Dio Chat Session November 28th

Dio Chat Session November 28th, 2000

HOST EMC Wasp: Coming up next..... Dio!!!!

HOST EMC Wasp: Will dio make it to philly in the

future. I last saw him at arizonas in Dover

delaware....Great Performance

RonnieDio2000: We will definitely be in Philadelphia,

we will make it there on the next tour. I have a love

affair with

RonnieDio2000: Philadelphia, when I'm asked what

favorite city to play in is my answer is Philadelphia

RonnieDio2000: so we will defintely be there soon.

HOST EMC Wasp: Any chance of you doing Egypt with Doro

or Gates with yngwie?

RonnieDio2000: Theres always a chance, unfortunately

we don't currently play either of those in the set, we

would

RonnieDio2000: need a night of rehearsal, theres

always a chance that we might.

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HOST EMC Wasp: I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT WE CAN EXPECT

TO HEAR ON THIS TOUR.

RonnieDio2000: We like the last tour that we did, we

came to the realization that we are Dio

RonnieDio2000: not Rainbow or Sabbath, over the years

I have given a cross section of all the bands but now

we do one

RonnieDio2000: Sabbath song and one Rainbow song, we

play songs from all of the Dio releases, if its

RonnieDio2000: a full show we do 20 -23 songs in the

set.

HOST EMC Wasp: is there or was there any plans to

release a video for magica?

RonnieDio2000: There were plans and still are plans to

do a video, we didn't do one early on and then

RonnieDio2000: our touring schedule took us away from

that, I do hope to one day perform MAgica in its

entirity for a DVD

RonnieDio2000: release. There will be visuals for

Magica.

HOST EMC Wasp: Hey Ronnie will you be adding We Rock

to the list or Mob Rules?

RonnieDio2000: There are both on the list, they are

included in the final encore. If the full set is

played then both of

RonnieDio2000: those will be included.

HOST EMC Wasp: why the move to play the entire magica

RonnieDio2000: Its a concept piece, we didn't struggle

and work on it to be chopped up song by song, we feel

RonnieDio2000: thats its a great piece and we are

capable of performing the entire piece in concert so

thats why we do it.

HOST EMC Wasp: Hi Ronnie, what are your plans after

the tour finishes?

RonnieDio2000: We have a charity project that we are

involved with called Children of the Night, and the

song Craig Goldie

RonnieDio2000: and I have written will be performed by

many artists, this will be much like the Hear N Aid

RonnieDio2000: project (which will be rereleased).

This tour will not be ending until April

RonnieDio2000: we will be touring in Europe, then we

will be working on the project, and then getting back

on the

RonnieDio2000: road to do this again

RonnieDio2000: In response to am I working on my

autobiography and when will it come out ~

RonnieDio2000: I have well over a third finished but

due to commitments I haven't finished it yet. Music is

the first thing

RonnieDio2000: that I do and to write you need total

concentration on that project, but I am working on it

and will complete

RonnieDio2000: it sometime in the future.

HOST EMC Wasp: RONNIE, WILL YOU BE COMING BACK TO

VENTURA ON MORE

RonnieDio2000: Not this time around, there was some

talk of playing New Years Eve there but thats not

going to be happening.

RonnieDio2000: We will be back there at some point,

just not that soon.

HOST EMC Wasp: Will there be a continuation of the

MAGICA story on a future CD?

RonnieDio2000: I think that you can be assured that

there will be, it will not be the next CD. I would

like to make it a full.

RonnieDio2000: prose piece, there will be two other

parts to the Magica story (a trilogy)

RonnieDio2000: and there may be more to follow.

HOST EMC Wasp: What part of a song do you write first,

the music or the lyrics? Is Magica the first of a

trilogy?

RonnieDio2000: Always the music first, the music

inspires me to write what the music is about, I have

titles followed by the

RonnieDio2000: lyrics. The music helps explain what I

will write word wise, the music always comes first.

HOST EMC Wasp: Magica is a great cd...what has the

response been to playing it live?.Can`t wait to see

you play it in Wash .d

RonnieDio2000: The response has been to our

expectations, we knew it was a great piece

RonnieDio2000: when we wrote and since we do it from

beginning to end the response has

RonnieDio2000: gone beyond our expectations. At the

end of hte day what we wanted to do was give the Dio

fans

RonnieDio2000: a form of fantasy that they would

appreciate. Magica is a return to what Dio is. Craig

Goldie

RonnieDio2000: Jimmy Bain and Simon Wright all

contributed and we look forward to playing it every

night.

HOST EMC Wasp: What word on the ELF reunion?

RonnieDio2000: We still have plans to do that, again

its a matter of time, Dio is my first priority, Elf

RonnieDio2000: will be a fun project to do, it is

still in the works and it will happen, it seems to be

RonnieDio2000: picking up momentum, its definitely

going to happen its just a question of when.

