Viv Campbell reboots original Dio

by **tater1977** » Sat May 05, 2012 1:40 am

Viv Campbell reboots original Dio

Martin Kielty May 4 2012

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news ... ginal-dio/

The Def Leppard and Thin Lizzy axeman had a rocky relationship with the former Black Sabbath frontman, who passed away in 2010. Dio once said of Campbell: “I hope he fucking dies. He’s a fucking asshole.”

But the guitarist has always insisted he was proud of the work he did on the first three Dio albums.

Now he’s confirmed a reunion with drummer Vinny Appice, bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboardist Claude Schnell, two months after they jammed together. That was brought about when Campbell jammed Rainbow in the Dark with Steel Panther in January.

He says: “I met up with the original Dio band guys again. Now that I’ve brushed up on how to play those solos again, we’re planning to jam some more and plan to do some gigs too.

Campbell describes Freeman, a past member of Hurricane and Bulletboys, as “a great singer who can really do justice to Ronnie’s parts.”

Bain says: “We’ve had a couple of rehearsals and it sounds great. Listening to Vivian playing those songs again has been amazing. He’s just so into doing this and his enthusiasm has rubbed off on the rest of us.

“Andy isn’t Ronnie. How could he be? But what he does bring is his own twist on the vocals.

“Our aim is to do some shows around November, concentrating on the first two albums. It’s gonna be great getting back onstage with these guys for the first time in so long.”

Last year Campbell revealed he’d been “numb” to the iconic singer’s death, saying: “We never had a very strong relationship beyond music. That was what brought us together. I found it difficult to communicate with him and he found it difficult to communicate with me. I didn’t have any reason to contact him after he fired me.”

Vinny Appice recently came close to ruling himself out of replacing Bill Ward in the Black Sabbath reunion lineup if he was asked, saying: “It’s hard not to. But right now I’m concentrating on Kill Devil Hill.”

An official tribute band, Dio Disciples, has been touring since last year, featuring Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens, Toby Jepson and James LoMenzo along with Craig Goldy, Simon Wright and Scott Warren – all of whom were in the band when Dio died.

by **jestor92** » Sat May 05, 2012 2:35 am

Bullshit. Viv didn't care about RJD, now he's trying to make money.

by AR » Sat May 05, 2012 2:46 am

jestor92 wrote:Bullshit. Viv didn't care about RJD, now he's trying to make money.

Agreed. He can go fuck himself.

I did see Dio Disciples a few months ago and really enjoyed that show.

by **Liam** » Sat May 05, 2012 3:03 am

This IS bullshit. Ronnie hated Viv...ya think HE'D want him to do a tribute thing? Talk about opportunistic. Whatta cockfag.

by **verslibre** » Sat May 05, 2012 3:19 am

This headline made me do a double-take!! WTF??!!

jestor92 wrote:Bullshit. Viv didn't care about RJD, now he's trying to make money.

Liam wrote:This IS bullshit. Ronnie hated Viv...ya think HE'D want him to do a tribute thing? Talk about opportunistic. Whatta cockfag.

DITTO and DITTO.

This is truly one bizarre development. Vivian has stated outright that that "wasn't him" on those albums, he wasn't really a "metal" guy, he wasn't playing how he wanted to, etcetera, etcetera. Which is sad because his guitar playing on those albums rules. To effectively disown what he did and now reclaim it? Come on now. And WTF are Vinnie, Jimmy and Claude thinking? :roll:

Hurricane? Never liked them.

by **Liam** » Sat May 05, 2012 3:26 am

Maybe Viv figured out that THIS Def Leppard is pussy "rock". :lol:

(Had to get a dig in)

by **Behshad** » Sat May 05, 2012 3:26 am

This is Viv's way of getting even with Dio in regards to that comment Dio made.

