Live at the Nissan Pavilion (from October 2005)
I guess you could call me an old school Def Leppard fan since I have much fonder memories of their rougher edged High 'N' Dry album than I do the billion selling pop masterpiece Hysteria. It still sounds funny referring to an 80's band as old school though. When I first started listening to the new brand of British heavy metal that these boys were selling, they weren't yet old enough to drink in the bars they were playing. Now look at them. Almost a hundred million albums sold worldwide, and celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band. Well done.
I never did get to see the Leppies in their prime, back when Steve "Steamin'" Clark was still stalking the stage like Jimmy Page's fair haired apprentice, and Rick Allen still had both of his arms to pound the skins with. Just when I thought the summer concert season was over at the Nissan Pavilion along comes Def Leppard with this mid-October show. Knowing that my wife was a big fan of the band, I snagged a couple of prime pavilion seats the day they went on sale. Now wasn't she ever pissed when our babysitter fell through and she had to graciously let me go with a co-worker. I guess I owe her one.