Def Leppard makes 80s nostalgia fun
Before MP3s, CDs, MTV and four of the five "Star Wars" movies, there was Def Leppard and 94.9 KGGO-FM.
The English pop-metal quintet and Des Moines' stalwart home on the radio for classic rockers such as Leppard jointly celebrated a quarter-century on Saturday night. About 4,000 fans/listeners turned out at Veterans Memorial Auditorium to reel in the years and raise their fists to all possible uses for the word "rock" - "Rock! Rock! (Til" You Drop)," "Rock of Ages," "Let's Get Rocked," "Rocket," etc.
Obviously, rockin" Leppard has pretty much rocked on with the rockin" formula (and lineup, save the 1991 death of guitarist Steve Clark) of its landmark rock albums "Pyromania" (1983) and "Hysteria" (1987).