Sweet Lu Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 both can be called the grandfater of heavy metal, but which really rocked harder and stayed true to their metal roots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COP11 Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Dio has a much better voice but isn't known as well as Ozzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lu Posted June 30, 2010 Author Share Posted June 30, 2010 Dio has a much better voice but isn't known as well as Ozzytotally agree. My ab-fab song is Rainbow in the Dark. I even like Sabbath's stuff better with him as the singer. Not that Ozzie is bad, but Dio just, for me, really hi that musical spot on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy The Ram Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Dio never turned into a reality show parody of himself unlike Ozzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lu Posted July 1, 2010 Author Share Posted July 1, 2010 Dio never turned into a reality show parody of himself unlike Ozzy.lolllllll. And THAT alone is enough to vote for Dio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qball Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Dio was a much better singer, plus he never recorded shitty ballads like "Dreamer" (correct me if I'm wrong, though). But I prefer Sabbs with Ozzy. I'm not a fan of heavy metal, and Sabbs with Ronnie were a regular heavy metal band. With Ozzy their music was more like hard rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Difficult one...From a technical point of view, Dio was by far a much better singer.But Black Sabbath with Dio, as Qball says, was just Heavy metal, while in the Ozzy era their sound was darker, they were heavy, but in a different way (a "stoner" way maybe: slow, dense, low guitar tunings, etc).on the other hand, Dio leaded the best years of Rainbow.And since we're talkin' about Ozzy and Dio, and not about Black Sabbath... I voted Dio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Tombale Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 100% of the votes for Dio so far R.I.P. was Dio really the harder rocker? Honestly I don't care, I just voted for Dio as my preferred singer even if neither Ozzy nor Dio sang on my fav. Sabbath album, which is Headless Cross with Tony Martin on vocals. But throughout his career Dio did so much great stuff (tho don't know how Elf was), for Rainbow and his solo career as well as for Sabbath (Heaven & Hell!, Dehumanizer!!! albums) and even the Sabbath succcessor Heaven & Hell had a cool album with The Devil You Know! So overall Dio deserves the vote, still Ozzy did well on many Sabbath recordings and put out a few hits while solo, such as Crazy Train or Bark at the Moon etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carizza Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I think both of them can be consider as the father of heavy metal. But yeah, Ozzy is more popular than Dio. But when it comes to music they're both my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxonxx Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Harder Rocker? Dio had a better voice. I like his two sab albums and holy diver better than anything by Ozzy, but Ozzy started with Sab. Rainbow kills Sab in the mid 70's though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Tombale Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Harder Rocker? Dio had a better voice. I like his two sab albums and holy diver better than anything by Ozzy, but Ozzy started with Sab. Rainbow kills Sab in the mid 70's though. there are three albums of Sabbath w/ Dio: Heaven and Hell Mob Rules and Dehumanizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Apple Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ozzy lived the Sex Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll lifestyle while Dio was always more of a dreamer type guy. As a former nerd myself I related to Dio more in the '80s but later in life when I had fun I wanted to some of the things Ozzy did...well maybe not urinate on the Alamo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxonxx Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 and Dehumanizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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