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 ...

“We’ve always wanted to be a band for the people,” Collen says. “When we started working on Hysteria we had just sold eight million records with Pyromania so we knew we had a fanbase. We weren’t ...

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 ...

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 ...

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its best-selling album, Def Leppard will reissue "Hysteria" as a two-CD package Oct. 24 via Bludgeon Riffola/Island/UME. By Billboard Staff To celebrate the 20th ...

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 ...

Earlier this summer, as my girlfriend and I drove north on a short vacation, I called up another album via her iPad, loaded with a slew of our favorites. She frowned a bit. “Wait, you like Def Leppard ...

What an animal: Collen co-wrote the appropriately titled Vault Comics title about a demonic guitar. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer As a teen in England, Phil Collen was obsessed with all things ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. Def Leppard are in select company, alongside such acts as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd ...