#Def leppard 80s movie

We just got on doing what we did and whatever happens happens. Some of them, you could listen to it and go, “Wow, that really sounds like us, or trying to sound like us, but totally missing the point.” But I never really spent too much time and energy worrying about it. And when something is a copy of something else, it is normally a weaker copy, and that’s just fact. The fact is I’m not saying we were pioneers-but we certainly came before they did, so consequently, because of our success, a lot of these bands were actually manufactured by an A&R man saying, “Find me a band that sounds like Def Leppard.” And some of these bands that may have had their own ideas were pushed off course by record companies’ pressure to sound like us. It’s not like *Spinal Tap,*which is poking fun-and rightly so -it’s just like a celebration of the 80s. They’re not poking fun of the actors, but it is a comedy. I mean, Stacee Jaxx’s character looks almost like a 70s character, with his shirt off, covered in fur, with the hair-there’s a bit of Steven Tyler, a bit of Iggy Pop. Do you think they captured the right mood-was there anything that seemed out of place?If anything, actually, it’s maybe tamed down some of the stuff I saw going off, whenever I infrequently visited the Rainbow. The filmmakers have said they took a relatively straight approach aesthetically to the 80s-rock look. And I’ve never been a fan of the critics’ opinion, so it makes no difference to me whether they slag us off, slag the play off, or they praise it. I don’t really see a downside to that.Īs a consumer, you have a choice to just not go. Instead of just going to Vegas and throw your money in slot machines, they’re going to go see Motley Crüe. Because our generation, they’re getting a little older, they’ve probably got a little bit more disposable income. The next step, you’re going to find residencies in Vegas, by people like-as you already have seen-Motley Crüe, Cheap Trick. For rock and roll to start becoming part of musicals.

Rock and roll is now the establishment-it’s not dangerous anymore. You know, it’s become part of the heritage of the United States of the America, and spreading all over the world. But the point is, it’s been 55, 60 years since Bill Haley did “Rock Around the Clock”-it’s actually become part of everybody’s DNA. I even think that Russell Brand’s good, and he normally annoys the hell out me, but he’s great in the film.ĭid you have any hesitance about getting involved in a musical movie? There are a lot of people who perhaps don’t think of the 80s as that long ago, and consider the songs that you made, and make, as still real, tough, viable music-the opposite of a Broadway-style musical.I completely understand what you’re saying. Tom Cruise makes a great rock star I’m a huge fan of Alec Baldwin. I thought it was great! I thought the A-list all did a fantastic job.

#Def leppard 80s movie

VF Daily: So have you seen the musical or the movie yet? (The band is kicking off its latest arena tour-also titled Rock of Ages-on June 20 in Salt Lake City.) With the film poised to set off a major 80s revival-or backlash, depending-we asked Elliott whether its depiction of the 80s scene rang true, what it was like to watch Tom Cruise sing Def Leppard on the set, and whether he too once counted a leather-jacketed baboon among his entourage.

Like many of the bands who donated their music, the man who came up with the tune to “Sugar,” Def Leppard’s singer, Joe Elliott, is alive and well and continues to sing the old songs and new material at larger, less seedy venues. One new inclusion to the soundtrack is a set of singles from British rockers Def Leppard, including their “Rock of Ages” and “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” the latter of which Cruise belts out onstage at the fictional Sunset Strip dive the Bourbon Room. As with the Broadway musical, part of the fun of watching the film is seeing new stars sing their way through the feel-good, irony-free hits of metal, rock, and pop bands from the 80s.

Tom Cruise, decked in coyote fur, abs, and two complicated wrist situations, is making his debut today in theaters as Stacee Jaxx, the profligate rock star at the center of Adam Shankman’s adaptation of Rock of Ages.