Def Leppard solidified their place in the rock-legend pantheon with Hysteria, a diamond-selling behemoth that functioned as a veritable greatest-hits set. The album spun off Top 10 hit after Top 10 ...

Def Leppard’s fourth album Hysteria took three years to record, had its fair share of ups and downs along the way, defined the term ‘slow burn’ in the US and ultimately changed the sound of melodic ...

Joe Elliott says the results of Def Leppard's eight-week collaboration with Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman will never see the light of day. Steinman was originally suggested as producer for Def ...

Ahhh, nothing is quite like 1980s hard rock and heavy metal. The whiff of hair spray permeating the air, tough guy rockers sporting more eye-liner than their groupies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leppard pitched straight into making what was to be a career-defining album as soon as they came off a near year-long tour on the ...

“It was just a standard rock ballad but it had something else going for it,” said guitarist Phil Collen of the ballad. “Lyrically, it kind of painted a picture, and in a song, you always want to do ...

What is the better Def Leppard album — Pyromania or Hysteria? We've got a little Def Leppard fever this week on the Loudwire Nights radio show, so we've pitted not only two of Def Leppard's biggest ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. When they landed ...

Def Leppard revealed an orchestral version of their 1987 hit “Hysteria,” the second single on their upcoming Drastic Symphonies album, a collection of the band’s songs over the past 40 years reworked ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

Def Leppard are still packing out arenas and playlists nearly 50 years after they first formed in Sheffield. Blending hard rock with radio-friendly hooks, they became one of the biggest bands of the ...