I enjoyed this DVD. Ronnie is in top form. I like the ‘Strange Highways’ cd, Like many I suspect, I came to it late. No problem with Tracey G. I suppose Viv & Craig’s guitar lines are engrained in our minds and heart . I have no issue with Tracey G putting his own spin on those earlier classics. I never saw any of this line up live shows, but Hammersmith ‘93 is a fine document of the line up.
@@AH-nu2py Being a huge RJD fan since the 80´s i sat here and thought how amazing he sounded here at 51 years of age, to me very close to his peak which i think was around when he was 40 (around Holy Diver)
Stefan Sjöberg I actually think that his voice was at its peak in his late 40s, early 50s. Ronnie usually didn’t sing out of his comfort zone. His comfort zone just was difficult to get to for most other singers. He did that to protect his voice. His range was quite a bit wider than you’d think from his records. Since he was touring almost non-stop, unless he was recording, he knew he couldn’t strain his voice for 2 hours almost every night. Most metal vocalists did 2 sometimes 3 shows in a row and then had a day or two off. Ron usually did 3 often 4 sometimes 5. If he had a 4-5 show run he would not talk much during the day to rest his voice. On Strange Highways he went out of his comfort zone several times. This album was very personal for him and he loved working with Trace, Jeff and Vin. I know a lot of people didn’t like Tracy. I did. Strange Highways was a personal, emotional album for him. It’s my favorite because it’s so raw and honest. It’s more popular now but was pretty much overlooked and the label put zero effort into promoting it. It’s also more doomy and he stayed in that direction for the rest of his career. The first 3 DIO records had maybe one or two doomy songs. The last one “The Devil you know” was pure doom metal. You can’t rewrite Holy Diver when your state of mind has changed over the years.
@@AH-nu2py We will have to agree to disagree about the age where he sounded the best then. Dio certainly loved being on stage and meeting his fans and it was not uncommon that he sang better live than on the album at least if you compare the tour for that album, you can pull up any bootleg (ive heard many) and the performance is there to the same degree as if he was actually recording a live album. Strange highways was great RJD certainly didnt hold back and spare his voice on that album, it was alot like the logical continuation of Dehumanizer, there were some great songs on Angry machines as well. Ronnie really did go out on a strong note with The devil you know.
I just can't appreciate that guitar sound and style. I guess some may, but I think this was the wrong move. Best move was going to Doug Aldrich. That guy brought some of the best out of Ronnie.
Will always love RJD but his choice of guitarist has to be questioned. Tracy G can barely keep time, and butchers all of RJD’s past work. And I’ll always regret seeing this version of the band in 1996.
Jim C If Ronnie was still alive that video would have never seen the light of day. He was such a perfectionist and he didn’t think his performance measured up. Plus he had a cold.
Tracy was the perfect guitarist for the songs on Strange Highways. This is like Dio's acknowledgement of bands like Alice In Chains, Crowbar and the like. 25 years later and bands like Rival Sons, The Sword, Elder, Clutch, Mastodon and countless more have proved true Dio's stripped down, riff oriented approach of this era.
The voice of Dio is so powerfull
By powerfull you mean full of power right ;)
He was inspired by listening to Mario Lanza growing up
hell yah man strange highways ..is a trip the whole album is crazy underated and is a mind melting insanity most ppl cant even take the album in
Some of his heaviest stuff
Very much underrated...great album. For me,third only behind Holy Diver and Last in Line.
Top song... Dio & Tracy G... AWESOME!
Dio did some of his best work with Tracy G.
RIP Ronnie Gone to soon , never to be forgotten
This is simply fantastic .. one of my favourite Dio songs \m/
Pure magic my one regret will always be never seeing him live
Melhor vocalista de heavy metal de todos os tempos!! The voice of heavy metal!!!
Concordo plenamente 🤘🤘🤘
🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
Dio é o melhor
Com certeza
THE BEST PF THE BEST!
What a story teller! Miss u Dio
Dio a sua estrela nunca vai se apagar
The energy of Dio is alive today and tomorrow.....forever. !!!!
Vinnie Appice is the world best heavy metal Drummer in Europe & the world.
wow...ronnie james dio!! fucking amazing
Listen to that RAW Grinding GUITAR AMP!!😁👊👊🤘
Absolutely wonderful, RONNIE🤘💋 »Oooohhh! Hollywood Black »ALRIGHT!!
Love you my godfather, I miss you everyday ❤ Thank you for the upload ❤
His voice aged like wine. Just incredible
The best.Dio forever.🤘
He was definitely the best. R.I.P.
I enjoyed this DVD. Ronnie is in top form. I like the ‘Strange Highways’ cd, Like many I suspect, I came to it late. No problem with Tracey G. I suppose Viv & Craig’s guitar lines are engrained in our minds and heart . I have no issue with Tracey G putting his own spin on those earlier classics. I never saw any of this line up live shows, but Hammersmith ‘93 is a fine document of the line up.
