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Def Leppard |
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MEMBERS: Rick Savage, Joe
Elliott, Rick Allen, Phil Collen,
Vivian Campbell -- former members:
Pete Willis (fired in 1983), Steve
Clark (died in 1991)
BIRTHDAYS: Joe Elliot
(August 1, 1959), Steve Clark (April
23, 1960) Rick Savage (December 2,
1960), Phil Collen (December 8,
1957), Vivian Campbell (August 25,
1962), Rick Allen (November 1, 1963)
BIGGEST
SINGLE: "Hysteria" (1987)
BIGGEST
LP: "Pour Some Sugar
On Me" (1988)
ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: 2019
GRAMMY
AWARDS: 0
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 Def Leppard began its formation
in 1977 in the UK as 'Atomic Mass' with Rick
Savage on bass, Pete Willis on guitar, Steve
Clark on guitar, Tony Kenning on drums, and
Joe Elliott on vocals. In 1978, the band
officially named themselves 'Def Leppard' and
replaced Kenning with Frank Noon (to record The
Def Leppard EP) and then Rick Allen on
drums (only 15 at the time). In 1979, Def
Leppard signed a recording deal and toured in
support of Sammy Hagar and AC/DC.
 Def Leppard released On
Through The Night with their first
single "Hello America."
Def Leppard released High
'N Dry.
 Guitarist Pete Willis left the
group and replaced with Phil Collen.
High
'N Dry was certified gold.
 # 32
Singles Artist of the Year
 Def Leppard released Pyromania.
Pyromania was certified gold.
Pyromania was certified
platinum.
 Def Leppard hit the Top 40 with
"Photograph."
Def Leppard hit the Top 40 with
"Rock Of Ages."
Def Leppard hit he Top 40 with
"Foolin'."
 High
'N Dry was certified platinum and On
Through The Night was certified gold.
Def Leppard were nominated for 2
American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Pyromania).
 Pyromania was certified 6x
platinum.
Tragedy struck
the group when drummer Rick Allen was
involved in a major New Year's Eve auto
accident that resulted in the loss of his
left arm. Allen continued with the band after
recovery, adapting to playing the drums with
one arm.
August 20: Allen appeared live
with the group for the first time after
losing an arm in a car accident.
 Def Leppard released Hysteria.
Hysteria was certified
platinum.
Hysteria was certified 2x
platinum.
 Def Leppard hit he Top 40 with
"Animal."
 # 4
Singles Artist of the Year
Hysteria was certified 3x
platinum.
 Def Leppard hit he Top 40 with
"Hysteria."
Def Leppard hit he Top 10 with "Hysteria."
 Def Leppard hit he Top 40 with
"Pour Some Sugar On Me."
Hysteria was certified 4x
platinum.
Def Leppard hit he Top 10 with "Pour Some Sugar On Me."
Hysteria was certified 5x
platinum.
 Hysteria and Pyromania were certified 7x
platinum.
Def Leppard hit he Top 40 with
"Love Bites."
Def Leppard hit he Top 10 with "Love Bites."
Def Leppard hit #1 for a week with "Love Bites."
Hysteria was certified 8x
platinum.
 Def Leppard hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Armageddon It."
Def Leppard topped the Billboard 1988
Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Pop Artist
- Duo/Group (singles & albums) and Top
Pop Album Artist - Duo/Group.
 # 37
Singles Artist of the Year
Def Leppard won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Artist
and Favorite Heavy
Metal/Hard Rock Album (Hysteria), and were nominated
for Favorite Pop/Rock
Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Hysteria).
Hysteria was certified 9x
platinum.
 Def Leppard hit the Top 40 with
"Rocket."
Def Leppard hit the Top 10 with "Rocket."
On
Through The Night was certified platinum
 The video for
"Pour Some Sugar On Me" was nominated
for A MTV Video Music
Award for Best Heavy Metal Video. The band also
performed at the ceremony.
Hysteria was certified 10x
platinum.
On January 8th, Steve Clark died
from an overdose of prescription drugs and
alcohol at the age of 30. He was replaced
with guitarist Vivian Campbell.
 # 28
Singles Artist of the Year
 Pyromania was certified 8x
platinum.
High
'N Dry was certified 2x platinum.
Def Leppard released Adrenalize.
 Def Leppard hit the Top 40 with
"Let's Get Rocked."
Adrenalize was certified 3x
platinum.
 Def Leppard hit the Top 40 with
"Make Love Like A Man."
