During his recent appearance on Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk (uploaded to YouTube on July 24, 2025), Appice explained how Ozzy truly felt about Dio: Ozzy would always tell me how he loved Ronnie.

Tomorrow, the world will say goodbye to one of the most iconic metal bands of all time — the mighty Black Sabbath and its original frontman Ozzy Osbourne. The ‘Back to the Beginning’ gig is going to ...

Appice would play with the Dio-era Sabbath, the spin-off band Heaven and Hell, and on the albums Mob Rules and Live Evil. He would also follow Ronnie James when he started his solo band, Dio.

The metal world has long bought into the idea that Ozzy Osbourne and Ronnie James Dio hated each other — but according to Vinny Appice, that was never the case. In a recent interview on Trunk Nation ...