Items being sold at the upcoming auction include the original Barry Jackson painting used for Dio's 1984 LP The Last in Line, as well as some of Dio's many instruments, tour wardrobe, and much more.
Veteran hard rock/heavy metal bassist Craig Gruber died yesterday (5/5), after battling prostate cancer, Blabbermouth reports. He was 63.
Gruber was a member of Elf, one of the early bands of Ronnie James Dio (who we lost in 2010), playing on their second album, 1974's Carolina County Ball, and their third and final album, 1975's Trying to Burn the Sun...