DIO To Celebrate 'Record Store Day' With 'Killing The Dragon' Picture Disc

March 21, 2011

A picture-disc edition of DIO's 2002 album, "Killing The Dragon", will be made available exclusively for Record Store Day, which takes place this year on April 16. To guarantee each disc's authenticity, each copy will be numbered with a "special DIO hologram sticker."

To celebrate both Record Store Day and the release of the limited-edition disc (only 2,500 are being made),former DIO musicians Simon Wright (drums),Craig Goldy (guitar) and Scott Warren (keyboards) will make an in-store appearance at Mad Platters in Riverside, California on April 16 to "meet the fans" from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

"Killing The Dragon" marked the first collaboration between Ronnie James Dio and guitarist Doug Aldrich, who subsequently joined WHITESNAKE. The album also spawned the single/video "Push" (see below),which featured TENACIOUS D's Jack Black and Kyle Gass. And exclusively for the picture-disc edition of "Killing The Dragon", Dio's longtime engineer, Wyn Davis, mixed and remastered the album.

The Bill Schacht-directed "Push" video begins with TENACIOUS D jamming out its own version of the classic BLACK SABBATH song "Heaven And Hell" and features a multitude of special effects produced by Aestheticom. It was one of the first videos utilizing hi-definition and infinite background format, the same technology used in George Lucas' "Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones". The effects were created specifically to work with the theme of the performance- based video for "Push", where Ronnie James Dio is "pushing" himself and the band from frame to frame. TENACIOUS D attempts the same, but even the self-proclaimed "Greatest Band On Earth" can't match the "Push" strength of the Rock N' Roll Wizard.

01. Killing The Dragon (Dio, Jimmy Bain) (4:25)
02. Along Comes A Spider (Dio, Doug Aldrich, Bain) (3:32)
03. Scream (Dio, Aldrich, Bain) (5:02)
04. Better In The Dark (Dio, Bain) (3:43)
05. Rock & Roll (Dio, Bain, Craig Goldy) (6:11)
06. Push (Dio, Bain, Goldy) (4:08)
07. Guilty (Dio, Bain) (4:25)
08. Throw Away Children (Dio, Goldy) (5:35)
09. Before The Fall (Dio, Bain) (3:48)
10. Cold Feet (Dio, Bain) (4:11)

About Record Store Day: Record Store Day is managed by the Music Monitor Network and is organized in partnership with the Alliance of Independent Media Stores (AIMS),the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) and celebrates the culture of independent record stores by playing host to in-store events/performances, signings and special product releases on a global scale.

Record Store Day takes place annually on the third Saturday of April.

For more information on exclusive Record Store Day events, products and participants, visit www.recordstoreday.com.

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