Is Dio's album good? I always enjoyed his stuff...
Yes! I like it a lot!! Dio is one who has maintained his style and not bowed to the "Suits" in a effort to get radio airplay, something real metal bands do. Although he had a album that tried to go there "Lock up the Wolves" I think the name was can't remember because I threw it out, LOL! I have always loved his stuff, not many musicians that can right good songs that tell a story and that is what I like a story, Maiden is another fine example not only do thier songs tell stories but a lot also are decent history lessons (Two Minutes Too Midnight, Rime of the Ancient Mariner for example, also Aces High) (album I'm currently listening too
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As for the radio as mentioned many times it sucks! Funny I now live in TN land of Country Music, but there are few "country" stations left, now over run by Rap and Classic Rock , Pop and that Nu-Metal crap.
Which is sad, "Classic Rock that really Rocks" is the slogan for the local station "Over 30 years rocking Knoxville!"
Now I might be wrong but I do belive in 30 years more than 6 albums have been recorded but I might be mistaken since they only play a handful of artist everyday 24/7.
This is what gets my goat, some artist bitch and complain about people stealing thier songs via the internet, how they are losing money. Maybe who they need to bitch at is radio, the way at one time was the soul advertising for a band, get the song played on the air and the record sold!
I listen to the radio and all I hear is corperate crap or songs that have been over played so much that I wouldn't want to buy the album.
A good point is the above mentioned station that "Rocks Knoxville" was doing this huge promotion for 38 Special who was playing none other than the County Fair (LOL!) the whole time leading up to it they would feature songs by them, never once mentioning or playing any songs from thier new album! If it wasn't for the fact that I seen it on the shelf passing by I would have never known they had a new album! But yesterday the day of the show the station had the band in studio and talked them up about how awesome the new album is and they played a few tracks and how everyone loves it, Now does this band really belive this crap, they never play any of the new songs!! If the new songs were played on the radio they wouldn't be putting on a show in a amimal infested TN County Fair, LOL!!!
Point is the radio sucks! And has since the early 80's I remember the time when a DJ was just that, played what they wanted or what the listener wanted to hear, that was the good times! Friday night bunch of people get together and call up the station making requests, the time when Headbanges Ball was the thing to watch .
Now it is turn on the radio and guess which band that is, can be fun because they all sound the same, I can't tell them apart, sometimes more difficult than watching Jepordy!
by xFLAMESx » Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:42 pm 
, hard to belive this man was in his first band in 1955!!!!!!
