Def Leppard

Think crunching guitars and screeching vocals worthy of AC/DC; hair worthy of Charlie's Angels; and unparalleled power balladry that lit up '80s stadiums with more wattage than even the Bic Corp. thought humanly possible. Add in one-armed drumming and synth washes, and it's easy to see how DL dominated charts and hearts.

The greatness of Def Leppard can be summed up in four words, and not gunter glieben
glauten globen. The four words are: Girls totally liked them. This was such a formal
breakthrough in metal terms, it can hardly be overstated. Def Leppard delivered pop thrills
for girls: They sang harmonies, they pumped up the beat to near-disco levels, they wrote
songs as tight as their Union Jack shorts, they pranced in videos. Who can forget... More >