Def Leppard Events

1979 Jan Def Leppard release The Def Leppard E.P.
The Def Leppard E.P. is the debut EP by British rock band Def Leppard. The EP was recorded at Fairview Studios in Hull, in November 1978 and produced by Def Leppard. The album cover is a ...
1980 Mar 14 Def Leppard release On Through the Night
On Through the Night is the debut album by British Rock band Def Leppard, released in 1980. The album charted at #51 on The Billboard 200 and #15 on the UK Albums Chart. It features rerec...
1981 Jul 11 Def Leppard release High 'n' Dry
High 'n' Dry is the second studio album by British heavy metal band Def Leppard, released on 11 July 1981. Its title song, "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)", ranked number 33 on VH1's 40 Gr...
1983 Jan 20 Def Leppard release Pyromania
Pyromania is the third studio album by British rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983. It featured new guitarist Phil Collen and was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The ...
1984 Dec 31 Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car accident
On 31 December 1984, on the way to a New Year's Eve party at his family's home in Sheffield, England, 21-year-old Allen was driving his Chevrolet Corvette when an Alfa Romeo passed him. A...
1987 Aug 3 Def Leppard release Hysteria
Hysteria is the fourth studio album by the English Heavy Metal band Def Leppard. It was released on August 3, 1987 through Mercury Records. It is the band's best-selling album to date, se...
1991 Jan 8 Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark dies of a drug overdose
At the time of his death, Clark was on a six-month leave of absence from Def Leppard. On January 8, 1991, Clark was found dead on his couch by his girlfriend Janie Dean. He was 30 year...
1992 Mar 31 Def Leppard release Adrenalize
Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by British metal band Def Leppard, released in 1992. The album was the first by the band following the 1991 death of guitarist Steve Clark. It was pro...
1993 Oct 5 Def Leppard release Retro Active
Retro Active is an album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1993. The album features touched-up versions of B-sides and previously unreleased recordings from the band's re...
1996 May 14 Def Leppard release Slang
Slang is the sixth studio album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1996. The album marked a radical musical departure from their signature sound, and was produced by the b...
1999 Jun 8 Def Leppard release Euphoria
Euphoria is the seventh studio album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1999. The album marked a return to their signature sound made famous by the band in the 1980s. It w...
2002 Jul 30 Def Leppard release X
X (pronounced ten) is the eighth studio album by British rock band Def Leppard, released in 2002. Much like 1996's Slang, it featured another departure from their signature sound by movin...
2006 May 23 Def Leppard release Yeah!
Yeah! is an album of cover versions of 1970s rock hits, recorded by Def Leppard. It's the first cover album by the band. It was originally to be released on September 20, 2005, but it was...
2008 Apr 25 Def Leppard release Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge is the tenth studio album and 14th album overall from the English hard rock band Def Leppard. It was released on April 25, 2008 in Europe and April 29 in Nor...
2008 Nov 8 Taylor Swift Airs On CMT Crossroads
In 2008, Swift made her acting debut in Brad Paisley's music video "Online". In that same year Swift filmed a documentary for MTV entitled MTV's Once Upon a Prom and a documentary with De...