Barbara O'Brien of The Buffalo News reports that Friday, June 26 has been proclaimed "Def Leppard Day" in the town of Hamburg, New York by virtue of a unanimous vote Monday by a bemused Town Board.Two members of the famed band, Phil Collen and Rick Savage, will be...
If you've ever wanted to interview Def Leppard - read on.Noisecreep is interviewing Def Leppard front man Joe Elliott next week - and your help is needed. Dearest Bring Back Glam! readers, here's all you need to do:To submit a question to Joe, just leave it in the comment section. I'll give you until Sunday at 11:59pm ET to leave questions and then the comments will be closed. Do not email me q...
Britain's Metal Hammer magazine presented their Metal Hammer Golden God awards on Monday night in London. Def Leppard was given the Legends Award while Iron Maiden received the Best UK Band and Golden God awards. Steve Vai was given the Riff Award and Canada's Anvil, just resurging after years in obscurity, won the Metal as Fuck award.For the full list of winners, see the Metal Hammer site. Y...
If you still harbored any illusions that Def Leppard were still a rock band, Geoff Barton of Classic Rock Magazine is reporting :It’s enough to shatter your achy breaky heart. New Wave Of British Heavy Metal pioneers Def Leppard have received three first-round Country Music Television (CMT) award nominations. The Leps’ duet with Taylor Swift on their song Photograph has been nominated for both...
Taylor Swift was lucky enough to perform with rock legends Def Leppard when she taped a special for CMT called Crossroads. The country/pop cutie performed the bands hit Photograph. Check out People.com's preview of the performance and check out some pix below. The show will air on November 7. Taylor will be releasing her sophomore [...]
If you haven't heard Def Leppard's latest, Songs from the Sparkle Lounge, do yourself a favor and have a listen. The band still delivers on this album. If you're a fan of their earlier releases like Hysteria and Pyromania, you will not be disappointed. The songs reflect an evolved sound but amazing drummer Rick Allen still plays as good as ever, Sav's basslines will still give you chills, Phil ...
I've really been enjoying the book The Cook's Encyclopedia of Thirty Minute Cooking by Jenni Fleetwood. I just became the first to review it over at amazon - am I the only one who enjoys being the first reviewer of something? I think I received it as a gift, and I'd recommend it as a good one.I bought my first santoku knife last week, which I'm psyched about. It works great for dicing, chopping...
Def Leppard - "Foolin'"Summer 1983In the boardroom of Mercury Records, at a conference table, painted to look like a Union Jack in the wind and covered with pizzas and six packs of beer, sit the members of British heavy metal band Def Leppard (singer Joe Elliot, guitarist Steve "Steamin'" Clark, guitarist Phil Collen, bassman Rick Savage and drummer Rick Allen), their manager, and video dire...
According to Mog's weekly music reccomendation, "Anna recommends Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard." I would like to thank Anna for bringing this album to my attention, since I have not listened to it since I wore it out in 6th grade. It was a peculiar time in my musical development since I soon was on a steady diet of hair metal that was to last until "grunge" slapped me into my senses. Ye...
Severe thunderstorms that produced high winds and flying debris caused eight people to be injured and significant damage inflicted to the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, NC, where Def Leppard was scheduled to perform Tuesday night (August 21).Venue management has issued the following statement regarding the Def Leppard show cancellation and possible rescheduling:"The Def Leppard/Styx/Fore...
[Bush Encourages, Helps Foreigners Buy Up US]Published: Oct 9, 2007Author: Patrick J. BuchananWhat is it that distinguishes Bush Republicanism from the Coolidge, Taft, Eisenhower and Reagan varieties? Four major issues come to mind. Bush is a "Big Government conservative" who repudiated the "government-is-the-problem" philosophy of Reagan. His No Child Left Behind program, doubling the size of...