Dio On Demartini, Magica Sequels May Be Delayed

Ronnie James Dio explained to Electricbasement.com why guitarist WARREN DEMARTINI just didn't fit in the DIO mold, "Well we had already committed to the Maiden tour and for the festivals. Having committed to something, I'm never one to say, 'Oh we just won't do it'. Well we thought we had a few months to put this together and play some of these songs we haven't played before and I was thinking,' I hope we get the right player'. The hardest part is working with a guitar player who hasn't played the songs before, while we've been playing some of them for 25 years now. That becomes difficult. We like to rehearse, but we don't like to nitpick and teach somebody every little nuance of the song, and that's really what happened with Warren. Warren came in and he had to learn all these things. He was just the wrong player for the band. He doesn't work in the same way that we do. None of us felt that he was giving to what these songs are all about. Certainly not from a solo perspective. He didn't really have a handle on what was going on. That's not to take away anything from his talent. In a different band, his talent will shine, in this band, it will not.

"It made life very difficult for us. We tried to deal with it for three weeks actually. It just didn't work and none of us were very happy about what was going on. I couldn't speak for how Warren felt about it, but it wasn't down to him, it was down to us. We're the ones who created these things and we are the ones who had to carry on. Luckily for us, Craig had his things sorted out and it made life much easier for us. We sorry for Warren that it didn't work out, but we are very happy to have Craig back with us." Dio also talks about Magica sequels possibly being put off for another staright ahead rocker.

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