{"id":2743,"date":"2010-05-17T11:47:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:47:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-05-17T16:24:42","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T16:24:42","slug":"aging-icons-of-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/aging-icons-of-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"Aging Icons of Metal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ef3LA3gN_b0]<br \/>\nI know next to squat about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2010\/may\/16\/ronnie-james-dio-dies1\" target=_blank>recently deceased <strong>Ronnie James Dio<\/strong><\/a>. I know he replaced <strong>Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong> in <strong>Black Sabbath<\/strong>, and I think I know he was really short. And I know he led a band called Dio. He seemed like a totally reasonable, level-headed guy in this recently conducted interview. I&#8217;m only slightly surprised, after learning in recent years that heavy metal icons can be regular blokes too.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard enough for any rocker to age. Rockers in some genres can turn to folkier, bluesier singer-songwriter material to grow dignified and old, but what&#8217;s an aging icon of metal to do? <strong>Robert Plant<\/strong>, not quite a heavy metal singer, but close enough for discussion, has classed up his act into his 60s by effectively going roots-rock. Has any other metal musician found a way to make music and present himself in a way more appropriate to his age? Is <strong>Ritchie Blackmore<\/strong> and his medieval lute-rock the next best attempt? Has <strong>Metallica<\/strong> effectively prepared for old age by crafting their middle-aged PowerPoint Rock Strategy?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/for-ronnie-james-dio-and-my-first-demo-talent-less-search-participants\" target=_blank>Hear this audio tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>NEXT: Rock Town Hall&#8217;s Official Eulogy&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rip400x602.swf\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rip400x602.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ef3LA3gN_b0] I know next to squat about the recently deceased Ronnie James Dio. I know he replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, and I think I know he was really short. And I know he led a band called Dio. He seemed like a totally reasonable, level-headed guy in this recently conducted interview. I&#8217;m only <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/aging-icons-of-metal\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[170,260],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}