| rdfs:comment | - Def Leppard es una banda británica de hard rock originaria de Sheffield, Reino Unido, que iniciara su carrera a finales de los años setenta, y que alcanzaria su éxito con mayúsculas en la década de los ochenta, acercando al heavy metal a las emisoras de radio y al gran público en general, gracias a una mezcla rara de hard rock melódico con un gran trabajo vocal. Junto a bandas como Scorpions, Van Halen o Bon Jovi es reconocida como una de las bandas de Heavy Metal superventas de los años 80.
- Def Leppard are an English rock band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria, Def Leppard became one of the top-selling rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldwide, including over 35 million in the United States alone. Def Leppard are ranked #31 on VH1's "Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".
- Def Leppard é unha banda inglesa procedente de Sheffield, formada no ano 1977 como parte do movemento New Wave of British Heavy Metal. En grande medida grazas aos seus álbumes Pyromania e Hysteria, Def Leppard converteuse nunha das bandas de rock con máis vendas dos anos 80.
- Def Leppard was the Swiss-born King of South Korea from the years 1951-1975. During his reign, King Leppard enstated sweeping new social reform programs that ushered in a new era of environmental, social, and political stability for the small Canadian province.
- The band's strongest commercial success came between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. Their 1981 album High 'n' Dry was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who helped them begin to define their style, and the album's stand out track "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" became one of the first rock videos played on MTV in 1982. The band's next studio album Pyromania in 1983, with "Photograph" as the lead single, turned Def Leppard into a household name. In 2003, the album ranked number 384 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
- Def Leppard are an English rock band who have been active since 1977 and sold over 100 million records worldwide as of July 2014. They are one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling over 10 million copies in the U.S., those albums being Pyromania (1983) and Hysteria (1987). The latter ranks as one of the highest selling albums of all time, with over 20 million copies sold worldwide.
- Def Leppard is a British hard rock band formed in 1977, in Sheffield. They have three master tracks available as downloadable content in the PS3/X360 versions of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock: "Nine Lives" (the first single off their new album, Songs from the Sparkle Lounge), "Photograph", and "Rock of Ages" as live performances (both from their 1983 release Pyromania). "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is also available in Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock as a live performance and in Guitar Hero Live's GHTV mode since March 1, 2016. In additional to that, three other new Def Leppard songs were made available for Guitar Hero Live; "Dangerous" (which was the first time the music video for the song was shown), "Let's Go" (both from their eponymous 2015 album), and "Rock of Ages", this time using the ma
- On his 06 May 1999 show, Peel discussed an email request for a Def Leppard track with David Gedge: JP: I was the first person ever to play Def Leppard on the radio. Did you know that? It's an impressive statistic.DG: What year was that then?JP: Now that's unfair ... I have absolutely no idea at all! From available show tracklistings, it appears that the Peel first played the band's debut Def Leppard EP in April 1979. In a March 1993 interview with Alan Freeman, singer Joe Elliot recalled giving the EP to Peel and the effect on the band's career:
- Def Leppard is a British hard rock band formed in 1977. The band's name was originally spelled "Deaf Leopard," but was changed to Def Leppard so as to not make people assume they were a punk band. The original lineup consisted of singer Joe Elliott, guitarists Steve Clark and Pete Willis, bassist Rick "Sav" Savage, and drummer Tony Kenning. However, Kenning soon left the band, replaced by then-15-year-old Rick Allen. Guitarist Steve Clark was dubbed "The Riff-Master" because of his ability to make lots of catchy riffs for the band, many of which were not recorded to songs.
- Def Leppard (искаженное англ. Deaf Leopard — глухой леопард) — британская рок-группа из Шеффилда, Йоркшир, Англия; образована в 1977 году. Их стилевая манера с годами претерпела ряд изменений, двигаясь от хард-рока к поп-року.
- Originally formed in 1977 in Sheffield, England by five teenagers who really liked glam rock, Def Leppard became grouped with the NWOBHM before turning early-MTV pop-rock sweethearts. After kicking out a founding guitarist for too much drunken tomfoolery (Pete Willis), they released a well-received rock album (Pyromania), lost another sixth of a member (Rick Allen's left arm), released a phenomenally successful pop-rock record (Hysteria), which was essentially aiming to be "the hard rock version of Thriller", then the other original guitarist drank himself to death over the course of a few years (Steve Clark).
