April 23rd – We've touched on this before, ad nauseum, but it
still bears repeating; don’t drink and do drugs and play with a guitar…or play
with anything really, especially a chainsaw.
Steve Clark, of Def Leppard fame, was born today; he was to
die just thirty one years later by not heeding the rules that ask imbibers not
to mix codeine, Valium and morphine...although having a level three times the
legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream at the
same time might not have helped…
I think the band were a little overproduced for my taste but I can’t deny, the In The Round, In Your Face tour was pretty seismic, especially the Kabuki-Drop at the top of the show; excellent way to kick it off. I think, though, that they were very much of their time. They have a certain ‘90’s’ ink-mark that just won’t rub off. That’s not to say that what they produced in what I hope I can call their hey-day wasn't good stuff, it’s just that it seemed to become set in hair gel when the decade turned.
You’d think, with Rick Allen having such a near squeak and him having the fortitude to re-learn the whole drumming thing, you’d think that would count as their slice of piss-pie; apparently not. Phil Collen also had his own problems with the demon drink, until he gave it up that is, but even with the loss of Steve Clark the band seemed to be able to keep on keepin' on. So, I guess it’s a thumb’s-up to them for their tenacity but a thumb’s-down for their seeming inability to recognise the warning signs and to stay rock-relevant…imho…
I think the band were a little overproduced for my taste but I can’t deny, the In The Round, In Your Face tour was pretty seismic, especially the Kabuki-Drop at the top of the show; excellent way to kick it off. I think, though, that they were very much of their time. They have a certain ‘90’s’ ink-mark that just won’t rub off. That’s not to say that what they produced in what I hope I can call their hey-day wasn't good stuff, it’s just that it seemed to become set in hair gel when the decade turned.
You’d think, with Rick Allen having such a near squeak and him having the fortitude to re-learn the whole drumming thing, you’d think that would count as their slice of piss-pie; apparently not. Phil Collen also had his own problems with the demon drink, until he gave it up that is, but even with the loss of Steve Clark the band seemed to be able to keep on keepin' on. So, I guess it’s a thumb’s-up to them for their tenacity but a thumb’s-down for their seeming inability to recognise the warning signs and to stay rock-relevant…imho…
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