Gulu lodziwika bwino la Dio adalowa m'mbiri ya rock ngati m'modzi mwa oyimira bwino kwambiri gulu la gitala m'ma 1980 azaka zapitazi. Woyimba komanso woyambitsa gululo adzakhalabe chizindikiro cha kalembedwe komanso wojambula m'chifanizo cha rocker m'mitima ya mamiliyoni a mafani a ntchito za gululi padziko lonse lapansi. M’mbiri ya gululi pakhala zinthu zokwera ndi zotsika. Komabe, mpaka pano, connoisseurs of classic hard rock ali okondwa kumvera kugunda kwake kosatha.
Kupanga kwa Dio Collective
Kugawikana kwamkati mkati mwa gulu la Black Sabbath mu 1982 kudapangitsa kuti gulu loyambirira lithe. Ronnie James Dio adasiya gululo, ndikukakamiza woyimba ng'oma Vinnie Appisi kuti apange gulu latsopano lomwe limakwaniritsa zofunikira za oimba. Kuti akafufuze anthu amalingaliro ofananawo, mabwenzi anapita ku England.
Posakhalitsa anyamatawo adagwirizana ndi woimba nyimbo wa basi Jimmy Bain, yemwe Ronnie adagwira nawo ntchito ngati gulu la Rainbow. Jace I Li adasankhidwa kukhala woyimba gitala. Komabe, Ozzy wochenjera komanso wowoneka bwino, atatha kukambirana kwanthawi yayitali, adakopa woimbayo kuti alowe gulu lake. Zotsatira zake, mpando wopanda munthu unatengedwa ndi wachinyamata komanso wosadziwika kwa anthu onse, Vivian Campbell.
Movutikira, mndandanda womwe unasonkhanitsidwa unayamba kubwereza zotopetsa, zomwe zotsatira zake zinali kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale choyambirira cha gulu la Holy Diver. Ntchitoyi nthawi yomweyo idakhala patsogolo pama chart otchuka. Chifukwa cha izi, mtsogoleri wa gulu adalandira mutu wa "Best Vocalist of the Year". Ndipo nyimbo zachimbalezo zidadziwika kuti ndi zenizeni za rock.
Malo opanda kanthu a woyimba kiyibodi, omwe mbali zake zinalembedwa ndi Ronnie, pambuyo pake adatengedwa ndi Claude Schnell, yemwe adabisidwa kwa omvera kumbuyo kwa chinsalu pamasewero a konsati. Nyimbo yotsatira ya studio, The Last in Line, idatulutsidwa pa Julayi 2, 1984. Gululo lidapita kumayiko onse kukathandizira kugulitsa kwa chimbalecho.
Chaka chotsatira, pa August 15, 1985, Sacred Heart inatulutsidwa. Nyimbo za chimbalechi zinalembedwa pa bondo, panthawi ya maulendo. Izi sizinalepheretse nyimbo zingapo kuchita bwino kwambiri ndikukhala nyimbo zomwe "mafani" amamvetsera ngakhale patapita zaka zambiri.
Zovuta ndi zopambana za gulu la Dio
Mu timu mu 1986 panali kusagwirizana chifukwa cha masomphenya a chitukuko china cha gulu. Vivian anaganiza zosiya gululo ndipo posakhalitsa analowa nawo ku Witesnake. Malo ake adatengedwa ndi Craig Goldie, yemwe adalemba nawo chimbale chachinayi cha Dream Evel. Osavomereza malingaliro ndi zokonda ndi mtsogoleri wa gululo, Goldie adasiya gululo mu 1988.
Mu 1989, Ronnie anaitana Rowen Robrtson, yemwe anali atangokwanitsa zaka 18, kuti alowe m’timuyo. Jimmy Bain ndi Claude Schnell adachoka poyankha ndimeyi. Omaliza mwa "okalamba" mu Disembala chaka chomwecho adachotsa Vinnie Appisi. Pambuyo pa ma audition angapo, Teddy Cook, Jens Johansson ndi Simon Wright anavomerezedwa kukhala mtsogoleri. Ndi mndandanda watsopano, chimbale china, Lock Up the Wolves, chinajambulidwa.
