Def Leppard

Love Bites

Photograph

Rock of Ages

Pour Some Sugar On Me

Hysteria

Two Steps Behind

Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad

Bringin' on the Heartbreak

Love Story (duet with Taylor Swift)

When Love and Hate Collide (with Taylor Swift)

Def Leppard é uma banda de rock formada na cidade Sheffield, Inglaterra, em 1977. Fez parte da geração chamada NWOBHM, porém é muito mais conhecida por suas incursões em diversos estilos como heavy metal, hard rock. É considerada uma das bandas mais populares do mundo e já vendeu mais de setenta milhões de álbuns mundialmente.


Origens

Rick Savage (baixo), Pete Willis (guitarra) e Tony Kenning (bateria) formaram, em 1977, uma banda chamada Atomic Mass, que seria o embrião do Def Leppard. Joe Elliott surgiu como guitarrista, mas, após um teste, ficou decidido que ficaria apenas com os vocais. Mudam seu nome para Deaf Leopard (do inglês, "Leopardo Surdo"), mas por sugestão de Tony Kenning, modificam o nome para Def Leppard. Até hoje dizem que essa mudança de nome foi para soar parecido com o nome de outra grande banda, o Led Zeppelin. O Def Leppard sempre negou o fato, embora jamais tenham escondido seu respeito e admiração pela banda. Steve Clark se junta ao grupo em 1978 ao mesmo tempo em que Tony Kenning deixa o grupo. É substituído por Frank Noon, que fica pouco tempo, sendo por sua vez substituído pelo jovem baterista Rick Allen, de apenas quinze anos. Nesse mesmo ano gravam um mini-LP (que conta com a participação de Noon) homônimo e são aclamados como uma das maiores bandas da New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

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Def Leppard are a hard rock and heavy metal band from Sheffield, England, which formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. As of 1992, the band consists of Joe Elliott (vocals), Phil Collen (guitar), Vivian Campbell (guitar), Rick Savage (bass guitar), and Rick Allen (drums). The band has sold over 65 million albums worldwide, and have two albums with RIAA diamond certification, Pyromania and Hysteria.

Early years (1977–1979)

Rick Savage, Pete Willis and Tony Kenning, all students at Tapton School in Sheffield, formed a band called Atomic Mass in 1977. The band originally consisted of Willis on guitar, Savage on bass (after originally playing guitar), with Kenning on drums. Only 18 at the time, Joe Elliott tried out for the band as a guitarist following a chance meeting with Willis after missing a bus. During his audition, however, it was decided that he was better suited to be the lead singer. Their first ever gig was in the dining hall in A Block in Westfield School in Mosborough, Sheffield.

Soon afterward they adopted a name proposed by Elliott, "Def Leopard", which was originally a band name he thought up while writing reviews for imaginary rock bands in his English class (and in at least partial reference to the band Led Zeppelin).[4] 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 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.

In November, just prior to recording sessions for what would be a three-song release known as the Def Leppard EP, Kenning abruptly left the band, later he would form the band Cairo. He was replaced for those sessions by Frank Noon. By the end of the month Rick Allen, then only 15 years old, had joined the band as its full-time drummer.

Sales of the EP soared after the track "Getcha Rocks Off" was given extensive airtime by renowned BBC Radio DJ John Peel, considered at the time to be a champion of punk rock and new wave music.

Throughout 1979, the band developed a loyal following among British hard rock/heavy metal fans and were even initially considered the leaders of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (a status eventually claimed by Iron Maiden). Their growing popularity led to a record deal with the major label Phonogram/Vertigo (Mercury Records in the US).


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