Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This song was an outtake from the songwriting sessions that produced 1987's Hysteria. Self-produced, it became one of the last songs to be released by Def Leppard bearing the songwriting and guitar-playing of Steve Clark, who died on 8 January 1991. It was a hit on U.S. rock radio, reaching number twelve on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
After their formation in November 1977, Def Leppard began rehearsing and writing songs together. The band, which consisted of vocalist Joe Elliott, guitarists Steve Clark and Pete Willis, bassist Rick Savage, and drummer Tony Kenning had prepared 3 songs to be recorded on The Def Leppard E.P. in November 1978.
"Ride into the Sun" first appeared on the band's first commercial release, The Def Leppard E.P.. The song was later re-recorded and released on the "Hysteria" single in 1987, as well as some editions of "Love Bites" in 1988. The version on Retro Active is based on the re-recording but features new drums and a new piano intro.
Visualize is a video release by Def Leppard. A compilation of promo videos, interviews and concert footage. On DVD, it is bundled with Video Archive. It won the 1993 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for "Best Home Video." [1] The video was released on DVD in 2005, bundled with the 1995 compilation release Video Archive.
"Let's Get Rocked" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their fifth studio album, Adrenalize (1992). Released in March 1992, the song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, number two on the UK Singles Chart, and number three on the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart.
John Aizlewood of Classic Rock commented that Def Leppard "have gone down the orchestral route" but "done it properly, so it's the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road, rather than some chancers in Joe's garage" and remarked that "the song selection is smart" and "one of the joys of the album is that it's not quite so predictable". [3]
"Armageddon It" was one of the songs dating back to the initial writing sessions for Hysteria in Dublin in 1984. However, the original song was re-written, keeping the chord progression and key, as Steve Clark elaborated: "The chorus wasn’t strong enough so we changed the chorus. Then we thought the chorus is so strong the verse is a bit weak.
"C'mon C'mon" is a 2008 song by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their Songs from the Sparkle Lounge album. The music video was later included on the DVD from the bands live album Mirrorball [ 1 ]