Dio live!
Bro, Tracy G’s tone is so good. He gives these sexy ass hammer-ons 🥴🔥🔥idek the term for some of the stuff he does but man, I love his tone.
Great, tight performance, nice quality video! Thanks!. I overlooked this album (Strange Highways), but it´s really a gem.
Amazing!
love this tour...this album...great video!!!
Adore him. Profoundly sexy man
Jeff Pilson is the world best hard rock & heavy metal Bass Guitarist in the world.
He also wrote "Stay Out Of My Mind" which is one of my favourite Dio songs
No estoy equivocado la mejor voz del Rock . Diiiiiiiiiiooooo lo queremos mucho ,como lo extraño 😑😊
First Dio line-up to come to Rio de Janeiro, so awesome!
Respect. Thankyou
LOVE DIA........IN MY YOUNGER YEARS I DANCED MY SOCKS OF TO THEIR SONGS.....LOL
Роннечка!! Не могу говорить, всё сказала музыка, любимый!!
Amazing!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🔥🔥🔥
Vinny’s timing 🤦🏻♂️
The Jazz Metals
wow Jeff Pilson on Bass
Saw the show in Utrecht. Weird they did not release it in those years.
Ronnie would have not released the video. He had a cold and didn't feel he performed well enough.
@@AH-nu2py a cold? I would of never noticed the man still sounds great. Glad they dug this from the vaults
@@AH-nu2py Being a huge RJD fan since the 80´s i sat here and thought how amazing he sounded here at 51 years of age, to me very close to his peak which i think was around when he was 40 (around Holy Diver)
Stefan Sjöberg I actually think that his voice was at its peak in his late 40s, early 50s. Ronnie usually didn’t sing out of his comfort zone. His comfort zone just was difficult to get to for most other singers. He did that to protect his voice. His range was quite a bit wider than you’d think from his records. Since he was touring almost non-stop, unless he was recording, he knew he couldn’t strain his voice for 2 hours almost every night. Most metal vocalists did 2 sometimes 3 shows in a row and then had a day or two off. Ron usually did 3 often 4 sometimes 5. If he had a 4-5 show run he would not talk much during the day to rest his voice. On Strange Highways he went out of his comfort zone several times. This album was very personal for him and he loved working with Trace, Jeff and Vin. I know a lot of people didn’t like Tracy. I did. Strange Highways was a personal, emotional album for him. It’s my favorite because it’s so raw and honest. It’s more popular now but was pretty much overlooked and the label put zero effort into promoting it. It’s also more doomy and he stayed in that direction for the rest of his career. The first 3 DIO records had maybe one or two doomy songs. The last one “The Devil you know” was pure doom metal. You can’t rewrite Holy Diver when your state of mind has changed over the years.
@@AH-nu2py We will have to agree to disagree about the age where he sounded the best then. Dio certainly loved being on stage and meeting his fans and it was not uncommon that he sang better live than on the album at least if you compare the tour for that album, you can pull up any bootleg (ive heard many) and the performance is there to the same degree as if he was actually recording a live album. Strange highways was great RJD certainly didnt hold back and spare his voice on that album, it was alot like the logical continuation of Dehumanizer, there were some great songs on Angry machines as well. Ronnie really did go out on a strong note with The devil you know.
Scott Warren
Jeff Pilson
Tracy G.
Vinnie Sansom Appice
Ronald James Padavona 🎤😔
Thanks
make speed 1.5 :)
No
The Strange Highways album is not my favourite. But Holywood Black is one of the good songs on it !
I just can't appreciate that guitar sound and style. I guess some may, but I think this was the wrong move. Best move was going to Doug Aldrich. That guy brought some of the best out of Ronnie.
performance epica ate tracy g começar essa improvisação chatissima.
Will always love RJD but his choice of guitarist has to be questioned. Tracy G can barely keep time, and butchers all of RJD’s past work. And I’ll always regret seeing this version of the band in 1996.
Jim C If Ronnie was still alive that video would have never seen the light of day. He was such a perfectionist and he didn’t think his performance measured up. Plus he had a cold.
Tracy was the perfect guitarist for the songs on Strange Highways. This is like Dio's acknowledgement of bands like Alice In Chains, Crowbar and the like. 25 years later and bands like Rival Sons, The Sword, Elder, Clutch, Mastodon and countless more have proved true Dio's stripped down, riff oriented approach of this era.
Lanisteelerocks Yes, they were great, especially with Jeff Pilson in the band as well. Tracy G was sick that night too. Thought he did a great job.
Worst guitarist of Dio
Do you play an instrument?What's "barely keep time"? One is either on it, or off - there's no "barely" opition, it's just not possible.