“The lions of hard rock, guys like Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Brian Johnson, Rob Halford, these monsters feel completely timeless, iconic, eternal. They simply shall not, will not, do not die. It's almost impossible to imagine a musical world without… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
Ronnie James Dio died the other day, quietly succumbed to a relatively sudden onset of stomach cancer and up and left the planet in… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
If there is a true measure of a person's soul, if there is a single gauge of real divinity, of how beautifully a fellow… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
“The lions of hard rock, guys like Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Brian Johnson, Rob Halford, these monsters feel completely timeless, iconic, eternal. They simply… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
“Of the myriad impressive notables related to Dio's passing, perhaps foremost is the fact the man was 67 years old and was still making… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
“The murdering of one's own humanity for the sake of power and position has been around since man first oozed out of the slime… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
“It is, after all, far too easy to pinch and kick the bizarre Mormon Church; to say it's ripe for satire and parody is… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
RJD was pretty much heavy metal personified, a tiny 5-foot-4-inch sorcerer with a mangy mane, demonic eyes and sly grin, all coupled to a… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
“Metal is made up of many silly cliches, and Dio's songs rarely shied away from a good cheeseball lyric about medieval knights and crystal… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
When Benedict dies, he will have the pleasure of standing before whatever furious God he believes in, to answer for how it was that… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
