Def Leppard just wants to have fun
Quick, name the year: Def Leppard's latest album debuts in the Top 10. Its new pop-rock tune is blasting out of radio stations around the country. The band is touring with Canadian rocker Bryan Adams on some dates, and on others with Tesla.
The year? You're living in it.
Def Leppard in 2005 looks a bit different than it did in, say, 1985. The new album, which debuted at No. 10 last month, is a two-disc anthology called "Rock Of Ages" (Island). And that new recording, "No Matter What," is actually a cover of the 1970 Badfinger hit. The radio play is coming mostly from classic-rock stations. But singer Joe Elliott, 45, is still savoring the success of his nearly 30-year-old band.