I still can't believe how young he was when he joined Dio. Especially when I look at my own kids who are now several years older than this!
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 13 Sep 2025, 08:47
by BerlingtonBertie
Bank of Dave
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 12 Sep 2025, 16:28
by yngwies Cat
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑12 Sep 2025, 08:00
Jonesy having a nice chat with Viv Campbell & Phil Soussan
Cheers for that
Viv Campbell's, wonderful guitar player
His Dio, and lately Last in Line stuff is awesome.
From the Gary Moore, John Sykes mould
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 12 Sep 2025, 11:39
by JAC
Saw them back in 1979 when they were support band to AC/DC Highway To Hell tour...they were decent (and the drummer still had both arms).
Problem is that like most bands from 70/80's they are old now and although they can still play, the lead singers voices have gone (eg Ian Gillan).
Probably time to hang up the old mic and call it a day.
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 12 Sep 2025, 09:57
by Bungo
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑12 Sep 2025, 08:00
Jonesy having a nice chat with Viv Campbell & Phil Soussan
Love that Music Man Stingray. If ever I went over to the dark side, one of those would be at the top of my shopping list.
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 12 Sep 2025, 08:00
by Takashi Miike
Jonesy having a nice chat with Viv Campbell & Phil Soussan
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 11 Sep 2025, 23:48
by yngwies Cat
Billys got a Gun
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 11 Sep 2025, 13:57
by Bungo
Central Park Man" wrote: ↑10 Sep 2025, 13:34
Will next listen to Pyromania
It's an odd one. Many love it. Others see it as the point where the polish arrived and the 'rock and roll' departed.
As ever nobody is right or wrong. It's just opinion.
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 11 Sep 2025, 12:05
by Swiss.
I actually saw them live in the 90s as I worked for Earls Court and Olympia Exhibition Centres then and got free box seat tickets. I left after 30 mins even with the free drinks as they they were shite. About one woman in the audience which shows what saddos listen to this garbage .
Do you play D&D later the concert?
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 10 Sep 2025, 13:34
by Central Park Man
Just listened to that track and yes it's absolutely brilliant.
Central Park Man" wrote: ↑10 Sep 2025, 09:58
I listened to Hyteria last night all the way through.
Just wow!
What a discovery!
Interestingly one of the aims of this album was to create a kind of heavy rock Thriller, in that any track could be pulled off it to be a single (and a LOT of them were).
My only grumble is that it is one of those albums where the production is so 'shiny' that you end up using it to listen to your hifi rather than the other way round.
Love and Affection is a great track on that album.
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 10 Sep 2025, 11:57
by Bungo
Central Park Man" wrote: ↑10 Sep 2025, 09:58
I listened to Hyteria last night all the way through.
Just wow!
What a discovery!
Interestingly one of the aims of this album was to create a kind of heavy rock Thriller, in that any track could be pulled off it to be a single (and a LOT of them were).
My only grumble is that it is one of those albums where the production is so 'shiny' that you end up using it to listen to your hifi rather than the other way round.
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 10 Sep 2025, 09:58
by Central Park Man
I listened to Hyteria last night all the way through.
Just wow!
What a discovery!
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 10 Sep 2025, 08:33
by Bungo
Far Cough UKunt" wrote: ↑09 Sep 2025, 15:41
Steve Harris wanted Phil Collen to replace their guitar player that left, can't think of his name?
Two Hammers right there.
Adrian Smith presumably?
I made Janick piss himself once when he and some of his mates were watching a cover band I was in. We were playing in a pub in Ealing, and I kept dropping quick Maiden riffs into the gaps between songs.
Confused the hell out of the rest of the band who hadn't spotted him.
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 09 Sep 2025, 15:41
by Far Cough UKunt
Steve Harris wanted Phil Collen to replace their guitar player that left, can't think of his name?
And to be fair, by the sounds of things they have done their fair share of dirt.
Maybe so. Just don't wear it as obviously as say Motley Crue.
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 09 Sep 2025, 15:29
by Central Park Man
Bungo wrote: ↑09 Sep 2025, 10:50
Around 1979/80 as Leppard and Maiden were being pushed as spearheading the new wave of metal emerging at that time, it was pretty clear from early on that Leppard were a very different beast from their peers. Highly polished and FM friendly, they were completely targeted at America from early on. I think they will happily say this themselves.
I saw them once as part of a triple bill with Motley Crue and Steel Panther. This completely reinforced what I feel about them which is that they are a very professional band with high quality songs, who look like a rock band but with all the rock spirit and dirt removed.
Clearly a perfect fit for America.
And to be fair, by the sounds of things they have done their fair share of dirt.
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 09 Sep 2025, 12:13
by Far Cough UKunt
Yes they are a very good band, you don't have to like their music to not agree with that.
In my opinion a lot of credit goes to Mutt Lange, who is a very good producer.
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 09 Sep 2025, 10:50
by Bungo
Around 1979/80 as Leppard and Maiden were being pushed as spearheading the new wave of metal emerging at that time, it was pretty clear from early on that Leppard were a very different beast from their peers. Highly polished and FM friendly, they were completely targeted at America from early on. I think they will happily say this themselves.
I saw them once as part of a triple bill with Motley Crue and Steel Panther. This completely reinforced what I feel about them which is that they are a very professional band with high quality songs, who look like a rock band but with all the rock spirit and dirt removed.
Clearly a perfect fit for America.
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 08 Sep 2025, 23:46
by joe royal
Pour some sugar on me is about female ejaculation, squirting if you like.
Re: Def Leppard
Posted: 08 Sep 2025, 19:45
by RBshorty
It was peak MTV. And a more accessible Metal. Bon Jovi's. Slippery When Wet. Was released the previous year. And Guns N"Roses. Appetite For Destruction was right around the corner. For an album that had such a tumultuous beginning. (Watch. The Making Of Classic Albums. Documentary.) It really did nail the landing.