Def Leppard hit the Top 40 with
"Have You Ever Needed
Someone So Bad."
 The video for "Let's Get Rocked" was nominated
for 4 MTV Video Music
Awards including Video of the Year, Best Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Video, Best Special Effects, and Viewer's Choice.
Def Leppard hit the Top 10 with "Have You Ever Needed
Someone So Bad."
 # 34
Singles Artist of the Year
 Def Leppard
were nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Artist.
Def Leppard hit the Top 40 with
"Stand Up (Kick Love
Into Motion)."
 Def Leppard released Retro
Active.
Def Leppard hit the Top 40 with
"Two Steps Behind."
Def Leppard hit the Top 10 with "Two Steps Behind."
 Hysteria was certified 11x
platinum and Retro
Active was certified platinum.
Def Leppard hit the Top 40 with
"Miss You In A Heartbeat."
 # 127
Singles Artist of the Year
 Pyromania was certified 9x
platinum.
 # 150
Singles Artist of the Year
 Vault:
Greatest Hits 1980-1995 was released.
Def Leppard hit the Top 40 with
"When Love And Hate
Collide."
 # 145
Singles Artist of the Year
 Vault:
Greatest Hits 1980-1995 was certified gold.
Def Leppard released Slang.
Vault:
Greatest Hits 1980-1995 was certified
platinum.
 Slang was certified gold.
Hysteria was certified 12x
platinum.
 # 119
Singles Artist of the Year
 Def Leppard released Euphoria.
Vault:
Greatest Hits 1980-1995 was certified 2x
platinum.
Euphoria was certified
gold.
 Def Leppard hit the Top 40 with
"Promises."
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made included
"Pour Some Sugar On Me" at # 82.
 VH1: 100
Greatest Artists of Hard Rock included Def Leppard
at # 31.
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs included "Photograph" at # 96.
 Vault:
Greatest Hits 1980-1995 was certified 3x
platinum.
Def Leppard released X
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 Billboard
Year-End Charts
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included Pyromania (1984) at # 384
and Hysteria (1987) at # 472.
Pyromania was certified 10x
platinum.
 The import LP Best
Of
was released.
# 57 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 Rock
Of Ages: The Definitive Collection was released.
Vault:
Greatest Hits 1980-1995 was certified 4x
platinum and Rock
Of Ages: The Definitive Collection was certified gold.
 Rock
Of Ages: The Definitive Collection was certified
platinum.
Def Leppard released Yeah!
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included "Pour Some Sugar On Me" at # 2.
 Def Leppard released Songs
From The Sparkle Lounge.
Def Leppard topped the Top Rock
Albums chart with Songs
From The Sparkle Lounge.
 Def Leppard topped the Billboard
Hard Rock Albums chart with Mirrorball:
Live & More.
The live LP Viva!
Hysteria was released.
 Def Leppard were
inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame on March 29th.
 May 19: Def Leppard
released Drastic Symphonies - described on
their website as "...a brand-new
euphoric album featuring Def
Leppard’s greatest produced tracks
dramatically reimagined, and sounding
more exhilarating than ever before, via
the band teaming with London’s
iconic The Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra."
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On Through The
Night
Released: March, 1980
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 51
Tracks: "Rock
Brigade" - "Hello America"
- "Sorrow Is A Woman" -
"It Could Be You" -
"Satellite" - "When The
Walls Came Tumbling Down" -
"Wasted" - "Rocks
Off" - "It Don't Matter" -
"Answer To The Master" -
"Overture" |
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High 'N Dry
Released: July, 1981
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 38
Tracks: "Let It
Go" - "Another Hit And
Run" - "High 'N' Dry (Saturday
Night)" - "Bringin' On The
Heartbreak" - "Switch 625"
- "You Got Me Runnin'" -
"Lady Strange" - "On
Through The Night" - "Mirror,
Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)" -
"No No No" - "Bringin' On
The Heartbreak" (Remix) - "Me
And My Wine" |
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Pyromania
Released: February, 1983
US: 10x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Rock! Rock!
