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\nDIO DISCIPLES featuring Craig Goldy, Simon Wright, Scott Warren, Bjorn Englen, Tim \u201cRipper\u201d Owens, and Joe Retta performed at the Hall Of Heavy Metal History all-star induction ceremony on January 18th at the Anaheim Expo Center in Anaheim, CA. Check out fan-filmed video footage HERE<\/a> of the Disciples performing the Black Sabbath classic \u201cHeaven & Hell\u201d and the Dio staple \u201cHoly Diver\u201d.
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\nProceeds from the event were donated to the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund.<\/p>\n
The 2017 Hall Of Heavy Metal History inductees Include:<\/p>\n
* Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio) (with Wendy Dio accepting the induction) DIO DISCIPLES featuring Craig Goldy, Simon Wright, Scott Warren, Bjorn Englen, Tim \u201cRipper\u201d Owens, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53057"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53064,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53057\/revisions\/53064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n* Metal Blade Records (with Brian Slagel accepting the induction)
\n* Scorpions (with Drummer Mikkey Dee accepting the induction)
\n* Rainbow Bar And Grill (with owner Mikael Maglieri accepting the induction)
\n* Rudy Sarzo (formerly of Ozzy Osbourne and Whitesnake)
\n* Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot) (along with a special 33rd Anniversary induction of Quiet Riot, as the first band to achieve the #1 Heavy Metal Album status)
\n* Lemmy Kilmister (Mot\u00f6rhead) (with special guest accepting the nomination)
\n* Ross “The Boss” Friedman (ex-Manowar)
\n* Vinny Appice (formerly of Black Sabbath and Dio)
\n* Don Airey (Deep Purple)
\n* Andy Zildjian (President\/CEO of Sabian Cymbals)
\n* Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne) (with the Rhoads family members accepting the induction)
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\nSource: BW&BK
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