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I wanted to just enjoy it for what it is and have fun with it but it's all the worst lyrics of hard rock with none of the skill.
Not as bad as some of the other 80s glam rock/metal on this list, because some of the hooks kinda pop, but this still does absolutely nothing for me. Give me 70s glam over this shit any day.
Honestly this always had a ceiling of like 3 stars.
Good for what it is.
High 2, doesn't warrant 3* 52/100
Strange to hear the offspring referenced this
abbastanza ripetitivo
Didn’t like it much. Doesn’t do anything for me.
Kind of boring. Didn’t have any standout songs. Not a huge fan of glam/hair rock, but this wasn’t at least fun like some others. 2/5 Won’t listen again
Sorry, heavy metal fans. The combination of screamy vocals and heavy metal with a hint of blues(?) just didn't work for me.
Wasn’t terrible but I wasn’t blown away
It doesn't sound as bad as they look. But seriously, the drummer sounded one-handed when he had two arms. Decent riffs, but over produced. The less said about the solos the better. There is nothing as bad as lame and long.
Best left in the 80s
I absolutely despise this genre of rock as I grow older. Younger me would’ve ate this up like laffy taffy. What is bro growling about? This sounds like all those hair metal tracks of this era, so I wanna know why this is a stand out. Like genuinely most of this record just sounds like one really long song, and yeah this shit was probably hard in the 80’s but today? Just gross to me and doesn’t do it. I wish Samuel wasn’t fraudulent and came here to defend this, cause I need boomer thoughts
I think it’s cool not mindblowing tho
I now know why my parents had so many “greatest hits” albums by 80s bands… because every song sounds identical here
Replacement level power rock, but fine enough. I don’t understand why bands from this era write songs about how much they need to rock
Bit torn here. Having ripped into appetite for destruction on Monday can I praise this? Probably not, although I did like it more. It is mostly just 80s cock rock though which I always mostly disliked with the odd exception sometimes enjoyed unironically. Perhaps I'll save my praise for the follow up which contains the one Def Leppard song I know and like. Depends what else is on it though. Obviously this isn't really metal, I'd argue Hair Metal isn't even a sub genre of metal as it's so far removed, but whatever. This was ok. I completely tuned out after a few tracks. 2.
This would be awesome if I put this on while I was banging a girl named Debbie after I drank 10 Schlitz beers. Sadly, I just listened to it while I walked my dog, so 2/5.
As a card-carrying hater of all things metal, I have to say I rather liked this. Expecting to enjoy Hysteria even more so am saving a 3 star for that….
Felt exhausted before I’d started listening. The first 20 seconds of the first track was promising but then it all felt quite leaden. But then it is heavy metal. Man.
Just not my style.
What's got 9 arms and sucks?
Thinking back, this album was probably my gateway to metal. On relisten didn't hate it like I thought I would. Hysteria leaves me cold, this still has knuckles, Mutt polished them out of Hysteria. Still, the worst of the NWOBHM bands
Never was my jam.
Fuzzy
I quite enjoyed Hysteria when that came up earlier. This was more of the same but just seemed even more uninspired and impotent. Just not for me at all
It's not awful but I really didn't care for it. Kind of like bubblegum pop hard rock
i found it very hard to take this album seriously. i recognize logically that def leppard is probably the target sound for every tv commercial or show that wants 80s rock-sounding incidental music, but the whole album sounded like that.
I think that the way many people felt about the AC/DC album is how I feel about this album. Every song was the same song except a little different. All of them were what would be playing if you went to your friend's house in high school and their dad came in from the garage, no shirt and acid washed jeans on, music still blasting on the boombox, and got a beer and then offered you one and laughed his head off when you looked panicked. Somehow after every single verse I expected "f-f-f-foolin'" to be sung except I also didn't even notice when Foolin DID play.
Familiar, fine, but forgettable for me.
A decent rock album but I have to confess I've never been a fan of Def Leopard, listening to them again after all these years has nothing to convince me otherwise. They just seem to lack "something".
Not a fan of boomer rock
This was not as bad as I feared it would be, as I was expecting more metal, but it’s still not my jam. Photograph was the high point and not great. Slightly curious to know if I was wrong about Def Leppard being harder or if this was a weird time for them.
Belangloser 80 Rock.
💯 would rather listen to Steel Panther. Glad this junk didn’t poison my music taste back in the day.
Ihan sillee hauska levy, mut pop-metalli ei genrenä kauheesti kiinnosta ja ennen pitkää alkaa lehmänkellon takominen rasauttaa. 2/5
Teenage rock - not for me.
Happy xmas eve
Never been a fan of hair metal. This confirms it once again. Utterly forgettable.
Let’s get this over with. Pyromania is the most generic 80s pop rock hair metal band you can get. I firmly believe they are all talented musicians, but they are making awful music. The production is alright, but the writing is atrocious, the songs go on way too long, the vocals are obnoxious in a way only a coked out frat boy from the 80s could enjoy, and there is little to no range on this project and it all blends together. It’d be difficult to try and tell these songs apart. On the positive, though, they have a unique and immediately identifiable sound. However, this just makes it more easier and quicker to change the channel when I hear them come on. In a word: obnoxious. 2/5
Hairable. 2 stars for Foolin’. Foolin’ me into listening to this.
I didn’t know drums could be that bland.
I've always seen Def Leopard a s kind of a joke band, like SUPER stereotypical. I finally get the joke
a fine listen, theyre less singing than screaming at the highest octave they could, very boomer rock but still fine
The most butt of all butt rock. 2/5
I like Def Leppard and I didn't hate this album, but I feel like I've heard this exact album a dozen other times by other bands
C'est sympa mais c'est du hard rock totalement générique, un clone parfait d'AC/DC pour les premières chansons, ça évolue un peu après mais bon, rien d'extraordinaire
Little to ignite interest here. Standard rock album of the period. Awful vocals. There are rare guitar thrills though.
I guess I see why it’s on the list, but it’s not for me.
eh
I gave Hysteria 2.5 stars and I'll have to do the same here. Stick the best hits from both (like Photograph, in this case) onto one album and you've got yourself a 4-star guilty pleasure. But as it is there's too much plodding 80s rock and cringey frontman schtick to wade through on each before you find those sweet choruses.
The music is fun albeit dated and corny now, but the instant this man started singing I wanted to give him a swirlie and tell him to shut up. Why did we let guys do this voice in the 80s? Smh my head.
Oh, look what you've done to this rock n' roll clown! Ninja Sex Party did it better. Two stars.
