ON THIS DATE IN ROCK HISTORY, BRITISH ROCKERS DEF LEPPARD MADE THEIR US LIVE CONCERT DEBUT AT THE PALLADIUM IN NEW YORK CITY AS THE OPENERS FOR THE LEGENDARY AC/DC…AND IF THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, IT WAS ALSO THE 21ST BIRTHDAY FOR DEF LEPPARD’S LEAD VOCALIST JOE ELLIOT! WHAT A BIRTHDAY THAT MUST’VE BEEN! THE NOW ROCK HALL INDUCTEES WENT ON TO ROCK THE 80’S AND 90’S HARD! THEIR 1983 ALBUM, PYROMANIA WAS ONE OF MY FIRST ALBUM PURCHASES AT THE SANDBURG MALL IN GALESBURG…I BOUGHT 2 THAT DAY, THE OTHER WAS THE POLICE, SYNCHRONICITY…WONDER WHERE THOSE WENT? WELL ANYWHO…HAPPY 64TH BIRTHDAY JOE ELLIOT! YOU DEFINITELY HELPED PROVIDE A BIG CHUNK OF THE 80’S SOUNDTRACK…’ROCK OF AGES’…IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
