DEF LEPPARD
HISTORY
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The DF are the British band that has done more
happened in America thanks also to the publications of album in style with
that nation. The origins of the group must be sought in the Atomic Mass,
group in which the bassista Rick Savage served in the military, the guitarist
Peter Willis, of which he did irony (sees the stature of certain not from
giant) that during the tour was put back in the luggage van of the bus! The
group also included the drummer Tony Kenning. In 1977 it unites him to the
band Joe Elliot. The name of the group almost immediately comes changed first
in Deaf Leppar, and then in DF, as it was in the dreams of Elliot. Then
Savage and Elliot realized the limits as soloist guitarist of, so of commune
accord they placed side by side him Steve Clark. In 1978 the drummer Tony
Kenning was dismissed because of the scarce appointment with which was
applied to the group andhe was replaced for the recording of the EP of debut,
auto-produced from the group, from Frank Noon of the Next Band, that was
replaced then with happened recordings by ex - Rampage Rick Allen (which
seems it was then only fourteen years old). L' EP, surprisingly, revenges
very well so much that the group succeeded in having a contract with the
Vertigo Rec. With the Vertigo the first job to go out is the single oneHello
America! to which the disk of debut happens 'On through the night', recorded
under the egidia to the console of Tom Allom. The disk is bright, load of
that' juvenile energy that pervades the band, whose middle age doesn't reach
the most greater age. From a lot of parts they reach the group to squeeze too
much the eye to the American market and therefore to the success. At the same
time however they are approved as one of the bands of point of the NWOBHM. It
arrives so the second disk 'High n Dry' produced by Mutt Lange, that realizes
a more immediate album of the precedent and very nearer to a sound type
AC/DC. This disk increased the disaffection of the English toward the band,
but it increased the American success to excess. And' of that period the
dismissal of Pete Willis, accused of being often drunk and not in condition
to play. To his place the takes over ex Girl Phil Collen. We come so to 1983,
it goes out 'Pyromania' that in America the becomes according to Best seller
of every time, later 'Thriller' of Michael Jackson. By now the band it is
decidedly 'Nemo prophesies in country and the New Wave it is distant years
light from the rich bridegrooms DF. October 31 st 83 to performed of an auto accident
on board of his/her Corvets, Rick Allen it loses, despite the attempt to sew
it the right arm. The following albums are not distant more and more from the
NWOBHM. |
INTERNET
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1979 |
ON THROUGH THE
NIGHT |
1° |
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1981 |
HIGH N’ DRY |
2° |
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LET
IT GO, ANOTHER HIT AND RUN, HIGH N' DRY (SATURDAY NIGHT), BRINGIN' ON THE
HEARTBREAK, SWITCH
625, YOU GOT ME RUNNIN', LADY STRANGE, ON THROUGH THE NIGHT, MIRROR
MIRROR (LOOK INTO MY EYES), NO NO NO,
BRINGIN' ON THE HEARTBREAK (REMIX), ME & MY WINE (REMIX) |
MERCURY/POLYGRAM |
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1987 |
HYSTERIA |
3° |
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WOMEN,
ROCKET, ANIMAL, LOVE BITES, POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME, ARMAGEDDON IT, GODS OF
WAR, DON'T
SHOOT SHOTGUN, RUN RIOT, HYSTERIA, EXCITABLE, LOVE AND AFFECTION |
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PYROMANIA |
4° |
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LET'S
GET ROCKED, HEAVEN IS, MAKE LOVE LIKE A MAN, TONIGHT, WHITE LIGHTNING, STAND
UP (KICK LOVE INTO MOTION), PERSONAL PROSPERTY, HAVE YOU EVER NEEDED SOMEONE
SO BAD, I
WANNA TOUCH, TEAR IT DOWN. |
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RETRO ACTIVE |
UNPUBLISHED |
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MERCURY/POLYGRAM |
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1992 |
ADRENALIZE |
5° |
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MERCURY/POLYGRAM |
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1995 |
VAULT |
COMPILATION |
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MERCURY/POLYGRAM |
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1996 |
SLANG |
6° |
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TRUTH?,
TURN TO DUST, SLANG, ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING, WORK IT OUT, BREATHE A SIGH,
DELIVER ME, GIFT
OF FLESH, BLOOD RUNS COLD, WHERE DOES LOVE GO WHEN IT DIES, PEARL OF
EUPHORIA. |
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1999 |
EUPHORIA |
7° |
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NATION
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GENRE
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NORTH
IRELAND |
HARD
ROCK |
BAND
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1999 |
ACTIVE |
ALBUM |
OTHER BAND |
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VOCALS |
JOE ELLIOTT |
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GUITARS |
PHIL COLLEN |
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GUITARS |
VIVIAN CAMPBELL |
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BASS |
RICK SAVAGE
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DRUMS |
RICK ALLEN
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*GUITARS |
STEVE CLARK
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*GUITARS |
PETE WILLIS
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