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By Piet Levy

It says something about KISS' live concert that a bombastic glam metal band like Def Leppard in comparison could seem so...tame.

Not that that was the case for the entirety of its 75-minute pre-KISS set. There was a strong start with "Let It Go" (sorry, kiddos, not the "Frozen" song) and "Animal," and a fine finish with "Rock of Ages" and "Photograph." The band was at its best when frontman Joe Elliott — as colorful as his plain white shirt Friday — stepped aside and let skilled guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell, bassist Rick Savage and impressive one-armed drummer Rick Allen rock out for "Switch 625," providing a breather from the set's repetitive, singalong chorus formula.

But "Let's Get Rocked" — coming off a momentum-sucking "Love Bites" — mostly got blank or bemused stares. Elliott asked the audience to sing along to an acoustic "Two Steps Behind" — but lips largely stayed sealed.

By Journal Sentinel 2014.

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