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- From: tapio@nic.funet.fi (Tapio Keih{nen)
- Subject: Re: Dio and Black Sabbath (what's going on??)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.020520.4156@nic.funet.fi>
- Keywords: Is Dio still in the band??
- Organization: Finnish University and Research Network (FUNET)
- References: <1992Dec21.191823.13223@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1h83ncINN743@smaug.West.Sun.COM>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 02:05:20 GMT
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- In <1h83ncINN743@smaug.West.Sun.COM> lindamo@ism.isc.com (Linda M.) writes:
-
- >wasn't buying into it. Iommi, Geezer, and Appice wanted to do the show,
- >though, and announced that they were going to play. Dio then said, "O.K.,
- >I'm outta here... ," thus terminating the current Sabbath lineup. For
-
- Did Dio really say this? I mean that he said that he won't appear in
- Costa Mesa but did he terminate the Sabbath line-up too? I haven't
- seen this mentioned anywhere.
-
- >Dio does when he's between projects. Its almost a definite that Ozzy and
- >some form of his band and/or Sabbath will have the special guest slot at
- >Donington next year, and Ozzy is taking a much-needed vacation for a few
-
- Special guest slot? According to European heavy metal mags, it is
- almost certain that Ozzy Sabbath will _headline_ Donington 93...
-
- >nostalgic "blast from the past" at his farewell shows. He was really
- >puzzled that Dio would be so weird about playing on the same bill as him,
- >and to be honest I think its pretty damn bizarre too. I mean, Dio has
- >many, many fans from his Sabbath days, and IMHO must be quite insecure
- >if he couldn't handle working with Ozzy.
-
- I think that Dio could've handled working with Ozzy. But as Dio does
- ... hmm... dislike Ozzy quite much, he didn't want to be WARMING UP
- for Ozzy. If I were Dio and the situation would've been this, I
- wouldn't have done this gig either. On the other hand, if both Dio and
- Ozzy would've been on stage singing together those Sabbath classics,
- it would've been different. Probably.
-
- --
- Tapio Keihanen - tapio@nic.funet.fi \ / "Never look back, never turn!"
- - k135528@cc.tut.fi / \ -Ronnie James Dio, 1981
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