is instant classic status.

[@leeb.9905]

Blackmore is in a class by himself! You will never hear him miss a note.

[@M.Never.]

Wasn't this also the album with the incident with Baal? They recorded that in an old castle near Paris, which had once belonged to French composer Chopin. IIRC the castle was rumored to be haunted and Blackmore and Dio, who were into spiritism at that time, held séances there. After a time Blackmore conjured an evil spirit who claimed to be Baal and proceeded to cause all kinds of chaos during the recordings. Not all of it was funny, as Wendy Dio got pushed down a stairwell. Story as I remember is they went to a local priest asking for help, but he threw them out of his house. I think on the album cover there's even a note referring to Baal. Man, there were some proper soap operas going on with Rainbow (and Sabbath!) back in the day, I'm telling you!

[@gerryboyd178]

Rainbow was Blackmores band. He and Dio put together 3 great albums before Dio split. This track is from the last album they did together. With Powell on drums they had a phenomenal line up.

[@tombuchanan379]

Ritchie Blackmore discovered Dio when he opened for Purple, although his talent would have been recognized. Blackmore played with Jerry Lee Lewis as a young man and still tours to this day. Massive influence on music. Purple also is putting out new music that doesn't suck.

[@Bertilfly]

RJDs first band “Elf” opened for Deep Purple on a tour in the mid 70’s. Blackmore quit DP and formed Rainbow, hiring all of Elf except the guitar player. This album came out after a few lineup changes, notably with the late great Cozy Powell on drums. Dio subsequently left for Sabbath once Ozzy was fired, then started his own gig once that stint ended.Great job...keep ‘em coming.

[@Krenorg]

Actually this is from 1978 and the band's name is: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. DIO (R.I.P.) is one of my all time heroes, however there is another dude from Blackomre's history of bandmates, who does indeed worth checking. Ian Gillan. Space truckin' (Live from "Made in Japan" is something you do not hear anywhere else. Ever.), or "Woman from Tokyo" are both something special.

[@williambaucum3318]

If you enjoyed Kill the King please try the epic Stargazer. This was from the era before Black Sabbath or solo music around 1976.

[@jasonrichardson1208]

Fuck yes!! Great reaction! Check out LADY OF THE LAKE by Rainbow....killer riff, Dio on vocals..what more do you want? 🤟😎

[@SylviusTheMad]

In the early 70s, Ronnie Dio was in a country rock band called Elf. Elf opened for Purple in 1972 and 1974, and Ronnie's voice impressed everyone in Purple. Roger Glover hired him to sing on a side project he did called The Butterfly Ball, and when Ritche left Deep Purple he hired the entire lineup of Elf (minus their guitar player) to perform on what he called "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow". As soon as that album was recored, Ritchie fired everyone in the band except Ronnie, replaced them with British musicians, and then they toured and recorded two more studio albums (and one incredible live album). It was after Ronnie left Rainbow that he got the offer to replace Ozzy in Black Sabbath.

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

Another great Rainbow song, I LOVE that solo section, especially with those hits in there, not to mention that double bassdrum stuff.

[@serp9425]

Man your recent song choices are soooo goood!

[@neilhunter8262]

Having seen a few of your reactions now, I was waiting for you to twig that it was Ronnie singing. You're forgiven by the fact that it's overdubbed. What you need to discover is that Rainbow was a supergroup mixing Dio with Cozy Powell, one of history's best rock drummers, and the world's greatest improvising rock guitarist, Richie Blackmore. As with almost all of these types of bands, the songs re written to be performed, and are at their best when live. The 1976 Germany version is sublime. Now you HAVE to go and listen to the only song better in the studio, because they couldn't get the orchestra on tour - Stargazer.

[@ChuckJansenII]

Best timeline from memory. Dio was in: Ronnie and the Red Caps (1958-1960) Ronnie Dio and the Prophets (1962-1967) highlight Love Potion No. 9 (1964) cover highlight Dio at Domino's (1963) LP. Yes that Domino's live The Electric Elves (1967) The Elves (1969-1971) Elf (1972-1975) Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) Founded by Ritchie Blackmore. Rainbow (1976-1978) Black Sabbath (1980-1982) Dio (1983-2004) Black Sabbath (1992) Heaven and Hell (2006-2008)

[@Wild1BillS]

STARGAZER is EPIC and the fact its been more then 1.5 years since you posted this video and have not checked out Stargazer or Gates of Babylon is a crime.

[@jalkabre5904]

He did a multi-song stream that started off with Stargazer and ended with the live version of "Mistreated". Check again for a Rainbow reaction on his channel

[@josephbarr1659]

YESSSSSS!!!!! Welcome to the world of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow! This was Ronnie James Dio's first breakout band. As you already guessed, Dio went on from Rainbow to Black Sabbath. You are going to LOVE reacting to Rainbow. Just be aware that Rainbow after Dio's departure sounds way different as the band sought a more mainstream sound at that point. As many have already referenced by now, Stargazer is one of their most epic songs, along with The Gates of Babylon. I've been digging a lot of old Rainbow lately, and one song that has just impressed the hell out of me is a live version of the song "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves" Live in Munich 1977. ! I am so glad that you have stumbled onto Dio Rainbow! You're going to love it! ❤️👍😎

[@M.Never.]

