Wednesday, 4th March 2015
Gene Simmons of KISS has picked Def Leppard's Hysteria as one of his Top 13 favourite albums in a new article.
Gene picked Hysteria as one of 13 albums in a feature by The Quietus website.
He talks about the recording techniques used for the album and discussing it with the band during last years Summer Tour 2014.
His other picks include AC/DC's For Those About To Rock, also produced by Mutt Lange.
The Quietus - Gene Simmons' Top 13 Favourite Albums List/Quote
- 01 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
- 02 - Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
- 03 - Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape
- 04 - Beck - Mellow Gold
- 05 - The Beatles - The Beatles
- 06 - The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
- 07 - Leslie West - Mountain
- 08 - Montrose - Montrose
- 09 - Jeff Beck - Truth
- 10 - Def Leppard - Hysteria
- 11 - AC/DC - For Those About To Rock We Salute You
- 12 - Chubby Checker - Chubby Checker's Greatest Hits
- 13 - Paul McCartney - McCartney
"Say what you will, nobody is trying to show off here, it's just solid songwriting. The great thing about almost every song on that record is that you can pick up an acoustic guitar and just play it and sing along. Joe [Elliott] singing the melody, he doesn't sing the highest and his voice doesn't rip up the most, it just sticks to the melody. It's great rock sensibility. The melodies aren't too bluesy, it's just a really solid record, and ten million other people must have thought so too because they bought it."
- Read the full article at - thequietus.com
- Def Leppard - Summer Tour 2014
- Def Leppard - Hysteria Album Page
- Previous News - 3rd March 2015