Vivian Campbell on DIO's Sacred Heart Album, "Nobody wanted to be around Ronnie" + Hear N Aid, Stars

[@thevisionary2007]

Wendy = Lesser known Sharon.

[@p_e_t_e]

but they were the "fall gals". ronnie and ozzie knew what was going on and did nothing to stop it.

[@Rabbysaresaytenicpedrofiles]

the blonde muppet 100😅

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

@@p_e_t_e Then the wives were not fallgirls, they were the instigators who were enabled by P-whipped betas.

[@SpinandThrowDiscGolf]

Funt

[@robert.m4676]

But she is known so shame on both those greedy manipulative women!

[@tayzer22]

Vivian was 23, laying down some of the most iconic leads and guitar tones ever. That alone makes my head explode. I was 16 or so when Vivian was doing this; he was just a slightly older kid. What an amazing ride. He's in the Legendary Guitar Player category for sure.

[@robertfrederick4714]

Agreed

[@couchwarrior2449]

And yet in DIO, he was just a "hired hand."

[@asuperstraightpureblood]

I had no idea, yeah that part made me break eye contact with my fret board.

[@johnhagan582]

@@couchwarrior2449 but he wasn't supposed to be a hired gun in the beginning. That's the whole point .Ronnie told them at the start it was a band .and it wasn't till after they started recording the 2nd album that Viv and the others were told to just be patient that management had so much tied up in the live shows that after a 3rd record would be recorded things (the money) would start rolling in .they were told that after the first record so they were just getting strung along endlessly just making a set amount per week and no royalties came their way period and that was the double cross .then when they started bucking up with them Wendy said just replace them .same exact thing that happened in Blizzard Of Ozz Band. Sharon cut em loose when Bob .Lee .and Randy wanted record royalties that was only 2 % each for the 3 while Ozzy took 6% himself .at that time 12 % was all a band got for record sales .and at first ozzy said they would split the 12 evenly between the 4 and pay Don a set weekly fee for the tour but Bob and Randy thought since Ozzy already had a record deal they thought it would be fair to give half the 12% (6) and they were kool with 2% each. Plus splitting whatever on concert sales and Merchandise sales . But Ozzy and Sharon wouldn't even do that even though it was agreed upon ( verbally ) hell after Randy died they changed the original contracts and refused to pay Randy's family his due share so him mom sued and was awarded the money .which they still never paid wat was owed .took Bob and Lee 25 years before they got any royalties and publishing from those first two records

[@KD-nb3mp]

I never knew he was that young🤯

[@rebeccacombs8781]

Holy diver and the last in line are great albums,the guitar work is absolutely blistering on both albums, simply amazing...

[@user-tt6be2zx3h]

checkout that 1983 live in Donnington recording as well (RJD produced that before he passed) truly even more blistering live fretwork, jaw dropping talent !!

[@tazenda2P]

Sacred Heart also a great album.

[@jerrywoods4066]

Probably the best two Dio ever did on his solo career.

[@ed6911]

Yeah for sure! But I still also love Craig Goldys work in Dio.

[@tazenda2P]

@@ed6911 Yes, of course Graig is also a very nice player. I love Deam evil album too.!

[@g_man2177]

Amazing how Ronnie James Dio and Ozzy Osbourne's solo careers paralleled one another.

[@paulradice3534]

Yes but the Oz man will always rule

[@geemunney]

They were in competition with each other, with Ozzy in the lead.

[@djshad1885]

Ozzy couldnt hold a candle to Dio as a vocalist and songwriter. He was so out of it...that Bob Daisley Lee Kerslake and Randy wrote recorded the entire Diary album with Lee on vocals without Ozzy. After they were finished...they wheeled Ozzy in to replace the vocals that Lee laid down without changing anything but the voice. Lee wrote ALL of the phrasings that wasted Ozzy just sang over. What a farce he is. Demon Sharons cash cow puppet.

[@MetalSalvation]

Dio didn't sellout like Ozzy did though.

[@g_man2177]

I think people failed to realize the similarities that both Ozzy and Dio were initially wanting to be a group band and not branded as an individual artist. Also the fact that their wives were/are their managers and considered the husbands as the main star while ignoring the band.

[@JayTor2112]

Amazing how this always seems to happen when a wife gets involved with a band. Dio, Ozzy, Queensryche, The Beatles...

[@pervbate]

So true. Sounds like Wendy took the pages right out of Sharon's playbook. Love your Big Mike avatar by the way. Watch when they run him as their guy next year when crooked Joe is 25thed.

[@peterk.rosenthal1417]

Spinal Tap...

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Journey. Neal Schons wife has caused trouble last year and even Polly Sampson of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour stirred up issues attacking Roger Waters.@@peterk.rosenthal1417

[@88hh40]

Ronnie pulled the same shit with Rainbow and got himself sacked ..

