Def Leppard

[Guest Apollo]

Def Leppard had the potential to be one of the best hard rock bands of all time.

But despite bad-mouthing other hair bands and saying that they we're unlike the other bands of that generation, they were above the cheesy videos, cheesy songs, cheesy hair . . . . they put out Hysteria. Pour Some Sugar On Me could have been done by a dozen other bands of that era. It's no different than Cherry Pie or any of today's Nickleback popular songs.

How did they go from Bringing On The Heartbreak to Two Steps Behind?

From Rock of Ages to Wanna Get Rocked?

Really?

Of any band that I loved, Def Leppard has dissapointed me more than any other band.

Look at their first couple albums:

Bringing On The Heartbreak

Rock of Ages

Photograph

Too Late For Love

Foolin

Lady Strange

High n Dry

Wasted

Give me Pyromania, On Through The Night and High and Dry . . . . you can keep the other pop hair band shit!!!!!!!!!!!

I still get dissapointed today when I listen to their old music and realize how amazing and rock influencing of a band they could have been. Sucks they turned into a hair pop band.

IMO Hysteria might be the worst thing that ever happened to rock music.

HYSTERIA = Nickleback

[DirtyDeeds]

I don't see Hysteria and beyond to be that different than pre-hysteria, honestly.

[Guest Apollo]

I don't see Hysteria and beyond to be that different than pre-hysteria, honestly.

Dude . . . . for real? Wow.

Have you listened to their first three albums?

[DirtyDeeds]

I don't see Hysteria and beyond to be that different than pre-hysteria, honestly.

Dude . . . . for real? Wow.

Have you listened to their first three albums?

Yeah, I mean I can tell a little bit of a difference, but it's pretty subtle, other than Pour Some Sugar and Let's Get Rocked, I think.

By the way, Too Late for Love is the shit. I mean that song is tremendous.

Edited January 26, 2009 by DirtyDeeds

[Getizzyback]

Maybe they took a "slightly" bad turn, but Rick Allen losing his arm and Steve Clark's drug problems kinda forced things a little. They couldn't keep recording Pyromania and High N' Dry over and over again. I have also seen interviews with Joe Elliott where he absolutely would like to throw "On Through The Night" in a garbage can. Maybe today's Def Leppard are what they really are, and their earlier stuff was about Mutt Lange and getting on the map. Musical freedom is something earned by a group, in which you can shit on a plate and put it on an album cover and it will still sell.

[Kohli Rocks Entertainment]

Def Leppard had the potential to be one of the best hard rock bands of all time.

But despite bad-mouthing other hair bands and saying that they we're unlike the other bands of that generation, they were above the cheesy videos, cheesy songs, cheesy hair . . . . they put out Hysteria. Pour Some Sugar On Me could have been done by a dozen other bands of that era. It's no different than Cherry Pie or any of today's Nickleback popular songs.

How did they go from Bringing On The Heartbreak to Two Steps Behind?

From Rock of Ages to Wanna Get Rocked?

Really?

Of any band that I loved, Def Leppard has dissapointed me more than any other band.

Look at their first couple albums:

Bringing On The Heartbreak

Rock of Ages

Photograph

Too Late For Love

Foolin

Lady Strange

High n Dry

Wasted

Give me Pyromania, On Through The Night and High and Dry . . . . you can keep the other pop hair band shit!!!!!!!!!!!

I still get dissapointed today when I listen to their old music and realize how amazing and rock influencing of a band they could have been. Sucks they turned into a hair pop band.

IMO Hysteria might be the worst thing that ever happened to rock music.

HYSTERIA = Nickleback

On Through The Night wasn't that great of an album. "Rock Brigade" and "Wasted" were good for it's time--but most of the album really feels out of date. Hysteria was a phenomenal album -- the album still sells today.

As far as the other albums--here are my favs:

X - Scar, Long Wat To Go, Cry, Torn To Shreds

Euphoria - Promises, Paper Sun, Day After Day

Slang - Turn To Dust, All I Want Is Everything, Deliver Me, Pearl of Euphoria

RetroActive - Desert Song, Action, Two Steps Behind

Adrenalize - Tonight, White Lightning, Let's Get Rocked

[P.A. Guns]

I don't see Hysteria and beyond to be that different than pre-hysteria, honestly.

Dude . . . . for real? Wow.

Have you listened to their first three albums?

Yeah, I mean I can tell a little bit of a difference, but it's pretty subtle, other than Pour Some Sugar and Let's Get Rocked, I think.

By the way, Too Late for Love is the shit. I mean that song is tremendous.

Let's Get Rocked is on Adrenalized, unless you're referring to something else.

And Too Late for Love is an awesome song.

And songs such as Answer to the Master, Sorrow is a Woman, and High N Dry from their earlier albums sound totally different from their newer stuff.

[SunnyDRE]

Personally, I think Adrenalize is their best album and one of the best albums of the 90's.

That's just me.

[Guest Apollo]

Def Leppard had the potential to be one of the best hard rock bands of all time.

But despite bad-mouthing other hair bands and saying that they we're unlike the other bands of that generation, they were above the cheesy videos, cheesy songs, cheesy hair . . . . they put out Hysteria. Pour Some Sugar On Me could have been done by a dozen other bands of that era. It's no different than Cherry Pie or any of today's Nickleback popular songs.

How did they go from Bringing On The Heartbreak to Two Steps Behind?

From Rock of Ages to Wanna Get Rocked?

