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Stand Up And Shout: The Dio Anthology

$24.98 CD

Metal maestro Ronnie James Dio is perhaps the most distinctive vocalist of the genre. The first collection to cover Ronnie’s entire career, Stand Up And Shout packs two CDs with over 2 _ hours of molten riffage by Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio, including the signature slayers “Man On The Silver Mountain,” “Rainbow In The Dark,” and “The Last In Line.” Includes new Wes Benscoter artwork and track-by-track commentary by Ronnie.  

Over three decades ago, Deep Purple alumnus Roger Glover discovered Dio’s band Elf and was so impressed that he subsequently produced three of their albums. Ronnie was then enlisted as frontman for Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow in 1975. Several monster albums later, he left to replace Ozzy as the voice of Black Sabbath. After clutching the mic on seminal Sabbath shredders like Heaven And Hell and Mob Rules (one of Marilyn Manson’s early influences), Dio launched his own band with the back-to-back platinum albums Holy Diver (1983) and Last In Line (1984). The mayhem continued through the’80s and ’90s with fan favorites like Dream Evil and Lock Up The Wolves. In 1992 Black Sabbath reunited their ’81 lineup for the impressive Dehumanizer, a Dio tour de force in every sense.   

Still standing, still shouting, Dio continues to menace the new millennium.  

Read the extended liner notes to Stand Up And Shout HERE.

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