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The Economics of Aging Rock Bands

A few weeks ago, I saw two rock bands that I am very fond of: Def Leppard and The Dropkick Murphys.  Both bands have been playing for quite a number of years.  Def Leppard formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 and have been playing together for 34 years now.  The Dropkick Murphys originated in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996 and have ...

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Def Leppard to tour Australia in October 2011

I was very pleased to learn that my favourite band of all time Def Leppard will be returning to Australia for a tour in October of this year.  An Australian tour is a rare thing for these guys – prior to this occasion, they had only been in town twice in twenty years. I was there for the 2008 show ...

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Youtube Friday: Def Leppard on Jay Leno

We’re only a month away from Def Leppard’s new album Mirrorball which is their first ever live album.  It has mostly old stuff but there’s also a few new tracks on there too. It’s pretty incredible that their career has now spanned four decades.  To think that my own band The Salt Monkeys spanned just a measley two decades. Anyway ...

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Wife is awesome

Came home today to find Jen had picked up a little something on the way home from work.  Tim Schafer’s new game Brutal Legend! Not ten minutes into playing the game, I was fighting a bunch of demons in a hellish pit, with an army of head banging rockers on my side and Def Leppard’s Rock of Ages blaring through ...

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