ronnie james dio

During a rare interview, the Deep Purple and Rainbow guitar legend tells UCR how he hopes to return to the stage.

The following rock and metal musicians have always been universally known by fans and other musicians for being very nice.

Ultimate Classic Rock Nights has your chance to snag this new collection, which features the final era of recordings by Ronnie James Dio and his former Black Sabbath bandmates.

Legendary drummer Vinny Appice celebrates the release of the Heaven & Hell box set, 'Breaking Out of Heaven,' and shares memories of working with Dio.

After being rejected, these rock stars got the ultimate revenge.

Ahead of the annual Bowl for Ronnie charity event, rock and metal icons name their favorite song by the legendary Ronnie James Dio.

In the documentary 'Ozzy: No Escape From Now,' Sharon Osbourne revealed that Ozzy tried to stab Ronnie James Dio with a fork the first time they met.

The iconic words left as a remembrance of 20 late rock musicians including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and others.

The iconic words left as a remembrance of 13 late rock and metal legends including Ronnie James Dio, Chris Cornell and others.

Despite decades-long speculation, Appice says there was no hatred between the two iconic singers.

See a list of 25 rock and metal musicians who have been in three or more big bands, including Dave Grohl, Mike Portnoy, Maynard James Keenan and more.

These rock and metal singers left the bands they were in and then came back years later for another round (or multiple).