The DIO Band Thread

[Zzzptm]

Great article share there. Also good for having Bain's comments corroborate with Appice's observations.

[Jack the Stripper]

Yeah I don’t think it was just a coincidence that Ronnie had a string(no pun intended) of guitar players go through his band after Vivian was fired.

[Zzzptm]

Also no coincidence that the quality of the band's music dropped off for a good long while.

[Jack the Stripper]

Upcoming RSD release. First time on vinyl. Limited to 8000
https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/15895

Not sure I’m a fan of that cover art though

[Zzzptm]

Yeah... are there really that many zombies in Fresno?

[Vyn]

Would like the cover better if they removed the mouth from the devil thing.

[Charger]

I've never been a huge fan of Marc Sasso's post Master Of The Moon artworks...he's gotten bit too cartoony for my liking and it doesn't quite fit DIO's style either...I'm not sure that Ronnie would have aproved this change in direction if he'd still be with us.

Those record store day things suck as you'd pretty much have to order one from the states and that would be crazy expensive so I won't be getting this one I think...especially as it's just black vinyl.

[Jack the Stripper]

The spirit of RSD was killed long ago. Use to be you had to actually go into the store to buy the RSD release. Now the stores sell them online for stupid prices and flippers buy them all up and re-sell them for and even stupider prices.

[Vyn]

Agree 100% Jack. I used to look forward to it, made sure to hit up the local shops - one year I missed it and was pissed off at myself. Haven't cared about it for years, because of what you mentioned: can just go online and buy whatever you want as long as you pay the inflated prices.

It became a monster that ate itself.

[Zzzptm]

I see "Limited Edition" on some releases and read instead "we don't expect to move a ton of merch with this issue, so it's a small pressing..."

[Jack the Stripper]

Agree 100% Jack. I used to look forward to it, made sure to hit up the local shops - one year I missed it and was pissed off at myself. Haven't cared about it for years, because of what you mentioned: can just go online and buy whatever you want as long as you pay the inflated prices.

It became a monster that ate itself.

One of my favourite record stores in Melbourne posted this today.

[Vyn]

I can't argue with their logic! I notice they have an online shop, I might buy something just to show my support of their position on the matter.

[Jack the Stripper]

I can't argue with their logic! I notice they have an online shop, I might buy something just to show my support of their position on the matter.

Im popping by tomorrow and do so every 2 weeks. If you see something you like let me know. They give me discounts.

[Vyn]

Thanks Jack - I actually just bought three records from their store right before I looked at this post. Picked up The Chats' latest, one by The Scientists, and one from Amyl and the Sniffers. They'll probably be wondering why some dude in the middle of the US is buying records from them lol

[Jack the Stripper]

I’ll tell Ben tomorrow How was postage costs? I think he’s usually pretty reasonable. He packs his vinyl expertly.