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1957: Ronnie James Dio

Orb — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 02:32:30 +0000

Biography Ronnie James Dio was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Italian American parents who had moved to Portsmouth from Cortland, New York, where they had grown up. The family resided in Portsmouth for only a short time before Dio’s parents returned to Cortland. Dio listened to a great deal of opera while growing up, […]

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1969: Uriah Heep

Orb — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 02:11:59 +0000

Biography Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and are regarded as one of the seminal hard rock acts of the early 1970s. Uriah Heep’s progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion’s distinctive features have always included a massive keyboard sound, strong vocal harmonies and (in the early years) David Byron‘s quasi-operatic vocals. […]

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1971: White Witch

Orb — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:59:53 +0000

Biography White Witch was a glam rock/psychedelic/hard rock band from Tampa, Florida that made two albums for Capricorn Records in the early 1970s. Their name was a paean to “white magic”, contrary to the “black magic” of groups like Black Sabbath. As the band announced before their shows: “To bring good where there once was […]

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