Dio
The Complete Albums 1983-1993 UMR/MERCURY
Dio’s first decade rounded up and ripe for re-evaluation
TONY MOTTRAM/AVALON
At the time of singer Ronnie James Dio’s passing in 2010, an ongoing reunion with his Mob Rules-era Black Sabbath bandmates, as Heaven And Hell, brought a reappraisal of the singer’s Sabbath legacy, in the wake of prior fractious splits. Sadly, his work with Dio, the band he formed with fellow Sabs evacuee Vinnie Appice (drums) after the breakup in 1982, wouldn’t receive the same long-overdue re-evaluation during his lifetime.