Started out with songs you could imagine a band with better taste playing well, then got worse. Did not finish listening. Maybe a great metaphor for the miserable day I just had. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
This has all the trappings of something that rocks, but it does not rock.
Classic 80s hair metal album. It reminds me of a (sort of) serious version of Spinal Tap. Some of the sounds are very reminiscent of regular 80s pop music, particularly the drums. However, given that this is an album from 1983, it's pretty ahead of its time. There are definitely elements of metal here that definitely influenced the power metal scene of the 90s (like Hammerfall, Helloween, etc.) Like most bands that are ahead of their time, their music sounds cliche to the modern ear. There weren't any songs that were too catchy. The chord progressions were predictable, mainly I-IV-V. Song composition is not particularly impressive. I'm guessing this album is highly ranked for being a pioneer for metal in general, but to my ears, I've heard this kind of thing a million times before.
80s mainstream rock with the usual bland attempts at writing lyrics. Move on, nothing to see here. 2/5
Feels almost like a pisstake of itself, very much leans into the stereotype of whatever you call this genre of 80s OTT melodramatic rock. Photograph is the one track that is tolerable (but still on the edge). Hysteria was plenty better than this, this strips out any semblance of metal and edge and goes full poppy. 2/5.
Can this be the last Def Leppard album please
I just wasn't in the mood for 80s hair metal today. It does it competently but too much slick screechiness for me.
TBH the cover is fire, it kinda rules. This is the kind of 80s rock I don't like, why do all the 80s cock rock vocalists sing the same way? Photograph isn't too bad I can't lie but this isn't something I'd listen to willingly.
Hard rock, lille metal ting, men stadig for folket
Not as bad as the first Def Leppard I got on this list but definitely not that good, I kind of actually enjoyed hating it in a weird way. Really overstays it's welcome after about half an hour though.
Best Song: Photograph. The "sitcom theme song" style of rock. Worst Song: Die Hard The Hunter. Is there anything worse than someone doing something so dumb when you can tell they think they're doing something really cool? Overall: I fucking hate Def Leppard. I hate everything they stand for. There's no humility, no self-awareness. All their songs seem like they were written with the presumption that they'd be played in stadiums. Can you imagine them trying to play to - and connect with - a small, intimate crowd? Impossible. The worst band is metal's worst genre.
Kjedelig:/
Absolute garbage. Dull and uninspired.
Nope - and I don't like the real Van Halen either. Hair metal.
I always had an authenticity issue with Def Leppard, a Sheffield band presenting as Yankee hair metal. Listening to their earlier albums, I don't mind them pretending to be AC/DC as much as this. Disposable pop rock.
This is nothing like as bad as Hysteria. Helped by the fact that it does not have four singles that I have an extreme allergic reaction to. But it's still overproduced and in Joe Elliot an extremely annoying (to me) vocalist. So, it gains a star by being one step back. By that calculus if their debut makes it onto the list it's be four stars.
Pretty terrible
fordómar mínir fyrir 15 ára svíum í denimvestu, skeggbrodda og lummu í gúlanum verða til þess að þessi fær 2,5
After the first three songs (Rock Rock, Stagefright, Photograph) I was about to start several paragraphs on here about why in the world this generic 13-in-a-dozen rock by numbers pop-rock was on the 1001 Album list. Luckily I persisted with the album and from 'Too Late For Love' onwards it really does get a little better. Not great, but not terrible. They play a bit more with the standard chorus-refrain-bridge and even the riffs seem a bit more thought out. I guess I just really like a different kind of rock. This isn't it.
Good meme potential. Drummer has 1 arm and that’s impressive
100% 80s pop-metal clichés. Bonus star for being sincere.
Uninspired
Very radio friendly 80's soft rock. Ok, but Hysteria was better.
Photograph was my favorite. while I don't have any real complaints, I listened twice and didn't leave with a desire to come back to any of these
Not my thing
The filling of this musical sandwich needed for spice. Tasted very similar to other rock/pop rock albums of the time. Plus what is that albums cover straight from Duke Nukem
Meh
- I generally don’t enjoy this era of hair rock - Photograph is an all time banger - Good for what it is, classic rock is just missing that edge for me
Meh. Some good songs but mostly bland. With a lot of listening to catch up on, I got bored and gave up part way through.
2.5
"Photograph" towers over the rest of this album for me, one of my favorite (perhaps my #1 favorite?) "glam metal," or whatever you want to call it, single from the 80s. What an incredible song. "Stagefright" is probably the only one of the album cuts I can truly say I liked. The last three songs especially really let this album down in the home stretch. "Rock of Ages" has a real good chorus but I'm not so into everything else. So, despite loving "Photograph," I was pretty let down by this one front-to-back unfortunately.
Normally like big and silly and dumb, however this does nothing for me.
Groaned as soon as I saw this. I'm REALLY not into hair metal. But who knows? Will Deff Leppard join Motley Crue as one of the bands that I looked back on with disdain but actually found unexpectedly fun upon giving another chance all these years later? nope lol
Passable hair rock, nothing amazing.
Rock out with your cock out. This is so not my jam.
sanan toisto poppia...heh KAPPALEEN NIMI..toistuu...ja toistuu...ja toistuu...ja toistuu...ja toistuu...ja toistuu...ja toistuu...ja toistuu...no annetaan kakkonen... ihan ookoo hetkittäin... ideoita.. siroteltu... sinne tänne..... billys got a gun
Not my kind of music
not my jam
Very enjoyable 4 But that it's in any way considered related to metal is hard to believe 3 2
this album is definitely not their best. It was a lackluster set that relied on Photograph to do the heavy lifting.
Almost every song became a hit, but they all remind me of my dad. So this gets a 2/5
just a whole bunch of meh. every song sounds the same. not repulsive or awful, just boring and stagnent
All the songs are pretty samey. Not too bad, but not my cup of tea.
It’s alright I guess but so cheesy. Rhythmically it’s all very stiff and straight feels kind of boring after a while. I like the pop metal thing but this is a little too clean and sterile sounding for me and it takes away from the rockness of it. Foolin is a catchy chorus. It was a relief to get a break from the strainy screaming after 5 songs. Van Halen’s early 80’s albums are 10,00x better than this
Idk bands like Def Leppard are kind of lame IMO, like the songs all suck and it’s just shreddy guitars and screamy vocals and cheap thrills that record companies were churning out to fill the void of Led Zeppelin. It all kind of sounds the same to me. I like moody clean guitars in photograph and there was some fun shredding throughout Crazy that the guitarist was fired and replaced in the middle of making this record. I like enormous 80’s drums but this drum sound was not really doing it for me.
