Dio - Dio At Donington UK Live 1983 - Stargazer

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"'He Was Already A Legend'
When Ronnie James Dio Stepped onto the Donington Stage in the summer of '83, unveiling a new band and preparing to showcase songs from a brand new album, he was an artist to whom the words 'legendary' & 'loved' could be evenly applied.
After Al, he was a frontman whose name had been chipped into the marble base beneath two of rock's most consistently acclaimed recordings: Rainbow's 'Rising' album (1776) and Black Sabbath's 'Heaven And Hell' (1980), Cornerstone tiles in any self-respecting rock fan's cherished collection.
Not only did these milestone releases give birth to the term 'Dio-esque' (a tag that can be applied to anything suitably grandiose in nature, be it pyramids, the Great Sphinx of Giza or every spine-tingling second of '...rising' centrepiece ' Stargazer'), but they instantly pushed RJD into the premier league of international hard rock singers - a league he ended up topping on a career-long basis.
But by 1983, only the first few chapters of the Dio saga had been writ; heady an' exciting chapters certainly, each one recorded in illuminated script by a team of monks, silent and cowled and great leather-bound tomes they were, flamboyantly inked with tales of myth & magic...
However... when ronnie took to the Donington stage for the first time - young'blood guitarist Viv Campbell on one side, rainbow pal, bassist Jimmy Bain on the other, and Sabs colleague Vinny Appice guarding the kit - his Rainbow & Sabbath days were behind him. Now he was fronting a band under his own name, and the rock 'n' roll world had its telescope trained
Looking back, it requires confidence, courage and a backbone forged from Excalibur-strength steel to introduce your new project to die-hard UK fans in such a high-profile manner... but then this was Ronnie James Dio, golden-throated occupier of the silver mountain, and the music he'd come to unveil was just what the doctor ordered (if you were deeply deficient in drama and ailing for the epic).
If course it's easy with hindsight to recognize 'Holy Diver' (the Dio debut) as an all-time classic, but even at the time it sounded pretty bloody amazing, a clear contender for album of '83, and the Donington stage was just the launchpad required...
Long live rock 'n' roll.
Long live Ronnie James Dio."
-Dante Bonutto

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[bigchickenfu]

Rainbow Rising album came out in 1776 ? Damn, RJ Dio had quite a rock and roll legacy ! Did he sign the Declaration of Independence too ? ! LOL !! HEE HEE HEE

[zeldagana]

it floors me that dio is not in the rock n roll hall of fame,wtf they have people in there that hasnt donr half the work dio has done.

[lovemaker1972]

@Mayfaeryan Beethoven was the rocker back in the 18th century,mozart more the pop rock heini and Bach the master of neo classical rock music yeaaah

[lovemaker1972]

@aspabagourda hahahha money should has been the main reason maybe shame shame on you vivian

[lovemaker1972]

aaahh the stargazer aahh i am blessed thank you dio and blackmore

[abe1sapien]

Vinny Appice's drumming is fantastic on this track!

[aspabagourda]

great work from Vivian, such a pity now that he opted to sport a dodgy perm and play with the terrible Leppard.....he could have been on of the great Irish axemen, up there with Gary and Rory...

[dimitrismuse]

guitar without tuning??

[BerionPrometheus]

Oh god... is Vinny on drums?

[benchmat]

Vivian did a great job on guitar haha.

[Mayfaeryan]

@Mayfaeryan Oops. It was PlasterCaster94 who asked it. :)

[Mayfaeryan]

@zeldagana Think it's part of Fur Elise that started earlier. It's been in many songs, for example Metal Heart by Accept.

[PlasterCaster94]

Anyone know where the solo from 2:31 is from? I recognise it but can't put my finger on it.