Live in Munich, the whole album is incredible. This was a very special night, as Blackmore was in jail in Vienna for getting into a brawl with a security man when the show was supposed to begin. They finally got him out but it was already past midnight when he arrived in Munich. The audience were offered a refund in case they chose to leave, or else wait until God knows when they would be able to begin the show. It wasn't a big venue and in the end I think I read about 700 stayed. Hence Ronnie thanking the audience like 32 times for being still there :)

[@josephbarr1659]

@@M.Never. Ok, first Thank You for pointing out that Live in Munich is an album as I will now be acquiring this for my collection. I had seen a couple videos from this show on KZbin is all. I will say that the band looks like they are all really having a great time on stage, and enjoying themselves. Also, the fact that Dio is thanking the fans is 💯% consistent with everything I know and have heard about the man. He loved his fans, and was always so gracious to meet them, sign autographs, etc. Thanks for sharing the fascinating back story about this show. I'ma definitely enjoy this album!!

[@M.Never.]

@@josephbarr1659 It's actually a DVD, and there are more releases from this Germany tour, all published in 2006. See here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_discography#Live_albums

[@capoditutticapos19]

dio, blackmore, bain and cozy powell. monster lineup.

[@reverendriff5597]

You'll find that the British rock and metal scene of the 70s 80s & 90s was a bunch of the same guys switching lineups in bands. there is so much crossover with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Deep Purple and several other bands.

[@garytallentire8746]

Am up at 5.30am today and the energy in the song has just woken the fuck outta me. Cozy Powell on drums Absolute legend

[@TheMinster1960]

Stargazer is THE Rainbow track to check out. Epic. As for Ronnie James Dio, he was in a band called Elf which opened for Deep Purple from time to time. In 1975, when Ritchie Blackmore decided to leave Deep Purple and form his own band he remembered Ronnie and ended up using Elf (minus that band's guitarist) as the original lineup for Rainbow. Ritchie later replaced the musicians from Elf with other players, but he kept Ronnie. Dio sang on the first three Rainbow albums before moving on to sing for Black Sabbath in the early 80s.

[@davidmcglone7442]

Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple - Rainbow was his band and he discovered Dio singing for support act.

[@xirknight]

Dio era rainbow is incredible music

[@michaelkogut7661]

This is his best band

[@drew65sep]

Lol...wondered when it was gonna hit ya and the lightbulb come on...iconic band, iconic LP. A "super group" long before anybody coined the term. "Man On The Silver Mountain, Long Live Rock n Roll, L.A. Connection, Gates of Babylon." Nastiness...

[@WojtekB11]

Deep Purple: Child in time, hard lovin' man, Black night, Perfect Strangers

[@ponytrekker9315]

This is Ritchie Blackmores rainbow..he discovered dio after Blackmore left purple.dio and his band elf was supporting and touring with deep purple on there 1974 tour and that was the beginning of Mr. Ronnie James Dio.. Blackmore is also the person who discovered David Coverdale of whitesnake fame along with Jon lord & Ian paice of course.

[@DukeEnlil]

Rainbow with Dio is tje best! Also I like Rainbow with Doogie White(also great singer but underrated)

[@ozzyvaldez1265]

Ritchie Blackmore s band Dio was unknown, from a band called elf They supported deep purple in 74 Ritchie asked him to sing on the first album the rest is history

[@raymondking214]

Rainbow, though short lived, was EPIC!

[@Dirkschneider]

Cozy Powell's drumming really put this song in high gear.

[@thomasbianchino3116]

Finally!! RJD Rainbow! Gotta do Stargazer, Gates of Babylon, and the title track Long Live Rock and Roll!

[@tenchmagic]

A classic album , and great track. Ritchie kills on this , RJD is epic too. But Cozy Powell is driving this all the way with that famous double bass drum , and Jimmy Bain is right on it. Lucky enough to have seen them on this tour with the famous 🌈 light show. Really holds its own even after all this time. Man , 77 was a great year for music !!

[@vincepalumbo3424]

King Diamond... give me your soul Saint Vitus ... dying inside... born to late You’re welcome 🤘🤘🤘

[@Valrae69]

For me without a doubt the Best Rainbow!!!!!

[@mojoriot2293]

Hahaha! Dude...I was watching, & waiting for you to figure out who was singing! I actually saw the moment when the gears started turing, & realized you knew the voice. I was hoping you'd hang in there & try to figure it out, but it was a great reaction nonetheless! I got a couple RJD songs for you, from different bands/solo. But I have a different idea for my next patreon request. First, a question... Instead of doing a 6-7 min song, would you do a 'double-shot' of two 3/3.5 min songs? I have 2 ideas: A double-shot of Rob Zombie? Or, 2 short 'hair band' songs, possibly power ballads? The power ballads I have in mind would go well with your new RATT video. I'll put em up on Patreon later...Catch ya next jam! 🤘😁

[@Thorgrim247]

A super group from the 70's. This is the band that put RJD on the map. 40 years ago this was cutting edge heavy rock music by some of the masters. The beginning of neo-classical metal music.

