It's fitting that the musical 'Rock of Ages' chose the title of a Def Leppard song to define the music of a generation. Even though Tom Cruise and the cast butchered pretty much every song in the movie version, it's still a testament to the band's enduring power.
March 22, 1984 was the first concert I was ever able to attend on my own, I was 14 years old. The venue,The Aud, the band...Van Halen, the show... changed my life. Fast forward 23 years later, March 9, 2012, First Niagara Arena,the only thing that changed was the venue.