Black Sabbath - Jim Ladd Interview with Ronnie James Dio, 7/26/1980

This is a Radio interview with Jim Ladd after Sabbath's gig in LA on 26 July 1980. Sabbath just played a 75 min set, opening for Cheap Trick and Journey (seriously...Journey??). They talk about the event and some other stuff. Pretty nice clip. Enjoy!

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[itsatacoproductions]

dio likes journey?

[magicman08]

1980 was this after the gas crisis and stuff? Cool interview

[greghawaii007]

@mlmr11 Got to say infinity with both rollie and perry was the best.

[mlmr11]

@jscalise1 Well don't forget this is 1980 meaning that he's speaking of Journey Pre - Johnathan Caine. Journey had a very nice style with Greg Rolie. They were a pop band for sure but they possessed a credible edge. Caine turned them into , for lack of a better word, the gay superstars you know and love today

[avgjoegeek]

wow... KMET - Haven't heard that callsign since I was a kid. Tooo cool.

[Wanloqz]

RIP RJD... We miss you man

[z1inspector]

@itsatacoproductions

theirs nothing wrong with journey, nothing at all

Dio liked alota bands , his ultimate he said was Led Zeppelin

[Delaneyableful]

"Oh, I am sensational" - ...I hear ya

[gl797]

Radio K.A.O.S. of Roger Waters fame

[dukeofkbs]

I saw this show ...it was the first rock concert I ever went to. I became a huge Black Sabbath fan that day thanks to Ronnie James Dio. They were amazing. Journey and Cheap Trick followed and both handed in great performances. Before Sabbath , The Babys and Molly Hatchet played great sets. A local Los Angeles CA band called Russia started the day off.

Before Black Sabbath came on, church bells tolled for about ten minutes. They opened thier set with War Pigs.

[eldorado61guy]

Jim Ladd is a fool . Ronnie is cool

[yesmon4real]

Ahh yes , back when radio rocked , I remember KMET , nice post ,

Thanks

RIP Ronnie .

[BarefootRadio]

RIP RJD.

[JG1635]

RIP Ronnie we love you & we will all miss you.. Thanks for the music & memories.. your physical body is gone but your spirit & music will live on forever. \m/

[akaboo69]

to prove they are better open up for bands that suck meakes u look better lol

[MrTabord]

robin zander and his pink tux? gimme sabbath!!!!! i was there what a great show!!!!

[Frogchylde]

Cool. Back then groups didn't get pigeon holded like they are now. It was possible then for a metal band to open for a soft rock act like Journey. A friend of mine told me that, during his first solo tour, Ozzy opened for Kenny Loggins

[psychoman420]

Why the fuck would Sabbath be opening for Journey and Cheap Trick?

I like those two bands but Sabbath is much bigger than those two.

[stuckondamoment]

Journey and Cheap Trick are cool, but still Sabbath is bigger!

[LASTINLIVE]

'can we just have the money instead' 

lol Ronnie is a real show man.

Lucky Oakland crowd [nextday].

lucky me ...28 years later i got to see Dio live !!

Good luck in august DIOPRIEST and thanks for sending this. Thanks for sharing blacksabfan

[molochlight]

I remember this show at the Los Angeles Coliseum. That really was pretty good show...and yes Journey did put on a pretty good show. This was before "Open Arms" and soft ballad stuff that gave that band a black eye among their loyal fan base. Cheap Trick and Molly Hatchet were there too! Also put on a good show. This show happened in July of 1980. Yeah bring back memories...

[Micku91]

Come on! Journey, I thought i was gonna throw up, and Chep Trick sounded nothing better. But still, Sabbath rocks!

[redbirdfan126]

Very Cool.

[Diopriest]

blacksabfan you rock you always post amazing stuff thankyou very much long live dio and diofan1952 for sending me this vid

[UncleJimmema]

Nice post!