HOST EMC Wasp: How did the tour with Deep Purple go???

HOST EMC Wasp: what are the words you say as the song

"shame on the night" fades to silence

RonnieDio2000: I honestlly don't remember, if you are

talking about what it is said backwards it might be

RonnieDio2000: Crucify the Diver

HOST EMC Wasp: is there any chance that the band will

play wales u.k. its been 13 years since the last

show!!

RonnieDio2000: We are planning on being in the UK in

February and hopefully Wales will be one of the stops

RonnieDio2000: We have only played in London recently

and thats due to the promoters

RonnieDio2000: They are booking people that don't play

the type of music that we do, hopefully they will

learn that our fans

RonnieDio2000: will be at the shows so hopefully one

of our stops will be in Wales on this tour.

HOST EMC Wasp: what was one of the most impressive

bands you've toured with in recent years?

RonnieDio2000: I think in the Sabbath days I liked

Prong and I also liked Testament, we have toured so

frequently with

RonnieDio2000: opening acts and there haven't been

many that have overly impressed with me, Doro and

Yngwie have been

RonnieDio2000: very impressive.

HOST EMC Wasp: Does it look like Craig Goldie will be

in Dio for a while or is it a one shor deal?I hope he

stays.

RonnieDio2000: This is a long term proposition,

hopefully it will be forever, he has told me that

leaving was a mistake but I

RonnieDio2000: don't think that it was because it made

him realize how much he liked being in this band.

HOST EMC Wasp: Will your next cd stick to the

traditional DIO themes?

RonnieDio2000: Yes it will much more so than in the

past 4 to 5 years, Magica was quite an undertaking but

I would

RonnieDio2000: like to make the next album harder and

faster but it will be

RonnieDio2000: a pure Dio album.

HOST EMC Wasp: For a while you seemed to want to get

away from fantasy-themed albums...have you decided to

abandon that route

HOST EMC Wasp: Can we ever expect to see the style of

music you played w/ Tracy G again?

RonnieDio2000: I like that Tracy G is the operative

word there, now that Tracy is no longer with us and

that

RonnieDio2000: Craig is, I draw my attitudes from the

world around me, and at that time I was shouting out

RonnieDio2000: socially, it doesn't mean that I won't

be angry again but I don't think that

RonnieDio2000: you will see a return to that style

again.

HOST EMC Wasp: how did the jimmy bain reunion occur?

RonnieDio2000: Craig and I had completed writing the

album and I got a call from Jimmy just to reconnect

RonnieDio2000: and he had sorted out some problems and

it was a twist of fate because

RonnieDio2000: we had not chosen a bass player for the

album. I asked him if he would like to play on the

album

RonnieDio2000: and he was happy to do it. I am glad to

have Jimmy back both as a personal friend and part of

the band. Its a

RonnieDio2000: wonderful pleasure to be back with him

again.

HOST EMC Wasp: thank you for "last in live"....would

there ever be the possiblilty of a compilation of your

tribute songs?

RonnieDio2000: I've only done two tribute songs so it

would be a short album, I don't plan

RonnieDio2000: on doing others, I did those do because

I am a fan of both Alice Cooper and Aerosmith

RonnieDio2000: so that was my way of saying thank you

to them.

HOST EMC Wasp: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT YEARS

RONNIE,STILL THINKIN OF BUYING A HOUSE IN CAMBRIA?

RonnieDio2000: No I've moved my geographic desires a

bit, I will eventually move farther north in CA, and

you're welcome.

HOST EMC Wasp: Will you ever work with Vinnie Appice

again?

RonnieDio2000: I would never say no, Vinnie has been

an important part of life, both personally

RonnieDio2000: and musically, right now I'm happy with

SImon. I never said no to playing with Sabbath and

later did an

RonnieDio2000: album with the. I would never say no

but the chances are quite slim.

RonnieDio2000: In response to do I keep in touch with

Vivian CAmpbell ~

RonnieDio2000: I have not really spoken to Viv

personally in quite a few years. Vivian is going to

take part

RonnieDio2000: in the Children of the Night project

that I mentioned earlier. I keep in contact with him

RonnieDio2000: thorugh Jimmy. We have no animosity

towards each other. He is one of the most distinctive

RonnieDio2000: guitar players that I have ever heard.

We will be working together on that project so

hopefully we will talk

RonnieDio2000: then.