Not for me
Thank god that's over. Just awful. Giving it two stars only because I did find my feet tapping occasionally, and I thought a couple of the guitar solos were interesting. Overall though I absolutely hate this type of music.
- Never listened to a Def Leppard album before - Not my thing - Thought Photograph was quite good but the rest was a bit samey
nakatomi plaza getting it from the leppards.
As a prolific pyromaniac myself, I must say that this record is appalling and really misrepresents us fire Lords. Shame on them.
Never go full 80s rock
The cover is cool but alas it is boring hair metal. Sigh.
Nope
Un album que suena como una réplica de todos los grupos pegados de rock de alguna época. Guns, aerosmith, bon jovi, etc. Podría estar media hora nombrando grupos a los que les saca cosas pero no sumaría nada. Un disco que no suena mal, pero que no es la gran cosa, solo cumple y listo 5/10.
I like Photograph, sure, but overall this is pretty meh.
I’d be fine never having listened to this album. Few recognizable tracks, eh.
Generic 80s rock album All very similar Uninspiring Forgettable
Yeah, nah. Sounded ok at first but woefully bad songwriting.
Must have been all about the hair, because the music is bog ordinary. How did this sell millions? I got as far as Track 8, then pulled the plug. Lange’s production is predictably polished, straight from doing 3 AC/DC albums in a row. But the music does nothing for me. It was good to find out that Offspring got their intro to Pretty Fly from Rock Of Ages. Who knew? I guess all the dudes who shelled out for this mediocre album.
This is probably the most perfect pop-metal album ever made. And that is not a good thing. Polished within an inch of its life, this is just bloodless and over-long to me. Steve Albini was right when he said if you assemble perfect parts together, it doesn't make a sexy rock record. \"Perfection\" really doesn't do it for me. I know it sold a gazillion copies, and I am glad it exists, if only to prove why this approach doesn't work. It is charming enough not to be loathsome, but I really don't need to listen this again. although sitting through 45 minutes of this is boring and like eating an entire cheesecake. A single piece is a tasty treat, two is too much, and a whole cheesecake will make you want to vomit and never eat cheesecake again). I can't believe that there is a ANOTHER Def Leppard album on this list. Why two, for god's sake? What else do they have to offer? (Note: this is the same review that I gave to Def Leppard's Hysteria album. They are, for the purposes of this list, interchangeable records.)
Fun enough, but hard to listen to with a straight face. Some nice pop tunes though.
Gosh... maybe I would like this if I heard it when I was 13. But I didn't so I don't.
The sons of AC/DC. I found this harder and harder to listen to as the album wore on. The cover looks like it was designed by a 13 year old boy, which makes sense, as that's probably the target demographic for this music.
I think this may be one of the worse bands in this genre, absolutely boring AF.
This is like a bad rip off of Boston. If I wanted Boston, I would listen to Boston. They have a better sound and feel more cohesive than this. This album feels like really generic rock and roll, so if that’s your thing then you will probably like this. However, there are better bands that do both the original genres and this Boston-esque genre better. That being said, their sound isn’t terrible, it’s just generic. All the songs sound pretty much exactly the same, and it’s difficult to differentiate between them. Favorite track: Too Late for Love
I not a fan neither of a new metal nor of the pop metal. “Photograph” is the best here.
Don't like
Näääää, tråkigt!! Inte så dåligt att de tar ont att lyssna men sämre än mid, ett par helt trevliga hooks men inget jag skulle vilja höra på nytt. Jag hatar att ha roligt!!!!! Och jag blev lite illamående av rock rock
Granddad rock
I have to admit I didn't listen to all of this... I have catching up to do and I was feeling motion sickness on a bus and stressed about other things and had no patience for this album haha. I think if I had more time for it I'd appreciate how cheesy it is and get into it I guess... not my vibe though.
Just another dad rock album, couldn't really find anything exciting about it.
Not sure about this. Was quite enjoying it initially but it got old fast. Was waiting for pour some sugar on me and it never came.... Wasn't as stadium rock as I was expecting
I do like some cheesy metal, but this is a bit lame. It's lacking the musical interest and catchy riffs
Not my preferred music genre.
Generic hard rock at peak mediocrity. Only one decent song (Rock of Ages) and it’s only alright.
Nä, det här var inte alls för mg
A horrible reminder why I disliked most commercial radio from 80's. More pop than metal, this pseudo-metal hair band's crappy album and "hit" songs got played needlessly on "rock" radio that obviously left an impression on young female listeners and wannabee Def-boys. Clean, dumb fun, I guess, especially if you've ever drawn their logo on your jean jacket vest and school books.
Not the biggest fan
Starts off really well with first 2 songs then, ironically, just fades away.
A few decent riffs and jam-packed with a load of filler.
No me termina de gustar este rock duro o heavy. Me ha parecido un disco normalito y salvaría la canción "Action not words".
Meh. I’ve never really been into the 80s hair band sound. I just don’t find myself vibin’.
So, I hated Hysteria when it came up. It felt like Poundland Bon Jovi. Now, this is still not a high water mark of hard rock, but at least sounds like B&M Bargains AC/DC or Aerosmith, which is much better. I still will almost certainly never listen to it again, but it was a pleasurable meh, rather than an offensive mess!
like tommy's class again. 2 or 3?
hahaha
45 minutes of generic and boring rock made with verses only and no hook or chorus. This is a hard ride, not hard rock.
Bland
This is not for me. The overall sound just epitomizes that 'hair metal' genre of the 1980's to a nauseating degree.
Pretty bad, right?
