Def Lep's got it covered
Forget "The DaVinci Code." Def Leppard has answered a more mysterious question for the ages. Can a hair-metal band from the '80s successfully cover a handful of glam metal and seminal rock songs from the early '70s?
Without a single car chase or hidden message, these five Brits have proved that they have a deeper set of rock 'n' roll roots than one might expect. "Yeah!" is a rollicking journey through a set of 14 album tracks from a vital time in the U.K. rock scene.
With any collection of cover tunes, the artist lives or dies by the song selection. Stick with the obvious and you're boring - go too deep into the obscure catalog and you risk losing the average listener. With "Yeah!" Def Leppard has chosen to reconstruct the music that first put the glint of a Gibson guitar in their eyes.