This bites! This one hit me hard too. I love this man's work, and I really dig his attitude. I didn't even know he was ill. Shitty way to go too. Stomach cancer is one of the more painful forms of that horrific disease.

Found out this morning when I grabbed a copy of our local rag Gazette, and his obituary actually made the front page top corner. Sadly and maybe fittingly, it's sharing the same page with a headline about another one of these bible-thumping pieces of trash caught molesting young boys. Holy Diver for you, slimeball...

Hope the neighbors don't mind too much, but a Dio marathon's coming on tonight. Much as I enjoy Ozzy and that earliest Sabbath, my favorite stuff was 'Heaven And Hell', 'Mob Rules' and of course, 'Live Evil'. The live Heaven And Hell that saw release a couple years ago is really hot too. They had some good new material showcased on it, along with songs from those earlier classics.

Got the 'Stand Up And Shout' anthology going now, going into the Rainbow material. What a great body of work! Thanks for all of it Ronnie....you won't be forgotten!