Elf

Elf
Formed: 1970
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Disbanded: 1975
Styles: Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Heavy Metal
Group Members: Mark Nauseef, Ronnie James Dio, Gary Driscoll, Steve Edwards, David Feinstein, Craig Gruber, Micky Lee Soule, Steve Edwards
Biography: The early-'70s rock outfit Elf is best-known as the group that gave singer Ronnie James Dio his start and he would eventually set his sights on a tougher, metallic sound, fronting the likes of Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and his own solo band, Dio. The group went through several name changes in the late ...Read full biography
Trying to Burn the Sun
Released: 1975
Label: MGM
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Recorded while the band was evolving slowly into the Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Trying to Burn the Sun is the third and final release from Elf, the band that finally earned Ronnie James Dio the attention ...Read full review
ELF
Released: 1972
Label: EPIC
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By the time he came to prominence as the lead singer of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Ronnie James Dio had accumulated an extensive rock & roll résumé (longer than he'd like to admit, actually) performing ...Read full review
More Elf albums: Main Albums (5)
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