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 ...

Def Leppard had no idea what a monumental task was ahead when they began to write for the follow-up to their 1984 multi-platinum breakthrough Pyromania. The album would eventually survive through four ...

Def Leppard has enjoyed quite the legendary career. The road has certainly been rocky, and downright tragic at times, but the ...

Def Leppard cover artist Andie Airfix knew CDs were about to kill vinyl records. Still, he was determined to go out with a big bang if 1987's Hysteria was going to be the last project he designed ...

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 ...

When Def Leppard‘s Hysteria came out 30 years ago, it made itself known as a massive achievement, its wall-to-wall sonics and skyscraping harmonies sounding like a turbo-charged version of the ...

“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 ...

In We’re No. 1, A.V. Club music editor Steven Hyden examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of what it means to be “popular” in pop music, and how that concept ...