[@cryptoking7093]

​@@peterk.rosenthal1417can I raise a practical question at this time?😂😂

[@anti7928]

Hear N Aid was awesome glad to have lived through it...

[@bobthebear1246]

And RJD thought of it, developed it, organized it and did most of the work to bring it to life. That is a fact.

[@TMoody]

Holy Diver, Last In Line, and Sacred Heart will go down in history as some of the best music ever captured in a studio.

[@elinino5275]

SH is t that good. Dream Evil is way better

[@chrisharris4975]

@@elinino5275 funny stuff! Goldy was but a pimple on Campbell's ass. Songs were just ok, and Craig is a decent player but the magic from the first three records was long gone.

[@freddyferrillo9704]

@@chrisharris4975 I agree. You are correct.

[@elinino5275]

@chrisharris4975 you need to listen to dream Evil with an open mind. And of you are a guitar player you will know that songs on dream Evil are more complex that anything on the first 3 Dio records. Just bcuz you have crush on Vivian doesn't make him a better guitar player. What did he do after he left Dio? NOTHING!

[@rawbarber9012]

​@@elinino5275i play guitar and can tell you that Vivian is superior to Goldy. I like Goldy but he is secondary in the Dio pantheon. Those first three Dio albums were leagues ahead musically from Dream Evil although I love Dream Evil it is more basic and generic next to the 3 masterpieces.

[@CarrigansGuitarClub]

Never knew Vivian was a big player behind the Charity single...I actually loved the Sacred heart album...plus I got to meet Vivian when I was 14 back in 1984 (he was staying at his father's holiday home in Donegal, Ireland)

[@jamescon55]

TY for the interview 1st hand. Wow, ' 85 as I was 12-13 y.o. little chyt and I vaguely "remember" the whole "Hear n Aid project" but, having NO cable TV in my home growing UP, it pretty much came and went. But, I had my 15 year older sister living in town WITH cable/MTV, whom was HUGELY responsible for turning me ON to - THAT side of the world (by recording VHS copies from MTV, Hard and Heavy and etc. videos). Really cool to hear Vivian's whole contribution to such, as we/I would never of known, really....And to hear his side of that whole EPIC, DIO band mates story from his start with great DIO till his "firing"/departure. Also makes TOTAL sense on HOW/WHAT kinda musical direction the DIO band ended UP going, as well... I bet Wendy DIO either "played piano and OR keys" OR, just REALLY liked that particular instrument or something. And, being WHAT IT IS?....MOST METAL fans, are gonna agree that for THAT kinda music, that usually? The keys do NOT work too well in that kinda music....But? Ozzy and DIO DID, use em so? Who am I to say....Lol ROCK the funk ON

[@pedraw]

I saw DIO on the first two solo tours.............I also saw Ronnie with Sabbath on the Mob Rules tour. I'd love to go back to those days and do it over again. I think Vivians work with his band Last in Line was just off the chain.............Thanks for this interview.

[@howarddavis6802]

Me too man, Sab at the Orange Pavilion, Dio, at the Orange P, and Irvine meadows.

[@roncougar1]

Vivian has always been one of my favorite 80’s guitarists.

[@PaulMontano-yw2wp]

Yep cant agree more

[@lindabrock7535]

He's an a**hole now!!!

[@kenedie4646]

The 1st 3 Dio albums are incredible! Vivian's playing , on the 1st 2, especially, is some of my favorite guitar playing ever....

[@johnhagan582]

Mine also

[@chrisharris4975]

@@johnhagan582 Would you two consider Craig Goldy as even a top 1000 player. Get harshed by Goldy's girlfriend, cousin and not sure whom else. There is one cat that thinks my hearing is impaired and accuused me of not knowing anything. When Dio toured well into the mid 2000's had Doug Aldrich on guitar. The songs played were from Rainbow, Sabbath and the first two solo records. Not one song off of Dream Evil.

[@johnhagan582]

@@chrisharris4975 Goldy was a talented player forsure .but not quite in the level as Campbell .Now John Sykes was in that level Adrian Vandenberg wasn't to shabby (he had made mention saying he loved and looked up to Randy and considered his style closer to Rhoads of anyone else .he actually was either up for that gig at one point before Jake Lee but got over shadowed by Lynch and Lee. Lynch actually had the gig but lost it to Jake purely over looks. always thought Lynch would have been more suitable for Ozzy than Jake .but it's just my opinion .Warren DMartini was on that top tier level with Lynch and Sykes .Lee .Zach .lol hell Phil Cowen from Leppard had some big chops but I preferred Steve Clark more

[@johnhagan582]

