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Def Leppard
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Sheffield, United Kingdom (1977 – present)
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.
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.
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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Hysteria
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Pyromania
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Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
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miqmiranda wrote:
FOOOOOOOOOOOODAAAAAAA!
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imagesk8r6969 wrote:
nwobhm 4 Def Leppard stands 4 "new wave of british hair metal" not "new wave of british heavy metal". haha idk...... Def Leppard rocks. they're by far the best band 4m England. The beatles r great 2, i just love 80s hard rock n pop metal better than 60s rock. =D \m/
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infectedmodes wrote:
▬ We Love British Bands
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I_Love_Chocolat wrote:
I love "Photograph".
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Commander_King wrote:
Almost at 8 million plays..... \m/
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FridaKarlberg wrote:
totally amazing band :)
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drugsky wrote:
emo band
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auron3000 wrote:
♪♫ Def Leppard ♫♪
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coanta wrote:
I Love these guys!
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GabrielCerdeira wrote:
POOOOOOOOOUR SOOOOOOME SUGAR ON MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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doom-kitty wrote:
Pour some sugar on meeeeee <3333333333333
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L3ctar wrote:
Fucking Awesome Band! But very underrated indeed. Rock Rock Till You Drop! \m/
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NathanBolstad wrote:
HE'S BEEN LISTENING TO DEF LEPPARD TOO MUCH
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ilordofwari wrote:
omgggg only 8 million plays?! wow! and to think a shit band like breaking benjamin has 28 million plays. Shocking!
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Braveshell wrote:
Yeah that NWOBHM label was a tag from the UK music hacks that just love to have little pigeonholes to stick each band into... the fans just wanted ROCK bands!
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OneForAll wrote:
"We never called it NWOBHM we just called it ROCK !" HELL YEAH!
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thebroadcast wrote:
We never called it NWOBHM we just called it ROCK ! SO yeah bing on the ROCK! You know, like the ones with Pete Willis in the song credits ! Even Photograph ! It should be #1. I would like to see one song, at least one song with Pete in the credits that is playable. Guess I'll just have to breakout the old "High 'n Dry " cassette, and hey, Roadhouse rocks, 2 former Leppard musicians were in that band ( Roadhouse). Get some real "Roadhouse" ( not a facsimile ) and put it under similar artists for Def Leppard. Peace and stay alive. I miss Steve, saw him live in '87 and saw Viv live with Whitesnake in, '87 too, I think. I was at a guitar workshop with Viv and Adrian Vandenberg the day before the WS show. Ok, so people want the NWOBHM years ! Bring them on. Perhaps Def Leppard could have a reunion, if Yes can do it then why not Def Leppard ? Get Mutt & Pete on the Phone ! Crow Edge Studios, Sheffield......
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Spazyy wrote:
Sure,call one of the most influential bands of all time a "one-hit wonder".That's smart!
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empjori wrote:
Yeah, they're quite underrated here. One hit wonder? They have 4 supreme albums. And "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is not even their best song.
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BackNDaDay90 wrote:
They should have way more plays than this!
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