(Till You Drop)" - "Photograph" -
"Stagefright" - "Too Late
For Love" - "Die Hard The
Hunter" - "Foolin'" - "Rock Of Ages" -
"Comin' Under Fire" -
"Action! Not Words" -
"Billy's Got A Gun" |
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Hysteria
Hysteria (30th
Anniversary Edition)
Released: August 3, 1987
US: 12x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Women"
- "Rocket" - "Animal" - "Love Bites" - "Pour Some Sugar On
Me"
- "Armageddon It" - "Gods
Of War" - "Don't Shoot
Shotgun" - "Run Riot" -
"Hysteria" -
"Excitable" - "Love And
Affection" |
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Adrenalize
Released: March, 1992
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Let's Get Rocked" -
"Heaven Is" - "Make Love Like A
Man"
- "Tonight" - "White
Lightning" - "Stand Up (Kick Love
Into Motion)" - "Personal
Property" - "Have You Ever
Needed Someone So Bad" - "I
Wanna Touch You" - "Tear It
Down" |
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Retro Active
Released: August, 1993
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Desert
Song" - "Fractured Love" -
"Action" - "Two Steps Behind" (Acoustic) -
"She's Too Tough" - "Miss You In A
Heartbeat" - "Only After
Dark" - "Ride Into The
Sun" - "From The Inside" -
"Ring Of Fire" - "I Wanna
Be Your Hero" - "Miss You In A
Heartbeat" (Electric) -
"(Piano)Two Steps Behind" (Electric) -
"Miss You In A
Heartbeat" |
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Vault: Greatest
Hits 1980-1995
Released: October, 1995
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 15
Tracks: "Pour Some Sugar On
Me"
- "Photograph" - "Love Bites" - "Let's Get Rocked" - "Two Steps Behind" - "Animal" - "Foolin'" - "Rocket" - "When Love And Hate
Collide" - - "Armageddon It" - "Have You Ever
Needed Someone So Bad" - "Rock Of Ages" - "Hysteria" - "Miss You In A
Heartbeat" - "Bringin' On
The Heartbreak" |
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Slang
Released: May, 1996
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 14
Tracks:
"Truth?" - "Turn To
Dust" - "Slang" -
"All I Want Is Everything" -
"Work It Out" - "Breathe A
Sigh" - "Deliver Me" -
"Gift Of Flesh" - "Blood
Runs Cold" - "Where Does Love
Go When It Dies" - "Pearl Of
Euphoria" |
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Euphoria
Released:April,1999
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Demolition
Man" - "Promises" - "Back
In Your Face" - "Goodbye"
- "All Night" - "Paper
Sun" - "It's Only Love" -
"21st Century Sha La La La
Girl" - "To Be Alive" -
"Disintegrate" -
"Guilty" - "Day After
Day" - "Kings Of Oblivion"
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X
Released: July, 2002
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Now" -
"Unbelievable" - "You're
So Beautiful" - "Everyday"
- "Long Long Way To Go" -
"Four Letter Word" - "Torn
To Shreds" - "Love Don't
Lie" - "Gravity" -
"Cry" - "Girl Like
You" - "Let Me Be The One"
- "Scar" |
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Best Of (import)
Released: October, 2004
Tracks: "Pour Some Sugar On
Me"
- "Photograph" - "Love Bites" - "Let's Get Rocked" - "Two Steps Behind" - "Animal" -
"Heaven Is" - "Rocket" - "When Love And Hate
Collide" - "Action"
- "Long Long Way To Go" -
"Make Love Like A
Man"
- "Armageddon It" - "Have You Ever
Needed Someone So Bad" - "Rock Of Ages" - "Hysteria" -
"Bringin' On The Heartbreak" |
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Rock Of Ages:
The Definitive Collection
Released: May, 2005
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 10
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Pour Some Sugar On
Me"
- "Photograph" - "Love Bites" - "Let's Get Rocked" - "Two Steps Behind" - "Animal" -
"Heaven Is" - "Foolin'" - "Rocket" - "When Love And Hate
Collide" - "Armageddon It" - "Have You Ever
Needed Someone So Bad" - "Rock Of Ages" - "Hysteria" - "Miss You In A
Heartbeat" - "Bringin' On
The Heartbreak" - "Switch
625" - "Rock! Rock! Till You
Drop" - "Let It Go" -
"High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night)"
- "Too Late For Love" -
"No Matter What" - "Promises" -
"Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My
Eyes)" - "Women" -
"Another Hit And Run" -
"Slang" - "Stand Up (Kick Love
Into Motion)" - "Rock
Brigade" - "Now" -
"Paper Sun" - "Work It
Out" - "Die Hard The
Hunter" - Wasted" -
"Billy's Got A Gun" |
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Yeah!