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| abstract | - On his 06 May 1999 show, Peel discussed an email request for a Def Leppard track with David Gedge: JP: I was the first person ever to play Def Leppard on the radio. Did you know that? It's an impressive statistic.DG: What year was that then?JP: Now that's unfair ... I have absolutely no idea at all! From available show tracklistings, it appears that the Peel first played the band's debut Def Leppard EP in April 1979. In a March 1993 interview with Alan Freeman, singer Joe Elliot recalled giving the EP to Peel and the effect on the band's career: John Peel was doing a disco at Sheffield University and I jumped up on stage and said, 'Play this!' And he said, 'Well, I can't play it now but write your phone number on it.' The next day he phoned me. He said, 'I'm going to play it tonight' ... And that helped us a lot, because the BBC played it, the local radios in Sheffield played it and we got a few shops in Sheffield to sell it for us free of charge and we sold it whenever we did concerts. And it just started the ball rolling.[1] Peel also played tracks from the band's initial major label releases.
- Def Leppard es una banda británica de hard rock originaria de Sheffield, Reino Unido, que iniciara su carrera a finales de los años setenta, y que alcanzaria su éxito con mayúsculas en la década de los ochenta, acercando al heavy metal a las emisoras de radio y al gran público en general, gracias a una mezcla rara de hard rock melódico con un gran trabajo vocal. Junto a bandas como Scorpions, Van Halen o Bon Jovi es reconocida como una de las bandas de Heavy Metal superventas de los años 80.
- Def Leppard is a British hard rock band formed in 1977. The band's name was originally spelled "Deaf Leopard," but was changed to Def Leppard so as to not make people assume they were a punk band. The original lineup consisted of singer Joe Elliott, guitarists Steve Clark and Pete Willis, bassist Rick "Sav" Savage, and drummer Tony Kenning. However, Kenning soon left the band, replaced by then-15-year-old Rick Allen. Their first concert was in a room in a spoon factory in Sheffield, England. Only 6 people went to it. (thanks, Tom - Trowbridge, England) Their first paying gig was at Westfield School in Sheffield in 1978. Due to a lack of interest, the band had to release their debut EP on their own label, Bludgeon Riffola Records. However, due to the EP's success, they were signed to Mercury Records, and released their first album, "On Through the Night," in 1980. Their follow-up, 1981's "High N' Dry," was produced by the legendary Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Lange would go on to produce the band's next three albums. During the recording sessions for their third album, "Pyromania," Pete Willis was fired from the band for his alcohol abuse. He was replaced by Phil Collen, a former member of the glam band "Girl." The 1983 release of Pyromania caused Def Leppard to become superstars. The album was second in sales in the U.S. only behind Michael Jackson's "Thriller." It featured hits such as "Photograph," "Foolin'," and "Rock of Ages." Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car accident on New Year's Eve, 1984. He re-learned to play a specially designed drum kit with foot pedals that allowed him to play the left-arm parts with his left foot. In 1987, the band released their long-awaited fourth album: "Hysteria." It stayed in the charts for 18 months and spawned 7 hit singles: "Women," "Animal," "Hysteria," "Pour Some Sugar On Me," "Love Bites," "Armageddon It," and "Rocket." Def Leppard embarked on a lengthy world tour that featured the band playing on a round stage or "in the round." Steve Clark died of a drug and alcohol overdose in 1991. The band continued recording their 5th studio album, "Adrenalize," as a four piece. However, when they embarked on the world tour supporting the album in 1992, they hired guitarist Vivian Campbell to join the band. He's been with the band ever since. On October 23 1995, the band played three 45-minute shows on three different continents. One show was in Tangier, Morocco, another was in London, and the last one was in Vancouver, British Columbia. This feat set a Guinness World Record. In 2011, the band released a CD entitled "Mirrorball: Live & More." It featured recordings of performances of most of the band's hits, and also new studio recordings including "Undefeated." Guitarist Steve Clark was dubbed "The Riff-Master" because of his ability to make lots of catchy riffs for the band, many of which were not recorded to songs. Clark and Collen were known as "The Terror Twins" (a reference to Aerosmith's Toxic Twins [thanks, matt - Lee's Summit, MO, for above 2]) because of their antics together. Thomas Dolby played keyboards on the Pyromania album. He is credited as Booker T. Boffin. Allen was once criticized by Queen Elizabeth because of the Union Jack boxers he wore onstage. The Union Jack is the flag representing the United Kingdom, and one of the logos of the band. Before joining Def Leppard, Vivian Campbell played in Dio and Whitesnake. (thanks, Gavin - Colchester, England) Rick Savage lives in the band's hometown of Sheffield. Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell as well as drummer Rick Allen all live in California. Joe Elliott lives in Ireland; the tax laws are much more favorable for entertainers there. Def Leppard is only one of five bands to have two Diamond-certified studio albums in the U.S. (the other bands being The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, and Pink Floyd)
- Originally formed in 1977 in Sheffield, England by five teenagers who really liked glam rock, Def Leppard became grouped with the NWOBHM before turning early-MTV pop-rock sweethearts. After kicking out a founding guitarist for too much drunken tomfoolery (Pete Willis), they released a well-received rock album (Pyromania), lost another sixth of a member (Rick Allen's left arm), released a phenomenally successful pop-rock record (Hysteria), which was essentially aiming to be "the hard rock version of Thriller", then the other original guitarist drank himself to death over the course of a few years (Steve Clark). Best known for predicating a thirty-year career on the bawdy Chorus-Only Song, "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and the terribly unfunny joke, "What has nine arms and sucks?", they continue to release records (much more often than in their heyday) and do a world tour almost every year since 2003 despite becoming musical pariahs in the Post-Grunge era. Recently the band have experienced something of a career resurgence with well received collaborations with Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift introducing them to a new audience. They are one of only five bands to have two original (non-greatest hits or live) albums sell more than ten million copies each; the others being Van Halen, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd. Musically, they are known for melodic dual lead guitarists, four-part harmonies both on record and live, and massively over-produced, Queen-esque albums.
* Rick Allen plays drums on a custom kit built to bypass his disability.
* Vivian Campbell wrote and played the guitar parts on Dio's "Holy Diver" and moonlights as a member of Thin Lizzy.
* Phil Collen is in too good of shape for a man in his fifties.
* Joe Elliott never met a bad metaphor he didn't put in a song.
* Rick Savage used to be "the Cute One" (even getting name-checked to that end on Heroes).
* Album Title Drop: Pyromania gets its title from a line in the song "Rock Of Ages". Strangely, "On Through the Night" off of their second album shares the title of their first album.
* Bawdy Song: "Pour Some Sugar on Me", "Let's Get Rocked", "Rock Rock (Til You Drop)", "Women", "Make Love Like a Man", and that doesn't count album tracks.
* Chorus-Only Song: "Pour Some Sugar on Me".
* Cover Album: Yeah!
* Some of the members are also in a David Bowie Cover BAND!
* Joe Elliott's main side project is the Down N' Outz, a Mott the Hoople cover band.
* Cover Version: The Sweet's Action, Mick Ronson's Only After Dark on Retroactive
* Crossover: With Taylor Swift, of all people, via CMT Crossroads.
* Determinator - Rick Allen after his accident learning to play one handed. To the point after one show on the comeback tour after the accident the backup drummer on standby in case Rick couldn't play the songs said to the rest of the band essentially "You guys don't need me here" and flew home.
* Dress Rehearsal Video: "Hello America".
* The Eighties
* Gender Blender Name: Vivian Campbell.
* A Good Name for a Rock Band: They were originally called Atomic Mass, which was changed to Deaf Leapord. They became Def Leppard on Joe Elliott's suggestion after he joined the group as a tribute to Led Zeppelin (who deliberately misspelled the first word in their name) and to differentiate themselves from punk bands who named themselves after animals.
* Gosh Darn It to Heck: "Let's Get Rocked".
* Hair Metal: The band themselves deny that they were part of the genre and Joe Elliott has been somewhat dismissive of other hair bands when asked about Leppard's association with the style. They count the British glam bands from the 1970s, such as T. Rex and Sweet, as key influences.
* Handicapped Badass: Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car accident. His response? Get a specialized drum kit and keep playing.
