Mine has always been Def Leppard, closely followed by Dan Reed Network...
Not metal per say, although both rock hard when required. One's the classic Brit hard rock band, the other of the funk-rock genre...
So, the Leps. They come from my hometown and, back when they were starting - 1977 - I was a mere 7 year old child and, as I was playing out front awaiting mum calling me for my evening meal, Joe (Elliott) and Steve (Clarke) appeared with a bag of chips (think thick french fries) (there were no trays back in those days!) and we briefly chatted...and I stole some of Steve's chips!
They were impressed that I knew about Queen and Thin Lizzy and they'd recently started up the band..
So, brush with some famous local people...and I've followed them ever since... 'Pyromania' and 'Hysteria'....hitting the heights of classic albums...
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