Def Leppard Goes Country – Atrocity or Success?
Monday, April 27, 2009 2:45PM - By davidhall
Country musicians are like parasites – they latch onto popular bands, remake their songs and poison them permanently. For the most part, pop artists are the most frequent victims, but the country plague has a new a target: heavy metal.
In one of the most puzzling announcements this year, Def Leppard, the band that pioneered a new wave of British heavy metal, has been nominated for three first-round Country Music Television (CMT) awards for their recent duet with Taylor Swift on the song “Photograph“. Scary (and disgusting), I know. Could this be a sign of the times, or is it an isolated incident?
