For Your Listening Enjoyment: Remembering the Godfather of Metal
If you are a fan of 70s and 80s metal, your world came crashing down this week, just as mine did. I was notified on Sunday evening (by my mom, randomly enough) that one of the godfathers of heavy metal, Ronnie James Dio, had been defeated in a battle against
a dragon
stomach cancer. If you are not a metal fan, you must have thrown up the metal horns with your hand at some concert or some point in your life. You can thank RJD's Italian grandmother for those metal horns, as that's where they came from. This is a fantastically 80s live version of Rainbow in the Dark. Throw up the metal horns and give a moment of silence today for one of the most powerful voices in metal: