The Devil i knew...

I tought that the latest album by Heaven & Hell (The Devil you know) would be a good title for what i'm about to write. Since the passing of Ronnie James Dio, all the Heavy Metal family came together to pay respect to this amazing man that was Ronnie James Dio.

According to the Westboro church (wich is mainly composed of one family) Ronnie James Dio was a devil worshipper and a hater. Funny since this comes of a group of people who are specialized in hating others. That being said, if you ever met Ronnie, you know that he was nothing but a great man. We all know how much he cared about his fans. Like i've said on the show, he was not a religious man but he sure was a spiritual man. Instead of living his life based on a book, he lived his life based on simple principles: Be the best person you can be!

He has worked with many charities, gave his time and money and wasn't living the rock star ego trip!

I still remember back in 2002 when i met him, i was expecting to meet a man larger than life, some kind of god wich i was fully prepared to kneel in front of hahaha. No, Ronnie was just sitting there talking with people and having fun. Doug Aldrich was just beside him and so was Simon Wright. Jimmy Bain was M.I.A.....

I've spent a full hour with them talking about all sorts of things and Ronnie was listening. you could tell that he really cared and was enjoying our little chat. He explained The Devil Horns (wich i call now the Dio horns, see metal7080.com for more) Talked about Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf and everything in between. I remember somebody handed him an Elf record and Ronnie went on to explain where the picture was taken etc (The album was: trying to burn the sun..)
I could go for hours telling you how great he was (but you knew that already doesn't it ;) )
so for me to see these professional haters (the Westoboro Church) claiming all sorts of crazy things about a man they've never met in their pathetic life makes me want to puke!

Anyway, we know whats true and we know what is not.

Let's remember Ronnie and lets forget those who are not worth of our attention ;)

Carl / Metal7080

Welcome to Metal7080 official blog

Well, here i am doing my blog. I got to say, every week once the show is over, sometimes i feel like i didn't have enough time to talk to you about this and that so i guess i'll be doing it here.


First, i want to thank you guys for your continued support and all your cool e-mails you are sending me week after week.

Back in 2005, i was wondering if someday i would find a radio station that plays the music that I like? Well, after searching various FM stations, i came to realize that these people were so out of touch that even if the were asked by thousands of people to play some Iron Maiden, it just would not happen!

So, i decided that maybe i should do the show i've allways wanted to hear. Not a show with fart jokes and stuff. There's a lot of people doing it and they're good at it so i've decided that music should do most of the talking instead. I wanted to play the classics of course but also bands i got to know back in the 80s that didn't made it over here (North America) Boom, Metal7080 was born!

In august, i'll be on my fifth season of the show and i'm still having a great time doing it. Plus the response from the audience is really what makes me want to continue. Its allways cool to know that people love what you do.

So first there was the show. Then the myspace page (that i don't work much on anymore because of the official site) Metal7080.com came later on and now this blog where i'll share all the things i don't have the time for on the show: Critics, editorials, etc.

As usual, your comments are welcome ;) Send them in at: info@metal7080.com

Keep rocking people!

Carl / Metal7080