@@chrisharris4975 Brad Gillis played Randy's songs closer to Randy than any other Ozzy guitar player period .Jeff Watson the other Night Ranger guitarist was a huge Rhoads fan and when he heard Randy wanted to leave ozzy to get a musical degree in classical Jeff said he would have gone right along with him lol Watson was a awesome player that got played with Pat Travers and Pat Thrall early in his career before Night Ranger .he had his solo Jeff Watson band there in beginning of the 80s also before joining Brad Gillis. Damn there were so many great players in the 80s it's just crazy .Dave Murray-Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden .Kk Downey-Glen Tipton from Priest .you kno we can go on and on Steve Via lmfao Steve Morse . whoever that dude in Billy Idol. Joe Stump the shred Master

[@johnhagan582]

@@chrisharris4975 But there are those few guys that played under the neoclassical genre (which Randy Rhoads invented neoclassical) but the guys that came after him that played strictly instrumental records (with no vocals) that I didn't care for at all .Malmsteen .Satriani Gilbert .Stump .and later Steve Via .their playing just had no real feeling in it and was all about speed and repeating the same licks up and down the fretboard that had that high pitch sound that sounded more like keys then actual guitar playing .only instrumental guitarist I ever liked was Jeff Beck .I saw him in 1980 right after his "Wired" record came out and that was some awesome playing of the blues and a slight bit of Jazz thrown in just cause he cause .

[@jmangi6221]

I love Viv. Hes a killer guitar player. Those albums mentioned here were classics, they were absolutely amazing.

[@rickfortine7454]

THAT WAS AWESOME BROTHER ... WHAT A GREAT STORY !!! GONNA SAY IT AGAIN " I LOVE THIS CHANNEL !!! "

[@chrissheridanrocks]

I was at Jimmy Bain's house party with Laine and Joey in 1985. Dio showed up and proceeded to smoke everything we had. Then he turned to us and said, "Thank you, gentlemen." and left.

[@basher5107]

You partied with Dio and that’s all you can say?

[@RyanHaragan]

Like smoked it without you guys pretty much?

[@crow4936]

😂😂😂

[@shawnc318]

@@basher5107right?

[@Perfectcheeseberger]

The fact you even were in the presence of dio smoking your stuff is amazing. Id be the luckiest kid alive

[@MLCDelux]

I met Vivian at a Def Leppard concert, he’s a really nice guy & humble.I was a little star struck when I saw him & saw a easy opportunity to say hi, it was a really quick conversation but he’s so chill & easy to be around.

[@johncollins1365]

Stoked to see FIB up and running again. I’d love to hear you interview Viv personally. You’re the best in the business, IMHO. Much love to ya

[@Guido.Fawkes.1]

Great interview snippet as always! Viv explained a couple things I always wondered, namely why the fk the keyboards are so high in the mix on S.H. It made that album far less heavy and more poppy and slick, like a Bob Rock produced Bongiovi album.

[@fernandes5986]

Great stuff, I'm a Campbell nerd since 1983. On the Neal Schon story, I read that Neal wanted to quit from the Hear N'Aid session, because he had been partying al night, and wanted to go home and have some sleep, but it was Dio who convinced him to come, saying he was one of his main guitarrists. Is that true?

[@gwhiz3708]

The last concert Vivian done with Dio was Nashville,Tn. Ronnie announced that it was Vivian’s last show and said Nashville would be the last crowd to see him with the band. He said Vivian wanted to form his own band.

[@troycleek7394]

What year was that?

[@PlaceStillMatters]

I’m in Nashville and saw Dio live five times. I guess I saw that last show with Viv. I just didn’t know it. All I know is that the music (for me) never felt the same after Viv.

[@craigster1573]

1986@@troycleek7394

[@ddskreamer]

I saw that concert! It was awesome! I caught Dio twice that time around, the last show with Campbell and then one of the first shows with Goldy. Man... such good memories!

[@doctordetroit4339]

Tony Iommi: "if you are going to be in a rock band....teach yourself one chord. Then learn a second chord. Before you learn the third chord....get a lawyer." SO MANY guitarists and others you know and love got ripped off by the lead singer and/or managers back then. SO MANY it was the norm. Viv was a kid. He was still living with his mom ffs. He got screwed, as he was naive. No doubt we would have been also. He was not alone. Jake Lee, etc. etc. etc. Anyone Sharon or Wendy managed. And they were angels compared to Sony and MCA. Rock is utterly cutthroat. You will never see the likes of that again as back then, cash raining down from albums and concerts.....as music has died.

