A public memorial service for heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio is planned for Sunday, with members of the Westboro Baptist Church saying they will picket the ceremony.
Condolences continued to pour in late Sunday night following the death of heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio, who lost his battle with stomach cancer earlier in the day.
Ozzy Osbourne, the former front man of rock group Black Sabbath, says that after decades of living a life of drugs and sex, he's lucky to be alive today.
Ozzy Osbourne talks sex, drugs, rock and roll and what inspired him to write his book.
I have a confession. As a music style, heavy metal has completely passed me by. I don't understand it. I'm not even sure I want to. "Bring your daughter to the slaughter," bellows Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson. Why would I want to do that? Why would I want to listen to anyone even suggesting I do that?
When wife Sharon gets ticked off, "I really go up in the air," he tells PEOPLE
The youngest of Ozzy's kids also says the family's MTV reality show "tarnished" Ozzy's image
Metallica's Lars Ulrich loves Black Sabbath and Deep Purple -- and so does his 10-year-old son.
Violence and heavy metal seem to have been inextricably entwined since the dawn of the metal genre.
Someone forgot to pull the plug on heavy metal idols, from a quarter-century ago, and now the kids are worshiping them!
The reunion of the Ronnie James Dio-fronted version of Black Sabbath has been a long time coming. But it's not likely to be a long-term affair.
As with the original game, "Guitar Hero II" is played with a guitar-shaped controller that plugs into the console. You can buy one with the game as a bundle for $79.99 (which now includes a "classic red" Gibson SG controller) if you don't already own an older one. The stand-alone game costs $49.99.
The Black Sabbath boys are back, as the new band Heaven and Hell.
Former Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten has nothing but disdain for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is why he won't be attending Monday's induction ceremony.
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Black Sabbath will reunite for Ozzfest, which begins July 10 in Hartford, Connecticut, according to the Ozzfest Web site.
The dark stars of Black Sabbath can probably claim to have exerted a more powerful gravitational pull on their particular corner of rock's universe than any of their peers.
Fortune: The Playlistupdated: Mon Oct 28 2002 00:01:00
Brad Mehldau Largo Warner Bros. The notion of a jazz pianist who performs Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" and a whammy-pedal homage to Black Sabbath might strike you as insufferably precious, but th...
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