[@TNT-dp2jq]

You should check out Dio’s song Last in Line. RJD has an incredible voice.

[@mojoriot2293]

He did a reaction to that a cpl weeks ago...It was my request! Check it out!🤘😁

[@williamhartman5977]

Megadeth..."Kill the King"

[@MasterTapes1960]

Bad ass Richie Blackmore

[@MRBrien77]

One of my top 5 favorite Rainbow songs

[@pookiemartinez3909]

Killer. A Light In The Black - Rainbow. Stargazer.

[@insufferablethrashelitist9305]

Dio was in Rainbow before Sabbath. I've always liked man on a silver mountain a lot. Also, check our highway star by deep purple.

[@glyngasson8450]

The brilliant Cozy Powell on drums

[@shauno6799]

T! You need to listen to the original Budgie version of Breadfan! Not the Metallica version. If you want to see a band playing metal riffs before metal riffs were a thing!

[@comet1066]

Ha! Great reaction to a great song!

[@stevensmith6019]

I envy this guy hearing this song for the first time. I think I might have collapsed first time I heard it.

[@Andy-kw5nw]

This is the true first Heavy Metal song!

[@wgrace451]

I was a young teen when I first started getting into rainbow soon after this album came out and I had a very similar reaction to this song from the first time I heard it. Just something about that high energy yet very clean sounding mix of Blackmore's guitar cozy drums, bass, and of course Dio's stellar vocals. Another reason for this great sound is the production by Martin Birch. I think Martin Birch worked with bands like rainbow and iron maiden and one thing is in common is that they really have outstanding sound and mixing quality just about every album they have put out. They're probably been many albums that did not make it as well as they could have due to poorr production and sound mixing.

[@pookiemartinez3909]

Deep Purple - Highway Star and Space Truckin live in Japan. Hard Lovin Man, Speed King, Into the Fire, Flight of the Rat, Child In Time, Fireball, Fools.

[@jimilove7773]

Thanks, GAtes of Bayblon......from same album imo their masterpiece! Cozy Powell my fav drummer!

[@joykeebler1916]

Most people don't realize, that Ronny James Dio, was very serious with his song-writing. These were not just stage/shock lyrics.

[@allaboutshine]

I would like to see and you and your wife reaction to Queen in 1985 at live aid i saw it live how Freddy Mercury takes control of the entire audience it totally turn them into one hugh voice its amazing ..I just joined your channel love your reactions especially to thunderstruck

[@HansStoroy]

Rainbow was before Black Sabbath. So many good songs...Star Gazer, Tarot Woman....I’m sure there will be tons in the comments.

[@keano7800]

One of my favourite Rainbow songs. Loved their albums with Dio. After that, not so much

[@Hans_Schwach]

One of my favourite songs 🤘How about "Tarot woman"?) Or "All night long" (this one is with Graham Bonnet as frontman)?

[@davepiper7823]

"Don't know about your brain but you look alright"My favourite line in a song ever,period.🤪🤪

[@petertapola8097]

Imagine a guy who was in Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio...

[@Bluedruid13]

In the progression of Ronnie James Dio along the lines of heavy metal ( he was in a few bands before this era) He started in Elf that eventually toured with Deep Purple. When the guitarist Richie Blackmore left Deep Purple he started Rainbow and had to have Ronnie. Dio joined him along with a few other members of Elf. After 3 studio albums and a Live album there was a falling out between Dio and Blackmore. So Dio left. After Black Sabbath had their break up with Ozzy the only choice was Dio to front them. He was there for 2 studio albums and one live album. Again there was a falling out so Dio left and started his own band, DIO. They made like 10 studio albums and a few live albums. In the early 90s there was an attempt at patching things with Black Sabbath and that did produce the Black Sabbath Dehumanizer album. Eventually there was a working relationship with Dio and Black Sabbath starting in the early 2000s that remained until Dio's death in 2010. The patch up with them was so much that they called that project Heaven and Hell so that it wasn't Dio or Black Sabbath but friends working together. In all of these bands Dio always brought members of previous bands with him and worked with a lot of the same people through out his carrier.

[@jeremydubin858]

Haha! It's not Dio's side project. It's the band that gave him his break!

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

Hahahahaha…. This was before I knew who any of these guys were. Lol

[@RushfanUK]

Without Blackmore Dio would have never got to where he did.

[@manolispsarros9522]

This is the initiation of medieval rock created by Dio and Richie.

[@zarkruzam3090]

Dude you gotta check out the live 1977 version of this, it's here on youtube, badass!

[@ledgm108]

I think you've heard them before, no? Stargazer? If not then you must do Stargazer. Another critically underated band is Elf, the band Dio was in before Rainbow. Elf- Nevermore

[@mojoriot2293]

It's kinda odd to me, but RJD Sang for RAINBOW, & has a hit solo song called "RAINBOW IN THE DARK." Anyone think there's a connection? Or am I just reaching? My bets on the latter. Lol.

[@bhobo09]

RJD Cozy Powell and Ritchie Blackmore! Three masters!