[@basher5107]

Dio walked away without any big dollars from rainbow or Sabbath and mortgaged his house to support the first tour,Viv was pulled from obscurity and given a career that lead him to Whitesnake and Def Leppard not a bad deal for him,Ronnie died in 2010 give it a rest already

[@johnhagan582]

Holy Diver is a Heavy Metal Masterpiece that has some of the greatest guitar playing of all time .right a long with the first 2 Ozzy records with Randy Rhoads and the first 2 Van Halen albums .in my opinion Diary Of A Madman and Holy Diver are the 2 greatest guitar records ever created. Vivian was the most underrated guitarist in Rock and Metal history

[@jhonyterranova53]

Amen 🙌🤌🥃🍺😎🤘

[@chrisharris4975]

Vivian indeed had so much talent and nice comparison and timeline.

[@johnhagan582]

@@chrisharris4975 Yeah that Heavy tone and lead breaks were just out of this world on Diver damn those compositions on that record were fucking Awesome .think Vivian might have got a little influence from Randy off Blizzard and Diary with that real dark sounds but sure got from Heaven and Hell more .Tonni Iomi's best work by far in my opinion .much more complex than anything of those Ozzy era Sabbath songs .

[@ugaais]

First four Van Halen records had the same tone and magic…Diver and 1984 were great but a shift in tone and approach..

[@johnhagan582]

@@ugaais Yeah I agree Fair Warning was the last of their original beginnings and sound .yeah I didn't like Diver Down (to many covers and started to focus more on commercial tunes) when I mentioned Diver in that comment I was referring to Dio's Holy "Diver''" now I see how it looked like I was talking about VH's record .

[@backwatersandbackroads]

You're always setting the record straight on this channel. Thank you!

[@bobthebear1246]

No he isn't.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@@bobthebear1246 no?

[@HumblyServingGod]

I saw them live for the Holy Diver tour and Last in Line tour. Vivian blew me away at how much better he got in just a year. Those are the only two true Dio albums in my mind.

[@TravisBickle212]

Well, you’re missing out on a lot of good albums that came out after those two.

[@MarkMay-cr6bv]

@@TravisBickle212 But still not as good;

[@TravisBickle212]

@@MarkMay-cr6bv but still well worth listening to.

[@hazmat317]

The original DIO band has always been my top favorite. I had the opportunity to Meet Viv & Vinnie a couple years ago. Both great, humble guys. Viv assured me that he made it all good between them before Ronnie's passing. RIP Ronnie & Jimmy.

[@lindabrock7535]

Yet he is still bad mouthing Ronnie 😡😡 Vivian has turned into a right bitter a*****e, ashamed to say I come from same country as him😡😡

[@wolfpack9958]

Saw Vivian on the sacred heart tour with Dio and whatever tour it was with Whitesnake. Great times indeed!!

[@andrewmcarthur3843]

Saw that tour with Yngwie opening

[@johnhagan582]

Whitesnake 87 tour is the one I saw him with WS with Motley Crue .Vivian and Adrian Vandenberg on guitars .also saw him while in Def Leppard too but he was toned down with them .mostly rhythm .Phil had the spotlight even though Vivian was a better guitarist .was going his health issues (Cancer I believe) hasn't taken him yet though

[@chefgaryklein7551]

This is excellent and very informative. Vivian was a big inspiration for me as a player. Such a class act.

[@jerrimenard3092]

Vivian still looks great. He has aged very well. Anyone else think so?

[@chrisharris4975]

He battled cancer and overcame, he has been touring with The Last In Line band and busting out the solos from the records like a champ. Much Love

[@lindabrock7535]

No

[@SuperLuckao]

Yes. He looks the best out of the def leppard guys, then Phil collen. He def doesn't look 62. He looks in his 40s still. Very youthful

[@EdwardMiner-vy1pq]

I love the Sacred Heart album. I love the song Hungry For Heaven.Ronnie James Dio was a great singer, songwriter.And a great frontman.

[@scaryharryflanagan70]

I continue to enjoy the vibe and information your channel provides.

[@jedsteelwell2354]

Wives and girlfriends should never be involved in the band.

[@chrisbishop4671]

What most women understand about metal??…Pots and pans…🤪🤪

[@imaouima]

"You don't do heavy metal in dubly!"

[@geraldfriend256]

No outside opinions need be considered ,period. Especially on their period.

[@beeemm2578]

In my 40 yrs of music, my best line about wives and gf's is: Be supportive, not involved .

[@putterokk5156]

Ozzy had been dead without Sharon!!

[@rfd73]

Vivian and Ronnie had totally opposite opinions about the band...but the fact is that after Sacred Heart no single subsequent record sold more or even close than the first two Dio albums, which had Vivian on guitars

[@todd-1]

Viv has proved himself to be a very versatile talent

[@SuperLuckao]

Yeah. He even founded a band called Shadow King with Lou Gramm. Only made 1 album because Mick Jones made sure Atlantic records didn't promote them. There's a video of shadow king in a London theatre . He type it in ..shadow king London theater

[@freepressright]

What made the first two albums legendary: Chemistry! Take away one component of that, even substituting excellent talent like Craig Goldy, and it's not the same magic. The original lineup was magical and could not be duplicated.

