Ozzy vs Dio

[DangerZone]

Which do you prefer?

I’m going with Ozzy.
I’ll say his part in Lita’s “close my eyes forever” might be his high water mark

[FreddyFender]

Love Dio, but his run both with Sabbath and solo pales to Ozzy's output.

Dio: 3 great Sabbath albums, two great solo albums. Some good stuff after, but its really for fans only.

Ozzy: Every Sabbath album from self titled through Sabotage and solo album up to NMT is essential. Some solo albums people like more than others, but he didn't release anything truly throwaway until Ozzmosis.

[risingfarce]

Dio. Not even close.

[Tommy2Tone84]

Ozzy and it’s not even close.

[GoodJudge]

Ozzy was a star, Dio was a satellite.

[El Vampiro Blanco]

Love Dio, but his run both with Sabbath and solo pales to Ozzy's output.

Dio: 3 great Sabbath albums, two great solo albums. Some good stuff after, but its really for fans only.

Ozzy: Every Sabbath album from self titled through Sabotage and solo album up to NMT is essential. Some solo albums people like more than others, but he didn't release anything truly throwaway until Ozzmosis.

I voted for Oz as well, for the first 6 Sabbath albums and his first two solo albums, but Dio's Rainbow albums need to be included in his list. Fantastic albums, just as good as his Sabbath albums.

[Wiseacre]

DIO was technically one of the best ever and probably THE best as far as gruff, growly vocals and a FAR better singer than OZZY, but Ozzy's voice worked so much better with Sabbath, IMO. Also, DIO's music all sounded very similar to me. I voted OZZY as a personal preference.

[Deege]

Dio was definitely the far more talented singer and also could play instruments and wrote his own songs.

Ozzy's voice had a bigger mass appeal, surrounded himself with great songwriters (and came up with great vocal melodies himself). I am a bigger Ozzy fan for sure. His work with Black Sabbath was incredibly groundbreaking. The Dio era of the band did some amazing stuff but it wasn't the same band by that point.

[NeonKnite]

There can be a difference between who you personally like and who you think was more influential or even subjectively "better".

I'm a much bigger fan of Dio's work than I am of Ozzy's in general, however I can't deny the massive influence Ozzy had with Sabbath and then with his solo career.

I would never say Dio is better than Ozzy. I would say I prefer Dio. I have a connection to Dio's work that is levels above Ozzy's work as much as I enjoy Ozzy's stuff.

[LillianRoxyFA]

I prefer the Sabbath material with Dio, but over all much prefer Ozzy's solo output.