LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 20, 2020…DEF LEPPARD’S 3RD ALBUM ‘PYROMANIA’ WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1983 AND IT WAS HUGE. THIS WAS THE ALBUM THAT PUT DEF LEPPARD ON THE MAP. IT SOLD OVER 14 MILLION COPIES, AND SPAWNED OVER 4 HIT SINGLES. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST DEF LEPPARD ALBUM TO FEATURE PHIL COLLEN ON GUITAR.
HERE’S ONE OF FOUR GREAT SINGLES FROM THE RECORD . THE SONG STARTS OFF WITH THE ‘GUNTER GLIEBEN GLAUSEN GLOBEN’. IT MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. PRODUCER MUTT LANGE GOT TIRED OF COUNTING THE BAND IN WITH ‘1,2,3,4’ ON EVERY SONG SO HE STARTED SAYING THIS. THE BAND WOULD START MAKING UP STORIES ON WHAT IT MEANS. HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘ROCK OF AGES’
