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Black Sabbath ↔ Rainbow
Black Sabbath and Rainbow are directly connected through shared musician Ronnie James Dio.
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Origin Band
Black Sabbath
📍 Birmingham, England
The fathers of heavy metal. Tony Iommi’s downtuned tritone riffs, Geezer Butler’s driving bass and dark lyrics, Bill Ward’s jazz-metal swing, and Ozzy Osbourne’s eerie delivery created the genre.
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Connecting Bridge (musician)
Ronnie James Dio
Lead Vocals
Connected Band
Rainbow
📍 Hertford, United Kingdom
Legendary hard rock institution launched by guitar maestro Ritchie Blackmore with vocalist Ronnie James Dio, creating neoclassical metal landmarks Rising and Long Live Rock 'n' Roll.
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