Prior to his tragic death in 2010, Ronnie James Dio had been writing his autobiography, looking back on the remarkable life that led him from his hometown in upstate New York to the biggest stages in ...

Born Ronald James Padavona, Dio's career began in the late 1950s with groups like Ronnie & The Red Caps, Ronnie Dio & The ...

Music journalist Martin Popoff digs deep to detail the records of Dio, the heavy metal outfit fronted by Ronnie James Dio.

When Ronnie James Dio—announced in 2009 that he had stomach cancer, it certainly gave him an impetus to complete the autobiography that he’d been working on for a while. He’d already had a sizable ...

Legendary singer Ronnie James Dio began writing Rainbow in the Dark several years before he was diagnosed with cancer, from which he tragically passed in 2010. Now, with help from his wife and manager ...

Reading the recently published Ronnie James Dio memoir Rainbow in the Dark is like unearthing a time capsule buried by the former Rainbow and Black Sabbath singer, who died of stomach cancer in 2010.

Here is the favorite Ronnie James Dio song of five rock and metal icons. The legendary singer, who died of stomach cancer in ...

The late Ronnie James Dio had a big life in rock ‘n’ roll, which included fronting the bands Elf, Rainbow and Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell, as well as his own group over the course of 10 studio albums.

Central New York native Ronnie James Dio never forgot where he came from, even as he played sold out shows at Madison Square Garden or was mobbed by fans in Japan as if he was one of the Beatles. In ...

When 40-year-old Ronnie James Dio stormed out of Black Sabbath in 1982, finally defeated by the rampant drug abuse of guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, the world’s greatest heavy metal ...

Ronnie James Dio, the diminutive, big-voiced singer who fronted the popular heavy metal bands Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Dio, died Sunday. He was 67. The vocalist was diagnosed with stomach cancer ...

The late Ronnie James Dio had a big life in rock ‘n’ roll, which included fronting the bands Elf, Rainbow and Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell, as well as his own group over the course of 10 studio albums.