[@johnhagan582]

Agreed. Same with the first 2 Ozzy records

[@freepressright]

@@johnhagan582 totally the same, I agree! Kerslake and Daisley all the way.

[@RyanHaragan]

I look at it more like ronnie said what needed to be said in each album and the band played the most fitting way for that album. If you realize this you can appreciate them all, the only other caviate is ronnie had so much bottled up passion and emotion with everything going on during the holy diver era. It is like dave mustain during the first few megadeth albums.

[@chrisharris4975]

@@RyanHaragan Saw the Sacred Heart tour in Orlando, curtains dropped and Craig Goldy walked out. Heart sank and sank even further watching him butcher the songs. Gave the show three thumbs down and was pissed expecting to to see Vivian Campbell. Dream Evil is forgettable at best and when seeing Dio solo later with Doug Aldrich was brought back to those first three records. Doug played the Vivian stuff very well. Not a single song off of any but the first three records and some Sabbath and Rainbow. This says a lot

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

What Dream Evil lacks in "chemistry," it makes up for in the spontaneity and energy of a very new lineup searching for chemistry and taking musical risks. (The 7 minute, almost Rainbow-ish epic "All the Fools Sailed Away"? The strange dark atmospheric boogie "Naked in the Rain"? whatever the hell "Overlove" is? etc.) I always saw that album as one of the great underrated 80s metal albums. Vivian will always be "the" iconic Dio guitarist though, of course.

[@p.d.l7023]

Between SH and Dream Evil is when VC went to Whitesnake. I believe that's when he was replaced with Craig Goldie from Ruff Cutt, who I believe was also managed by Wendy.

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

Dio's first lineup had one of the greatest singers in metal, one of the best drummers in metal, and one of the best guitarists in metal. And a bassist!

[@lindabrock7535]

The whole band then🤪🤨🤨

[@Dina-nm1nx]

Yes, Jimmy was a great bassist and songwriter.

[@Headead5231]

I gotta record that's Ronnie James Barbershop Quartet band from Cortland NY when he was a teenager. Probably extremely rare.

[@GoonSquadLifeMember]

@tonytony3828 There are many songs floating around on YT. Search "Ronnie & The Red Caps", or "Ronnie Dio & the Prophets".

[@221b-l3t]

Yes I never heard of that and I'm familiar with his early stuff like Ronnie & the Redcaps

[@dahmc59]

damn, Vivion was already my hero, now i am awed at what a great human he is

[@gunnarjordan6980]

Great video! Good info.

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

0:40 Nancy Wilson giant poster - YES PLEASE!

[@jimthar17]

It's crazy how Viv's work with DIO was so good and his work with Def Leppard is pretty much dogshit. No bite. No heaviness. Nothing.

[@cryptojoecoin5480]

You nailed it. When I saw Def Leppard with Viv, because I had seen him with Dio, I just couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t use him to his fullest potential. He did nothing up there.

[@rimshot9224]

You know why ?.... Phil Collen isn't going to share the light. I'm not a fan of his.

[@arturoalmazan5262]

I fully agree

[@mickblack3291]

Totally agree Def Leppard is dogshit.

[@caljerm]

Yep - he has done pretty much nothing of any relevance since then

[@jonrhythm3686]

Probably didn't help Ronnies state of mind having spent a butt load of money on that Sacred Heart tour. Lots of stress. Best show id ever seen.

[@jonrhythm3686]

puregm1229 hey small world! Thats where I saw the show as well. And how about that circular movie screen made to look like a giant crystal ball with Ronnie chanting in Latin or some strange language!? That show was FIRE!

[@jonrhythm3686]

puregm1229. He sure was. In fact his guitar solo was the most epic id ever seen Explosions, lasers, and of course his playing was top notch. Man what a great show.

[@jonrhythm3686]

puregm1229 wow I never knew that. So, given the proximity of Georgia to Indiana id say we were damn lucky to see Vivian when we did.

[@RockinExperience]

Definitely check out LAST IN LINE, the band. I've promoted them several times, and they always deliver. Their last album, Jerhico, is by far their best.

[@TravisBickle212]

2:39 “his 𝑒𝑥-𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑒?!?!”

[@fullinbloom]

Dio and Wendy actually divorced in the '80s.

[@TravisBickle212]

@@fullinbloom wow. I have to admit I didn’t know that. I’ve seen documentaries with them well after that where they were living together. 🤯

[@fullinbloom]

She continued to manage him, but they just acted like they were still married.

[@TravisBickle212]

@@fullinbloom that’s an odd footnote that I didn’t know. Thanks for clarifying mate.

