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17 ноя 2025 :	WENDY DIO Reflects On RONNIE JAMES DIO's Cancer Diagnosis And Eventual Passing: 'We Never, Ever Thought He Was Gonna Die'
30 окт 2025 :	WENDY DIO: 'I'm So Glad To See That OZZY OSBOURNE Got To Play The Last Time Before He Passed Away'
8 июл 2025 :	VIVIAN CAMPBELL On Working With RONNIE JAMES DIO: 'I Could Tell He Was Very Proud Of Me'
21 май 2025 :	WENDY DIO: 'I Saw LEMMY Two Hours Before He Died'
19 май 2025 :	Watch: OPETH, RAINBOW, KING DIAMOND Members And Others Pay Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO At Stockholm Memorial Concert
16 фев 2025 :	TRACY G Reflects On His Exit From DIO: 'They Didn't Kick Me Out Of The Band'
12 фев 2025 :	DIO – The Complete Albums 1983-1993 9LP Box Set Available In March
7 янв 2025 :	CRAIG GOLDY Says VIVIAN CAMPBELL Was 'Very Disrespectful To RONNIE JAMES DIO On Many Occasions'
27 окт 2024 :	SIMON WRIGHT Says Performing With RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram Was An 'Enjoyable' Experience
27 июл 2024 :	VINNY APPICE On RONNIE JAMES DIO: 'He Loved His Fans' And 'He Loved The Music'
8 июн 2024 :	DIO - The Complete Donington Collection To Arrive In July
15 янв 2024 :	RONNIE JAMES DIO Funko Pop! Vinyl Figure Due Out This Month
10 янв 2024 :	WENDY DIO Says RONNIE Never Spoke To RITCHIE BLACKMORE Again After Getting Fired From RAINBOW
9 ноя 2023 :	WENDY DIO Says RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram 'Worked For A While', But She Is 'Not Doing That Again'
27 сен 2023 :	Reissue Of Eighties Metal All-Star Project HEAR 'N AID Will Arrive 'Sometime Soon', Says WENDY DIO
25 сен 2023 :	WENDY DIO Says Remixed Version Of DIO's 'The Last In Line' Album Is In The Works For 2024 Release
22 сен 2023 :	VIVIAN CAMPBELL Says RONNIE JAMES DIO Initially Had 'No Interest' In Doing HEAR 'N AID Project
18 авг 2023 :	DIO: 'The Studio Albums: 1996-2004' Limited-Edition Deluxe CD And LP Box Sets Due In September
13 авг 2023 :	DOUG ALDRICH Confirms His Unreleased Song Collaboration With RONNIE JAMES DIO Will Finally See Light Of Day
28 июн 2023 :	RONNIE JAMES DIO Documentary 'Dreamers Never Die': Official DVD And Blu-Ray Release Details Revealed
9 май 2023 :	DAVID COVERDALE Says RONNIE JAMES DIO Was An 'Amazing' Singer
9 май 2023 :	Unreleased RONNIE JAMES DIO And DOUG ALDRICH Song Collaboration To Finally See Light Of Day Next Year
4 май 2023 :	Watch: Ex-DIO Guitarist ROWAN ROBERTSON Performs DIO, BLACK SABBATH Classics In Slovakia
1 май 2023 :	RONNIE JAMES DIO Documentary 'Dreamers Never Die' To Receive DVD And Blu-Ray Release In September
3 мар 2023 :	Former DIO Guitarist ROWAN ROBERTSON Performs Playthrough Of "Evil On Queen Street"; Video
16 фев 2023 :	VINNY APPICE Says He Was 'Bummed' When VIVIAN CAMPBELL Was Fired From DIO: It's 'Not True' That Everybody Is Replaceable

28 фев 2019

VIVIAN CAMPBELL: RONNIE JAMES DIO 'Kind Of Looked At Me Like His RANDY RHOADS'

Original DIO guitarist Vivian Campbell says that he understands why fans would want to see the hologram of Ronnie James Dio.

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.

The Dio hologram production uses audio of Ronnie's live performances from throughout his career, with the DIO DISCIPLES 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.

Campbell, along with drummer Vinny Appice and bassist Jimmy Bain, was part of the original DIO lineup, which reunited in 2012 alongside singer Andrew Freeman to form LAST IN LINE.

When LAST IN LINE formed, the intent was to celebrate Ronnie James Dio's early work by reuniting the members of the original DIO lineup. After playing shows that featured a setlist composed exclusively of material from the first three DIO albums, the band decided to move forward and create new music in a similar vein.

Asked by WRIF's Meltdown for his opinion on the Dio hologram tour, Vivian said (hear audio below): "Well, I'm very flattered that those guys [in DIO DISCIPLES] continue to keep the music that we made with Ronnie alive. I do honestly think that the early DIO albums were probably the strongest. There was such an immediate chemistry of the original band, between Vinny and Jimmy and Ronnie and myself, and that music that we created. So it's great that they are doing it. I think what they're doing is a benefit to us, because they're bringing attention to the legacy of the music we created. And I think what we do is a benefit to them, so I think it's mutually beneficial.