* Heavy Meta: "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)", "Let's Get Rocked", "Rock of Ages", "Rock Brigade", "Rocket".
* They also did Cover Versions of David Essex's "Rock On" and Mott the Hoople's "The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll".
* Heavy Mithril: "Overture", "When the Walls Came Tumbling Down"
* Intercourse with You: If you shake one of their records, several of these songs will fall out.
* Lighter and Softer: Their first two albums were definitely Heavy Metal, but starting with their third album Pyromania they adopted a more radio-friendly hard rock sound. Their fourth album, Hysteria, moved even further in this direction due to nearly half the songs being ballads.
* Limited Special Collectors Ultimate Edition: Pyromania, Hysteria, and Adrenalize.
* List Song: "Rocket", which lists the bands that Def Leppard count as influences or the titles of their songs, including David Bowie, Elton John, Mott the Hoople, Queen, Thin Lizzy and many, many more.
* Lyrics Video Mismatch: "Bringin on the Heartbreak".
* Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness: In their beginnings and on Pyromania, they were a solid 5, sometimes even a 6. By the time Hysteria rolled around, they had softened to a 4. High & Dry seems to be a 7. Perhaps a weak one, but most of the time it's clearly metal. Phil Collen has remarked on the trend ("We were always halfway between heavy metal and Duran Duran").
* Morality Ballad: "From The Inside".
* Myspeld Rokband
* New Sound Album: Slang. To be fair, Joe Elliott had been making noises about wanting to explore new sounds as far back as Hysteria.
* One-Letter Title: One of their albums is called X.
* One Steve Limit: Subverted between Rick Allen and Rick Savage, who is called "Sav" instead of his first name.
* Other Common Music Video Concepts: namely...
* Backstage Pass: "Pour Some Sugar On Me" (U.S. version) and "Armageddon It".
* Band From Mundania: "Me And My Wine".
* In The Studio: "Love Bites".
* Junkyard/Construction Site: "Pour Some Sugar On Me" (U.K. version; actually a demolition site).
* The Pete Best: Original drummer Tony Kenning.
* Power Ballad: Many, many.
* The Power of Rock: "Rock of Ages", "Let's Get Rocked".
* Rated "M" for Manly
* Record Producer: Mutt Lange.
* Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll: They just hid it real well until one of them died.
* Shout-Out: "Rocket", a shout out to the groups that the band likes.
* Song of Song Titles: "Rocket".
* Stalker with a Crush: "Two Steps Behind".
* Also applicable to "Photograph" when, after a few listens, one realizes the singer doesn't actually have a relationship with the woman in question, and is merely obsessing over her photograph (although Joe Elliott insists that it's a tribute to Marilyn Monroe).
* Step Up to the Microphone: They have four pretty good singers (Rick Allen only tends to do backing vocals during live shows), so it's no surprise that somebody other than Joe took the opportunity to sing lead for a couple of songs on Yeah! Sav does the lead vocals on their cover of "Dear Friends", while Phil sings and plays all the instruments on "Stay With Me".
* Stop and Go: "Animal".
* Technician Versus Performer: Steve Clark was the performer while Phil Collen is a technician. While Phil remains one of the group's most prolific songwriters, Steve very rarely composed songs, instead contributing partial ideas and riffs to other compositions. After he died, Phil was almost driven to leave the band himself out of frustration over his struggles to emulate Steve's playing style.
* Ironically enough, Steve was initially hired because he was a better player than original guitarist Pete Willis.
* Wearing a Flag on Your Head: sleeveless Union Jack shirts and short-shorts.
* Word Salad Lyrics: "Pour Some Sugar on Me".
- Def Leppard are an English rock band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria, Def Leppard became one of the top-selling rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldwide, including over 35 million in the United States alone. Def Leppard are ranked #31 on VH1's "Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".
- Def Leppard é unha banda inglesa procedente de Sheffield, formada no ano 1977 como parte do movemento New Wave of British Heavy Metal. En grande medida grazas aos seus álbumes Pyromania e Hysteria, Def Leppard converteuse nunha das bandas de rock con máis vendas dos anos 80.
- Def Leppard are an English rock band who have been active since 1977 and sold over 100 million records worldwide as of July 2014. They are one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling over 10 million copies in the U.S., those albums being Pyromania (1983) and Hysteria (1987). The latter ranks as one of the highest selling albums of all time, with over 20 million copies sold worldwide. In 2002, Daron and Shavo guested on a documentary aired by VH1 about the Pyromania album to talk about the influence it had on them, with Shavo admitting that "Rock of Ages" was his favourite song of all time when he was young, also saying, "I always have a copy of [Pyromania] in my collection". In an interview Daron did for Total Guitar magazine, when talking about his desire to be learn to play drums before picking up the guitar, he admits that because drums would have bothered the neighbours, he "used to bang on pots and pans instead. I could pretty much play the whole of Def Leppard's Pyromania on those".
- Def Leppard was the Swiss-born King of South Korea from the years 1951-1975. During his reign, King Leppard enstated sweeping new social reform programs that ushered in a new era of environmental, social, and political stability for the small Canadian province.
- Def Leppard is a British hard rock band formed in 1977, in Sheffield. They have three master tracks available as downloadable content in the PS3/X360 versions of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock: "Nine Lives" (the first single off their new album, Songs from the Sparkle Lounge), "Photograph", and "Rock of Ages" as live performances (both from their 1983 release Pyromania). "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is also available in Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock as a live performance and in Guitar Hero Live's GHTV mode since March 1, 2016. In additional to that, three other new Def Leppard songs were made available for Guitar Hero Live; "Dangerous" (which was the first time the music video for the song was shown), "Let's Go" (both from their eponymous 2015 album), and "Rock of Ages", this time using the master track. Though being a hard rock band, Def Leppard are technically counted among the foremost representatives of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (between the late 1970s and early 1980s), as well as Iron Maiden, Saxon, Angel Witch, Girlschool, Tygers of Pan Tang and others. Another fact that draws attention towards the band is that their drummer, Rick Allen, does not have his left arm, lost in a car accident in the night before the New Year of 1985. As such, he makes use of a special drum kit. Other of their hits include "Love Bites", "Bringin' on the Heartbreak", "Animal," "Rocket," and "Let it Go."
- Def Leppard (искаженное англ. Deaf Leopard — глухой леопард) — британская рок-группа из Шеффилда, Йоркшир, Англия; образована в 1977 году. Их стилевая манера с годами претерпела ряд изменений, двигаясь от хард-рока к поп-року. Def Leppard дебютировали как NWOBHM-группа с альбомом On Through the Night в 1980 году. Пик популярности этой группы пришёлся на 1984-89 годы, когда вышли их платиновые альбомы Pyromania и Hysteria. Синглы с диска Hysteria оказались наиболее успешными за всю их карьеру: «Love Bites» (1-е место в США), «Pour Some Sugar On Me» (2-е место в США), «Armageddon It» (3-е место в США). В 1995 году были занесены в Книгу рекордов Гиннесса как единственные исполнители, выступившие на трёх континентах в течение одних суток.
- The band's strongest commercial success came between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. Their 1981 album High 'n' Dry was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who helped them begin to define their style, and the album's stand out track "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" became one of the first rock videos played on MTV in 1982. The band's next studio album Pyromania in 1983, with "Photograph" as the lead single, turned Def Leppard into a household name. In 2003, the album ranked number 384 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Def Leppard's fourth album Hysteria, released in 1987, topped the U.S. and UK album charts. As of 2009 it has 12x platinum sales in the U.S. and has gone on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide. The album spawned seven singles, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one "Love Bites", alongside "Pour Some Sugar on Me", "Hysteria", "Armageddon It", "Animal", "Rocket", and "Women". Their next studio album Adrenalize (the first following the death of guitarist Steve Clark) reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and UK Album Chart in 1992, and contained several hits including, "Let's Get Rocked" and "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad". Their 1993 album Retro Active contained the acoustic hit song "Two Steps Behind", while their greatest hits album Vault released in 1995 featured the new track "When Love & Hate Collide". As one of the world's best-selling music artists, Def Leppard have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and have two albums with RIAA diamond certification, Pyromania and Hysteria. They are one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling over 10 million copies in the U.S. The band were ranked No. 31 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" and ranked No. 70 in "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
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