[@rareform6747]

Vinnie Great Heavy Drummer 💫

[@Dylanguitar69]

Wow from watching the making of "Stars" and the Hear n' Aid project many times, you never really get the sense of how large a part Vivian played in the success of that project and pulling it all together. From the documentary, he just comes off as 1 guitar of many that were there that day. I had no idea.

[@adamwarlock3530]

Yeah, I figure Wendy had something to do with the demise of the band. The band never reached the same heights after Vivian was gone. I'm sure they wouldve became huge, eventually.

[@kissdiaries]

Cheers for sharing

[@CTROCK]

Sounds like Ozzy wife😂

[@pa2camp]

imagine campbell taking over lead for ozzy after lee left. that would have been epic

[@ellisonlowrimore7751]

I have the 12 inch single of Stars. I was lucky enough to meet a lot of the musicians that played on it. One of them was RJD🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@iblockpuncheswithmyface1490]

You have a 12 inch what?

[@ellisonlowrimore7751]

@@iblockpuncheswithmyface1490 record

[@latentsea]

Nice! I met a lot of them backstage at Irvine meadows. Dio was cool to us out of place surf rats, Bruce Dickinson was an asshole too us. Halford, Murray, Tate, Vivian, a lot of great people.

[@SINC0MENTARI0S]

A band named with one of the members' name spells out who'll call the shots and you're just a hired musician there. The perspective of how Vivian and Dio were each going through different stages in their career sounds very mature on Vivian's part.

[@DuncanMcArthur-l7l]

vivian to me was one of the best ive seen

[@ErWo75]

I believe Vivian. Although Ronnie was excellent to his fans, he did seem to have a mean and stubborn side too. That’s why he butted heads with Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler as well.

[@highwaystar3780]

"He would turn into a Little Madman" -Ritchie Hugh Blackmore

[@tymanngruter1808]

This is why being a bassplayer is a great job! 😂

[@firesideshats]

Im glad your back man was a boring while without your news and interviews on here

[@johnhagan582]

Ronnie's wife/manager did Vivian Campbell the same exact way Sharon did Lee .Bob .and Jake

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

Probably Randy Rhoads too, ... only Randy never lived long enough to talk about it.

[@latentsea]

Sharon actually f:cked randy. She did him dirty

[@vegaspowerlifting]

Like every disagreement, it comes down to communication. And the truth, there is Dio’s side, Vivian’s side and somewhere in the middle is the truth.

[@doctordetroit4339]

MONEY. That is the truth. Look who got it....look who didn't.

[@Stefan-]

Yes there are always different perspectives and you really cant take that away from any of the parties involved. You also have to look at the fact that Ronnie was seasoned established artist with the record deal that also mortgaged his house to be able to get everything started not knowing if it would be a success or not and they started playing small shows but it lucklily soon got bigger. Personally as an old fan since the 80´s i think that Ronnie just wanted to make music and the business part is more Wendys doing which of course also was her actual job so no surprice there. No doubt that it seems like a sad situation though.

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

Oh, so no one is ever right, and no one is ever wrong. There's this mysterious gray matter person in the middle who is to blame for everything. The other members of the band, and the guitar player after Vivian said the same things about Dio. The truth is, you don't want to face up to the fact that Dio was a kook. Those of us who have had the displeasure of being friends with professional singers know that many times, the biggest jerk in the band, or just to be around, is the singer. It's not always the case, but it is a fact, most lead singers are intolerable to be around. ...

[@MercutioUK2006]

It's amazing how many people don't understand that the situation is nuanced, not as black and white as they want to believe. We'll never get the full picture.

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

@@MercutioUK2006 It is black and white. The reason you will never get the full pictures is because few people can admit they were wrong and assume responsibility

[@johnhagan582]

Even crazier Eddie and Randy both wanted keyboards when David Roth and Ozzy couldn't stand them but in Dio just the opposite .Vivian hated them but Ronnie wanted them .

[@alliew5498]

I met Vivian Campbell in New Orleans on the Holy Diver tour. He was just a kid, maybe 20 years old. But bitch, he tore UP that guitar! Vinny Appice asked me where are good places to go in the French Quarter. I sent them to The Dungeon and also gave them a talking to about watching their backs because, NOLA has always had a bit of a crime problem at night in the FQ. The whole band was nice and very gracious.

[@johnhagan582]

Hell what am i sayin Sharon did the same exact thing to Randy too .like Dio band The Blizzard Of Ozz Band was supposed to be a 4 member band not a Ozzy solo project .and Sharon gave Bob and Lee the boot right after they recorded Diary and a second UK tour .when it was time to go tour America for the first time Lee and Bob had to go and there first American gig was the first show actually billed as a Ozzy Osborne concert .both legs of the Uk gigs over 50 shows were all billed as "The Blizzard Of Ozz Band"

[@marceloduro]

____"Sacred Heart" is one of my favourite Rock Albuns. ____With "Last in Line" and "Magica", IMO, they are the 3 best Dio albuns. ____I also like "Holy Diver" and "Killing the Dragon" and a few songs from the other Dio albuns. ____With all this stuff, I can make a very good "playlist" of Dio band.