Released: May, 2006
Billboard
peak:
# 16
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "20th
Century Boy" - "Rock On" -
"Hanging On The Telephone" -
"Waterloo Sunset" - "Hell
Raiser" - "10538 Overture"
- "Street Life" -
"Drive-In Saturday" -
"Little Bit Of Love" -
"The Golden Age Of Rock 'N
Roll" - "No Matter What" -
"He's Gonna Step On You Again"
- "Don't Believe A Word" -
"Stay With Me" |
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Songs From The
Sparkle Lounge
Released: April, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Go" -
"Nine Lives" - "C'mon
C'mon" - "Love" -
"Tomorrow" - "Cruice
Control" - "Hallucinate" -
"Only The Good Die Young" -
"Bad Actress" - "Come
Undone" - "Gotta Let It
Go" |
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Viva! Hysteria
Released: October 22, 2013
Live Tracks: "Women"
- "Rocket" - "Animal"
- "Love Bites" - "Pour
Some Sugar On Me" - "Armageddon
It" - "Gods Of War" -
"Don't Shoot Shotgun" -
"Run Riot" -
"Hysteria" -
"Excitable" - "Love And
Affection" - "Rock Of
Ages" - "Photograph" -
"Good Morning Freedom" -
"Wasted" -
"Stagefright" - "Mirror
Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)" -
"Action" - "Rock
Brigade" - "Undefeated" -
"Promises" - "On Through
The Night" - "Slang" --
"Let It Go" - "Another Hit
And Run" - "High 'N Dry" -
"Bringin' On The Heartbreak" -
"Switch 625" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Def Leppard
Released: October 30, 2015
Tracks: "Let's
Go" - "Dangerous" -
"Man Enough" - "We
Belong" - "Invincible" -
"Sea Of Love" -
"Energized" - "All Time
High" - "Battle Of My Own"
- "Broke 'n' Brokenhearted" -
"Forever Young" - "Last
Dance" - "Wings Of An
Angel" - "Blind Faith" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
The Story So
Far: The Best Of Def Leppard
Released: November 30, 2018
Billboard
peak:
# 101
Tracks:
"Animal" -
"Photograph" - "Pour Some
Sugar On Me" - "Love
Bites" - "Let's Get
Rocked" - "Armageddon It"
- "Foolin'" - "Two Steps
Behind" - "Heaven Is" -
"Rocket" - "Hysteria"
- "Have You Ever Needed Someone So
Bad" - "Make Love Like A
Man" - "Action" -
"When Love And Hate Collide" -
"Rock Of Ages" - "Personal
Jesus" - "Let's Go" -
"Promises" - "Slang"
- "Bringin' On The Heartbreak"
- "Rock On" - "Nine
Lives" - "Work It Out" -
"Stand Up" -
"Dangerous" - "Now" -
"Undefeated" -
"Tonight" - "C'mon
C'mon" - "Man Enough" -
"No Matter What" - "All I
Want Is Everything" - "It's All
About Believin'" - "Kings Of
The World" |
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Diamond Star
Halos
Released: May 27, 2022
Tracks: "Take What
You Want" - "Kick" -
"Fire It Up" - "This
Guitar" (featuring Alison Krauss) -
"SOS Emergency" - "Liquid
Dust" - "U Rok Mi" -
"Goodbye For Good This Time" -
"All We Need" - "Open Your
Eyes" - "Gimme A Kiss" -
"Angels (Can't Help You Now)" -
"Lifeless" (featuring Alison
Krauss) - "Unbreakable" -
"From Here To Eternity" |
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Drastic
Symphonies
Released: May 19, 2023
Tracks: "Turn To
Dust" - "Paper Sun" -
"Animal" - "Pour Some
Sugar On Me" - "Hysteria"
- "Love Bites" - "Goodbye
For Good This Time" -
"Love" - "Gods Of
War" - "Angels (Can't Help You
Now" - "Bringin' On The
Heartbreak" - "Switch 625"
- "Too Late For Love" -
"When Love & Hate Collide"
- "Kings Of The World" |
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One Night Only: Live At
The Leadmill, Sheffield - May 19, 2023
Released: October 11, 2024
Live Tracks:
"Action" - "Fire It
Up" - "Let It Go" -
"Too Late For Love" -
"Excitable" - "Mirror,
Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)" -
"Slang" - "Kick" -
"Bringin' On The Heartbreak" -
"Switch 625" -
"Hysteria" - "Pour Some
Sugar On Me" - "Wasted" |
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