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Sheffield, United Kingdom (1977 – present)

Def Leppard are an English rock band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 during the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. 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.

Rick Savage (bass), Pete Willis (guitar), and Tony Kenning (drums), all students at Tapton School in Sheffield, formed a band called Atomic Mass in 1977. Following a chance meeting with Willis after missing a bus, 18-year old Joe Elliott tried out for the band as a guitarist. During his audition, however, it was decided that he was better suited to be the lead singer.

Soon afterward they adopted a name proposed by Elliott, “Deaf Leopard”, which was originally a band name he thought up while writing reviews for imaginary rock bands in his English class. At Kenning’s suggestion, the spelling was slightly modified in order to make the name seem less like that of a punk band. In January of 1978, Steve Clark joined the band. According to Joe Elliott, he successfully auditioned for the band by playing Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Freebird” in its entirety.
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  • serega_ozz_deat wrote:
    5 hours ago
    Skinny_Felton -сосуночек,защищающий говно!

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  • serega_ozz_deat wrote:
    5 hours ago
    here you can see! People agree with me! The group is full of shit! I know that smear other performers is not good,but guys, I'm just a man and I have my faults and that is my excuse. I really can't be silent group def shit this shit and I'll just ask you not to listen to it! Please!

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  • serega_ozz_deat wrote:
    5 hours ago
    вот видете! Люди согласны со мной! Группа-полное говно! Я знаю,что обсирать других исполнителей нехорошо,но ребята, я же просто человек и у меня есть недостатки и это моё оправдание. Я правда не могу молчать группа def shit настоящее говно, и я вас просто прошу не слушайте это! Пожалуйста!

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  • Skinny_Felton wrote:
    yesterday afternoon
    Половино деблоидо из России это понятно,такую муйню могут писать только щенки задротики которые берут в рот за так! Обсирание группы это как детский лепет мудака с бадуна который насрал в пастель и расплакался.Ассоциируйте себя дальше с ними,и бесплатно сосите,вы ЛЮБИТЕ!

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  • RaichelGlam wrote:
    yesterday morning
    Me & My Wine ♥

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  • Imperium_Wolf wrote:
    Monday evening
    def leppard is shit

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  • Bridgette_ wrote:
    Monday evening
    Bringin' on the Heartbreak ♥

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  • Alejo_Valdez wrote:
    Monday afternoon
    @John_Pater61 Wypierdalaj gwałcić kozy islamska kurwo! I wy wszyscy co obrażacie Def Leppard - też wypierdalać!

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  • RovalViper wrote:
    Saturday evening
    Fans of Def Leppard (shit), i fuck your mothers. ok

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  • cobmaniac wrote:
    Saturday morning
    Earl Hickey! :)

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  • cobmaniac wrote:
    Saturday morning
    get back to the Cave!

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  • John_Pater61 wrote:
    Friday evening
    Def Leppard - sad homosexual shit. His fans - queers and cockerels. AllahAkbar

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  • r0x0r93 wrote:
    Friday evening
    I am fully agree with Serega

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  • serega_ozz_deat wrote:
    Friday evening
    Hi boys! Crushing me? The main hater def shit ! As you can see normal people support me! Let's get out of my old "friends" I to you missed, I hope that you to me, are too bored. Yes of course a lot of fun! Someone ought to remind you that you are listening to позо Rock! Well the truth is this group the worst of all! Stop listening to her, after all, the worst that there never was and never will be! Don't excite yourself head of this pseudo music! And as the mouthpiece of became my I command you to leave! And stop listening to it! Yes, as you can listen to those,who even covers do not know how to properly do?

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  • serega_ozz_deat wrote:
    Friday evening
    Привет ребятки! Помнете меня? Главного ненавистника def shit ! Как видете нормальные люди меня поддерживают! Давайте вылезайте мои старые "друзья" я по вам скучал, надеюсь что и вы по мне, тоже скучали. Да конечно скучали! Кто-то же должен вам напоминать,что вы слушаете позо Рока! Ну правда эта группа хуже всех! Прекращайте её слушать, ведь хуже ничего не было и не будет! Не засирайте себе голову этой псевдо музыкой! И по скольку этот рупор стал моим я вам приказываю проваливать! И перестать слушать это! Да как можно слушать тех,кто даже каверы не умеют нормально делать?

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  • Alex_Vengeance wrote:
    Friday evening
    def leppard's fans are not people

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  • degeneratedboss wrote:
    Friday evening
    In the name of serega_ozz_deat now anoint this zashkvarennym horn, and a group of listeners, and Def Leppard pidoffkami govnaryami.Pravosudie True Metal does not consider possible existence of at least a mention of "creativity" of this nedogruppy. This is the bottom, the bottom of Music, shame Rock and Metal, and slushaetli-down and out scumbags and infantile balbesy.Stranitsy of the artist and his slushaeteley should be permanently removed from lastfma History and the Internet.

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  • degeneratedboss wrote:
    Friday evening
    Именем serega_ozz_deat отныне нарекаю этот рупор зашкваренным, а слушателей группы Def Leppard пидоффками и говнарями.Правосудие Истинного Металла не считает возможным существование хотя бы упоминаний о "творчестве" этой недогруппы . Это самый низ , дно Музыки, позор Рока и Металла, а слушаетли-конченные отморозки и инфантильные балбесы.Страницы данного исполнителя и его слушаетелей должны быть навсегда удалены из Истории ластфма и интернета.

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  • PUPUKUPU wrote:
    Wednesday evening
    Everybody wants a piece of the ACTION! <3

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  • Slesar-int wrote:
    last week
    http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Shit+rave/

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U.K. Tour Competitions

28 Nov 2011 | from www.defleppard.com

To celebrate the upcoming U.K. tour w/ Motley Crue & Steel Panther we have organized a few competitions with our friends at Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Gigwise and Sidesixx to win tickets, …

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