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