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By Bob Gendron

Little about the band has changed since its 80s heyday, not least its fetish for one-word song titles ("Foolin'," "Photograph," "Animal"). Vocalist Joe Elliott sported layered hair, studded jeans and a denim jacket. The newest tune performed was nearly 15 years old. And yes, girls still go wild for the MTV mega-smash "Pour Some Sugar on Me."

Not every song stemmed from the group's glitzy lite-rock and mushy adult-contemporary phases. "Mirror Mirror" and "Another Hit and Run" had tougher rhythmic backbones reflective of their latter-stage new wave of British heavy metal genesis. Comparatively, "Love Bites" and "Hysteria" were synthetic pop fluff, and an unplugged "Two Steps Behind" further exposed its cornball lyrics.

Note to band: Just as The Wave is the death knell at a baseball game, leisurely back-and-forth arm-waving motions at concerts are signs that a ballad is too mushy.

By Chicago Tribune 2007.

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