Friday, October 22, 2004
DEF LEPPARD NAMED 327th BEST BAND IN BRITAIN
reported by Suplex
ASSOCIATED PRESS - In a poll of readers of NME, Def Leppard was named the 327th greatest band in England.
"We consider this a great honor, as we thought everyone had forgotten about us completely," said Joe Elliot, lead singer for the once-popular hair metal band.
Groups ranked ahead of Def Leppard include the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, the Rolling Stones, Cream, the Stone Roses, Oasis, the Kinks, Supergrass, Mott the Hoople, Jethro Tull, 5ive, the Pogues, Duran Duran, Soft Cell, Prodigy, Bronski Beat, New Order, the Pet Shop Boys, the Faces, the Small Faces, Humble Pie, Herman's Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Dave Clark Five, T. Rex, Lloyd Cole and the Drifters, Take That, Squeeze, the English Beat, Fishbone, Deep Purple, Chumbawamba, ABC, and 294 other bands of fair to middling talent.
Rick Allen, the drummer who lost his arm in a horrific car wreck in the mid-1980's, was overheard saying "You mean there are stil people who can remember us? Even I had forgotten most of our songs."
The producer responsible for most of Def Leppard's mid-80's hits (like Pour Some Sugar on Me, Armageddon It, Photograph, and Rock of Ages), Mutt Lange, was unavailable for comment as he was reportedly "fucking the shit out of Shania Twain in a mansion in Switzerland."
ASSOCIATED PRESS - In a poll of readers of NME, Def Leppard was named the 327th greatest band in England.
"We consider this a great honor, as we thought everyone had forgotten about us completely," said Joe Elliot, lead singer for the once-popular hair metal band.
Groups ranked ahead of Def Leppard include the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, the Rolling Stones, Cream, the Stone Roses, Oasis, the Kinks, Supergrass, Mott the Hoople, Jethro Tull, 5ive, the Pogues, Duran Duran, Soft Cell, Prodigy, Bronski Beat, New Order, the Pet Shop Boys, the Faces, the Small Faces, Humble Pie, Herman's Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Dave Clark Five, T. Rex, Lloyd Cole and the Drifters, Take That, Squeeze, the English Beat, Fishbone, Deep Purple, Chumbawamba, ABC, and 294 other bands of fair to middling talent.
Rick Allen, the drummer who lost his arm in a horrific car wreck in the mid-1980's, was overheard saying "You mean there are stil people who can remember us? Even I had forgotten most of our songs."
The producer responsible for most of Def Leppard's mid-80's hits (like Pour Some Sugar on Me, Armageddon It, Photograph, and Rock of Ages), Mutt Lange, was unavailable for comment as he was reportedly "fucking the shit out of Shania Twain in a mansion in Switzerland."