[@sjnix7044]

I loved Sacred Heart and that tour was my first concert ever at The Forum in LA. Changed my life forever. That said, Sacred Heart is a much more sterile album compared to Holy Diver and TLiL.

[@Beartracks777]

I remember those days, I was in my early teens everyone had there favorite Band. Dio was mine. I saw them live in Phoenix at Compton Terrace for the Intermission tour ..Accept opened on their Russian Roulet Album tour with Dio. Was the first concert I ever went to and it was Bad to the Bone . Gött Segne dich Ronnie !

[@394pjo]

Dio's wife Wendy and her involvement recalls the movie Spinal Tap.

[@maxmenius9839]

While I always liked Ronnie and his great vocal talent. I do believe Vivian's depiction of events and take on what happened.

[@bobthebear1246]

Then you're a fool.

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

@@bobthebear1246 Well, explain it. Set the record straight.

[@marciocoelho2481]

I love "Sacred Heart" and the "Stars" song, they came out during the time I was starting to listen to heavy rock, and I got both albums in LP. Only later I got to "Last In Line" and "Holy Diver", and although they are certainly superior albums, I still prefer "Sacred" over them.

[@chrisharris4975]

That is awesome, was one of the first concerts witnessed in 1985 and the curtains came down. Craig Goldy walked out and my heart was broken. Viv had been diss-missed just a few days before. Was just an ok show and Craig was kinda lame.

[@clarkbridge8004]

I saw viv at a record store on ventura blvd with his band the river dogs. Everyone was begging him to play some dio. He got pissed and said he would stop playing if we kept asking. We shut up because he was just rippin up that guitar..

[@300gjw]

I loved Sacred Heart. It’s not HD or LIL, but it’s a solid album.

[@alexrossi4464]

Hungry for heaven, rock and roll children, some ofy favorite Dio, songs, ever! Also love DReam evil, the songs, night people, I could've been. A dreamer, sunset Superman, were all so amazing 😍!!! Dio is my favorite singer, band.

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

It might be a little better than LIL to me. Every song on Sacred Heart works for me. Meanwhile, Last in Line has Breathless, Evil Eyes and Eat Your Heart Out, which are about as filler as it gets.

[@alexrossi4464]

@@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262 evil eyes, and breathless, and eat your ❤️ heart out, are all great songs! No filler on that album, at all! Actually I love evil eyes so much!

[@keithgarreth1386]

Dio one of the best most professional singers ever. Viv under utilized in Def L.

[@brianforgie7724]

Just in it for the money.

[@joecrowaz]

I met him backstage in Phoenix before the last tour he did. He's arms were covered in bandages and his hair was cropped. "Somehow" one of the pyros went off when it wasn't supposed to... Or did it?

[@richpaydirt]

If I were a musician, I’d run from any band that involves a wife, girlfriend or family member.

[@paulleger6566]

Sacred Heart Is Still A Great Album🤘❤️

[@jmar2229]

my fav

[@timetraveller9321]

Funny how people begin to get money and then the leader, in this case dio, didn’t want to pay out as agreed at the beginning of the contract, same as ozzy didn’t give Jake e lee any royalties ,kept the money and credits for them selves, look how many guitarists these bands went thru, it’s all down to money, they get it and don’t like paying out,

[@EDsavant]

Lock up the wolves was a great one as well

[@SteelFanther]

Viv was as important for Dio as Randy was for Ozzy ...

[@MetalSalvation]

Sacred Heart might not be as consistent as the first two albums, but I always liked it the best.

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

It feels more solid to me than Last in Line. (Eat Your Heart Out, Evil Eyes, and Breathless are all obvious filler.) Always found it weird how people call Sacred Heart the weakest of the 3.

[@scottwhite2757]

Really great Rock history, Made me Smile…😎✌️

[@TomTobin67]

I've never met RJD but judging from the video interviews I've seen of him, he seemed like a very morose person. Chip on his shoulder.

[@80sMetalHead]

Thanks…just kinda wish you would make these longer. 🤘🏻

[@castleanthrax1833]

There's a link to the entire interview in the video description. They tell you this at the end of the video.

[@80sMetalHead]

@@castleanthrax1833 - Yeah, I’m aware of that. But when I’m totally into these, and it ends so quickly, I don’t want to stop, click the link, then listen to what I already listened to again. Seems easier just to post the whole thing. But thanks again.

[@chrisvanallsburg]

Why are we learning this about Vivian only now? I saw the Sacred Heart tour in Hune of '86 in Grand Rapids Mi and was super disappointed when Vic was replaced by some other guy.

