DEF LEPPARD
Name: Def Leppard
Origin: Sheffield, England
Def Leppard Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British
Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their two albums, Pyromania and
Hysteria, Def Leppard became one of the top-selling rock bands throughout the
1980's.
Def Leppard ranked #31 on VH1's "Greatest Artists of Hard Rock"
The music of Def Leppard is a mixture of hard rock, album-oriented rock (AOR),
and heavy metal elements, and has been associated more with the glam metal
movement of the 1980s than with the NWOBHM of the late 1970s, in large part due
to their mainstream success and production. However, Def Leppard have expressed
dislike of the "pop metal" label
By the release of the Hysteria album, the band had developed a distinctive sound
featuring heavy drums and effects-laden guitar sounds, overlaid with a multi-layered
wall of husky, harmonised vocals. Def Leppard is one of only five rock bands
with two original albums selling over 10 million copies each in the U.S. The
others are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Van Halen.
Name: Def Leppard
Origin: Sheffield, England
Def Leppard Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British
Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their two albums, Pyromania and
Hysteria, Def Leppard became one of the top-selling rock bands throughout the
1980's.
Def Leppard ranked #31 on VH1's "Greatest Artists of Hard Rock"
The music of Def Leppard is a mixture of hard rock, album-oriented rock (AOR),
and heavy metal elements, and has been associated more with the glam metal
movement of the 1980s than with the NWOBHM of the late 1970s, in large part due
to their mainstream success and production. However, Def Leppard have expressed
dislike of the "pop metal" label
By the release of the Hysteria album, the band had developed a distinctive sound
featuring heavy drums and effects-laden guitar sounds, overlaid with a multi-layered
wall of husky, harmonised vocals. Def Leppard is one of only five rock bands
with two original albums selling over 10 million copies each in the U.S. The
others are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Van Halen.