That time I asked Rob Halford if he thought Ronnie James Dio did a good job replacing Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath

By Steve Newton

I interviewed Rob Halford for the fourth time in November of 2010, when he was touring with his band Halford, in support of the new album Made of Metal.

Halford was preparing to open for Ozzy Osbourne on some North American dates, so I asked him if he thought Ronnie James Dio–who’d died from cancer six months earlier–did a good job replacing Ozzy in Black Sabbath.

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