Genres: Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Hair Metal, British Metal, Pop-Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1977 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Mott the Hoople, T. Rex, Queen, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, UFO, Thin Lizzy, The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Judas Priest, Elton John, Foreigner, Electric Light Orchestra, Deep Purple, The Beatles, Aerosmith, Van Halen Poison, Dokken, Winger, David Lee Roth, Quiet Riot, Queensrÿche, Saxon, Slaughter, Billy Squier, Survivor, Tesla, T.N.T., Triumph, Twisted Sister, White Lion, Whitesnake, Y&T, Giuffria, Firehouse Winger, Britny Fox, Dokken, Giuffria, Firehouse, Company of Wolves, Slaughter, White Lion, Tesla, Queensrÿche, King's X, Giant, Extreme, Europe, Bon Jovi, Blue Murder, Stryper, Chyld, Phil Heesen |  |
Def Leppard, in many ways, was the definitive hard rock band of the '80s. There were many bands that rocked harder, and were more dangerous, than the Sheffield quintet, but few others captured the spirit of the times quite as well. Emerging in the late '70s as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, the group actually owed more to the glam rock and metal of the early '70s -- their sound was equal parts T. Rex, Mott the Hoople, Queen, and Led Zeppelin. By toning down their heavy riffs and emphasizing melody, Def Leppard was poised for crossover success by 1983's Pyromania, but skillfully used the fledgling MTV network to their advantage.
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Release: April 29, 2008
Label: Bludgeon Riffola/Island, Mercury, Universal Polska
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Release: May 23, 2005
Label: Bludgeon Riffola/Island, Mercury
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