[@latentsea]

Who’s we? Knew this in 86’

[@rickrobbins1037]

Amazing tour

[@markgibbins4143]

I would have loved for viv to do the follow up album to whitesnake 1987 A great player

[@alexisalejandro832]

When Vivian joined Deff Leppard, I was tought that would bring back the Old Leppard....damn...I was wrong. Leppard went even softer, instead of more metal😢

[@dukeford8893]

Can't replace Steve Clark.

[@JonBullington-vr4zq]

Ronnie james Dio was also known as ," THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN THROAT "

[@CaptainBlackBread]

Okay I can't be the only one who asked but where can I listen to the whole podcast?

[@fullinbloom]

There's a link to the entire interview in the description.

[@CaptainBlackBread]

@@fullinbloom Yeah but not for Terry Glaze or Jeff Young.

[@hellothere-b6q]

Either way you cut it Ronnie James Dio will go down as a vocalist legend l!

[@jesse75]

Sometimes you just have to go along with that guy that has a vision. Dio was that kind of guy. Dio was a sigma. Stop reading here, unless you want further understanding and clarity. I play heavy metal myself. In 1974, Blackmore lit the fire in my soul, a genetic trigger was just sitting and waiting. Never been able or form a band. I understand why now. I'm a sigma, I'm on the road, my own vision. Something related : I'm on a bowling team, that's in a league. Going on two years now. Nobody has really stepped up to be team captain. Me being sigma, I'm content to just sit back and let the group take its course. Being the best bowler on the team, I've begun to step up and teach and admonish the other players. Two have responded and two have not. Two have said they appreciate my advice, coaching, the other two don't want and like it. So it's like this, and I understand the same thing happens in a rock band. I have the choice to settle back into Mr quiet or form a team who will go along with my leadership and vision. I aim to win !!! Dio, and a sigma like him. We don't like doing the dirty work. We sometimes maneuver other people to do it. Hence Dio's manager. Vivian 's best years and playing were with Dio. If I break up the team, form another and we become winners, the other two may wonder what happened.

[@96129612J]

Love this info

[@asuperstraightpureblood]

"And at the end of the day, you've gotta play guitar" Viv said "what"?? Bro worked so hard he forgot he is VIVIAN DANG CAMPBELL! LOL

[@foundingfodder8225]

Hear n aid was more Vivian Campbell than Dio. It always seemed like it was dios project. The whole time it was Vivian's.

[@Kevin-fq4hf]

intersting that all tbis bs comes up now . when ronnie is no longer here 🤔

[@KiphartAZ]

If all of that is true? (And I don't doubt it, just saying.) Much respect to Viv! He certainly was made out to be the villain once he was gone. DIO was never as good afterwards imo.

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

I don't know why Vivian insists on digging up dirt and rekindling old drama like this. Right after Dio died, Campbell downplayed their feud and gave the impression there was some sort of closure between the two of them. Now that a decade has passed, he's back in the press insulting Dio's wife, talking about how difficult Dio could be, etc. He now claims "he didn't want to leave the band," despite him publicly badmouthing hard rock/metal years ago. Endless flip-flopping. It's not a good look, and it points to some of the nasty things Dio said about Vivian having some truth to them.

[@GordonHeaney]

Well, there you go, I thought Ronnie was the driving force behind the charity single, had no idea Vivian did it all. Press at the time never gave him any credit for it, as I recall.

[@sonicart1808]

Bravo Vivian for pulling off the Hear N Aid record, you played a blinder behind the scenes & onscreen.....interesting interview thanks!

[@robintaylor485]

Yeah, Wendy thought she was gonna be a Sharon Osbourne. Well, she was sorely mistaken.

[@ericscottstevens]

Viv recorded his tracks at night RJD would add his parts during the day. Never talking to each other. The album sounded that way. As to the money situation that led to the frustration. Both RJD and Ozzy were in the mindset that as the lead singers they would gain the most profit and trickle down what they felt was appropriate to the rest of the band. Even if that meant the road crews were making more money per gig than the guitarist, drummer and bassist. Yes RJD strung Viv along for years promising a bigger percentage that never occurred. Not sure Viv could do anything about it, it was RJD's band.

[@DAMON409]

i saw this tour. for some reason the band went in a softer, commercial direction.

[@deadreckoning292]

Ronnie dicked over Vivi. Period. He treated him as a hired hand as opposed to a band member. Once that original line up was disbanded, Dio never recaptured the magic.

[@annex4398]

And Leppard treated Viv like an understudy for Phil Collen.

[@user-tt6be2zx3h]

maybe Ron always envisioned DIO as just himself with revolving doors on musicians, right from the very beginning he was putting together a 'band' and gradually realised his true motivation .. and evolved from there