Nearly exactly a year later front man Joe Elliott fell ill with the mumps and lost two stone. Thankfully, Allen survived and with admirable determination and unrivalled vision he would return to the band to play the drums. Tragedy struck on New Year’s Eve in 1984 when drummer Rick Allen crashed his Corvette Stingray, whilst driving with his girlfriend near Sheffield he was flung from the car and his left arm was severed by the seat belt. The first setbacks happened with Mutt Lange being unable initially to produce the album and the fruitless sessions with Jim Steinbeck, but much worse was still to come. The rest is history.ĭef Leppard’s previous album Pyromania took a short and sweet 9 months to make, whereas Hysteria took over three years to finish after a series of unfortunate events. Luckily in late 1985, a rested Mutt gave the band a call and said he was ready to come back. Then when he tried to have the carpet changed because he didn’t like the colour, that was the end of it”.įor a short time after, the band tried co-producing the album themselves with longtime studio engineer Nigel Green. ![]() Speaking to Louder, front man Joe Elliott explained: “He was thinking about Meat Loaf’s next album. Steinman and the Def Leppard had very different work ethics and the band ended up firing him they thought Steinman was more interested in redoing the studio’s decor and getting back to working with his beloved Loaf than producing their record. Unfortunately, when it came to recording Mutt bailed on the boys citing exhaustion, so the band recruited Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell producer, Jim Steinman, instead. The band started work on Hysteria with longstanding producer Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange, who’d added his production finesse to their two previous albums: 1981’s High ’n’ Dry and 1983’s Pyromania. Three producers worked on the record including the band themselves In January 2022, it was announced that Primary Wave Music had acquired an “additional” stake in Def Leppard's music publishing catalog, as well as the band's master royalty income stream.3. Seven years later, on, Def Leppard released Diamond Star Halos. The band released a self-titled studio album on 30 October 2015. ![]() The band released Mirrorball, its first live album, in 2011, which would be followed by another live album in 2013, Viva! Hysteria, featuring the Hysteria album played live in its entirety, from their Las Vegas residency at the Hard Rock Hotel. On 25 April 2008, the band released Songs from the Sparkle Lounge, which included the single " Nine Lives" featuring country singer Tim McGraw. Four years later, Def Leppard released the studio/ cover album, Yeah!, which included covers by Thin Lizzy and The Kinks. ![]() After three years, Def Leppard released Euphoria, which is the band's last certified album by the RIAA, CRIA, and BPI.Īt the start of the 21st century, the band released X. In 1996, the band released its sixth studio album, Slang while successful, the album could not reach the precedent set by Def Leppard's previous albums and was certified gold in the United States. Adrenalize, released in 1992, debuted at number one on the UK Album Chart and the US Billboard 200 and launched several successful singles, including " Let's Get Rocked" and " Make Love Like a Man" and went on to sell 8 million albums worldwide. Īfter touring in support of Pyromania, the band released Hysteria which topped the American and British album charts and is their best-selling album worldwide, selling more than 12 million copies in the United States alone and over 25 million worldwide. ![]() Their next album, titled Pyromania, would be their big breakthrough album and would later sell more than 10 million copies in the United States alone. The band's follow up was High 'n' Dry, which reached number 26 in the UK and was certified platinum two times in the United States. The band signed with Mercury Records and released their debut full-length album On Through the Night. They later released the EP The Def Leppard E.P. Def Leppard performing at Hellfest in 2019ĭef Leppard was formed in 1977 by vocalist Joe Elliott, bass player Rick "Sav" Savage, guitarist Pete Willis, and drummer Tony Kenning.
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