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Wendy Walters

Manager and wife of Ronnie Dio

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Nov 22, 2025
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How did Ronnie James Dio popularize the devil horns in heavy metal culture?

Ronnie James Dio is widely credited with popularizing the “devil horns” (or metal horns) hand gesture in heavy metal culture by adopting a traditional Italian apotropaic sign from his grandmother and ...

Jan 26, 2026
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Did Ronnie James Dio invent the devil horns gesture or adapt it from earlier sources?

did not "invent" the as an original hand sign; he adapted and popularized an older gesture—drawing on an folk sign his grandmother used and on examples already in rock—and turned it into a defining he...