Def Leppard pours it on at Grandstand
Spinal Tap, the fictitious hair band depicted in Rob Reiner's 1984 mock rockumentary, "This is Spinal Tap," is said to be reuniting this year for a tour and album. Someone beat them to the punch. Def Leppard, the biggest hair band of the '80s, kicked off the State Fair's Grandstand lineup Thursday night with a set that was as big and dumb and fun and forgettable as any kid's first 3.2-beer hangover. And while the calendar read 2000, Lep provided a trip back to the days of Reagan- Thatcher, and a soundtrack that launched countless backseat romances in the '80s.
Just as it's hard to argue the weird appeal of watching Princess Kay of the Milky Way get sculpted in butter, it's hard to resist the spectacle of five Brits on a summer night in Middle America…