Remember To Vote For Def Leppard For The Rock Hall

There's still time to vote for Def Leppard as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 inductees. I voted again and was able to check "current standings." When I looked, the Leps were well in advance of everyone else, which is great!

Vote! https://t.co/RzkJU3Vn0P

— Def Leppard (@DefLeppard) November 18, 2018

Oh and there's this: some Def Leppard Christmas gear, including an ugly sweater, but it's $40 bucks...

Brand new holiday merch just arrived in the Def Leppard store. Shop here → https://t.co/ofn4eBXF9q pic.twitter.com/xQuuZ84NJP

— Def Leppard (@DefLeppard) November 16, 2018

Comments

[fletch]

Both Gar Dell'abate and Jon He in from the Howard Stern show are rarhof voters. They talked about this last week and said it's basically a slam dunk that DL are getting in this year.

[fletch]

darn tablet mistakes. Their names are Gary Dell'Abate and Jon Hein. For those who may not know, Gary is better known as "Baba-Booey"- executive producer (and Stern foil) of the HS show, while Jon Hein is Gary's co-host on the Howard Stern "wrap-up show".

Jon Hein's claim to fame is reportedly coining the phrase, "jump the shark", whereby a television series or movie reaches a point at which far-fetched events are included merely for the sake of novelty, indicative of a decline in quality. Jump the shark is a direct reference emerged from a 1977 television episode of "Happy Days." In this show, Fonzie (Henry Winkler), performs an absurd water-skiing stunt jumping over a caged shark, wearing, of all things, his signature leather jacket. Jon started the now defunct website, jumptheshark.com which was a celebrity gossip hub. And, the phrase, 'jump the shark' has now been an accepted term in the American lexicon.

The organizers of the rarhof approached Gary and Jon about being voter casters after seeing them host a VH1 special about the importance of vinyl records, both of whom are avid collectors.

I think the same rarhof organizers should peruse this website and an tap a couple of the regular posters on here to cast their ballots.

[Him]

Getting in to the RaRHoF is like landing a reservation at the local Sizzler. Yeah, you got in. But then you get Malibu Chicken for your efforts.

[Metalboy!]

The fact that you know Malibu Chicken is on the menu at Sizzler is an interesting read-out about you, HIM! Geezus!!!

Do you think they’ll let Pete Willis be part of the acceptance speeches, or, better yet, play with them during the performance portion of their acceptance? He did co-write many of the songs on their first three albums after all, “On Through The Night”, “High n’ Dry” and the immortal, their pinnacle, “PYROMANIA”! (Did you notice a drop off in the quality of the songwriting on “Hysteria”? I sure as h*ll did.

They seem classy enough to do it.

Classy or Trashy, we’ll finally know their true colors.

Or are they really more like their Ugly “Sweater”, er ... um ... Sweatshirt, from their latest batch of Holiday junk, er, I mean, merch. I’m betting on “classy”, FYI.

Needless to say, all of this certainly adds to the intrigue of Def Leppard’s induction which will make the show, along with national treasure and world resident Rock & Roll genius, Todd Rundgren.

p.s. Then there’s original Def Leppard drummer, Tony Kenning, who suggested the band change their name from “Deaf Leopard” to “Def Leppard”. I wonder how he’ll figure in?

[Him]

They have stated that Willis will be right up there with them. So that does signal that they are a classy group of fellows. Just the same with how they honor Clark in concert these days. I can't question their integrity when it comes to their history. I can, however, question the music they released after Pyromania and Hysteria.