Burned out?

"It's better to burn out than fade away."

Yep, that's the famous line, the one that Def Leppard sang on their first big album, "Pyromania," in the song "Rock of Ages."

But the thing is, that album came out in 1983. It's now 2003, and Def Leppard is still around. The guys, four of whom were around when that record was made, just released a new album. The band hasn't had a hit album, not by their mega-platinum standards anyway, since "Adrenalize" was released in 1992.

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