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"We were nothing to do with a new wave. Never were. So don't call us heavy metal. We always had one foot in pop." Joe Elliott
Call it hard rock if you want, and feel free to split hairs about what Def Leppard used to be when they released On Through The Night and High 'N' Dry, but the fact remains that once upon a time, this band created a record–Pyromania–that may have very well been the best damn record ever released in the 80's–I'm not kidding. Each song had a definite hook combined with tons of emotion accompanied by a memorable, anthemic chorus. Sadly enough, tunes like "Too Late For Love", "Comin' Under Fire" and "Foolin'" are light years removed from the "adult contemporary" material the band has been releasing ever since. It is precisely because these guys were once so fuckin' amazing that the Bon Jovification of Leppard on VH-1 has been so difficult to watch.