Spencer4 - Die Hard The Hunter
Spencer4
Feb 24, 2025 04:10am
<p>The hook machine keeps rolling with these guys, it's so much fun to cover them, not as easy as it used to be, but still so much fun!</p><p>Thank you for listening!!!</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGxHQG2TMLc&t=155s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Die Hard the Hunter Live Denver Hysteria Tour 1988</a></p><p><br></p><p><em style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">"When </em><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/def-leppard/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 119, 99);"><em>Def Leppard's</em></a><em style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);"> </em><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/def-leppard-pyromania-songs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 119, 99);">Pyromania</a><em style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);"> was released in 1983, the Sheffield band was still playing club-sized venues in the U.K. As radio and </em><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/mtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 119, 99);"><em>MTV</em></a><em style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);"> leaned heavily into the album's singles, the band's popularity exploded, and, in turn, the venues they played expanded, too."</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">Read More: </strong><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/def-leppard-pyromania-tour-interview/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 119, 99);">How Def Leppard's 'Pyromania' Tour Changed Everything</a><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);"> | </span><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/def-leppard-pyromania-tour-interview" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">https://ultimateclassicrock.com/def-leppard-pyromania-tour-interview/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</a></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-m3qgt8nbul/images/stencil/1920w/products/18780/179152/Def_Leppard_Pyromania_Tour_Natural_Adult_T-Shirt_3__34350.1714590779.jpg?c=2" alt="Def Leppard Pyromania Tour Natural Adult T-Shirt"> </p><p><br></p><p><em style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">guitarist </em><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/phil-collen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 119, 99);"><strong><em>Phil Collen</em></strong></a><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">:</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">"When that album got going, it exploded so quickly. The first gig at the Marquee [</span><a href="http://www.deflepparduk.com/def-leppard-phil-collen-first-show-38-years.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 119, 99);">on</a><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);"> Feb. 9, 1983] ... I’m from London, so I’d played there so many times with [my previous band] Girl. We actually had a residency there. So it was like playing my front room with my buddies. I knew all of the guys in Def Leppard, so it was cool. It definitely wasn’t intimidating. But when we got going, we were shocked at the success of it, especially when we got to the States.</span></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://cdn.artphotolimited.com/images/60913d60bd40b85323893a87/1000x1000/hysteria-the-def-leppard-story-en-1987.jpg" alt="Def Leppard (1987) - Photographic print for sale"></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">"My first American show was the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, opening up for </span><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/billy-squier/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 119, 99);">Billy Squier</a><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">. But we were still an opening act, so I’d done that before. I’d opened for </span><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/kiss/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 119, 99);">Kiss</a><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">, </span><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/ufo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 119, 99);">UFO</a><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">, </span><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/zz-top/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 119, 99);">ZZ Top</a><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);"> and lots of different bands before that. But it was shocking more than anything else, the rate that things went [with </span><em style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">Pyromania</em><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">]. With MTV, we kind of looked more like </span><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/duran-duran/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 119, 99);">Duran Duran</a><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);"> than we did </span><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/judas-priest/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 119, 99);">Judas Priest</a><span style="color: rgb(69, 68, 74);">. So you had this different appeal going. A lot of things clicked when that record came out."</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>