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Historia (video)
''Historia'' is a compilation video released by Def Leppard, containing all the band's promotional videos from 1980 to 1988. On DVD, it is bundled with the 1989 concert video '' Live: In the Round, in Your Face''. Track listing * "Armageddon It" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (U.S. version) are listed as live versions, but the videos are of a live performances accompanied by the studio album music tracks. VHS Published in the U.K., Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ... in 1988 by Bludgeon Riffola Ltd./ Warner Bros. Music Ltd and in the Rest of the World by Bludgeon Riffola Ltd./ Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Was distributed across the U.K. by Channel 5 Video, a part of Polygram Music Video company. The back cover photograph fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drummer), Rick Allen (drums), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals), and Vivian Campbell (guitar, backing vocals). They established themselves as part of the new wave of British heavy metal of the early 1980s. Their greatest commercial success came between the early 1980s and mid-1990s. With a line-up of Savage, Elliott, Allen and guitarists Steve Clark and Pete Willis, the band's first album, 1980's ''On Through the Night'', reached the Top 15 in the UK but received little notice elsewhere. Their second album, 1981's ''High 'n' Dry'', was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Mutt Lange, who helped them to define their melodic hard rock style. The album's most popular track "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" became one of the first rock videos played on MTV in 1982, but the album reached only t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photograph (Def Leppard Song)
"Photograph" is a song by the British hard rock band Def Leppard that was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The track served as the lead single from the band's third studio album, which was titled ''Pyromania'' and came out in 1983. Although it has frequently been described as being a tribute to the entertainer Marilyn Monroe, the group's lead vocalist, Joe Elliott, has described the song as broadly about "something you can't ever get your hands on". After its release as a single, the song reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Tracks chart, where it stayed for six weeks. It additionally reached No. 12 on the Pop Singles chart. In 2008, they performed the song with Taylor Swift on ''CMT Crossroads''. The performance was nominated for both Wide Open Country Video of the Year and CMT Performance of the Year at the 2009 CMT Music Awards. In 2013, the song was featured in the ''Grand Theft Auto V'' video game, on the Los Santos Rock Radio station. It was also released as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armageddon It
"Armageddon It" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album ''Hysteria''. It was released as a single in 1988 and went to No. 3 in the United States, becoming their 3rd top 10 hit. It also reached the top 10 in Canada and New Zealand and the top 20 in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The vocal style of the song is described as " T. Rex meets Eddie Cochran with backing vocals", according to lead singer Joe Elliott in the liner notes for '' Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)''. There are two mixes of the song that appeared on the single: the "Atomic mix", which is the album version, and the "Nuclear mix", which is an extended version. Writing and recording "Armageddon It" was one of the songs dating back to the initial writing sessions for ''Hysteria'' in Dublin in 1984. However, the original song was re-written, keeping the chord progression and key, as Steve Clark elaborated: "The chorus wasn’t strong enough so we changed the chorus. Then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hysteria (Def Leppard Song)
"Hysteria" is a song by English rock band Def Leppard. It is the tenth track on their 1987 album of the same name and was released as the album's fourth single in November 1987. The song became the band's first top 10 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 10. Overview On ''VH1 Storytellers: Def Leppard'', lead singer Joe Elliott revealed that the song title came from drummer Rick Allen. The song features a clean guitar melody and heavily multi-tracked vocals in its chorus. The "extreme" nature of producer Mutt Lange's recording methods is also exampled in the pre-chorus, where the clean guitar chords were recorded one note at a time as opposed to the traditional method of strumming them, in effect "building" a chord by recording the notes that make them up. An acoustic rendition of the song was performed by Elliott and guitarist Phil Collen on the ''Hysteria'' edition of VH1's '' Classic Albums''. ''Cash Box'' called it a "solid rocker with sophisticati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pour Some Sugar On Me
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album ''Hysteria''. It reached number two on the US US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on 23 July 1988. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is considered the band's signature song, and was ranked number two on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s" in 2006. Musical style "Pour Some Sugar on Me" has been labelled as a glam metal, hard rock, arena rock, and pop rock song with elements of industrial rock and electropop. Production Near the end of recording the album ''Hysteria'', during a production break, lead singer Joe Elliott was jamming with a riff he had come up with two weeks earlier on an acoustic guitar. Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, expressing great liking of it, suggested that it be developed into another song. Although already behind schedule, Lange felt that the album was still missing a strong crossover hit and that this last song had the potential to be one. Within two weeks the song was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal (Def Leppard Song)
"Animal" is a song recorded by English rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album ''Hysteria''. It was the first single release off the album, and became the band's first Top 10 hit in their native UK, reaching No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart. Recording "Animal" is usually noted by the band as having been the most difficult track to record for ''Hysteria''. It was one of the first songs developed in early 1984, but neither the band nor successive producers Jim Steinman and Robert John "Mutt" Lange were able to produce the desired sound until two and a half painstaking years later. It was the only ''Hysteria'' track demoed by Rick Allen on an acoustic drum kit prior to his car accident; the drummer having recorded a beat for the song on a four-track tape during early sessions. A later studio version, tracked to a drum machine, remained largely the same as the earlier demo, which the band felt was starting to sound dated, until Joe Elliott recorded a lead vocal over it in Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hysteria (Def Leppard Album)
''Hysteria'' is the fourth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 3 August 1987, by Mercury Records. The album is the follow-up to the band's 1983 breakthrough, '' Pyromania''. ''Hysteria''s creation took over three years and was plagued by delays, including the aftermath of drummer Rick Allen's accident that cost him his left arm on 31 December 1984. Subsequent to the album's release, Def Leppard published a book titled ''Animal Instinct: The Def Leppard Story'', written by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine senior editor David Fricke, on the three-year recording process of ''Hysteria'' and the difficult times the band endured through the mid-1980s. Lasting 62 minutes and 32 seconds, it is the band's longest studio album to date. ''Hysteria'' was the band's third and final album to be produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The title of the album was conceived by Allen referring to his car accident, the amputation of his arm, and the ensuing worldwide media covera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Collen
Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard. Collen joined the band in 1982 during the recording of the ''Pyromania'' album. Before joining Def Leppard, Collen had performed with a number of bands in the burgeoning British glam metal scene. Outside of Def Leppard, he has been involved in a number of side projects; those projects include the trio Man Raze, with which he is the lead singer and sole guitarist. Collen has been noted for his shred guitar playing style. Early life Collen was born in Hackney, London. He got his first guitar, a red Gibson SG, on his 16th birthday, and taught himself how to play. He played with several bands including Lucy, Tush, and Dumb Blondes. He left school to work as a motorcycle dispatch rider for a typesetter until his band Girl got their first record contract. During his tenure with Girl, Collen's career began rising, spurred by the relativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women (Def Leppard Song)
"Women" is a song released by English rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album ''Hysteria''. It was the second overall but first single of the album released in the United States. The song was also released as a single in Canada, Australia, Japan, and was part of a double-A side single with "Animal" in Germany. In most other parts of the world, "Animal" was the first single released from the album. Background The single's B-side track, "Tear It Down", was written during a recording session following the completion of the ''Hysteria'' album, where the band laid down several tracks intended as B-sides for the ''Hysteria'' singles. Subsequently, the song itself received radio airplay and was later performed by the band live at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. The band later re-recorded "Tear It Down" for the '' Adrenalize'' album. "Women" is the only one of the seven ''Hysteria'' singles not to appear on the '' Vault'' compilation. However, it is included in disc 2 of '' Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
''Pyromania'' is the third studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983 through Vertigo Records in UK and Europe and through Mercury Records in the US. The first album to feature guitarist Phil Collen who replaced founding member Pete Willis, ''Pyromania'' was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The album was a shift away from the band's traditional heavy metal roots toward a more radio-friendly sound, finding massive mainstream success. ''Pyromania'' charted at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200, No. 4 on the Canadian RPM Album chart and No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart. Selling over ten million copies in the US, it has been certified diamond by the RIAA. Recording The album followed a relatively unconventional method of recording: the bass parts followed by guitars were recorded to a click track provided by a Linn LM-1 drum machine, with the drums being added last in the process. This gave the flexibility to re-record and re-write parts of a song as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Late For Love (Def Leppard Song)
"Too Late for Love" is a 1983 power ballad by English band Def Leppard from their Diamond album ''Pyromania''. When released as a single, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock charts. Track listing # "Too Late for Love" # "Foolin'" # "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" Personnel * Joe Elliott – lead vocals * Phil Collen – additional rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Steve Clark – lead guitar *Pete Willis Peter Andrew Willis (born 16 February 1960) is a retired English guitarist, best known as a founder member of the hard rock band Def Leppard. He was with Def Leppard from 1977 to 1982, when he was fired from the band and replaced by Phil Coll ... – rhythm guitar * Rick Savage – bass guitar, backing vocals * Rick Allen – drums Charts References Def Leppard songs 1983 singles Songs written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange Song recordings produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange 1980s ballads 1983 songs Songs written by Joe Elliott Songs written by Steve Clark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foolin'
"Foolin'" is a 1983 single by English heavy metal band Def Leppard from their diamond album ''Pyromania''. When released as a single later that year, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #28 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ''Cash Box'' said "Foolin'" has "structural similarities to arlier Def Leppard single'Photograph' and follows in that single’s skillful pop blend of melodicism and metallicism." '' Ultimate Classic Rock'' described the song as a "mid-tempo rocker". Music video The music video was shot in June 1983 at the Ritz Theatre in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and directed by David Mallet. The video shows Elliott escaping from his evil girlfriend in a fantasy sequence, interspersed with scenes of the band performing on a concert stage. It features Billy Idol's then-girlfriend Perri Lister playing the harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
