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22 авг 2018

Ex-DIO Keyboardist CLAUDE SCHNELL Once Again Denounces RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram: 'It Isn't About RONNIE Anymore'

Former DIO keyboardist Claude Schnell has once again denounced the Ronnie James Dio hologram, saying that it "it isn't about" the singer anymore.

The legendary heavy metal frontman died in 2010 at the age of 67 from stomach cancer. His hologram was created by a company called Eyeillusion and made its debut at the Wacken Open Air festival in August 2016 in front of more than 75,000 fans.

Schnell, who joined DIO in May 1983, after the "Holy Diver" was released but before the accompanying tour was launched, offered his opinion on the holographic version of Ronnie during a lengthy interview with The Metal Voice.

"I won't presume to tell you what I think about what certain people are doing with his memory, but it just seems to me that it isn't about Ronnie anymore," he said (hear audio below). "They can say it's about keeping him and his music alive, but nobody ever made holograms of THE BEATLES, and their music is still alive. I think their decision is based on more pragmatic concerns, I'll put it that way. You've got a bunch of guys who can't find gigs, they're managed by the same woman who has contacts all around the world with agencies and promoters, and what could be a more natural thing than taking the out-of-work musicians and putting 'em on tour and making a little money while you're at it? Don't get me wrong — not to take anything away from these guys; I mean, they all do a great job, and if the fans are happy about it, that's all that matters. But you're not asking me what the fans think; you're asking me what I think."

Claude also seemed to firmly take original DIO guitarist Vivian Campbell's side in the way the current DEF LEPPARD axeman was fired from Ronnie's band. Campbell, bassist Jimmy Bain, drummer Vinny Appice and Ronnie James Dio worked together on the first three DIO albums — 1983's "Holy Diver", 1984's "The Last In Line" and 1985's "Sacred Heart" — before Irishman Campbell left to join WHITESNAKE in 1987. Vivian later publicly took issue with Ronnie's need for total control of the band, claiming that finances played a major part in the bad blood that preceded the split.

During The Metal Voice interview, Schnell called "Sacred Heart" a "transitional" album for DIO, saying: "If you think of the band, when things are good, as a tight knot where the ropes are all firmly together, by the time 'Sacred Heart' was being recorded, the knot was loosening.

"We all felt that Viv was really treated very badly — not so much by Ronnie. But it was obvious that those decisions were being handled, for lack of a better word, by Wendy [Ronnie's then-wife and manager]," he continued. "Viv was basically set up and he was put in the position where the only thing that he could do was the exact thing that would get him kicked out of the band. And when it came to pass, Wendy was chomping at the bit to walk Craig [Goldy, Vivian's replacement] into the band. And Viv just got very unceremoniously let go — in my humble opinion, for no real fault of his own."

Schnell went on to say that he wishes the original DIO lineup had lasted longer and collaborated on more music beyond the first three albums. "I think the best move for Viv, I think the best move for all of us would have been had we stayed together, had Wendy been willing to allow a more equitable split so we could all have a living wage and allow the band to develop the way bands used to develop back in the day before it became all about the money," he said.

The Dio hologram production uses audio of Ronnie's live performances from throughout his career, with the DIO band playing live, consisting of Craig Goldy on guitar, Simon Wright on drums and Scott Warren on keyboards, along with Bjorn Englen on bass. Also appearing with them are former JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim "Ripper" Owens and ex-LYNCH MOB frontman Oni Logan.

After the tour's initial seven-date run was completed last December, Ronnie's hologram is undergoing "some changes" before the launch of the next leg of the "Dio Returns" world tour, scheduled for 2019.

Schnell recently called the Ronnie James Dio hologram a "travesty" and "disrespectful" to the singer's memory. He went on to describe it as "cheesy" and added that he couldn't understand how Wendy could be "okay with it."

Wendy Dio, who is a member of the Eyellusion team, said that the people that criticize the Ronnie James Dio hologram should at least see it in person before voicing their disapproval. "Don't criticize it if you haven't seen it," she told "Whiplash", the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie. "It's done with love. The band love doing it. And we just wanna keep Ronnie's memory and his music alive."

She added that a digital version of Dio makes perfect sense. "I think that Ronnie was an innovator of heavy metal music, so why not be an innovator of technology?" she said. "And I think technology is coming a long way with holograms — a lot of people are doing it now. And I think the reason is because we are losing all of our innovators; everybody is getting older. And we need to keep them alive and keep their memory and their music alive. I think it's a new way. It's like when people first came out with a CD or a cassette: 'Ooh, we don't want that.' But then it was the way of technology."

Photo courtesy of Claude Schnell's Facebook page

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22 авг 2018

HailtoSlave

Он еще голограмму горшка не видел, лол. Блядское говнарское стадо, над ними на концертах можно мочу разбрызгивать, и они будут с радостью ловить ее ртом)

22 авг 2018

YNWA

Голограмма Дио или кого-либо исчо, это просто трэш-шапито на выезде.

22 авг 2018

Orthodox

"никто никогда не делал голограмму THE BEATLES"... А ЭТО ИДЕЯ!

22 авг 2018

AcDc

Жду новый альбом голаграммы

22 авг 2018

Gustaff

А они прям в каждой песне используют голограмму Дио?! То есть вокалиста нет? Если да, то это отстойно, конечно. А в паре песен, очень даже интересно получается, слезу прошибет у фанатов! Голограмма Горшка тоже в паре-тройке песен они используют, а так Князь исполняет.

22 авг 2018

HailtoSlave

Gustaff можно кстати еще голограмму путина использовать. wait o sh~

22 авг 2018

HailtoSlave

давайте проведем опрос, голограмму кого бы вы хотели увидеть - Джи Джи Аллина, чтобы в вас летело голографическое говно, или Фредди Меркьюри?

22 авг 2018

andrey_paranoid

Этот господин дело говорит.

22 авг 2018

Rus

HailtoSlave, слишком сильно почитаю память Фредди, поэтому не хотел бы идти на концерт голограммы. Лучше в очередной раз пересмотреть Queen на Wembley

22 авг 2018

Oloir

Очень адекватный комментарий. Корректно и по делу.

22 авг 2018

Kaval

HailtoSlave, блин. Голограмму Джи Джи Аллина было бы круто!!!

23 авг 2018

sergej3105

всё дело в адекватности жены

4 сен 2018

del06012022

Может в голограмме и нет ничего плохого, только это должно позиционироваться не как концерт, а как фильм и проходить в кинотеатре и остальные музыканты тоже должны быть оцифрованы.
Я например был на Flight 666 Iron Maiden в кино и не пожалел потраченное время и деньги, а если бы это было в 3D...почему нет?