Cast your minds back to the summer of 1993. Def Leppard were still sailing high on a string of hits from Adrenalize and the singles it spawned. Meanwhile in another region of rock, Glenn Danzig was out supporting Danzig’s third album and a new live EP. When the two bands crossed paths at a festival gig in Europe, the word went down that Glenn and Phil Collen came to blows. Or was it just tomato soup? Let’s get Phil’s side of the story in this classic VHS Archive from MuchMusic’s Pepsi Power Hour.
There were some pretty awesome picks this year. I have to give Scottie props for “Coming Home” by Iron Maiden, from the excellent Final Frontier album. I found some things a bit surprising, such as the overplayed-on-radio “Black Betty” by Ram Jam, placing so high.
“Thick As A Brick” was the live version, so just over 10 minutes. Other long bombers included all of “Supper’s Ready” by Genesis, which resulted in a tirade by Phil for just as long, about how much he thinks it sucks! (And he’s an old-school Marillion fan…surprising.) And of course there were several Maiden tunes that clock in well over 5 minutes.
For your edification, here is the official Sausagefest XII Countdown: 75 tracks, plus 35 tributes. One tribute for each person that submitted a list! 110 songs over one weekend! Awesome.
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