Def Leppard broke big once they hit on a more poppier direction in 1983 with their third album Pyromania which sold over 12 million copies worldwide, and the follow-up, 1987’s Hysteria, became their first of two UK Official Album Chart Number 1s and sold over 25 million copies. Def ...
David Simone, Phonogram Managing Director:When I came in to Phonogram, they were already working onHysteria. They’d had albums that had been enormous in America. Nobody had heard of them in England. I remember Joe Elliott said to me, “My mum goes to the hairdresser every Saturday [in ...
Fans can get a front-row seat to see the band at local cineplexes on Wednesday and again next week in “Def Leppard Viva! Hysteria Concert.” Filmed during a Las Vegas residency earlier this year, it shows the quintet doing something unprecedented: performing the 1987 mega-hit ...
2. Def Leppard, 'Hysteria' (1987) You’re just going to have to get over the whole “pop-metal” thing! In the grand scheme of the entirety of heavy metal, Def Leppard’s ‘Hysteria’ often gets a lot of flak, but we’re talking about a hit-driven, image-centric genre to begin ...
23. Def Leppard, 'Hysteria' Phonogram / Mercury 23. Def Leppard, 'Hysteria' (Mercury, 1987) A hard rock pop album? That's what producer Mutt Lange was hoping for and he got with 1987's 'Hysteria.' It was a slow start for the album as fans didn't immediately embrace "Women," and...
Collen and Clark soon developed their distinct double-attack approach that came to define the Def Leppard sound as they secured worldwide success with 1987's classicHysteria, leading to the pair becoming known as the Terror Twins. In the mid-'80s, Collen gave up drinking after becoming addicted...
'Hysteria' Def Leppard (1987):No album defines the sound of the '80s more than this gazillion-selling hit. With Mutt Lange again behind the boards, Def Leppard crafted a set of polished pop-rock gems (like the eternal "Pour Some Sugar on Me") that glisten beneath the weight of their ...
Watch Def Leppard Perform 'Work It Out' Haggard: Obviously,HysteriaandPyromaniadominate this list. Another priority was including several tracks fromAdrenalize, an underrated album with some very stadium-worthy tracks. "Long Long Way to Go," from 2002'sX, is the only song from the past two de...
“Lady Strange” packed more amazing riffs per groove than one imagined possible (don’t forget those chorused vocals), and “Bringin’ On the Heartbreak” enjoyed two lives as a hit power ballad. Sadly, ‘Pyromania’ and ‘Hysteria’ would steadily move Leppard beyond these glorious NWOBHM ...
BeforeDef Leppardsold 25 million copies ofHysteria, even beforePyromaniasold 10 million, they sold next to nothing of an album many devoted fans consider their very best:High 'n' Dry. It didn't earn platinum certification until more than a decade later, butHigh 'n' Dryis where Def Leppard...