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By Alison Fensterstock

A commercial for tonight's triple bill of early 80's-vintage glam metal that ran in recent weeks on WKBU 95.7, New Orleans' classic-rock radio station, warned: "This show might cause you to wear tight, acid-washed jeans." And indeed, more than a few fans took the opportunity to sport their favorite neon, leggings, washed-out Aerosmith and Motley Crue concert tees and teased hairdos. No fewer than three male fans turned out in shaggy blonde wigs that could have been homages to any of the frontmen: Cheap Trick's Robin Zander, Poison's Bret Michaels or Def Leppard's Joe Elliott.

As many memories as the show generated for a crowd that appeared, on average, to be old enough to have seen all three monsters of rock the first time around, it was no nostalgia act.

By The Times-Picayune 2009.

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By Alison Fensterstock

A song from that album, "Nine Lives" (which features country singer Tim McGraw, and which they recently performed on the show "Dancing With The Stars") was perfectly up to their catalog's standards, which means it rocked pretty hard.

But when you see Def Leppard do "Photograph" and "Armageddon It," it's clear that 'then' sounds more than good, now.

After three and a half hours, after Def Leppard's closer "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and encore "Let's Get Rocked," big, bad, 80's rock nostalgia was even thicker in the air than the Roscolux fog. Rick Nielsen changed guitars eight times. Rikki Rockett put on at least four different hats. And Joe Elliott wore three different shirts. The three monsters of rock had done what arena rock should do - it does not make you think. It makes you form your fist into a devil's salute and pump it in the air.

By Alison Fensterstock @ The Times-Picayune 2009.

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