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“If somebody offered me something I’d take it first and ask afterwards what it was. I’d swallow a pill and have to be carried back to my room”: The life and death of Jimmy Bain, the bassist who brought the rock’n’roll to Rainbow and Dio

They don’t make them like the late, great Jimmy Bain any more

“People gravitate towards success. They say, ‘I want to play with Dio.’ I’ve always been able to surround myself with the top guys”: How Ronnie James Dio escaped Black Sabbath and launched one of metal‘s greatest solo careers

“People gravitate towards success. They say, ‘I want to play with Dio.’ I’ve always been able to surround myself with the top guys”: How Ronnie James Dio escaped Black Sabbath and launched one of metal‘s greatest solo careers

Singer, band leader, icon – this is the story of Ronnie James Dio’s epic solo career

"A new heavy metal classic for the ages": The song Ronnie James Dio called one of the "proudest things he'd ever done"

"A new heavy metal classic for the ages": The song Ronnie James Dio called one of the "proudest things he'd ever done"

Begun by Dio when he was fronting Black Sabbath, it transformed his career and became one of the classic metal tracks of the 80s

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“We were on the right track at the start, but drugs and booze made us lose our way”: the explosive story of Wild Horses, the supergroup who had it all and threw it away

Featuring former members of Thin Lizzy and Rainbow, Wild Horses should have been huge – but chemicals, egos and bitterness got in the way

"It was unbelievable. Every second was an inspiration": How a single show rejuvenated the Scorpions and sent them on the path to superstardom

With two members “smashed after touring”, the Scorpions‘ career was wobbling. Then the Love At First Sting album turned them into global icons

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"Suddenly this rather nice chap switched into streetwise-kid-from-Detroit mode, and threatened Phil with a broken bottle": The violent and slightly confusing story of Phil Lynott & The Soul Band

In 1982 Phil Lynott & The Soul Band set off on tour, eventually completing an ill-fated run of dates that included a TV show in Sweden

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"It was a very magical time. The right people came together at the right moment": Ronnie James Dio's track-by-track guide to Dio's classic Holy Diver

"It was a very magical time. The right people came together at the right moment": Ronnie James Dio's track-by-track guide to Dio's classic Holy Diver

Many believed Ronnie James Dio was finished when he quit Black Sabbath, but he proved the doubters wrong with an all-time classic

In 1979, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow began making their fourth album, Down To Earth. Cue pranks, tantrums, line-up changes, bad vibes and really bad hair days

In 1979, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow began making their fourth album, Down To Earth. Cue pranks, tantrums, line-up changes, bad vibes and really bad hair days

"I didn’t look like them and I wasn't into their music" - Graham Bonnet on being offered the job of Rainbow singer

"I'll be honest here – I think they blew us off stage every single night": what happened when AC/DC went on tour with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

"I'll be honest here – I think they blew us off stage every single night": what happened when AC/DC went on tour with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

In 1976 Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow embarked on the Rising tour of Europe with a young band from Australia in tow: Ronnie James Dio was watching them very closely

Vivian Campbell: "I'm sixty years old now but I still play like I'm sixteen in my head"

Vivian Campbell: "I'm sixty years old now but I still play like I'm sixteen in my head"

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell on rebooting his classic metal side project Last In Line with album number three, Jericho

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