Dio has some choice words about Vivian Campell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOwZBo8FQvo

Warning: Much cursing and Def Leppard bashing ahead.

ROFL!!!

haha, dio slagging off def leppard. pure brilliance. vivian campbell has wasted his career. hes been playing rhythm guitar is def leppard for 15 years now

This is pretty wild. I know Viv has said some pretty harsh things about Dio, but I'm really surprised at Ronnie's response. I've always thought of him as being a pretty classy guy and would be above this sort of thing.

Great to watch though! Funny stuff.

Thanks for posting that. Pretty interesting. Dio doesn't seem to be the kind of person to say things like that lightly. There are some muscians who constantly bash anyone within 3 feet of them (ie Danzig) so you can take that with a grain of salt but when someone who hardly ever says anything has such harsh words it makes you take it a lot more seriously.

Hey Metalguy, makes you wonder if he knew he had the camera on him?

Wasted his career? I guess that depends on your perspective. He's had a steady paycheck with Def Leppard for 15 years, which indeed makes it a career. I don't personally like the stuff he's done with Def Leppard, but a lot of people do. I wouldn't say he wasted his career even though we all know he is capable of more than is apparent in Def Leppard.

I haven't checked out the Dio rant yet, but I will later at home.

ult

ultmetal wrote:

Wasted his career? I guess that depends on your perspective. He's had a steady paycheck with Def Leppard for 15 years, which indeed makes it a career. I don't personally like the stuff he's done with Def Leppard, but a lot of people do. I wouldn't say he wasted his career even though we all know he is capable of more than is apparent in Def Leppard.

I haven't checked out the Dio rant yet, but I will later at home.

ult

I somehow doubt Eyesore is going to be a big fan of this rant

WOW, what a potty mouth Dio's got!! I wouldn't expect that of him!! But I guess he's been putting up with Viv Campbell bashing him long enough and he just couldn't hold back anymore...

Vivian is like Marty Friedman, i.e. a former metal guy who takes any and all opportunities to mention how much he hates metal now. To heck with him. If it weren't for RJD giving him a shot way back when, Viv would probably still be in Ireland, playing Sweet Savage songs in the pubs around Belfast!

i wouldn't say "wasted his career" at all. he's had a pretty darn good career as far as that goes. wasting is talent perhaps, as Def Leppard's material doesn't give him the opportunity to shine.

All bashing aside, being 2nd banana to Phil Collen does not a fulfilling career make, I would imagine.

mc666 wrote:

i wouldn't say "wasted his career" at all. he's had a pretty darn good career as far as that goes. wasting is talent perhaps, as Def Leppard's material doesn't give him the opportunity to shine.

Exactly what i was going to say.

I am really suprised by his language. I never seen him talk like that before but he has probably bottled up alot of anger over the years toward people he feels jerked him around.

troublezone wrote:

I am really suprised by his language. I never seen him talk like that before but he has probably bottled up alot of anger over the years toward people he feels jerked him around.

Like the guys who are going to take those pick guards and sell them on EBay for hundreds of dollars.

spectrefate wrote:

troublezone wrote:

I am really suprised by his language. I never seen him talk like that before but he has probably bottled up alot of anger over the years toward people he feels jerked him around.

Like the guys who are going to take those pick guards and sell them on EBay for hundreds of dollars.

His autograph is worth that much?

troublezone wrote:

spectrefate wrote:

troublezone wrote:

I am really suprised by his language. I never seen him talk like that before but he has probably bottled up alot of anger over the years toward people he feels jerked him around.

Like the guys who are going to take those pick guards and sell them on EBay for hundreds of dollars.

His autograph is worth that much?

To his mother.

It was very surprising to hear Dio use that kind of language...I've just never heard him cuss before...let alone just lay into someone like that...LOL!!

It was like hearing your sweet little grandma curse for the first time.

caniplaywithmadness? wrote:

ROFL!!!

haha, dio slagging off def leppard. pure brilliance. vivian campbell has wasted his career. hes been playing rhythm guitar is def leppard for 15 years now

Considering he's probably 5 times richer than Dio, I'd have to say he surely didn't waste his career.

That said, I've never read where he said anything bad about Dio. I think he slept with Dio's wife.

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Considering he's probably 5 times richer than Dio, I'd have to say he surely didn't waste his career.

He doesn't make crap off of album sales for DL...none of the albums he's been a part of with them have done anything...but I'm sure he makes more $$ per show than RJD does...

Eyesore wrote:

That said, I've never read where he said anything bad about Dio. I think he slept with Dio's wife.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=16317

Terrible source. Seems the original interview was pulled from the DL site.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

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Considering he's probably 5 times richer than Dio, I'd have to say he surely didn't waste his career.

He doesn't make crap off of album sales for DL...none of the albums he's been a part of with them have done anything...but I'm sure he makes more $$ per show than RJD does...

Does that make my statement untrue?

Eyesore wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

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Considering he's probably 5 times richer than Dio, I'd have to say he surely didn't waste his career.

He doesn't make crap off of album sales for DL...none of the albums he's been a part of with them have done anything...but I'm sure he makes more $$ per show than RJD does...

Does that make my statement untrue?

I'm not arguing with you...I'm expanding on your statement...

I like the old DL albums but i can't stand the fact that they reject their past and claim to hate "hard Rock" let alone Metal!

Viv Campbell:
"I know it's a strange thing to say, but I don't really care about my past contributions. Even now I still get these guys coming up to me going 'Duuuuuuuude!', giving me the DIO devil sign and yelling 'Holy Diver!!' and 'Rainbow In The Dark, whoo hoo!!' and it's cool that they remember it, but that music never mattered to me — and still doesn't."

Nice.

What a jag-off.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Viv Campbell:
"I know it's a strange thing to say, but I don't really care about my past contributions. Even now I still get these guys coming up to me going 'Duuuuuuuude!', giving me the DIO devil sign and yelling 'Holy Diver!!' and 'Rainbow In The Dark, whoo hoo!!' and it's cool that they remember it, but that music never mattered to me — and still doesn't."

Nice.

Class act.