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By Diane Toroian

Def Leppard is out supporting its new album "Slang". Promoters and fans praise the bands bold new direction, but truth is it's just fiddling with its formula. The band sneaked in a few of those new tracks between classic rock anthems. such as "Let's Get Rocked", "Foolin", and "Armageddon It", and we faked enthusiasm. It's the least we could do. We let them believe they've still got it; they let us believe we don't need to grow up.

The band showed its sensitive side, too. Propped up on stools and armed with acoustic guitars, the guys strummed "Two Steps Behind." It was kind of like an Alabama show.

The biggest problem of this hit-heavy night was that it was never safe to break for the bathroom. A bunch of us thought we were smart to go during one of those new songs.

But when we heard the opening bars of "Hysteria", we let out a loud, loud collective scream and tore from the stalls, not even stopping to spritz our wilting hairdos.

Unlike Styx and Lynyrd Skynyrd, this nostalgia show didn't draw a big crowd. The lawn was nearly empty, but those of us in the seats screamed twice as loud. Of course, a slave to my alternative-rock pretensions, I initially listened to the hoots with bemused detachment.

By St. Louis Post Dispatch 1996.

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