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Tag Archives: Joe Elliott
Album review: DEF LEPPARD – Adrenalize (vinyl reissue)
Universal [Release date 05.08.22] Def Leppard are Britain’s most successful rock bands, whose records adorn many a collection (and radio playlist too). 1987’s Hysteria, with hits like Poor Some Sugar On Me, was such a success it’s album everyone either … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrenalize, album, Def Leppard, hard rock, Joe Elliott, melodic rock, reissue, review, rock, Vinyl
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Album review: DEF LEPPARD – Diamond Star Halos
UMC {Release date 27.05.22] Def Leppard are back after a seven year gap (pretty fast by their standards!) since 2015′s self-titled album, which was rather good. ‘Take What You Want’ starts the album off with all the things you love … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alison Krauss, classic rock, Def Leppard, Diamond Star Halos, glam rock, hard rock, Joe Elliott, melodic, review, rock
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Album review: THE STRUTS – Strange Days
Polydor [Release date 16.10.20] They may hail from Derby, but the Struts have that glam meets classic rock appeal that goes particularly well in the US. Neat idea behind this album to record it in ten days whilst in lockdown. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Def Leppard, glam rock, Joe Elliott, Kiss, Luke Spiller, review, Robbie Williams, rock, Rolling Stones, Strange Days, The Struts, Tom Morello
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DVD review: DEF LEPPARD – Hits Vegas
Eagle Rock Entertainment Initially only available as part of the highly popular “London to Vegas” live box set, Def Leppard are now releasing stand-alone versions of their “Hits Vegas, Live at Planet Hollywood” set, these being available in DVD/2CD, Blu-ray/2CD, … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Def Leppard, DVD, Eagle Rock, Hits Vegas, Joe Elliott, melodic rock, review, rock
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Album review: DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ – This Is How We Roll
UMC [Release date 11.10.19] Third album from Down ‘N’ Outz who feature Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, The Quireboys’ Paul Guerin (guitar), Guy Griffin (guitar) and Keith Weir (keyboards), plus the rhythm section of Vixen bassist Share Ross and Wayward Sons … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Def Leppard, Down N Outz, hard rock, Joe Elliott, Keith Weir, melodic rock, review, rock, The Quireboys, The Tubes, This Is How We Roll, Vixen, Wayward Sons
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Gig review: DEF LEPPARD – Zappo’s Theater, Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, USA, 14 August 2019
Las Vegas used to be the place where musicians were put out to pasture- the white suited Elvis and other stars to be filed under ‘oldies’. My partner grew up in the area and apparently in the eighties the big … Continue reading
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Tagged Def Leppard, gig, Joe Elliott, Las Vegas, Phil Collen, residency, review, Rick Allen, Rick Savage, Vivian Campbell
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Gig review: MOTT THE HOOPLE 74 – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 26 April 2019
A Mott the Hoople reunion, which some said would never happen, has now done so three times. A decade ago the five members of their classic early seventies line-up reformed for a series of shows at Hammersmith which were emotional … Continue reading
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Tagged Ariel Bender, Brian May, gig, Ian Hunter, Joe Elliott, Morgan Fisher, Mott the Hoople, Rant Band, review
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Gig review: DEF LEPPARD – Wembley Arena, London, 8 December 2018
In the Def Leppard career chronicles, 1987’s ‘Hysteria’ will always loom large. Although its predecessor ‘Pyromania’ was a 10 million selling phenomenon in the USA and opened a lot of doors for similar bands, ‘Hysteria’ was on a different scale level altogether. Four years in the crafting, the album fused a hard rock image with the crafted sensibilities … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th December 2018, Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, gig, Hysteria, Joe Elliott, live, London, Phil Collin, Rick Allen, Rick Neilson, Rick Savage, Robin Zander, Wembley Arena
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Gig review: DEF LEPPARD – Royal Albert Hall, London, 25 March 2018
For well over a decade now, the charity shows in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall, curated by Roger Daltrey, have been a landmark in the Spring gig calendar. As well as raising awareness of … Continue reading
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Tagged Def Leppard, gig, Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, review, Rick Allen, Rick Savage, Teenage Cancer Trust, Vivian Campbell
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Album review: DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ – My ReGeneration/The Further Adventures Of
Frontiers [Release date 01.12.17] The Down ‘N’ Outz were formed by Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, when he was asked to be involved in the Mott The Hoople reunion shows in 2009. For this he was backed by Quireboys’ members Paul Guerin … Continue reading
Album review: DELTA DEEP – Delta Deep
[Release date 23.06.15] I usually approach solo projects by artists from established bands with some degree of skepticism but Phil Collen has led me to re-appraise that approach. I think that’s because the songs on this exceptional album came out … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, David Coverdale, Def Leppard, Delta Deep, Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, review, rock, Whitesnake
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Gig review: PLANET ROCKSTOCK – Porthcawl, 6 December 2014 (Day 2: Michael Schenker, Joe Elliott)
Jagermeister Stage Day 2 at Rockstock and the first day on the Jagermeister second stage and opening up are local band Serpentine. The band have recently had line-up changes and it is certainly nice to see them back in action … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 December 2014, Cadillac 3, Down N Outz, gig, Graveltones, Joe Elliott, Michael Schenker, Planet Rockstock, Porthcawl, review, rock, Serpentine, Tax The Heat, Vega
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Eric Johnson, Ministry tour dates and Kiss new album
ERIC JOHNSON 6 July – Holmfirth Picturedrome 7 July – Glasgow 02 ABC 8 July – Gateshead Sage 9 July – Bath Komedia 10 July – London Leicester Square ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ALL STARS (includes GENE SIMMONS, JOE ELLIOTT (DEF … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Def Leppard, Eric Johnson, Fear Factory, Glenn Hughes, Joe Elliott, Kiss, Lou Gramm, Ministry, Petra, Rhino
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