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HOST EMC Wasp: I don't mean to bring up a negative

thought but I must admit I was disappointed with the

Vh-1 special not havi

HOST EMC Wasp: having DIO includede

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RonnieDio2000: I was a bit disappointed myself, I felt

that all the work that we have done over the years

have left its mark

RonnieDio2000: but there were many choices (we may

have been #101) I don't watch VH1

HOST EMC Wasp: what happened on the tour with wasp and

iron maiden and thanks for giving wales a mention

RonnieDio2000: That was down to Iron Maiden, WASP were

signed to Sanctuary which was the same label, there

must

RonnieDio2000: have been some political things that

went on but I felt that I would be blamed for them not

being on the tour

RonnieDio2000: (I'm blamed for almost everything else)

RonnieDio2000: but things happened and they weren't on

the tour.

HOST EMC Wasp: WHAT ABOUT RAINBOW REUNION?

RonnieDio2000: Theres always the thought of that in

the works, people still want to see that lineup but at

the end of the day

RonnieDio2000: we have had some offers but nothing has

happened yet, if we did have a reunion, it would not

be a long tour

RonnieDio2000: probably an album and one or two shows

(most likely in Japan), I think that we were the best

line up of RAinbo

RonnieDio2000: (not to throw stones at other members)

but my main consideration is Dio and Blackmores is

RAinbow.

HOST EMC Wasp: Hi Ronnie Sarah here. I heard something

about a Project with Roger Glover, from DP, There is

something there?

RonnieDio2000: The project was that we are going ot

include Roger in on the Elf project, he

RonnieDio2000: produced the Elf records and he will be

part of that reunion.

HOST EMC Wasp: Will the Deep Purple /Dio thing plays

any dates in the US?

RonnieDio2000: At the moment there are some plans for

February (possibly Radio City Music Hall, Chicago, and

the Hollywood

RonnieDio2000: Bowl) nothing is concrete but hopefully

it will happen.

HOST EMC Wasp: RONNIE ,HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR VOICE SO

STRONG AFTER SO MANY GREAT YEARS ?

RonnieDio2000: Everything is a matter of technique and

you must have talent, you must also know

RonnieDio2000: how to use that talent, I never toook

singing lessons because I didn't want someone making

me into someone

RonnieDio2000: other than myself, I don't smoke or

abuse myself so I think that plays a part. Its a

mental thing, I am very

RonnieDio2000: strong mentally and i refuse to be

beaten down in anything that I do.

HOST EMC Wasp: Will there be a point where you feel

you've said everything you need to and retire, or just

keep going until

HOST EMC Wasp: fate stops you?

RonnieDio2000: I will stop when I feel that I can't

sing anymore, its a very physical thing and if

RonnieDio2000: I am not at the top of my game then I

will stop. I will never stop writing or being involved

RonnieDio2000: in the music business. I think that I

will be doing this for a number of years to come and

RonnieDio2000: I think that we will do it together. I

will see the end when the end

RonnieDio2000: smacks me in the face.

HOST EMC Wasp: HI Ronnie Were you called to sing on

the solo cd of Tony Iommi?

RonnieDio2000: No

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HOST EMC Wasp: Why do japan releases have bonus

tracks?

RonnieDio2000: I think that its because of the bootleg

situation, they can buy the album from another source

but they won't

RonnieDio2000: get the bonus track. Its also the

reason that the artwork is better so that they will

buy that one rather than

RonnieDio2000: the release that came before their own

HOST EMC Wasp: WAS COUNTRY GIRL ABOUT WENDY?

RonnieDio2000: It was

HOST EMC Wasp: I love Holy Diver! Do you think it is

your best song?

RonnieDio2000: I think its an excellent, it is a very

personal song for me because it is the first song that

I wrote for the

RonnieDio2000: Dio album, I don't think its my best

song but it is in the top three

HOST EMC Wasp: What did you think about being featurd

on South Park????

RonnieDio2000: Initially my ofiice was called and they

asked management if they could use Holy Diver on one

of their shows

RonnieDio2000: and my first response was absolutely

not because I have seen what they have done to other

artists

SandraSass: Which of your own songs do you love the

most, Ronnie?

MikeK48: LOL

MeDusaRizn: hey hey hey good question...

RonnieDio2000: they assured me that it wouldn't be

that way and I realized that the show is part of

Americana and that I

RonnieDio2000: thought it was wonderful and I am

pleased and proud that they asked me to be part of

that

RonnieDio2000: I have no regrets.

HOST EMC Wasp: Will you ever play any early,early

Prophet stuff ever again, I love alot of these

songs,Angel,Walking in

HOST EMC Wasp: different circles,pays to advertise,hey

look me over.This to me was a vital part of the magic

that is now DIO.

RonnieDio2000: Thank you for the compliments, I agree

that they were all learning experiences and I will

keep them as a

RonnieDio2000: memory pinned to my pillow. They were a

great time for me but they will remain in a secret

place in my heart.

RonnieDio2000: To everyone who has taken part in

todays conversation and to those who

RonnieDio2000: were not able to have their questions

answered: We Rock!