Lista wystawia na ciezka probe, bo kolejny dzien z metalowym popowaniem, ale przynajmniej tym razem cos czego nie slyszalem wczesniej, pyromania z 83 od wyspiarskiej bandy def leppard, o ktorej na cale szczescie pierwsze slysze, ale jednak cos od nich juz znalem, chodzi o intro do rock of ages, ktore jest offspringowego white guya, podobna energia w obu banadach, ale wracajac do dzisiejszej plyty, to jest to potezny upgrade po wczorajszym bon jovi, ale nadal na 45 minutach materialu ciezko na czyms zawiesic ucho, bo brzmi on zwyczajnie generycznie, jak przystalo na popowy metal, czy byc moze glamowy, zdecydowanie wiecej tutaj ostrzejszych gitarowych partii, ktore znowu sa nekane przez chorkowe wystepy grupy zcreditowanej jako the leppardettes, dodac do tego liryke o niczym, bo glownym motywem jest samo rokowanie, wiec sluchalny krazek, ale poza tym offspringowym easter eggiem raczej nie zostawi duzo po sobie, chociaz gdybym chcial odtworzyc radio X z san andreaski, to wiem gdzie szukalbym inspiracji, bo wlasnie tego typu granie dominuje na pyromanii, liczy sie jebniecie gitarkowo basowe i mocne drumy, do tego chwytliwe chorkowanie i neutralna liryka wpadajaca w ucha i wylatujaca kolejnym, na plejke dodam openingowego rock rock till you drop
Beetje te blije rock
Die jaren 80 metal stemmen blijven gewoon klote! Muzikaal en qua productie vond ik het nog wel te doen.
nah
This record was ok. Nothing really stood out to me. I'm not sure if I'm biased against it because it feels so old, or because it just reminds me of dad music, since this is my dads music. I wasn't really digging most of it, it felt very commercial and uninspired, which I did not expect from a band so highly praised and followed. However that could just be the result of bands following what they did and making it more commercial. Overall the album seemed to mush together. Favorite Track: Fooling Least Favorite Track: Most of the songs tbh.
I was ready to rock out at the start of this one, and by the end I was just bored. Very stereotypical 80s metal and every song sounded the same.
"Skin on skin, let the love begin... women!" Wow, this album is worse than I remembered. Aged like milk.
Hard rock stereotipico (lo hanno inventato loro o lo scimmiottano?). Fatto bene, ma scivola attraverso senza lasciare nulla.
I will just never like Def Leppard. I generally despise the hair bands of the 70’s/80’s anyways. I can barely stomach Pour Some Sugar on Me (barely), and that’s not even on this album. I would give them 1 star, but I do admit that their drummer losing his arm in a motorcycle accident and then coming back to continue playing as a 1-armed drummer is as metal as it gets, so I’ll give them an extra stars just for that.
Another spinal tap wannabe band
Given my expectations from the last Leppard LP, I was pleasantly surprised to learn the band had taken the time to write actual bridges and unique verses on this album instead of beating the same chorus to death for three minutes at a time.
Structure and rhythm are a bit too standard for my liking, but I guess it does what it does well.
Sigh. I really struggle with the 80s stadium rock stuff. It sounds so terribly fake and insincere. I get it's fun, but this doesn't stir anything in me. I would give it 1.5 but I'm being generous.
Where’s the incentive to listen if it doesn’t have Animal or Pour Some Sugar On Me on it??
between pop and a hard place
yet more Hair Rock. No thanks
Oh boy, vraiment pas un fan de hard rock de ce genre. La production est beaucoup trop léchée pour moi. Le drum sonne vraiment comme une grosse caricature de ces années là. Les backs vocaux me font vraiment pas tripper. Je dois par contre admettre que Photograph est vraiment efficace et bien construite. Elle reste dans la tête. Par contre j'aime plus le début de Stagefright jusqu'au refrain. J'ai beaucoup aimé et trouvé bien drôle le band 3 Inches Of Blood et j'ai l'impression que c'est une caricature en partie de cette époque. Ça a peut-être amené des gens un peu plus proche du métal, mais ce n'est pas du métal. À connaître pour le groupe et la chanson Photograph, mais on passe à autre chose.
I mean... This album isn't bad, but imo it's pretty boring. Super standard 80s hair metal/pop rock. Couple of stone cold classics on here that get their fair rotation on any Dad rock station. Other than that I see nothing particularly progressive, influential or noteworthy. Not sure this really deserves a spot on a list of must listen to albums, throw a dart at a wall full of 80s hair metal bands and you'll get more or less the same effect. Fav Tracks: Photograph, Rock of Ages
Some hits and some shits. Typical Def Leppard. It’s either a single or it’s in the trash.
I've nothing against this. It's just not me. 80s MOR rock made for Mid-west radio stations. Personally I prefer Black Sabbath or Motorhead. Nothing wrong with it, just not me.
Never was a fan, then or now
Täysin yhdentekevää kasarihardrockia. Rock of Ages ja Photograph oli ennakkoon tuttuja biisejä, joskaan ei kuitenkaan kauhean hyviä. Tässä vaiheessa rumpalillakin taisi olla vielä kaksi kättä. Annetaan tähti per käsi.
Glam rock, hård rock på 80 talet är ganska så trist
I don't think this album could be relevant,
Can't really hear lyrics that well, leading to all the songs feeling similar. All songs appear to be based off the word or phrase in the name of the song. Didn't know the song changed once lmao. Spotify autoplayed Pour Some Sugar on Me and the difference was night and day.
