Artist: DIO
Album: WE ROCK (DVD)

Release date: 2005
Media type: DVD

When Ronnie James Dio - former frontman with Elf, Rainbow & Black Sabbath - decided to bring together the musicians for a brand new project, he was firmly convinced about two things...

Firstly, that the drummer would be Vinny Appice, a close friend & ally who he'd played with previously in Sabbath; and secondly, that he wanted a guitar player from across the Atlantic. What he wasn't sure about was the name of the band, although it soon became clear that - given Ronnie's already illustrious past - 'Dio' was far & away the most logical choice...

As for the guitarist, well, for this RJD went to his old Rainbow pal, bassist Jimmy Bain, a man with his finger firmly on the pulse when it came to seeking out fresh talent; Bain it was who suggested Vivian Campbell, a young Irishman playing in a band called Sweet Savage and after a couple of rehearsals in a North London studio it was patently obvious that the line-up was complete, with the ex-Rainbow four-stringer taking charge of bass duties himself.

Dio had been born and the delivery was suitably noisy!...

TRACKLISTING:

Dio Live In Holland:

1. Stand Up & Shout
2. Straight Through The Heart
3. Shame On The Night
4. Children Of The Sea
5. Holy Diver
6. Rainbow In The Dark
7. Don't Talk To Strangers

Dio Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia:

1. Don't Talk To Strangers
2. Mystery
3. Egypt (The Chains Are On)/Drum Solo/Heaven And Hell/Guitar Solo/Heaven And Hell/The Last In Line/Heaven And Hell.
4. Rainbow In The Dark
5. Mob Rules
6. We Rock

Bonus Material:

Interview with Ronnie James Dio in Belgium, August 2005.