Originally Posted by rocknation

I couldn't agree with you more--and I used to BE one!

But not only was I not a BJ snob, I described Def Leppard's Pyromania as "rock's answer to (Michael Jackson's) Thriller." I've written that without the success of Pyromania, the heavier rock bands would never have had their chance to swim in the mainstream. And when I was asked which the most important albums of that era was, I said, "Pyromania, because it opened the door for hard rock; and Master of Puppets, because it blew that door off its hinges!"