Je me demande souvent pourquoi le rock des années quatre-vingt a fini par ressembler à une gigantesque plaisanterie capitaliste enrobée de laque pour cheveux et de shorts en élasthanne moulants. La réponse tient en deux mots : Def Leppard. En me penchant sur le cas de leur célèbre opus de 1983, une question existentielle me traverse immédiatement l'esprit : Def Leppard... et pourquoi pas Bon Jovi pendant qu'on y est ? Car il faut bien l'avouer de manière totalement objective, ces deux-là, c'est un peu comme cul et chemise dans le grand catalogue de la compromission artistique et commerciale. Ils partagent le même ADN de synthèse, la même ambition démesurée de remplir des arènes entières en vendant une rébellion de pacotille à des cadres dynamiques en quête d'un frisson de fin de semaine contrôlé. Oui, je sais, la comparaison est facile, mais elle est pourtant d'une justesse implacable, presque autant que la note qui va tomber immédiatement comme un couperet inéluctable sur cette chronique : un pauvre, unique et misérable 1 sur 5. Et croyez-moi sur parole, je me trouve d'une indulgence absolument christique et d'une gentillesse rare aujourd'hui en accordant cette unité, car si ma grille d'évaluation ou mon intégrité profonde me permettraient des notes négatives ou des zéros pointés, je n'hésiterais pas une seule seconde à enfoncer le clou encore plus loin. Mais malheureusement, le barème plancher me force à la charité, alors ils s'en sortent avec les honneurs du strict minimum légal. Bon, soyons parfaitement justes et honnêtes, ce n'est pas techniquement une merde absolue au sens de l'amateurisme total ou du garage rock mal enregistré. Si vous êtes un ingénieur du son obsédé par la compression dynamique maximale et le lissage obsessionnel de la moindre fréquence, vous trouverez probablement de quoi satisfaire vos fantasmes cliniques les plus enfouis. Le coupable derrière les manettes s'appelle Robert John "Mutt" Lange, un homme capable de transformer n'importe quel groupe de rock authentique et rugueux en une machine à tubes pop d'une efficacité terrifiante pour les radios FM. Le problème majeur, c'est que sous cette avalanche de production chirurgicale et artificielle, l'âme même du rock 'n' roll a été totalement aspirée, lyophilisée et remplacée par un produit de grande consommation parfaitement standardisé. Prenez ces fameux refrains qui ont fait la gloire internationale de l'album : ils sont systématiquement portés par des chœurs de castrats superposés à l'infini grâce à la magie des pistes multiples du studio. On se retrouve face à une sorte de chorale de robots programmés pour chanter la gloire de l'industrie grand public, où chaque voix est tellement corrigée et nettoyée qu'on dirait un banc de synthétiseurs déguisés en chanteurs de hard rock. C'est propre, c'est lisse mais c'est d'une froideur industrielle absolue qui me laisse de marbre. Mais là où le supplice auditif devient véritablement insupportable, c'est lorsqu'on décide de poser une oreille attentive sur le travail des guitaristes. Si vous êtes un adepte des solos interminables, interchangeables et techniques, dignes des plus grands branleurs de manche de la création, vous allez prendre votre pied car les musiciens rivalisent de technicité stérile, enchaînant les cascades de notes rapides, les acrobaties sur le vibrato et les démonstrations de vélocité gratuites sans jamais insérer la moindre once d'émotion. C'est de la masturbation guitaristique pure et simple, de l'étalage de virtuosité de foire destiné uniquement à impressionner les clients des magasins de musique ou les foules passives. Derrière cette démonstration de force superficielle, les structures des morceaux s'appuient lâchement sur des rythmes heavy déjà vus, entendus, digérés, rabâchés et recrachés par des centaines de groupes de seconde zone avant eux. Le rythme global est d'une prévisibilité navrante, un poum-tchak éléphantesque et lourd qui avance avec la délicatesse d'un rouleau compresseur. Il n'y a aucun groove, aucune tension rythmique subtile, aucune de ces syncopes magiques qui font vibrer le corps humain. Tout est carré, mathématique, rigide, prévisible dès la première seconde de chaque morceau, et d'un ennui mortellement linéaire. Et puis, comment pourrais-je décemment ignorer l'emballage visuel et marketing de cette farce ? Car chez Def Leppard, la musique n'est finalement que la moitié du problème ; l'autre moitié réside entièrement dans le look, la posture scénique et cette esthétique outrancière taillée sur mesure pour les grands stades et les écrans avides d'MTV. Tout dans leur attitude transpire le calcul commercial rigoureux et la rébellion en plastique pour cour de récréation. Les poses héroïques adoptées devant des murs d'amplificateurs vides, les jeans savamment déchirés par des stylistes de mode payés à prix d'or, les brushings volumineux ayant nécessité des hectolitres de laque industriels... C'est le triomphe absolu et vulgaire de l'image de marque sur la substance artistique. On tente de nous vendre de la fureur hard rock sauvage, mais on nous livre un boys band avant l'heure, un produit calibré par des cadres supérieurs de maison de disques pour maximiser les ventes de t-shirts et remplir des arènes de cinquante mille places en Amérique du Nord. Cette posture de rockeurs de l'extrême est d'une hypocrisie totale, un cirque ambulant où le clinquant des effets de lumière et les explosions de pyrotechnie cachent tant bien que mal le vide sidérant du propos textuel. Le groupe ne joue pas sa vie sur scène, il exécute une chorégraphie financière bien huilée pour s'assurer que le tiroir-caisse fonctionne à plein régime. C'est précisément pour toutes ces raisons évidentes et par dégoût profond de cette superficialité triomphante que j'ai toujours viscéralement préféré le côté sombre de la musique. Il y a quelque chose de profondément pur, d'infiniment plus honnête et de viscéralement authentique dans les recoins obscurs de l'underground musical, là où les artistes n'ont pas pour ambition secrète de plaire à votre grand-mère ou de passer en boucle sur les ondes des radios corporatives. En choisissant de rester délibérément et fièrement loin du soleil trompeur, brûlant et aveuglant du succès de masse, on s'éparpille beaucoup moins et on s'épargne surtout bien des désillusions artistiques. En somme, en étant loin du soleil de la pop de grande écoute, on évite de se prendre une insolation monumentale ou un coup de grisou dévastateur en s'approchant trop près de ces machines de guerre industrielles qui finissent toujours par broyer la moindre étincelle de créativité réelle. Les territoires de l'ombre n'ont absolument pas besoin d'artifices de production surchargés ou de solos grandiloquents pour exister pleinement. Ils tirent leur immense force de la sincérité brute de leur démarche, d'une exploration sans concession des failles de l'âme humaine, de la mélancolie poignante et de la véritable électricité créative. Là où Def Leppard utilise des millions de dollars de matériel de studio pour masquer son absence totale d'idées neuves, les grands poètes de la pénombre se contentent de quelques notes dépouillées pour vous transpercer le cœur à jamais. Replacer cet album dans le contexte global de l'année 1983 permet d'ailleurs de mesurer avec précision l'ampleur du désastre culturel en cours à cette époque. Pendant que des esprits visionnaires et audacieux jetaient discrètement les bases de la musique électronique moderne, du rock alternatif ou du hip-hop, ce groupe choisissait délibérément de figer le hard rock dans une formule mathématique interchangeable et paresseuse. Chaque morceau de ce disque semble avoir été construit sur le même modèle industriel strict : une introduction de guitare accrocheuse pour capter immédiatement l'attention du programmateur radio distrait, un couplet d'une platitude confondante où la basse et la batterie se contentent de marquer sagement le pas, suivi d'un pré-refrain qui fait monter artificiellement la tension dramatique, pour culminer enfin sur ce fameux refrain grandiloquent porté par ces voix surcompressées. C'est une recette de cuisine commerciale appliquée à la lettre, un algorithme pop-rock avant l'heure qui élimine toute possibilité de surprise, de spontanéité, de danger ou d'accident heureux. Le rock 'n' roll historique s'est pourtant entièrement construit sur l'accident, sur la distorsion imprévue, sur l'urgence crue du moment présent ; cet opus en est l'antithèse absolue, un produit congelé, emballé sous vide et réchauffé au micro-ondes pour des masses dociles. Alors oui, je sais bien que les nostalgiques de cette époque révolue viendront m'opposer les millions d'exemplaires vendus à travers le monde, le succès planétaire de morceaux dont je refuse même de citer les titres tant ils me provoquent des crises d'urticaire immédiates, et l'impact visuel indéniable du groupe sur l'industrie du spectacle de masse. Mais le succès commercial massif n'a jamais été, et ne sera jamais, un gage de qualité artistique réelle, bien au contraire ; il est bien plus souvent la preuve irréfutable d'un compromis total avec la médiocrité ambiante de son époque. Cet album restera gravé dans l'histoire pour ce qu'il est véritablement : le point de départ tragique d'une décennie de décadence esthétique absolue où le rock a définitivement troqué sa fureur noire et sa rage d'origine contre des paillettes superficielles et des dollars faciles. Une boursouflure sonore insoutenable qui préfigurait les pires excès du hair metal putassier des années qui suivirent. En ce qui me concerne, mon choix est fait depuis bien longtemps : je retourne de ce pas me réfugier avec délice dans mes disques de chevet sombres, froids et salvateurs, très loin de cette lumière artificielle fatigante, de ces refrains agaçants et de ces branleurs de manche professionnels en collants. Ce disque n'est rien d'autre qu'une coquille vide clinquante enveloppée de bruit inoffensif, un monument stérile à la gloire de la vacuité triomphante. Un malheureux petit point sur cinq, et estimez-vous heureux que ma grande bonté d'âme m'empêche de descendre plus bas.
