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Let’s go with more DEF LEPPARD classics in a high quality Japanese SHM-CD pressing. This is the remastered, out of print numbered version of “Adrenalize“, Def Leppard’s fifth studio album, the first by the band following the death of guitarist Steve Clark. It was produced by Mike Shipley & Def Leppard, with Robert John “Mutt” Lange as executive producer. I...
In a couple of weeks legendary melodic rock icons DEF LEPPARD will release a freshly remastered version of their hit album Hysteria celebrating its 30th Anniversary. I think it’s a proper moment to revisit their “Retro Active” album in its Japanese SHM-CD Edition, including outtakes from the Hysteria sessions and more. After releasing only five albums over the course of...
* “The Further Adventures Of…” is the second studio album by Def Leppard’s frontman Joe Elliott side band the DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ. Featuring Joe on lead vocals and members of UK rockers The Quireboys (plus their former drummer Phil Martini), this new album delves deeper into the Mott The Hoople back-catalogue — reigniting catchy but more overlooked numbers like “Marionette”,...
Sometimes, the most interesting of projects arise from the most unusual of circumstances. So it is that the Down ‘N Outz is a project fronted by Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, backed by The Quireboys and playing rare tracks connected only by the classic rock band Mott The Hoople…. Joe Elliott takes up the story; “When Mott The Hoople announced they...