Really?

Of any band that I loved, Def Leppard has dissapointed me more than any other band.

Look at their first couple albums:

Bringing On The Heartbreak

Rock of Ages

Photograph

Too Late For Love

Foolin

Lady Strange

High n Dry

Wasted

Give me Pyromania, On Through The Night and High and Dry . . . . you can keep the other pop hair band shit!!!!!!!!!!!

I still get dissapointed today when I listen to their old music and realize how amazing and rock influencing of a band they could have been. Sucks they turned into a hair pop band.

IMO Hysteria might be the worst thing that ever happened to rock music.

HYSTERIA = Nickleback

On Through The Night wasn't that great of an album. "Rock Brigade" and "Wasted" were good for it's time--but most of the album really feels out of date. Hysteria was a phenomenal album -- the album still sells today.

As far as the other albums--here are my favs:

X - Scar, Long Wat To Go, Cry, Torn To Shreds

Euphoria - Promises, Paper Sun, Day After Day

Slang - Turn To Dust, All I Want Is Everything, Deliver Me, Pearl of Euphoria

RetroActive - Desert Song, Action, Two Steps Behind

Adrenalize - Tonight, White Lightning, Let's Get Rocked

Friend . . . . come on now.

On Through The Night wasn't that great???? No, probably not to a fan of pop rock music. But to a fan of hard rock, it's a great album.

AND you think it feels outdated???? Well duh, it's over 20 years old. And Pour Some Sugar on Me doesn't sound outdated today?????

I HATE that Def Leppard went from a hard rock band into a pop-rock band.

I will admit I did like the song Long Way To Go.

SUNNY . . . . jeez, is the world coming to an end? Overall I thought that ablum sucked. But I did like a couple songs off of Adrenalize. Tonight is pretty rocking.

GETIZZY . . . I know what you are saying.

But Elliott has ALWAYS tried to seperate def leppard from the other hair bands. He has always had a superior attitude about his music compared to the other hair bands from his era. That's why I find it a hypocritical when thats exactly what his band was.

And anybody that says that Hysteria is a great album should NEVER be allowed to talk about hard rock music again. Pour Some Sugar on Me is the 90's version of Nickleback's "How You Remind Me."

[Kohli Rocks Entertainment]

Pour Some Sugar on Me is the 90's version of Nickleback's "How You Remind Me."

What, the 15+ million people that bought Hysteria aren't allowed to speak about Hard Rock music? Hysteria saved the band--they were going broke and the label thought they had no hits left at the time because of how bad Women bombed as a single...

Just because a rock song gets popular doesn't make it a bad song. I take it you don't like Welcome To The Jungle or Dude Looks Like A Lady. Pour Some Sugar On me is more on a pedastal with those tracks rather than anything by Nickelback. Animal and Don't Shoot Shotgun were pretty rocking on that album also...

[krissirge]

Hysteria is my favorite Def Leppard album

[Black Sabbath]

Armageddon It is awesome.

[GreenBud]

At one time they were my favorite band. Everything after Hysteria is lame.

'Gods of War' is a damn good tune.

[moreblack]

I have no problem with DL, they've made some really good enjoyable songs over the years.

[artfromtex]

Pete Willis and Rick Allen's left arm. that's what was missing.

[Randy Lahey]

Def Leppard had the potential to be one of the best hard rock bands of all time.

[Lithium]

Def Leppard had the potential to be one of the best hard rock bands of all time.

Or not.

[P.A. Guns]

At one time they were my favorite band. Everything after Hysteria is lame.

'Gods of War' is a damn good tune.

AMEN

[MrBrownstone531]

It's a shame a lot of people only bring up "Pour Some Sugar on Me" when discussing Hysteria. That might be the worst song on the album. The rest of the album is brilliant and a testament to their musicianship and Mutt Lange's genius.

[illusions]

All I got is there greatest hits album, It's good enough for me how goods that song "when love and hate collide"

[EccoTides]

I thought "Yeah" was a pretty awesome album, lame title aside.

As for the rest of the band's output, I dig a few singles here and there. Hysteria is a fun album, nothing more and nothing less.

[Guest]

All I got is there greatest hits album, It's good enough for me how goods that song "when love and hate collide"

Same here, and yes, that's a very good song

[artfromtex]

It's a shame a lot of people only bring up "Pour Some Sugar on Me" when discussing Hysteria. That might be the worst song on the album. The rest of the album is brilliant and a testament to their musicianship and Mutt Lange's genius.

Women, Rocket, Animal, Gods of War, Hysteria, and Love & Affection are good songs. way different than their first 3 albums, but still good songs.

i also love the verses on "Run Riot", but the rest of the song is kinda shitty.

Edited January 27, 2009 by artfromtex

[Guest Apollo]

You people are missing the point!

They completely changed who they were as a band when they released Hysteria. That's what dissapointed me.

They went from being a hard rock band to being a hair band.

And to the guys who were mocking my statement that Def Leppard could have been the biggest hard rock band ... I would be curious as to how old you guys are? Because Pyromania was THE rock album of the year in 1983.

[Lithium]

And to the guys who were mocking my statement that Def Leppard could have been the biggest hard rock band ... I would be curious as to how old you guys are? Because Pyromania was THE rock album of the year in 1983.

You didn't say "biggest", you said "best"; there's a difference, you know. It might have been the most popular album of 1983, but albums like Murmur, Synchronicity, War, Hootenanny and Punch the Clock are far better albums.