I tried
Listen I really don't like metal as a genre. But I am also very open minded when it comes to expanding my music tastes, so when my first metal album of the challenge comes in, I accept it and I'm giving it a try with all the good faith in the world But damn this is bad !! I hate this guy's voice, so close to being a parody, and a bad one at that ! These lyrics genuinly want to not touch this genre ever again, with these "yeah bring the rock on" or "if you body is ready" nonsense I wanna say that at least the music is well produced, but it also sounds so clean... too clean even. The kind of metal you would hear in an Iron Man movie if they didn't have the budget for the rights to the "Iron Man" song lmao Yeah this is not good, thank god it's "only" 45 minutes. I'll be waiting for the next metal album with angst... wait what there's a second one from them in the list??? ps : the cover goes hard as fuck at least, as corny as the music but in a good way
ehhh mid
Pyromania is right, because I wanna throw this thing in the fire
It's pretty energetic stuff, but it was pretty cliched even by 1983s standards.
god this just sucks so bad. just ugliness everywhere
I regret not giving the other Def Leppard album on this list a lower score
Yeah. Not for me. This may show my ignorance, but this sounds like generic heavy metal you'd hear played in the background in a movie.
1.5
Generic, annoying arena rock slop. This type of music is good in exactly one situation and it's literally in the name of the genre, I can't even begin to fathom why anyone would ever think to themselves "you know what I really fancy doing today? I'm going to listen to a full Def Leppard album from start to finish." It just isn't that kind of music, and we need to stop pretending it is.
There's a kind of guy who likes rock music because it's "bad ass" and "bitchin" but if you ever asked him to articulate beyond these masculine 80s buzzwords, he would probably get flustered and call you gay. That guy loves shit like Def Leppard and KISS.
I fucking hate Def Leppard so much. They’re stupid brain dead approach to music. Meatheaded idiots who harmonize by yelling. Whose lead singer sounds like an amalgamation of every rock singer’s worst sides. I remember seeing their drummer on VH1. He seems nice. And he does fine in spite of his one arm. Anyway. Occasionally the production almost makes this album work. Photograph is very good in spite of everything else. It’s just the everything else is so bad.
Damn, couldn’t even finish it … and I know their next album Hysteria is even worst… A few flashes here and there, quickly ruined by those painfully cliché vocals.
What an absolute pile of 💩 hate it.
Yuck
Nice sound good guitar. Not my cup of tea. 1.5/10 38.73%
Old, tired, cheezy rock that I mustn't hear ever again.
No like 80s
Meh
I've already had to review one Def Leppard album on this site, and that's one more than I should ever need to do. This one is somehow worse than the other one, and I'm not sure if it's because I knew what to expect going in, or if it's just truly worse. "Photograph" and "Animal" were the only songs I didn't feel an intense urge to skip. Side note: I never knew that "Günter glieben glauten globen"came from Def Leppard not The Offspring. Brother, these guys stink.
the one genre i don’t like <3
1.4
I didn't enjoy it but I want to drive a trans-am now.
Spinal Tap war lustig. Aber diese Parodie ist over the top.
+: Stagefright, Die Hard the Hunter +-: Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop), Rock of Ages, Action! Not Words, Billy's Got a Gun -: Photograph, Too Late for Love, Comin' Under Fire --: Foolin' 3,2/10
It's 1992, and 11-year-old me wants his money back. This tape sucks.
Oh, cool, it‘s the second album by poor man's AC/DC on this list – but now they‘re quoting Neil Young … Horrible music.
Don't make me tap the sign. *taps sign* Hair Metal sucks. All of it.
i hate def leppard. they’re so fucking boring and cringe and lame and they can’t sing. what is the point in making metal when you have nothing of substance to say. ‘ooh sex and rock and roll’ not even drugs you might as well make pop music at least then it’d sound better
This album is devoid of all creativity
not my type of music
Not for me
Not for me. Clinical and stereotypical eighties hair metal at its worst. The snare sound is horrific.
Bad. How can they sound so turgid, even with all that screamjng
Absolutely awful. Just as bad as the other Def Leppard album in here (Pyromania). At least this one was shorter. Happy to know that there is no more Def Leppard on this list.
Yuk
Der var engang hvor Guns n' Roses blev set som autentisk hard rock, og det var på grund af albums som det her. 80'erne var et dårligt årti for rockbands
What has nine arms and sucks?
1 decent simple song and the rest blend too much into the genre without giving any real substance to songwriting other than formulaic party trick pop writing
I’ve never liked Def Leppard and nothing here changed my mind. I just find them so naff and cheesy and this is coming from someone who adores KISS
If I could logically explain my hatred for Def Leppard I would. Alas, I don’t even fully comprehend it myself. However, it is there, and it is a burning hatred. Maybe it’s the fact that they repeat a chorus 5,000 times during a song. Maybe it’s the fact that all of their songs sound like carbon copies of each other. Maybe it’s the fact that their vocals sound incredibly forced and plastic. Maybe they just suck and my hatred is deserved (it probably isn’t). Bright side is that if “Foolin” wasn’t written, produced, and tainted by them, I would consider it a good song. I dunno what to tell yah guys, I just hate all of the music I’ve ever heard you play. Talk to Bob Dylan.
