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Originally Posted by DevilsSon
Limited success of Def Leppard?!? Hysteria is the 7th best selling hard rock album of all time, only behind (in this order) Back in Black, Led Zeppelin IV, Appetite for Destruction, Metallica's Black Album, Nirvana's Nevermind and Slippery When Wet.
And that is limited success to you? Pyromania was probably the most influential record since Van Halen debuted and outsold EVERY SINGLE Motley or Poison record. Yet you are talking about limited success? God damn it, take that dildo out of your ass and get a grip. You are talking crap!
And what does that have to do with anything? Not to mention that it's one little story from 1984!!! They were in Germany and they were both getting a blow job from prostitutes in a twin-bed hotel room. Hardly a point in time to be representative of anything....but yeah. In RdKopper land everything comes together and makes sense somehow. Ding dong! IT DOESN'T!
Pfffffffff.....RdKopper accusing people of misrepresenting fact muahahhaha  What is the world coming to?? |
Throw in all the nasty remarks you want. It still doesn't validate any of your arguments.
- Yes! Only 2 hit albums in 35 years is limited. Sorry Pal... Everyone has their own definition of limited and if I use Bon Jovi as the benchmark, Def Leppard had limited success. How many albums did Bon Jovi sell after the 80's? Not including Crossroads, it's over 60 million.
Hysteria was an absolute brilliant album for its time but after that they waited too long. Adrenalize was absolute crap with singles like Let's Get Rocked and Make Love Like a Man. The only reason why any of them even charted in the top 40 was because of the huge success of their prior album. Not because they were actually good..... After that, they released only 4 studio albums in 22 years all of which tanked hard.Their legendary status is bigger than them.
- Okay, so you read the book too. It has to do with proof of me reading the book but it also has to do with the fact that Jon