Dio’s ‘Holy Diver’ was originally written for Black Sabbath, musician’s widow says
nme.comRonnie James Dio’s ‘Holy Diver’ was originally written for Black Sabbath, his widow has revealed.In a new interview with Loudwire, Ronnie’s widow, Wendy, said Ronnie had written ‘Holy Diver’ and ‘Don’t Talk To Strangers’ during his time with Black Sabbath, intending the songs be performed with them.After he parted ways with Sabbath, the songs became part of the Dio band’s releases.Speaking about how the track ‘Holy Diver’ was an “enormous gamble” in his career, Wendy explained: “Ronnie always did what he wanted to do.
He never listened to what the record label wanted or anyone else. He always stuck to his guns in making the album. He hoped it would be successful.
None of us realised how successful it was going to be.“We really had been toying around with things and he had written ‘Holy Diver’ and ‘Don’t Talk to Strangers; during the time he was in Black Sabbath, so they were supposed to be Sabbath songs.“When he left Sabbath, we had a solo deal for him and he just put those songs [on the album] and got the band together, wrote more songs and it came out.
Everyone was blown away about the reception that we got and how great the album was and how it’s stood [the test] of time. It’ll be 40 years next year.”Recently, it was revealed that Ronnie’s estate gave the Stranger Things team the Dio patch worn by new character Eddie Munson in the show.Munson, played by Joseph Quinn, is the leader of The Hellfire Club and a “metalhead”, as the actor told NME recently.The one outfit viewers see Munson in during the new series of Stranger Things includes a denim jacket with a Dio patch covering its back.
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