Not for me.
I feel like there's a joke about an Arm here, but... I'm.stumped
I just don’t think I like this genre very much. This might be an excellent example of it but, while technically proficient, I find it very shallow both lyrically and musically.
I feel like I’m listening to a spin̈al tap album only it’s not funny. Sounds like it wants to be hyper masculine but just comes across as cringey and has aged really poorly. Did not enjoy at all.
Gross
A slog. Liked this even less than ‘Hysteria’, which at least had a pop music sheen and good hooks. This is just bland and tedious and comes off as self-serious. Unimaginative guitar work and flat melodies. I am mystified that this album was as successful as it was. A different time I guess. The opening track would work if it was intentional self-parody instead of accidental self-parody. I think I just really dislike it when a bad rock album uses “rock” and “rock and roll” verbiage in their songs too much. I understand the “just have fun” vibe, but am I not having fun.
Oof. Joe Elliott's vocals are not to my taste. And the music is run of the mill hair metal.
Everything about this is horrible. Possibly the stupidest name ever.
Not at all my cup of tea.
Cliched and bland.
These poor guys just came here to rock! Are you all ready to rock?! Has anyone here ever heard of something called rock music?! I absolutely despise music like this. It's overly sanitized, completely lacking in depth, and the lyrics are ridiculous. I hate this narrative that "rock" is always close to death - it wasn't in 1983 and it isn't now either. Bands like this just pushed rock into the underground in the late 80s/90s, probably for the better. It's probably marginally better than the other Def Leopard on this list, but I'm so offended that they have 2 albums in the book that it gets 1 star.
tedious
60/1001. File under hard rock. I don't know a situation where I would voluntary listen to this album. Wait a minute, I just did? What was the purpose of this project: to expand musical horizons, to go out of one's comfort zone? Was it worth it? No, not really.
'All I've got is a photograph / I wanna touch you.' They probably know that they're dumb, but this is such an unimaginative venture into rock vapidity that any semblance of self-awareness salvages nada. When it's theatrical, as it is on 'Too Late For Love' and 'Die Hard The Hunter,' it's as superfluous as Queen; when it's straight-up rock, it's emptier than AC/DC. 'Is anybody out there, anybody there? / Does anybody wonder, anybody care?' I don't care, for one. It starts off on the wrong foot, since rock music that's about rock music seldom hits, unless it's rock-n-roll in its earliest incarnations. Joe Elliott can hold a note, but not my attention. Rick Allen, who had yet to lose his arm, can pound but can't drum. Stagefright: wish they had some.
This sounds like a single 45 minute long song that explores no new ideas at risk of sounding possibly offensive to someone. And at the expense of trying to sound so inoffensive it is possibly the most offensive thing my ears have had to hear along this musical journey this far.
1980’s Rock, big guitars, layered chorus, strained vocal continued in the footsteps as zeppelin but not as good.
Unbearable, overblown, pretentious, corny party-rock. Bands like Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, and almost all the hair metal bands are devoid of the authentic coolness and style that the hard rock bands of the late 60s and early 70s had. The MTV era saw rock and pop turn into a gross, garish, glitzy, and overindulgent spectacle. Also: few things in music are more cringeworthy than a song in which a “rock” band sings about how hard they’re “gonna rock you” lol.
No, just no. So bad I just can't take them seriously. All these years later I still can't decide who was worse, these or Whitesnake?
What the? Thank god rock improved over the coming decades, it seems like a lot of people regressed in this period. I can’t explain it but there was such a fine line between this and Bon Jovi. Similar style but Bon Jovi sell me on every aspect that Def Leppard don’t.
No thank you. I would rather set my ears on fire.
I remember when this came out. I was very confused. I was deeply into 'real metal' (lol) Having spent time in any number of friend's basements whose older brothers were serious metal heads I was under the belief that Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Ratt, Grim Reaper, &c. all the way to Quiet Riot and Motley Crew were REAL METAL. And this thing came out... I bought it. We didn't have a lot of metal playing on the radio then so I had little idea what would be on it. I can clearly recall a first listen of this. It sounded....weak. Fluffy. The hairiest of the hair metal. And worse of all, an imitation of REAL METAL. These guys were just copy cats. I have to say, my opinion has not changed after a listen all these years later. This is a shitty album. Horrible lyrics. Songs hung on single licks. Just....bad all around. But in re-listening I was left to consider that these guys likely had the time of their lives in the 1980s.
Ugh
Not great
Felt like listening to plastic. overall grating and disinteresting
The true downfall of western civilization.
snore inducing
Complete shite. The worst kind of rock and roll ever. Far too much spandex, hairspray and a vague impression they have an unhealthy obsession with their own balls. I am also sure that this is the band spinal tap are based on. However, despite the satire, Tap are still 100 times better than this The songs are crap, the playing is mediocre at best and I wish I had back the time I wasted listening to this
I tried….made it a few songs in Some songs sounded like AC/DC and others were power ballads Not my thing. Maybe I’ll give it another go later as I do like some of their other stuff
Trash
Too Late For Love has to be one of the most annoying fucking songs of all time. It sounds like a South Park song written to be intentionally cheesy and awful. This band is so bad, dude. The vocals are the definition of "try hard", and nobody brings anything good to the table. Every single song on this album sounds satirical, Team America: World Police - esque. I don't understand how Def Leppard was as successful as they were. There were other metal bands in this era that did it way better.
Hey did you know the drummer only has one arm?.....man this sucked. Big ups for the cowbell on 'Foolin' though.
Hair metal is my least favorite subgenre of rock music — where the singer is telling me how hard I need to ROCK!!!!, where every snare drum hit sounds like a cannon blast. Seriously, I can’t imagine what kind of chaos would ensue if the drummer ever did a drum roll on his snare. This came out early enough in the 80s where I don’t know if this is the grandfather of hair metal, so it gets 1 star for either creating such a terrible (bowel) movement or being a filthy copycat. Lone soft spot: “Photograph”
I wish I could rate this less than 1 star.
I don’t like hair
Lät som ett "vanligt" rockband från 80-talet. Inget stack ut för mig direkt.
Pyromania sounds like my kind of thing. While I’ve definitely known about them for a long time, I’ve never really listened to Def Leppard. Reminds me of childhood WWF.