Kusiya gulu la oyambitsa
M’chaka chomwecho, Ronnie anapanga chosankha chosayembekezereka kubwerera ku gulu lawo loimba la Black Sabbath. Komabe, kubwererako kunali kwakanthawi. Pamodzi ndi gulu, adatulutsa CD imodzi yokha Dehumanizer. Kusintha kotsatira ku polojekiti yake kunatsagana ndi mnzake wakale Vinnie Appisi.
Mzere watsopano wa gululi unaphatikizapo Scott Warren (woyimba kiyibodi), Tracy G (woyimba gitala) ndi Jeff Pilson (woimba bassist). Phokoso la gululo lasintha kwambiri, likukhala lopindulitsa komanso lamakono, zomwe otsutsa ndi "mafani" ambiri a gulu sanakonde kwenikweni. Albums Strange Highways (1994) ndi Angry Machines (1996) adalandiridwa bwino kwambiri.
1999 mu mbiri ya gulu anali ndi ulendo woyamba ku Russia, pamene zoimbaimba unachitikira ku Moscow ndi St. Iwo anasonkhanitsa ambiri mafani a ntchito gulu.
Ntchito yotsatira ya situdiyo Magica idawonekera mu 2000 ndipo idadziwika ndi kubwerera kwa Craig Goldy ku gululo. Phokoso la gululi linabwereranso ku phokoso lodziwika bwino la m'ma 1980. Izi zinali ndi zotsatira zabwino pa kupambana kwa ntchitoyo, yomwe inatenga malo apamwamba m'matchati apadziko lonse. Komabe, oimba sakanatha kukhala pamodzi kwa nthawi yaitali, ndipo kusiyana kwapangidwe kunawonekeranso mu timu.
Chimbale cha Killing the Dragon chinatulutsidwa mu 2002 ku ndemanga zabwino kuchokera kwa okonda nyimbo zolemetsa. Kapangidwe ka gululi kasintha pakapita zaka. Oimbawo mwina adasiya gululo kapena adabweranso ali ndi chiyembekezo chatsopano kuti adzajambule nyimbo ina kapena chimbale. Pambuyo pojambula Master of the Moon mu 2004, gululi linayamba ulendo wautali.
Kutsika kwa kutchuka kwa gulu Dio
Mu 2005, adatulutsa chimbale, chojambulidwa kuchokera ku zida zamasewera a gululo mu 2002. Malinga ndi mtsogoleri wa gululi, iyi ndi ntchito yosavuta kwambiri yomwe adapangapo. Pambuyo pake, inali nthawi yoti tiyendenso, zomwe zinachitika m'mizinda ikuluikulu padziko lonse lapansi. Palinso chojambulira china chomwe chidapangidwa paulendo wochedwa ku London malo, Holy Diver Live, yomwe idatulutsidwa pa DVD kumapeto kwa 2006.
M’chaka chomwecho, Ronnie ndi anzake angapo a m’gululi anachita chidwi ndi ntchito yatsopano ya Heaven & Hell. Zotsatira zake, ntchito za gulu la Dio zidayima. Oimba nthawi zina amasonkhana ndi mzere woyambirira kuti akumbukire masiku akale ndikupereka ma concerts ochepa. Komabe, izi sizingatchulidwenso kuti ndi moyo wathunthu wa gululo. Aliyense wa oyambitsa ali ndi chidwi ndi ntchito zina ndi zoyeserera, akupanga njira zosangalatsa za nyimbo za rock.
Tsiku lomaliza la kutha kwa gululo linali chochitika chachisoni. Kansa ya m'mimba yomwe inapezeka kale ku Ronnie inachititsa kuti adwale kwambiri. Anamwalira pa May 16, 2010. Palibe amene anayerekeza kutenga chitukuko cha gulu lodziwika bwino. Gululi lidzakhalabe m'mbiri yonse ngati kuyesa molimba mtima kwa woimba waluso komanso woimba, yemwe adadziwika kuti ndi nthano yanyimbo zolemera.
