It’s been a busy — and dramatic — year since Def Leppard’s last summer tour. The group — formed in Sheffield, England — though with members living on both sides of the pond these days — has ...

Def Leppard was one of three rock bands sharing the stage for the Summer Stadium Tour, which stopped at Petco Park. Photo credit: defleppard.com/ The 1980s contained ...

“We were the sore thumb stuck between Michael and Janet Jackson in the Top 10,” chuckles Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott. Indeed, in the late Eighties — the band’s sales heyday, thanks to ...

Guitarist Phil Collen recently explained how his instrument's sound on Def Leppard's hit 1987 album Hysteria was shaped by Eddie Van Halen, the late Van Halen guitar icon. Speaking to MusicRadar on ...

It is hard to imagine much space in our history books will ever be devoted to 1980s hard rock. But, if history ever wishes to judge that arena — filled, as it was, by expensive pyrotechnics, ...

It’s been four years since Def Leppard released their last album of new material, Diamond Star Halos, but it sounds like fans ...

Between them they have more than 30 Top 40 singles on the Billboard chart and 15 platinum or multiplatinum albums. No wonder Def Leppard and Styx – on the road this summer with Tesla – make good ...

It's quite possible that there's no room today for unironic rock. From the opening chord of "Yeah!," Def Leppard's first release in four years, the album's expectation's are set -- and met with ...

Everything in "Photograph" is a hook, from the opening guitar riff and pre-chorus syncopation to the vocal harmonies — even the sound of the snare drum. It’s hooks upon hooks upon more hooks. Even the ...

Four years passed between Def Leppard’s massive Pyromania and the band’s pop metal masterpiece Hysteria. The masterpiece tested the limits of the compact disc and became a thoroughly ...