The band's initial rehearsals took place at Portland Works, and their first gig was in the dining hall in A Block in Westfield School in Mosborough, Sheffield. During his audition it was decided that he was better suited to be the lead singer. Only 18 at the time, Joe Elliott tried out for the band as a guitarist following a chance meeting with Willis after missing a bus in November 1977. The band originally consisted of Willis on guitar, Savage on bass guitar after briefly playing guitar, and Kenning on drums. Rick Savage, Tony Kenning, and Pete Willis, all students at Tapton School in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, formed a band called Atomic Mass in 1977. Vocalist Joe Elliott (left) and bassist Rick Savage (right), pictured in 2014, are the sole remaining original members of Def Leppard. Def Leppard were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. 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". The band's newest studio album, Diamond Star Halos was released in May 2022 and reached the Top 10 in the US, the UK and Australia.Īs 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, making them one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling more than 10 million copies in the US. Their self-titled album was released in 2015 and reached the Top 10 in several countries. Beginning with Slang, Def Leppard released five albums between 19, with most usually reaching the Top 15 in several countries, including the UK, US and Canada. 2 hit " When Love & Hate Collide" and reached the Top 10 in several countries, going 5× platinum in the US. Their greatest hits album Vault, released in 1995, featured the UK No. Their 1993 album, Retro Active, contained the acoustic Top 5 North American hit " Two Steps Behind". The third single, " Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad", was a Top 15 song in the US, UK and Canada.
3 in Canada and Switzerland, and the Top 20 in Sweden and Germany. It contained several hits, including the US Rock Tracks chart-topper, " Let's Get Rocked", which became their biggest hit in several countries, including No. 1 on the UK, US, NZ, Canadian and Australian charts in 1992, while going Top 10 in Sweden and Germany. Their next studio album, Adrenalize (their first following the death of guitarist Steve Clark), reached No. Hysteria had four Top 10 hits in New Zealand. 6, the biggest UK hit), and " Rocket" (a Top 15 hit in many countries). 2 in NZ), alongside " Pour Some Sugar on Me" (US No. 1 " Love Bites" (went Top 10 in several other countries including No. The album spawned six Top 20 US singles, including the US Billboard Hot 100 No. It has been certified 12× platinum for sales in the US and 13× platinum in Canada, selling over 25 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. 10 in Germany without any Top 50 singles in those countries. 2 on the US album chart, Pyromania was certified Diamond in the US and 7× platinum in Canada and reached the top 20 in the UK but did not sell much elsewhere.ĭef Leppard's fourth album, the more pop-oriented Hysteria (1987), topped the UK, US, New Zealand, Canadian, Australian and Norway charts. Def Leppard's next studio album, Pyromania, was released in January 1983, with " Photograph" and " Rock of Ages" both topping the US Rock Tracks chart and reaching the top 20 of the Hot 100. Their second album, 1981's High 'n' Dry, was produced by Mutt Lange, who helped them begin to define their melodic hard rock style, and the album's most popular track " Bringin' On the Heartbreak" became one of the first rock videos played on MTV in 1982, but the album only reached the Top 30 and 40 in the UK and US. Their first album, 1980's On Through the Night, reached the Top 15 in the UK but received little notice elsewhere. The band's greatest commercial success came between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. They established themselves as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement of the early 1980s. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitars, backing vocals), and Vivian Campbell (guitars, backing vocals). Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield.
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