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10-29-2015, 10:19 AM | Topic Starter |
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Def Leppard 2015 CD
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10-29-2015, 03:00 PM | #2 |
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Lol. The guys on satellite have been pimping this disc up, saying the music was going in "new directions". Bit of a caution flag there.
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10-29-2015, 07:22 PM | #3 |
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They self-produced so I expected a disaster.
Plus, Pete Willis, who was responsible for most of their early hits was kicked out of the band before the release of Pyromania and Steve Clark, who wrote a bunch of riffs for Hysteria, died at age 30 from alcohol abuse. The bottom line is that doing a new album just gives them an excuse to tour and further pad their bank accounts. |
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The 80's, with the SSL console and the Sony 48 track digital tape machine, along with the explosion off synthesizers and drum machines (not to mention Lexicon Digital reverbs and delays, the Yamaha SPX90 and so much more) changed it all. In most cases, gone was the raw, real sound of Les Pauls & Marshall's along with a closely mic'd drum kit in favor of Rockman's, drum machines, an enormous use of digital delay, digital reverb and Eventide Harmonizers, not to mention the proliferation of 48 track digital tape machines and 96 channel SSL consoles, which lead to an astronomical amount of parts being recorded and stacked, which led to the "processed" sound of 80's music. While I liked some of the rock bands of the early 80's, I didn't gel with most of it, especially the Synth Pop bands like OMD, Depeche Mode, Howard Jones, et al. Def Leppard, to me, was an extension of that music, so I just didn't connect at the time. |
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10-30-2015, 11:18 AM | #7 |
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Nobody wants to hear this shit
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10-30-2015, 01:03 PM | #8 |
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Def Leppard and Queensryche are much alike in that regard - their stuff not only stopped being good after a certain point, but the newer stuff is just crap. Def Leppard has way more commercial success and recognition than Queensryche ever did, but they really are mirror images - everything after Hysteria (which you could argue was a sell out album and be correct) for DL and everything after Empire for QR was just bad. Both of their early catalogues are quality.
That said, Queensryche (the new version with Todd LaTorre) is coming to Knuckleheads in February, and the word is they do a ton of their early stuff with him. I think I may check that out. |
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10-30-2015, 02:22 PM | #10 |
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Nice! To see Ozzy still (kind of) in his prime and 'Ryche for Empire would have been a fantastic show! Have you heard LaTorre sing yet? It's creepy how he nails Geoff Tate, particularly their older songs...
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10-30-2015, 02:23 PM | #11 |
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And sorry to hijack the Def Leppard hate, Matriculating! Thanks for the heads up, though. Hadn't heard any of their new songs, now I won't bother to go out of my way.
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For the record, I don't dislike DL. I really dug their first two records because they just outright rocked. They were teenagers then, too. But everything changed with Pyromania and even more so with Hysteria. It would take months, if not weeks to record Hysteria in 2015 but it took years to make in the 80's due to technology. I didn't "get" it in the 80's and didn't really like the album but have realized in the past decade that it's an awesome technical achievement and sounded like no other record ever produced, before or since. Unfortunately, their new music sounds like it's trying too hard to be Hysteria, which is impossible, especially considering Steve Clark is no longer with us and Mutt Lange had nothing to do with the creation of this album. |
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10-30-2015, 04:48 PM | #13 | |
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Its funny, i thought his work with Shania Twain sounded alot like The 80s Def Leppard stuff. Just with a little more twang.
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He was an integral part of their career, writing, producing and even signing background vocals on their records (same with Shania). He's an uber talented guy. |
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10-30-2015, 03:09 PM | #15 |
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I did like some of their post heyday stuff like Adrenalize, Euphoria and X which were in the 90s and early 2000s.
I haven't heard much after that. I hated Slang which was in the mid 90s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Leppard_discography
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