Who Formed The Band?
Rick Savage (Bass) and Pete Willis (Guitar) formed 'Atomic Mass' back in Sheffield, UK. Pete meets Steve Clark (Guitar)and Joe Elliott (Vocals). Tony Kenning (Drums) is the last member. After renaming the band to Def Leppard, Tony gets fired and the band records their first EP "The Def Leppard EP" /
"Ride Into The Sun" (1979), Frank Noon from 'The Next Band' is hired to temporary drum. After seeing an ad in the newspaper 'Leppard Loses Skins' 15 year old Rick Allen asks his mon to call them up and Rick
Allen becomes the new permenant drummer.
What is the current Line Up For 'Def Leppard'?
Joe Elliott - Vocals
Rick Savage - Bass/Vocals
Rick Allen - Drums/Vocals
Phil Collen - Guitar/Vocals
Vivian Campbell - Guitar/Vocals
What is 'Clock'?
Clock is Vivian's side project, he plays when he's not working with
Def Leppard. It's just a hobby-thing and Vivian has no plans for leaving Def Leppard.
Clock is in L.A. and is:
Vivian Campbell: Guitars and co-lead Vocals
P.J. Smith: Keyboards, Guitar, and co-lead Vocals
Mark Schulman: Drums
Sasha Krivtsov: Bass
Are there 2 Album sleeves for 'Vault'?
Yes.
In Europe there is a limited edition of 'Vault', including a 9-track live CD (recorded in Sheffield). The booklet shows a picture of an eye and a comconation. The CD case has a cardboard sleeve, which has the original
sleeve, the grey door of a vault.
Is there 2 Versions fo 'High N' Dry'?
Yes.
After the release of "Pyromania", "High 'N' Dry" was re-released
with two extra songs: "Me and My Wine" and a remix of "Bringin' On The
Heartbreak". However, in 1993 both songs were removed again from the
US release. So at the moment, the "High 'N' Dry"-version with the two
extra songs is available everywhere in the world, except in the US.
What is 'Switch 625'?
While designing the sleeve for "High 'N' Dry", the songs weren't finished yet.
So, instead of putting existing song titles on it, fake ones were written
down, including the times of the tracks just for an appearance to see what the album would look like. One of those songs was called "Switch", lasting
6 minutes and 25 seconds. The band liked the way it looked on the sleeve:
"Switch (6:25)". Steve wrote an Instrumental song but did not have a name for it and the band decided to use it for the name of the track.
Gunter Gleaben Glouten Globen ....
A sample of 'Gunter Gleaben Glouten Globen' is used on an Offspring song 'Pretty Fly for a White Guy".
Def LEppard Acronyms ...
DL: Def Leppard
NWOBHM: New Wave Of British Heavy Metal
OTTN: On Through The Night
HND: High 'N' Dry
PSSOM: Pour Some Sugar On Me
ITRIYF: In The Round In Your Face
HYENSSB: Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad
MYIAH: Miss You In A Heartbeat
CKAFTF: Can't Keep Away From The Flame
AIWIE: All I Want Is Everything
BAS: Breathe A Sigh
GOF: Gift Of Flesh
BRC: Blood Runs Cold
WDLGWID: Where Does Love Go When It Dies
POE: Pearl Of Euphoria
21CSLLLG: 21st Century Sha La La La Girl
Are there Def Leppard Books?
Yea... although you may not find any in stores but they are out there...
ANIMAL INSTINCT (David Fricke)
ISBN: 0-94639-155-6
Zomba Books / Bludgeon Riffola, 1987
DEF LEPPARD - AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY (Chris Welch)
ISBN: 0-89524-266-4
Cherry Lane Books, 1984
BIOGRAPHIZE (Dave Dickson)
ISBN: 0-283-06222-4
Sidgwick and Jackson, 1995
DEF LEPPARD - NO SAFETY NET (Chris Collingwood)
ISBN: 1-898141-55-X
Castle Communications, 1994
DEF LEPPARD (Jason Rich)
ISBN: 1-85868-051-4
Carlton Music Book Services, 1994
DEF LEPPARD - BACKSTAGE (Abby Sheffield)
ISBN: 1-55698-240-2
Published by: Pioneer Books
DEF LEPPARD (MONSTERS OF METAL) (Chris Crocker)
ISBN: 0-345-33236-9
Ballantine Books
DEF LEPPARD (Dave Dickson)
ISBN: 0-86276-264-2
Proteus Pub. Co., 1985
DEF LEPPARD (Willy McGilly)
ISBN: 0-86278-256-1
Proteus Pub. Co., 1985
DEF LEPPARD (Philip Tene)
ISBN: 0-88188-296-8Pub Group West, 1984
Are there any Def Leppard Cd- Extra's Cd Roms?
In Japan, the 'Slang' CD single contained computer data. It includes a couple of pictures and sound effects, a short
discography and a biography.
What are the Official Videos released?
1988: Historia
1989: Live: In The Round In Your Face
1992: Visualize
1995: Video Archive
