Six Unlikely Covers Albums By Overqualified Hard-Rockers
Aging hard-rock bands have been piling up the covers albums lately, baffling their fans by revealing heretofore-unacknowledged influences. If Def Leppard's Yeah! is any indication of what makes a veteran metal act's heart beat, then it appears 20-odd years of arena bombast have been masking a glam-rock band.
On Yeah!, Def Leppard muscles through songs by David Essex ("Rock On," naturally), Roxy Music ("Street Life"), and David Bowie ("Drive-In Saturday"), as well as more power-pop-inclined acts like E.L.O. ("10538 Overture") and Badfinger ("No Matter What").