RONNIE JAMES DIO – Memorabilia Auction Announced

The late Heavy Metal Music Icon and “Black Sabbath” Frontman’s signature wardrobe, guitars, stage props and more roar onto the auction Stage at Hard Rock Cafe New York coming SEPTEMBER 14 & 15, 2018.

Julien’s Auctions, the world–record breaking auction house, will pay tribute to one of the most influential heavy metal heroes and forefathers of the head–banging music genre with PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF RONNIE JAMES DIO, taking place Friday, September 14 and Saturday, September 15 live at Hard Rock Cafe in New York and online at juliensauctions.com. (photo left to right: Dio’s stage worn shirt and Barry Jackson painting used as cover of The Last in Line album and Charvel guitar)

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Born July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, NH and raised in Cortland, NY, Ronald James Padavona, whom the whole world would later revere as Ronnie James Dio or simply Dio’s powerhouse falsetto voice, commanding stage presence and impact on the genre and fandom–from his signature horn salute to his style of wearing black t–shirts–would catapult heavy metal’s trajectory into pop culture iconography. Dio began his music career at the age of 5 where he played the trumpet and listened to opera particularly American tenor Mario Lanza. It was in high school that he formed his first rock–n–roll group, The Vegas Kings, which later was changed to Ronnie & The Rumblers then to Ronnie and the Redcaps and eventually Ronnie Dio and the Prophets. In 1967, the band became known as The Electric Elves, which was shortened to The Elves until 1972, when they released their first official album under the name of what would be known as one of heavy metal’s great early 1970s bands, Elf. When Elf toured as a regular opening act for the legendary heavy metal band, Deep Purple, Dio caught the attention of the group’s lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore who invited Dio and other Elf musicians to form the band that would eventually be known as another ultimate heavy metal band, Rainbow. During his time with Rainbow, Dio demonstrated his mythical lyricism on all of the songs written for the band, another signature hallmark of his craft. Dio left Rainbow in 1979 to join the supreme heavy metal band, Black Sabbath, famously replacing lead singer Ozzy Osbourne. Dio displayed his songwriting prowess once again on the song, “Children of the Sea,” co–written with Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler which would appear on the Heaven and Hell album (Warner Bros., 1980), the first Black Sabbath album that would feature Dio as vocalist. (photo left: Dio’s suede vest) Other prominent albums Dio would be featured on with the group included Mob Rules (Warner Bros., 1981), Live Evil (Warner Bros., 1982) and Dehumanizer (I.R.S., 1992) which hit the Top 40 in the UK and #44 on the Billboard charts and was featured in the hit movie Wayne’s World (Paramount Pictures, 1992).

In 1982, Dio and departed Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice formed the band Dio and toured extensively and produced numerous hit albums including their debut Holy Diver (Warner Bros., 1983) that included the hit singles “Rainbow in the Dark” and the album’s title track “Holy Diver,” The Last in Line (Warner Bros., 1984), Sacred Heart (Warner Bros., 1985), the live album A Special from the Spectrum (Warner Music Group, 1984), Master of the Moon (Sanctuary, 2004) and more. (photo right: wardrobe case) In 2006, Dio with Appice joined Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler as the Heaven & Hell band and toured and recorded extensively in the next four years producing critically acclaimed and new hit songs on the albums Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (Warner Bros., 2007) and The Devil You Know (Rhino, 2009). Dio’s last performance with Heaven & Hell was on August 29, 2009 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He died on May 16, 2010 of stomach cancer and his death was mourned by thousands of fans, critics and music artists around the world.

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