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The long-awaited autobiography of Ronnie James Dio, titled Rainbow in the Dark, will be released on July 27. Dio fronted three successful groups: from 1975-1979, he was the singer of Rainbow; he then joined Black Sabbath, replacing frontman Ozzy Osbourne and helping deliver the classic albums Heaven and Hell (1980) and Mob Rules (1981). He departed Black Sabbath in 1982, forming the eponymous band Dio later that year.A press release announcing Rainbow in the Dark said that the book would cover all aspects of the rocker's career, including "everything from his fallout with Ritchie...

The long-awaited autobiography of Ronnie James Dio, titled Rainbow in the Dark, will be released on July 27. Dio fronted three successful groups: from 1975-1979

Ronnie James Dio memoir ‘Rainbow in the Dark’ to be released in July

"We were really confident with what we were writing, and we really liked it."

, released as individual two-CD and two-LP sets. Both titles will feature live material and additional mixes of songs - some new and others coming to CD for the first time. At the time of Dio’s entry into Sabbath in 1979, the band was in shambles. Ozzy Osbourne quit while recording Never Say Die! and was replaced by Dave Walker, who also had short stints as the singer in Fleetwood Mac and Savoy Brown. Writing and rehearsals of new music and even a performance on the BBC took place, but the union was abandoned when Osbourne briefly returned to the fold before being asked to leave again in t...