Def Leppard craves respect
Sweat dripped off my brow as I waited for Def Leppard to arrive for the sound check at Cincinnati's Riverbend Music Center, a venue nearly identical to the Post-Gazette Pavilion, where the band will play on July 7. I had watched the stage crew build the custom-designed drum set for one-armed drummer Rick Allen.
"Bring 'em out?" a worker asked before he got the OK from the technician.
The worker left and retrieved the band.
The band dressed and behaved casually for this round of songs. Joe Elliott had a baseball cap on. Vivian Campbell went shirtless. Rick Savage smoked a cigarette in between guitar riffs of "Photograph."