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The Luxury Of Real Fur: Def Leppard/More: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Phil Bell, Sounds, 8 August 1981

SUBTLE AS THE brain-scalding squeals of a skewered pig on the barbecue, roasting alive. Ass-kickin', rabble-rousin', atom-splittin', hard-livin', ever givin'. More had the ear-ringin' toned down and came out plus ten compared to the recent Rainbow Theatre debacle. Forty minutes of streamlined support stuff for those sturdy enough to keep the pace, sounding out a clarion-clear challenge to the Def ones — Follow This.

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