Black Sabbath Neon Knights 1980Live New York.

Sharon Arden, (later Sharon Osbourne) daughter of Black Sabbath manager Don Arden, suggested former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio to replace Ozzy Osbourne in 1979. Dio officially joined in June, and the band began writing their next album. With a notably different vocal style from Osbourne's, Dio's addition to the band marked a change in Black Sabbath's sound. "They were totally different altogether", Iommi explains. "Not only voice-wise, but attitude-wise. Ozzy was a great showman, but when Dio came in, it was a different attitude, a different voice and a different musical approach, as far as vocals. Dio would sing across the riff, whereas Ozzy would follow the riff, like in "Iron Man". Ronnie came in and gave us another angle on writing."

Dio's term in Black Sabbath has also brought the "metal horns" gesture to popularity in heavy metal subculture. Dio adopted it, originally a superstitious move to ward off the "evil eye", as a greeting to the audience. Since then, the gesture became widely copied by fans and other musicians alike.(RIP Dio)

Geezer Butler temporarily left the band in September 1979, and was initially replaced by Geoff Nicholls of Quartz on bass. The new line-up returned to Criteria Studios in November to begin recording work, with Butler returning to the band in January 1980, and Nicholls moving to keyboards. Produced by Martin Birch, Heaven and Hell, was released on 25 April 1980, to critical acclaim. Over a decade after its release AllMusic said the album was "one of Sabbath's finest records, the band sounds reborn and re-energised throughout". Heaven and Hell peaked at number 9 in the UK, and number 28 in the US, the band's highest charting album since Sabotage. The album eventually sold a million copies in the US,[ and the band embarked on an extensive world tour, making their first live appearance with Dio in Germany on 17 April 1980.

BLACK SABBATH toured the US throughout 1980 with BLUE ÖYSTER CULT on the "BLACK AND BLUE" tour, with a show at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NEW YORK filmed and released theatrically in 1981 as Black and Blue. On 26 July 1980, the band played to 75,000 fans at a sold-out Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles with Journey, Cheap Trick, and Molly Hatchet. The next day, the band appeared at the 1980 Day on the Green at Oakland Coliseum. While on tour, Black Sabbath's former label in England issued a live album culled from a seven-year old performance, entitled Live at Last without any input from the band. The album reached number five on the British charts, and saw the re-release of "Paranoid" as a single, which reached the top 20 RIP DIO

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[ASHANTISSSSSS]

VINNIE APPICE AMAZING

[wellyaa]

R.I.P Ronnie.....Man do i miss your vocals !!!

[MCguit88]

Miss you Ronnie.

[guitartur]

@cheapcape

and i fucked you mom last night.

[kiljoy11c]

i saw this concert in syracuse and it was awesome tripindicular!

[dudublizzard1979]

Ronnie James Dio and Tony Iommi on commands This is 1980, Great!

[cheapcape]

black sabbath is gay

[xwhite2020]

Nice save after dropping the ball at the beginning.

[davidvollmar]

I WAS THERE!!! 12!!!! GREAT SHOW. LIFE CHANGING!!! LONG LIVE DIO!!!!

[polepositionify]

Mesmerizing Ronnie James Dio.

[TheJohnRitchie]

Thirty years later still the best 7" single I ever bought.

[kevinmahoney95]

This is 1980.