Pint-sized egomaniacal powerhouses. Thinking today about their MANY similarities.

A few years back I woulda shilled for Glenn unhesitatingly, but I've really been getting into Rainbow and Dehumanizer of late which makes it a closer call for me; though I have also recently cracked Danzig 4 after 20yrs of writing it off as pretentious (it's great: I am idiot).

What say you?

I love everything Glenn did through Danzig III, but Ronnie could scream the paint off walls. Both nice guys, surprisingly. Too hard to vote.

I know more Danzig than Dio so I should not vote.

I love early Misfits.

I'll leave it at that.

EDIT: stupidity removed

RJD has more range in any way one could consider, plus, he seemed like an affable gentleman. A real mensch.

RJD



still rules

I vote Dio just cuz I think he's cooler. He's on records going back as far as 1958 when he was still a teenager. He basically rode with rock music from doo-wop & guitar instrumentals onward until he died. Every account I've read says he was very well-liked and a nice guy.

Love some early Misfits, and Danzig's vocals really make 'em. Don't know much of their later stuff, or much of his solo work. All I know is he acts like a tough guy and makes REALLY bad movies now.

RJD has pipes but his music stinks. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig I all the way.

Singing? Oh fuck, that's easy. RJD. Dude can actually sing. Brick Boy is a hack douche.

Better fromtman? Danzig. Gotta give it to him there.

RJD is a legend but The Misfits and Samhain were a formative influence for me and I enjoy Glenn's music more.

In the cage match of tiny Italian men Mr. Anzalone takes it.

Dio is a better singer (love Rainbow and his Sabbath tenure). Danzig has more good records.

I got to see the RJD version of Black Sabbath on the Live Evil tour and it was like the arena was being struck by a hammer.

His Rainbow albums and the first two under his own name are pretty righteous as well, and I recently made the happy discovery of his early 70s boogie band Elf, which is a hoot.

I like a few Misfits songs.

Dio.