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Slang World Tour
The Slang World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by English hard rock band Def Leppard in support of their album '' Slang'', which was released in May 1996. Although ''Slang'' was the first Def Leppard album to feature new material with guitarist Vivian Campbell, this was his second tour with the band. Campbell joined Def Leppard just prior to their Adrenalize World Tour in 1992. Musically, ''Slang'' was considered a radical departure from the band's signature sound of highly polished 1980s hard rock. Introspective songwriting, minimal studio production and Rick Allen's return to acoustic drums resulted in a more raw and organic sound. In a 2016 interview, Vivian Campbell reflected on the influence that 1990s grunge era bands such as Soundgarden had on the band's songwriting. Concert production was also a radical departure from previous tours. The Slang World Tour introduced a completely revamped concert stage design. This was the first Def Leppard tour since the early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals), and Vivian Campbell (guitar, backing vocals). They established themselves as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement of the early 1980s. The band's greatest commercial success came between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. Their first album, 1980's ''On Through the Night'', reached the Top 15 in the UK but received little notice elsewhere. Their second album, 1981's ''High 'n' Dry'', was produced by Mutt Lange, who helped them begin to define their melodic hard rock style, and the album's most popular track "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" became one of the first rock videos played on MTV in 1982, but the album only reached the Top 30 and 40 in the UK and US. Def Leppard's next studio album, ''Pyromania'', was released in Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad
"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their fifth studio album, ''Adrenalize'' (1992). In the United States, the song reached number seven on the Album Rock Tracks charts and number 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making the song the most successful single from the album in the US. The Acoustic Hippies from Hell, credited on the B-side tracks, was the name used by Def Leppard and the Hothouse Flowers performing together. The song was performed extensively during the Adrenalize and Slang tours but rarely after, most recently being done acoustically during the band's 2019 Vegas residency, and the 2022 Stadium Tour. Track listings CD: Bludgeon Riffola / LEPCD 8 (UK) / 864 151-2 (INT) # "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" # "From the Inside" (The Acoustic Hippies from Hell) # "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (Rolling Stones cover) (The Acoustic Hippies from Hell) # "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Of Ages (Def Leppard Song)
"Rock of Ages" is a song by Def Leppard from their 1983 album ''Pyromania''. When issued as a single in the United States, the song reached #16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and #19 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100. It also hit #1 on the Top Tracks Rock chart. In 2012, the band re-recorded the song, along with "Pour Some Sugar on Me", under the title "Rock of Ages 2012". Both were released digitally on 4 June 2012. Lyrics The song begins with "Gunter glieben glauten globen", a German-like nonsense phrase introduced by Mutt Lange, who is of German descent. According to the official Def Leppard , As the song's melody begins, Elliott speaks the lines, "All right/I've got something to say/It's better to burn out/Than to fade away"; the second two lines are a reference to Neil Young's song " Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue)". Def Leppard's four-line version was quoted in the 1986 movie '' Highlander'' by the film's villain, the Kurgan. Young's line would later become immortaliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Get Rocked
"Let's Get Rocked" is a 1992 single by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album ''Adrenalize''. The song peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart, number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number two on the UK Singles Chart, and number three on the Canadian '' RPM'' Top Singles chart. Background and release The lyrics are about a teenager disobeying the orders of his parents. According to a Joe Elliott statement on the '' Rock of Ages'' and '' Best Of'' compilation albums, this song was an escapism since the band was working on the " White Lightning" song and felt like doing something to lighten the atmosphere. This song and "White Lightning" were the last two songs recorded for the album. The song has been a live fixture on all of the band's tours since its release. Music video The song was accompanied by a then state-of-the-art computer animated music video directed by Steve Barron. The video consists of the band playin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Bites (Def Leppard Song)
"Love Bites" is a song by English glam metal band Def Leppard from their album ''Hysteria''. The power ballad is Def Leppard's only number-one single and penultimate top ten hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and became a top-10 hit in Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. On the UK Singles Chart, the track peaked at number 11. Song history and composition When Robert John "Mutt" Lange originally brought the song to the band's attention, it was a country ballad, which the band thought sounded like nothing they had done before. The band then added power rock elements and emotive backing vocals similar to those used in R&B ballads at the time. The title "Love Bites" was originally used for a very different song that was eventually re-titled "I Wanna Be Your Hero", and which appeared as a ''Hysteria'' B-side and later on the album ''Retro Active''. Musically, the song has been described as glam metal, and is considered a classic of the genre. Following the huge momentum generated by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pour Some Sugar On Me
