Ace Nova Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Good 'ole British boys....and had some success for their time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 My older brother was right into them circa Hysteria, they've never been my cup of tea but Love Bites is an absolute classic.Their early albums where they sounded like a shitty Brian Johnson ACDC should be kept in mind, though I'd rather just listen to ACDC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Yeah I'll give them Love Bites but the rest is total glam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsMainMan Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 This was a pretty solid rocker: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Hysteria and Pyromania are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Yeah I'll give them Love Bites but the rest is total glam.This is where it's at with Def Lep ballads IMO: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 (edited) Edited December 1, 2014 by Rovim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 weren't Def Leppard part of the NWOBHM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 They are from Sheffield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 weren't Def Leppard part of the NWOBHM?yup, their first album on through the night is a NWOBHM album in every sense of the word and its a good one. high n dry was good and after that they turned into dogshit. hysteria is one of the worst albums i ever listened to. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slash23579 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I've seen them live a few times. They put on great shows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Hysteria is pretty epic. High and Dry is awesome too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarBradley Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 The only person who has gotten Def Leppard correct in this thread so far is bran. Not surprised. I will add that Pyromania is OK - it's the clear transition album from NWOBHM to shit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 The only person who has gotten Def Leppard correct in this thread so far is bran. Not surprised. I will add that Pyromania is OK - it's the clear transition album from NWOBHM to shit.yeah i might be a little harsh on pyromania, it has some good songs on it but like you said it was the transition into shit. high n dry had a lot of elements from pyromania but they still kept an edge to the songs, pyromania just lost most of its edge and became to soft and in the process sterile. by the time hysteria came around it was game over IMO. the only redeeming thing, well two is 1) gods of war is a pretty decent song 2) its not slang, which is beyond bad.my aunt would listen to their album slang when we would go over for family cook outs, and it is literally the worst, i was exaggerating about hysteria being the worst, i mean its awful but slang is another animal all together. slang is where def leppard wanted to be the back street boys it is the room of albums in it being so bad that you have to listen to it once. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 my aunt would listen to their album slang when we would go over for family cook outs, and it is literally the worst, i was exaggerating about hysteria being the worst, i mean its awful but slang is another animal all together. slang is where def leppard wanted to be the back street boys it is the room of albums in it being so bad that you have to listen to it once.Wasn't Viv Campbell in the band by that point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 "nice guy" dio wishing death on viv campbell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 (edited) my aunt would listen to their album slang when we would go over for family cook outs, and it is literally the worst, i was exaggerating about hysteria being the worst, i mean its awful but slang is another animal all together. slang is where def leppard wanted to be the back street boys it is the room of albums in it being so bad that you have to listen to it once.Wasn't Viv Campbell in the band by that point?yeah it was the mid 90s i think it was."nice guy" dio wishing death on viv campbell dio bit his tongue for a long time while viv said really bad things about him, including how dio meant nothing his music meant nothing to him and his music was a joke then after dio passed away vivian forms a band playing dio songs and using the second dio album as their band name, while making new music under that title.im not in favor of what dio said there but sometimes things boil over and you really cant hold your tongue or composer anymore. Edited December 2, 2014 by bran 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarBradley Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 my aunt would listen to their album slang when we would go over for family cook outs, and it is literally the worst, i was exaggerating about hysteria being the worst, i mean its awful but slang is another animal all together. slang is where def leppard wanted to be the back street boys it is the room of albums in it being so bad that you have to listen to it once.Wasn't Viv Campbell in the band by that point?yeah it was the mid 90s i think it was."nice guy" dio wishing death on viv campbell dio bit his tongue for a long time while viv said really bad things about him, including how dio meant nothing his music meant nothing to him and his music was a joke then after dio passed away vivian forms a band playing dio songs and using the second dio album as their band name, while making new music under that title.im not in favor of what dio said there but sometimes things boil over and you really cant hold your tongue or composer anymore.Shame, too, as Dio had to deal with Blackmore basically right after Viv, and Blackmore isn't known to be the nicest guy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 (edited) Shame, too, as Dio had to deal with Blackmore basically right after Viv, and Blackmore isn't known to be the nicest guy. yeah and all the sabbath drama as well. what led to this specific incident was viv saying in an interview just weeks before this video,that ronnie was the most vile person in music. dio leading up to this was always complimentary of viv and in some ways viv seemed kind of hurt by the whole situation. so i think ronnie just boiled over, viv later said that he kind of regrets how things went down with him and ronnie. Edited December 2, 2014 by bran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONEZY Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Anybody else like "Me and my wine"? I love that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostie Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Steve's death revealed who wrote the good shit. Retro-active is like a swan song to that era. Not one fucking listenable song since. I almost shit my drawers when I saw a deluxe version of Slang at Best Buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Anybody else like "Me and my wine"? I love that song. yeah its a good song. it does remind me of ac/dc in a lot of ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val22 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Saw Def Leppard last year. Not a bad show, but Joe can't hit those high notes anymore.At least Vivian went to see a doctor and hopefully will survive his cancer. Dio should have gone to a doctor once he didn't feel well. he might have been around today if he had.You have a very good chance of surviving cancer if you get the help you need early.Dio kept putting his career ahead of his life and the result was we lost one of the best metal singers/performers of all time.Whatever problems he and Vivian had, what does it matter now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic Beast Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 You see the fit Phil Collen and the you look joe elliot how fat became and then we expect to hit the high notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Pyromania and earlier is pretty good rock music. Hysteria and later is kinda blah for me. I don't mind Hysteria, but its not as good as the earlier stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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