Nope. J'avais définitivement pas besoin d'entendre ça.
Boring. Every song sounds the same.
So boring
This sound is emblematic of every shitty 80s song I have come to hate over the years. Loud for no reason, stupid themes like “danger in the air”. Just really nothing to enjoy here. I will say this though, it’s always impressive to learn that their drummer has one arm. That’s amazing.
It's not really fair for me to review this album as I have an intense dislike for Def Leppard. When people say that the 80s was the worst decade for music, a sentiment that disagree with, it's this band and their ilk that might lead me to think that. Worthless crap. 1 star
i really don't like being a negative nancy but really this is music that i genuinely hate listening to. for years boomers have told me that 1970s pop music like the carpenters or barry manilow was schlocky, cheesy, drivel that was not worth listening to. and yet, i find that music more compelling and genuine than this. this era of pop metal has dominated classic rock radio for the last couple of decades and really killed my love for the radio format that had an absolute grip on me as a teenager. this shit is so corny and so uncool to me and always has been. it doesn't sound cool, it doesn't give a compelling reason to listen to it. it just assumes you will think it is cool by listening to it. well i don't subscribe to that. hard pass
Awful
I'm sick and tired of people pretending like these guys and their contemporaries weren't just the Nickelbacks and Creeds of the 80's. Absolutely nothing redeeming about this bullshit. 0.5/5
Marketed like metal but this is insipid soft rock and I never want to hear it again.
Ugh. Hair metal.
Cringen mestarit, erityisesti mitä tulee lyriikoihin, harmonioihin ja taustalauluihin. Onneksi ideat tuntuvat jossain vaiheessa vähän loppuvan. Harmittomuus ei kuitenkaan pelasta tätä levyä. Paras raita: Foolin'.
I was quite looking forward to this as I've never given Def Leppard the time and I am a bit of a fan of Pour Some Sugar... but sadly I think that's their only good song if this album is anything to go by. If you're going to listen to glam rock, there is so so so much better than this. Don't waste your time.
Having this album on the same day Trump gets elected is just cruel.
80s Rock needs removing. What were people thinking? I know the limitations, but the drums are beyond bad. Only overshadowed by the rest of this trollop
I listened to pretty fly for a white guy 1 million times when it came out and only now decades later have the origin story of the intro sound clip. Does this come up in the Rock of Ages musical? How many other knowledge gaps in my brain could be filled simply by listening to more hair metal? Going to leave that a mystery, because of how bad this music sounds.
Def Leppard is not my jam. I don't like any of their hits, their vibes, their singer's voice, the topics of their songs, the simplicity of their drums or guitars (simple can be good but not here), or the way they do their vocal harmonies.
Not for me!!!
No me gusta el heavy
You hear one track and you've heard them all. This is just another 90ies hear rock band using the same pattern over and over again. Dull and boring.
For an album that clearly had some great guitar and drums I found this enormously boring and samey
Not my vibe!!
sounds like poop
Blergh Bastaaaa dad rock
I’m sure lots of people love this, but not for me
Theme tune for the first wave of Mullets should be called 'absolute arse'
Dreadful cock rock. Put some more hairspray on it and burn it.
I wish I was "def" after listening to them. So boring and dated. I just can't do this classic rock kinda stuff. Never could.
Do the hair bands represent the nadir of good music? This album makes a strong case for such proposition.
No sé quién pensó que el pelo cargado y las voces agudas eran lo mejor para el heavy metal.
Nice
forgettable forgettable forgetable I want my time back Jesus this was so boring and I have no idea what legacy this record has I know it is acclaimed but this is just 80s music but it is so like washed there is no edge I hate it. I never want to listen ever again this would be a 0/10 if i could.
Didn't care for this.
I was pretty reluctant to listen to another Dusty album so soon, but it was a lot better than the last. Definitely listenable.
Grant’s favorite genre of hair band. Recognizable songs that I liked some but otherwise don’t love this kind of music
Boring uninspired generic hair metal/ glam rock: a genre I realized I hated by always being repulsed by the Sirius xm channel.
At my most objective, I suppose this joins some dots between older UK metal and the kind of more fun rock thing which US bands like Bon Jovi did a bit later on? Maybe? But it's already apparent that whoever picked 1001 albums is a bit too interested in a particular aspect of the route that involves men and guitars. As important and cool as that route has been, I'm not convinced that we need to listen to every single nuanced step along the way. This is a solid rock album, but doesn't feel very important to me.
What is this?
I really didn't like this album. Bad voice, bad riffs, boring rhythms. Shitty cock rock. Will I listen to again: 0%
was not feelin' it. 1.5
soulless and ass
bad pop rock
Kansitaidetta myöten aikamoinen vitsi.
No. Just no.
Awful, insufferable listen. Billy's got a Gun had it's moments of genuinely good song writing, the rest of the album is utter horseshit.
Sounded like a trash compactor exhaust retracting, where all the bin bags are popping and the hiss of air fizzes and the fetid juices spray and the clatter and scrape of tin cans seem to ring out from your brain rather than your ears. The group vocals were good. Fave track: Billy's Got a Gun
A snoozer for me. Bland music and lyrics I couldn’t click with much at all.
Why did we, as a society, let Glam Metal happen. AC/DC already sucks - why would you ever want to emulate their sound? All of these albums sound like they were mass-produced in a Chinese factory by unpaid child labor. So unbelievably bland and mind-numbingly boring. Plus the cheese. Jesus Christ, the C H E E S E. I'm talking Swiss Fondue levels of cheese. Not even "Photograph" can save this from being a 1/5 from me, sorry!
Crappy radio “hard-rock”
Nah
There was a time when I would have considered this to be heavy metal and not my kind of thing, I was into chart pop. Of course, I hadn’t at that time heard what Metallica or Slayer were putting out. This… just isn’t very good is it? Be honest… take away your nostalgia and rose tints,people, this is indescribably poor…
An absolute joke that this 80s-strip-club-stereo piece of shit band is on this list with MULTIPLE ALBUMS. Let out a audible "Ewww" when i saw this lot popping up on the page again. If you gave this a 5/5 you probably work in IT and have a hard time getting with women. Would rate 0/5 if i could.
Never getting that time back.
Poser bullshit
They're from my part of the world, one of them even supports my team (Sheffield Wednesday). I've never met any of them but I know they're all top blokes who haven't let success or worldwide fame go to their heads. So, I'm really sorry to do this chaps, but this really, really isn't my thing.......