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album ''Hysteria''. It reached number 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on 23 July 1988, behind "Hold On to the Nights" by Richard Marx. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is considered the band's signature song, and was ranked #2 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s" in 2006. Production Near the end of recording the album ''Hysteria'', during a production break, lead singer Joe Elliott was jamming with a riff he had come up with two weeks earlier on an acoustic guitar. Producer Mutt Lange, expressing great liking of it, suggested that it be developed into another song. Although already behind schedule, Lange felt that the album was still missing a strong crossover hit and that this last song had the potential to be one. Within two weeks the song was completed, smoothed out, and included as the twelfth track on ''Hysteria''. Elliott claims the song was at least partially inspired by the Aerosmith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armageddon It
"Armageddon It" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album ''Hysteria''. It was released as a single in 1988 and went to No. 3 in the United States, becoming their fourth top-ten hit. It also reached the top 10 in Canada and New Zealand and the top 20 in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The vocal style of the song is described as " T.Rex meets Eddie Cochran with backing vocals", according to lead singer Joe Elliott in the liner notes for '' Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980-1995)''. There are two mixes of the song that appeared in the single: the "Atomic Mix", which is the album version, and the "Nuclear Mix", which is an extended version. Music video The video for the song was the second to feature Def Leppard in a live arena setting. On 12–13 February 1988, the band recorded two shows at the McNichols Arena in Denver, Colorado for a future live film release. However, a month later, "Armageddon It" was set to be released as the sixth sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocket (Def Leppard Song)
"Rocket" is a song recorded by English rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album ''Hysteria''. It was released in January 1989 as the seventh and final single from the album and reached the Top 15 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. Background and composition Singer Joe Elliott came up with the idea of "Rocket" after he overheard a friend's cassette of "Burundi Black" by Burundi Steiphenson Black, which had previously had an influence on such UK bands as Adam and the Ants and Bow Wow Wow. Elliott then borrowed the tape to make a rhythm loop and overlaid guitar chords over it for a rough draft on the song. When he brought it to Lange and the band, they re-recorded and developed Elliott's idea in a higher key. The song was nearly developed as a near-instrumental with only a short chorus ("Rocket! Yeah"), but after the lyrics "Satellite of Love", which referenced the song of the same name by Lou Reed in 1972, were added to the chorus, the band expanded on the conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photograph (Def Leppard Song)
"Photograph" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. It is the lead single from the band's third studio album, '' Pyromania'' (1983). Their lead vocalist Joe Elliott has described the song as generally about "something you can't ever get your hands on". When released as a single it reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Tracks chart, where it stayed for six weeks, and No. 12 on the Pop Singles chart. In 2008, they performed the song with Taylor Swift on '' CMT Crossroads''. The performance was nominated for both Wide Open Country Video of the Year and CMT Performance of the Year at the 2009 CMT Music Awards. In 2013, the song was featured in the ''Grand Theft Auto V'' video game, on the Los Santos Rock Radio station. It was also featured in the DLC release of '' Rock Band 3'', in 2011. Musical style The song has been described as glam metal, hard rock, and power pop. Reception ''Cash Box'' called it "a well-crafted if ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Steps Behind
"Two Steps Behind" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their album '' Retro Active'' and the soundtrack to the film '' Last Action Hero''. It reached number five on the US ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart, number 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. In the 1993 '' Metal Edge'' Readers' Choice Awards, the song was voted "Song of the Year" and "Best Song from a Movie Soundtrack". Background and recording Def Leppard recorded two different versions of the song - an electric version and an acoustic version - the widely released one was the acoustic version which featured on the greatest hits '' Vault''. The widely released acoustic version differs from the original B-side, as it featured the addition of strings by Michael Kamen, for usage on ''Last Action Hero''. The song was composed and demoed by lead singer Joe Elliott in 1989 during the writing and recording sessions for the band's fifth album '' Adrenalize''. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bringin' On The Heartbreak
"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" is a power ballad originally recorded by English rock band Def Leppard. It was the second single from their 1981 album ''High 'n' Dry''. The song was written by three of the band's members: Steve Clark, Pete Willis, and Joe Elliott. Musical style "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" is a glam metal, hard rock, and soft rock power ballad. Production ''High 'n' Dry'' was released in the U.S. in summer 1981. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" was commercially released in the U.S. on 13 November, with "Me and My Wine" (a non-album track) and "You Got Me Runnin'" included as B-sides. It did not appear on the U.S. charts, but its music video was picked up by the recently launched television channel MTV and received heavy rotation. The popularity of the video and the exposure the band received caused a resurgence in sales of ''High 'n' Dry'', which subsequently sold over two million copies. It was released in Mexico as "Llevarlo en la Desilusión" with "Yo y mi Vino" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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