Following up on the Top 10 Best Kingdom Come tracks, we bring you the Top 15 Greatest Hidden Gems from Def Leppard. Some of these tracks were actually released as singles back in the day, but relative to their more popular singles, most go unnoticed and deserve to get a special light shed on them today.
In a ten year span, Def Leppard went on to release what could arguably be viewed as one the best heavy metal albums of the decade (High ‘N’ Dry), the best hard rock album (Pyromania) and one of the greatest rock albums (Hysteria) ever made. continue reading...
This Saturday, March 6th at 10PM ET, VH1 Classic will air the latest of eight half-hour episodes of “Behind the Music Remastered” featuring Def Leppard. Picking up where the original “Behind the Music” episodes left off, VH1 Classic will air brand new interviews, footage, and video clips that updates the story over the last 10 to 15 years. continue reading...
Apparently the following version of Die Hard the Hunter (off 1983’s Pyromania) is from Vivian Campbell’s first show with Def Leppard. It’s also the only time he plays Die Hard the Hunter with the band:
Die Hard the Hunter is the most emblematic song in Leppard’s repertoire of dual lead guitarist songs. continue reading...
I came across Def Leppard’s First Strike EP, basically an album released in 1984 to cash in on the band’s massive Pyromania success… but then pulled and hard to come by. Until, of course, YouTube.
God f****g bless YouTube. As a big time Def Leppard fan growing up I would have given an arm and a leg (all right, bad one) to get my hands on this: continue reading...
