From: graeme@abekrd.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy
Subject: Re: Def Leppard concert at Madison Square Garden
Date: 17 Aug 92 14:37:41 GMT
Organization: Abekas Video Systems, Reading, UK.

In <1992Aug13.201119.18021@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> bui@ee470.ee.mcgill.ca (BUI/DON/MR) writes:

>We're getting the "Seven Day Weekend" tour here in Montreal next Wednesday,
>(hope they don't have to stop the show because Rick loses his other arm after
>the first song and a riot breaks out again), so I was wondering how their
>performance was.  Did they rock out or were there backstage keyboards at work
>to enhance their sound?  Most of their new vocal stuff is pretty tricky, "Have
> You Ever ...", "White Lightning" among others have over a hundred voices
>doubled onto each other for the choruses.  Do they pull it off?  They're good
>singers but from what I saw at the Freddie Mercury tribute, they sounded awful.

>The three hour show should give us plenty of "Pyro" stuff, but all I'm 
>expecting from before that is "Bringing On the Heartbreak" which they played
>on the "Hysteria" tour.  Sorry to disappoint you Phil, but the Leps are not
>at all proud of the OTTN album.  In fact I've read interviews where Joe said
>he can't believe they ever did that record and that he can only listen to it 
>when he's drunk.  Therefore, for them to ever perform anything off that album 
>is extremely unlikely.  

>One more thing.  Why did they play such a short set?  Was this some sort of 
>special event?

	I saw The Lepps at the start of this tour at Birmingham N.E.C. (UK) and
was fairly impressed, the only problem was I'd seen them previously on the
Hysteria tour when they totally _destroyed_ Queens Hall in Leeds. On the
back of memories of that night the N.E.C. gig was always going to fall
short.

	It was the first time we Brits had seen the "In the Round" style
stage show because the original rig was too heavy to string from most
British venue ceilings. (They may have done the original at the N.E.C.
once, I'm not sure, you can hang continents up in there :-)

	To be quite honest I was a bit non-plussed with the rig, it was o.k.
I suppose but seeing as I was sitting 20' from the stage and hence under
the rig I may have missed out on the overall effect. Ricks new drum riser
is pretty cool though.

	I went to check out Viv Cambell, I thought it would be difficult for
him to slot into the band with his past record but once I saw the band it
was difficult to beleive he hadn't been there all along. No offence to
Steve (RIP) but Viv is at least as good.

	Having seen the Freddy Mercury gig on TV it was good to see Viv
picking up on his share of the solos and blowing Phil Collen out of the
water (I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't problems brewing between
the two, Phil's single-arpegio-repeated-faster-and-faster solos just don't
cut it next to Cambell (IMHO of course))

	It was a couple of months ago so I can't remember the set list. Most
of Adrenalize was there (including White Lightning and Have You Ever....)
and sounded pretty good, the big harmonies in the choruses were spot on.
All the Hysteria/H&D/Pyromania stuff you'd expect.

	The only duff part of the evening ? Well the support act of course,
Gun really are going to have to learn that to impress a stadium of Def
Leppard fans it takes a little more than borrowing some of U2's most tired
riffs and swearing at the audience when they won't clap.

Flames ? Fine I'll get the burgers.

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