Ronald van Prooijen http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/heavymetalears/files/ was the original singer of the Dutch heavy metal band

Picture An image is a visual representation of something. It can be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or somehow otherwise feed into the visual system to convey information. An image can be an artifact, such as a photograph or other two-dimensiona ...

. Ronald started out in the band ''Fragma''. He originally sang and played a little guitar but decided to stick to singing. He had been hanging around with Laurens Bakker and

Rinus Vreugdenhil Rinus Vreugdenhil (born 1951) http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/heavymetalears/files/ is the bass player and longest standing member of the Dutch heavy metal band Picture. Rinus started out in the band Lemming as the bass player and sound mixe ...

as they went through various incarnations of what was to become Picture. By 1979, he and

Jan Bechtum Jan Bechtumhttp://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/heavymetalears/files/ (born 15 June 1958, Spijkenisse) is a Dutch guitarist and composer. Bechtum was the first lead guitarist of Picture. He was influenced by Deep Purple, (mainly Ritchie Blackmor ...

had joined the band for their first stable (and the classic) lineup. He finally left the band after the second album. Ronald's main influence was

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with

Ronnie James Dio Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted and founded numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and H ...

as the singer. In late 2007, Ronald and the original members of Picture teamed up for a reunion rehearsal. It went so well that they decided to continue rehearsing for some concert dates, and considered recording a new album in early 2008. Though ultimately Pete Lovell became Picture's permanent lead singer, Ronald is still active musically and is the singer for the Dutch band Roslynn.

References

External links

Biography van Picture in Dutch on popinstituut.nl
Dutch male singers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Netherlands-musician-stub