Guess Viv gets the last laugh :lol:

by AR » Sat May 05, 2012 4:20 am

Behshad wrote:This is Viv's way of getting even with Dio in regards to that comment Dio made. Guess Viv gets the last laugh

Not really as when Viv dies no one will give a shit. His will be remembered as Phil Collen's lackey.

by **Behshad** » Sat May 05, 2012 4:23 am

AR wrote:
Behshad wrote:This is Viv's way of getting even with Dio in regards to that comment Dio made. Guess Viv gets the last laugh

Not really as when Viv dies no one will give a shit. His will be remembered as Phil Collen's lackey.

No matter how you look at it, between Dio and Viv , Viv gets the last laugh!

Of course you wont accept it cause you love Dio and hate Viv :wink:

by AR » Sat May 05, 2012 4:25 am

Behshad wrote:
AR wrote:
Behshad wrote:This is Viv's way of getting even with Dio in regards to that comment Dio made. Guess Viv gets the last laugh

Not really as when Viv dies no one will give a shit. His will be remembered as Phil Collen's lackey.

No matter how you look at it, between Dio and Viv , Viv gets the last laugh! Of course you wont accept it cause you love Dio and hate Viv

Dio was my first concert. Went to every tour I could from 1985 until he was no longer with us!

by **StevePerryHair** » Sat May 05, 2012 4:55 am

Maybe Viv is trying to get back some of that money he is owed

by AR » Sat May 05, 2012 4:59 am

StevePerryHair wrote:Maybe Viv is trying to get back some of that money he is owed

He was successful cashing in on Phil Lynott's legacy with Thin Lizzy that he figured he move on to something he actually was a part of. :shock:

I think he wants to do anything but be in Def Leppard anymore.

by **Rip Rokken** » Sat May 05, 2012 5:15 am

verslibre wrote:Hurricane? Never liked them.

Hurricane RULES!!!

by **verslibre** » Sat May 05, 2012 5:17 am

Behshad wrote:Viv gets the last laugh!

How so? Dio made him who he is. He was nothing before Holy Diver.

Liam wrote:Maybe Viv figured out that THIS Def Leppard is pussy "rock".

Word!

by **verslibre** » Sat May 05, 2012 5:18 am

Rip Rokken wrote:
verslibre wrote:Hurricane? Never liked them.

Hurricane RULES!!!

Cheesy rock band that arrived too late on the scene in the (late) '80s.

by **conversationpc** » Sat May 05, 2012 2:55 pm

verslibre wrote:
Rip Rokken wrote:
verslibre wrote:Hurricane? Never liked them.

Hurricane RULES!!!

Cheesy rock band that arrived too late on the scene in the (late) '80s.

Their first two albums were pretty good. I certainly wouldn't call them cheesy.

by **verslibre** » Sat May 05, 2012 7:00 pm

conversationpc wrote:
verslibre wrote:
Rip Rokken wrote:
verslibre wrote:Hurricane? Never liked them.

Hurricane RULES!!!

Cheesy rock band that arrived too late on the scene in the (late) '80s.

Their first two albums were pretty good. I certainly wouldn't call them cheesy.

Corny?

by **yulog** » Sat May 05, 2012 7:36 pm

verslibre wrote:
conversationpc wrote:
verslibre wrote:
Rip Rokken wrote:
verslibre wrote:Hurricane? Never liked them.

Hurricane RULES!!!

Cheesy rock band that arrived too late on the scene in the (late) '80s.

Their first two albums were pretty good. I certainly wouldn't call them cheesy.

Corny?

Fruity??

by **Kenny** » Sun May 06, 2012 1:01 am

Pretty strange move by Campbell...you wouldn't have thought he'd be short of a quid. Bizarre really.

by **JohnH** » Sun May 06, 2012 1:29 pm

This is bizarre....I could swear he never seemed to think those albums were that good and didn't talk much about them. Now this. Very very weird.

by **cudaclan** » Tue May 08, 2012 7:12 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOwZBo8FQvo

by **conversationpc** » Tue May 08, 2012 9:04 am

I read on Blabbermouth that Jimmy Bain thinks firing Campbell was the worst decision Ronnie ever made.

MR

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