"I've never seen the hologram, so I don't really know," he continued. "But I do understand why they would wanna do it. I'm sure there's a lot of people who never had the chance to see Ronnie when he was alive, so that's about as close as it'll come. And then, on the other end of the equation, there is Vinny and I in LAST IN LINE, the two remaining members of the original band, and we're also doing our part to keep the legacy of the music alive while still looking forward by writing and recording and releasing our own original music and going out there and playing it side by side with the DIO classics. We're in a good position now having our second album out there to really balance the show between playing the key DIO classic songs and our own original music, which I think sits pretty well side by side."

Asked what his relationship with Ronnie was like when the singer died, Vivian said: "I hadn't seen Ronnie [in many years]. I got fired from the band halfway through the 'Sacred Heart' tour. And the way everything went down and the way it was portrayed in the press afterwards left a very, very uncomfortable taste in my mouth. I wanted nothing to do with DIO, with the legacy or the music. It was only after Ronnie passed away, and maybe that's what it took, but it was only after that, and together with a couple of other things that were going on in my life, that kind of led me back to opening that door again and reconnecting with Vinny and Jimmy and playing that music, and that ultimately led to the LAST IN LINE. But I do feel that Ronnie and I, had the gatekeepers gotten out of the way, I do think if we bumped into each other in the street, we eventually would have made up."

He continued: "Ronnie was a complicated human being, like we all are — there's no black and white in human nature; it's all very nuanced. Even when I was in the band with Ronnie, I feel like he was very, very proud of me when I first came to L.A. and we were doing the 'Holy Diver' record. He kind of looked at me like his Randy Rhoads, if you want — 'a great guitar player I discovered; this unknown guy.' And he had kind of this fatherly attitude towards me. That's kind of how I looked at it. It was a bit like being in a band with your stepdad, who happened to be an international rock star. I was always very uncomfortable around Ronnie, because I was a fan. I had 'Long Live Rock 'N ' Roll', 'Rainbow Rising', I had the 'Heaven And Hell' album, 'The Mob Rules' — I had those records. I was listening to those records when I got a call to come and audition for this new band. So to be transported then from Belfast, Northern Ireland to L.A. in the '80s and then to be around these guys and working with them, it was very, very bizarre to me — it was quite surreal. And I never really felt like I had a proper relationship with Ronnie because of that, and because of my own discomfort and unease of being around these people that I felt were icons to me.

"Anyway, so one thing led to another, we made some great music, we wrote those records, we wrote the songs, we made great albums, we had great tours, we had great success," Vivian added. "Unfortunately, getting back to the industry gatekeepers, more to the point, I don't think I ever would have been fired from the band without the influence of those people. I think that Ronnie and I connected on a level that was very, very beneficial musically. Maybe not so much personally — our personal relationship was a little bit strained because of that inherent discomfort and that generational gap and whatnot. But the one thing we could do together was write and record great music. And I know that Ronnie knew the value of that. And that's maybe why I was particularly angry with him when I got fired. I think he knew what he was doing when he kind of threw that away. He threw away the magic of the original band because I think he was afraid of going against the industry people that were advising him at the time. So that was always my beef with Ronnie. He didn't uphold his bargain with us. And I felt a little bit of anger there, because he knew what he was doing. But having said that, I think if we met each other and whatnot, we would have had a beer and kissed and made up and maybe made more great music together."

In a May 2011 interview with Brazil's Roadie Crew magazine, Ronnie's wife and manager WendyDio stated about the controversy surrounding the singer's relationship with Campbell (in a 2003 interview, Vivian called Ronnie "an awful businessman and, way more importantly, one of the vilest people in the industry."), "[Vivian] always said that he hated all the albums that he played on with Ronnie, and that was very hurtful to Ronnie. Very hurtful. Would you like someone who said something like that about your albums? He said a lot of things in the press that I don't wanna get into, because it really wasn't Ronnie's feud at all. Ronnie didn't fire him. I fired [Vivian]. He wanted as much money as Ronnie wanted. He thought he was as important as Ronnie was, and that was just wrong. But I don't wanna get into that. It's water under the bridge. It doesn't matter."

VIVIAN CAMPBELL: RONNIE JAMES DIO

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28 фев 2019

r2d2

Извини Тони, но Джо не входил в сделку:)

1 мар 2019

RomV

"возвращаясь снова к внешним силам, этим серым кардиналам индустрии, я не думаю, что я был бы уволен из группы, если бы не влияние этих людей"
Как он завуалированно назвал Венди :D

Да и она супер всё описала, типа его уволила я, но это дела старые чего вы вспоминаете, всё равно что Гитлер сказал бы, я угрохал кучу людей, но фигли вы вспоминаете, живём сегодняшним пацаны!

1 мар 2019

Kalmah13

Скорее она думала, поменяю гитариста, в рок музыке же это не основной инструмент, а то захотел больше зарплату получать. Как показала история: первые альбомы самые крутые