Beside the Point: Sue Sue Sue-Dio

While City Hall slumbers, the law in its majesty marches on

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

The Hierarchy of Hell

"...Ronnie James Dio, 66, wins. And Tony Iommi, 60, with the silver..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Lots of information and finely honed arguments characterize this vicariously thrilling and joyous documentary that explores heavy metal’s many permutations and sheer endurance over the past 30-odd years.

"...yes, aces as well). Iconic names like Iron Maiden, Dio, and Alice Cooper chime in from time to time,..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dio

Metallurgy

"...DioFinding the Sacred Heart: Live in Philly 1986 (Eagle Vision)..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

Heaven & Hell

Metallurgy

"...year at Deutschland's Wacken Open Air Festival, Ronnie James Dio raises his horns heavenward on a raw "Children of..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

First Concert: Steve Wertheimer

Continental Club and C-Boy’s Heart & Soul owner revisits Dazed & Confused

"...and is that Elf the one with Ronnie James Dio!? C'mon dude, who can remember who's in the act..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Feature

First Concert: Matt Muñoz

Cactus Cafe manager Matt Muñoz revisits his first concert in El Paso: Van Halen

"...all the fun stuff at the time, from Krokus, Dio, and Ozzy to the return of Van Halen and..."

June 29, 2018 Music Feature

Critics Poll

"...RADIOHEAD (Jay Trachtenberg) Best Reissue/Box Set..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Music Feature

Metallurgy

Metallurgy

"...cut four LPs boomed by holy diver Ronnie James Dio after the band fired Ozzy Osbourne. No bonus tracks..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Heavy Metal Box

Sweeeet

"...Star" – disc two starts veering into the abyss: Dio-era Black Sabbath (no Ozzy here), Mercyful Fate, and British..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

East Austin Studio Tour, Fall 2004 Map Guide

A guide to the participating stu-dios in the fall 2004 East Austin Studio Tour

"...4. Fisterra Studio 1200 E. Second, 482-0747, www.fisterrastudio.com..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Arts Feature

Vitalina Varela

Portuguese master of social observation visits migrant workers in old age

"...Manuel Tavares Almeida, Francisco Brito, Marina Alves Domingues and Imídio Monteiro...."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: Otello

Austin Opera staged a victory worthy of the Lion of Venice

"...think otherwise. He fueled the villain’s “Credo in un Dio crudel” (“I believe in a cruel God”) with a..."

Nov. 20, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Friday Free Week Stoner Jam: Duel

“Free Week is a magic window of time”

"...produced our first record. This is at his lakeside studio, Red Nova Ranch, way out in the sticks. We’re..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

10 Questions for Geezer Butler

Bassist’s questionnaire for Black Sabbath’s final U.S. concert

"...AC: What did different Black Sabbath vocalists – Dio, Gillan – bring to songs made famous by Ozzy?..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Metal’s Beach Boys: Def Leppard

Phil Collen details UK hitmakers’ musical work ethic

"...difficult for Vivian to go from one-guitar bands like Dio and Whitesnake to a two-guitar band like Def Leppard...."

Aug. 16, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Scorpion Child

"...long-awaited follow-up, adds colorful production and more ambitious songwriting. Studio wizard Chris "Frenchie" Smith, owner of the Bubble and..."

June 10, 2016 Music Review by Michael Toland

The Luv Doc: The Willfully Ignorant

The real danger is believing you've done the homework when you really haven't

"...Personally, I feel truly #blessed to have never talked..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Don Carlo

Verdi wrote an opera lover's dream, and Austin Lyric Opera realized it with an all-star cast

"...end of the first act with their impassioned duet "Dio, Che Nell'alma Infondere Amor." The strength of this relationship..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Arts Review by Natalie Zeldin

Metallurgy

Metallurgy

"...have spent its teenage years with a pile of Dio-era Sabbath and early Metallica tapes, letting bottom-heavy licks soak..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Review by Michael Toland

Nasum/Church of Misery

Nasum/Church of Misery

"...gets booted from Black Sabbath, here comes Ronnie James Dio. Swedish grindcore gods Nasum dispersed when frontman Mieszko Talarczyk..."

June 8, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

TDH: 7/11/11

First meeting for F1's local committee goes down today

"...… In other racing news, Michael King noted that..."

July 11, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Headlines

"...• City Council has taken off for summer vacation,..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest by the numbers and Asleep at the Wheel's Top 40

"...2010") and a moment of silence for Ronnie James Dio. More importantly, when Devo canceled last week due to..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...these underground shows together, and he dubbed the result "DIO – do it ourselves. We kick it up a..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...before its iTunes got tapped as a 1970s transistor radio. Scrolling past my Guns n' Roses holdings toward her..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gone Gone Gone

The Head Cat himself, Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, talks in his sleep.

"...then we just sat around fucking around in the studio, playing songs we used to know. Jim was in..."

May 7, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Érika Machado

SXSW showcase reviews

"...loped through much of 2007's No Cimento, including "Perna," "Tédio," "Canção do Coração," and the title track. On disc,..."

March 27, 2009 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

No Metal

Monotonix sprayed us all down with their love hose

"...maintain singer Ami Shalev is the Israeli Ronnie James Dio) and tiny shorts and hairy asses and shirtless mosh..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Holiday in Cambodia

by:Larm 2008

"...Blue collar thrash worth its frontman’s 1,000-yard Ronnie James Dio glare. Fernets Muscled Brit-pop guested on keyboards by producer..."

Feb. 25, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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