Def Leppard's Joe Elliot took to the web to address a review printed on MelodicRock.com of the band's forthcoming "covers" CD. In his post, Elliot blasted the critic for reviewing "a work in progress". Here is Joe's first posting:
"It appears someone (at some site dedicated to melodic rock) thinks it's terribly clever to go public with the first review of the covers CD. Well, here's a couple of things he/she/it might like to contemplate.....
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It's not finished yet!! He/she/it has, by the looks of things, luckily stumbled across a work-in-progress copy on someone's desk -- someone who admittedly should know better than to leave a copy lying around in view of such a low life. So it's a stolen, rough
unfinished copy that clearly doesn't belong to them. A cheap journalistic trick that's been going on for years.....
"This person (and I use the term loosely), has no ears. This is obvious from some of the comments regarding the sound. Any idiot hearing it would know it isn't finished yet, except for it seems, this particular idiot. I would suggest that whichever mag or site he/she/it writes for reserve further judgment on the CD until it's actually finished. He/she/it's opinion of the songs bothers not one bit, as song choice is always subjective (especially on a covers album). Our fans will get a chance to hear the songs and read why we chose these particular songs, but all in good time.
"A final note to the above mentioned "music critic"..... please give it back to whoever you stole it from, you asshole."
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