Def Leppard: Loadsamoney!!
Mat Snow, Q, May 1988
They talk in units of a million. They plan tours like military invasions. They know the rules, Def Leppard: it takes craft, hard graft, spectacle and strategy to keep ahead in the hard rock circus of the late '80s. "The bottom line was always to be the next Led Zepplin or Queen," they tell Mat Snow.
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