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DEF LEPPARD: 'Nine Lives' Video Available
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DEF LEPPARD 's video for the track "Nine Lives" featuring country music superstar Tim McGraw can be seen online at link text VH1 Latin America or YouTube . The song was co-written by McGraw , who penned the track with LEPPARD members Phil Collen , Joe Elliott and Rick Savage for inclusion on the group's upcoming album, "Songs from the Sparkle Lounge" . McGraw 's tour manager, Robert Allen , is the brother of DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen . McGraw sat in on DEF LEPPARD 's Hollywood Bowl show in 2006. "We didn't start with any preconceived notions about the song," McGraw said. "Each of us brought something different to ...
Et Tu, Def Leppard, Or: What Hard Rock Band Doesn't Want To Be On CMT These Days? [Videodrone]
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It's long been argued that the poodle-rock audience moved to pop-country in the late '90s, and the new Def Leppard video, "Nine Lives," is a logical extension of that. No, Def Leppard hasn't replaced their guitars with banjos, they've just invited Tim McGraw to drawl on another half-hearted attempt at a Hysteria-esque arena stomp. That lick on the chorus is a little country, too. Man, now even the British hair bands are pledging allegiance to the shitkickers. [YouTube via Blabbermouth]
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