Def Leppard - Hysterical Pyromaniac/Interviews

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Def Leppard are an English hard rock band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. On the strength of their albums, Pyromania & Hysteria, Def Leppard became one of the top selling rock bands of the 1980s. The music of Def Leppard is a mixture of hard rock, AOR, & heavy metal elements, & has been associated more with the pop metal movement of the 1980s than with the NWOBHM of the late 1970s, in large part due to their mainstream success & production. However, Def Leppard have expressed dislike of the pop metal By the release of the Hysteria album, the band had developed a distinctive sound featuring heavily processed drums & effects-laden guitar sounds, overlaid with a multi-layered wall of husky, harmonised vocals. Def Leppard is one of only six rock bands with two original albums selling over 10 million copies each in the U.S. The others are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Eagles & Van Halen. Hysterical Pyromaniac.. .