Great Moments In Metal DEF LEPPARD
LONDON—Directly or indirectly, Eric Clapton is responsible for my being here. Eric Clapton—who left the Yardbirds and left John Mayall to form the inescapable ’60s monolith of rock bands, the one that begat a music form that not only outlived the group, but the entire decade, and the next and possibly the ’80s as well.
Great Moments In Metal DEF LEPPARD
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Even as Def Leppard’s Hysteria makes considerable impact on the scene, Great Moments In Metal takes you back to 1983, when Pyromania was establishing the Leps as a force to be reckoned with in this, the universe. In this splendidly-written feature, former METAL editor Dave DiMartino—now retired and farming in Labrador, we understand—takes you back to that wonderful year, asking Def Leppard the tough questions in a way only he could. You'll surely enjoy this look at the beginning of the “new wave” of metal, and probably want to make a few photocopies to hand out at airports and stuff.
—The Editors
by Dave DiMartino
LONDON—Directly or indirectly, Eric Clapton is responsible for my being here.
Eric Clapton—who left the Yardbirds and left John Mayall to form the inescapable ’60s monolith of rock bands, the one that begat a music form that not only outlived the group, but the entire decade, and the next and possibly the ’80s as well.
We are talking about Cream.