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Elliott had invented the name for a band in his youth. Bandmate Tony Kenning suggested they change the band name to "Def Leppard" to distinguish them from contemporary punk bands like The Flying Lizards and the Boomtown Rats. The band claims that any apparent similarity of the name Led Zeppelin to Def Leppard was unintentional. [4]
Def Leppard recorded On Through the Night and High 'n' Dry as the five-piece of Savage, Willis, Elliott, Clark, and Allen before Pete Willis was fired in July 1982. Phil Collen of Girl replaced Willis, and the band went on to the most commercially successful period of their career, the releases of Pyromania and Hysteria .
Richard Savage (born 2 December 1960) is an English musician best known as the bass guitarist and a founder member of the rock band Def Leppard. Savage and lead singer Joe Elliott are the only two remaining original members of the band. With drummer Rick Allen, they are also the only members who have performed on every album.
Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) [1] 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. [2] Before joining Def Leppard, Collen had performed with a number of bands in the burgeoning British glam metal scene.
A year later, Swift and Def Leppard ended up sharing the stage for an episode of CMT’s Crossroads, during which they performed 11 songs — six Lep classics, and five recent Swift hits.“I was ...
In October 2008, Def Leppard played with country star Taylor Swift in a taped show in Nashville, Tennessee, in a show called CMT Crossroads: Taylor Swift and Def Leppard. This was released as a DVD on 16 June 2009 exclusively at Wal-Mart. [ 74 ] The release was the best-selling DVD of the week, and the 10th best-selling Wal-Mart music release ...
Before joining Def Leppard in 1978, Clark played cover songs with his band Electric Chicken in Sheffield. Around that time, he met Pete Willis (Def Leppard's original rhythm guitarist and founder) at a technical college. Willis spotted Clark reading a guitar book and asked if he played.
A 19-year-old man was arrested for attacking Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen at a Florida hotel over the weekend while the band was in Fort Lauderdale for a show with Motley Crue. Allen is planning ...