--- title: "Def Leppard" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/def-leppard" genre: "Heavy Metal" country: "United Kingdom" formed: 1977 --- # Def Leppard **Def Leppard** is a heavy metal band, from United Kingdom, active 1977 to present. Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1976. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage, Joe Elliott, Rick Allen (drums), Phil Collen, and Vivian Campbell. They established themselves as part of the new wave of British heavy metal of the early 1980s. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Leppard ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Def Leppard | | Genre | Heavy Metal | | Parent genre | Heavy Metal | | Origin | Sheffield, United Kingdom | | Formed | 1977 | | Releases in catalog | 25 | ## Genres [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) · [NWOBHM](https://themetalnet.com/genre/nwobhm) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Vivian Campbell](https://themetalnet.com/musician/vivian-campbell) | Electric guitar | 1992 to present | Current | | [Joe Elliott](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joe-elliott) | Lead vocals, Acoustic guitar | 1977 to present | Current | | [Phil Collen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/phil-collen) | Electric guitar | 1982 to present | Current | | [Rick Allen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rick-allen) | Drums (drum set) | 1978 to present | Current | | [Rick Savage](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rick-savage) | Bass guitar | 1977 to present | Current | | [Pete Willis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/pete-willis) | Electric guitar | 1977 to 1982 | Former | | [Steve Clark](https://themetalnet.com/musician/steve-clark) | Electric guitar | 1978 to 1991 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1978 | [The Def Leppard E.P.](https://themetalnet.com/album/a7f824fe-ff7e-4540-9e76-f32e5f9ce1dd) | EP | | 1980 | [On Through the Night](https://themetalnet.com/album/23434a86-e665-3722-8dae-214f0fb97f3a) | Album | | 1980 | [Rock Brigade / Money Changes Everything / Falling in Love](https://themetalnet.com/album/407ae8b8-05fe-42ac-8234-a101744b0fad) | EP | | 1981 | [High ’n’ Dry](https://themetalnet.com/album/419fa215-3740-3b1c-aa04-a209eab30789) | Album | | 1983 | [Pyromania](https://themetalnet.com/album/d77df681-b779-3d6d-b66a-3bfd15985e3e) | Album | | 1984 | [Rock You Like a Hurricane](https://themetalnet.com/album/e98957a5-4475-43ae-9055-583d2875919b) | EP | | 1987 | [Hysteria](https://themetalnet.com/album/12fa3845-7c62-36e5-a8da-8be137155a72) | Album | | 1992 | [Adrenalize](https://themetalnet.com/album/5b930454-b937-3d49-b26c-e82c4eded9bc) | Album | | 1996 | [Slang](https://themetalnet.com/album/d58266a8-e00c-3a64-b7e1-549e28f772ee) | Album | | 1999 | [Euphoria](https://themetalnet.com/album/2dca8523-24e2-3a51-8bb4-038e979e689b) | Album | | 2002 | [X](https://themetalnet.com/album/233dec0f-611d-36c6-8675-90fb53707adb) | Album | | 2005 | [Yeah! Unfinished and Unreleased](https://themetalnet.com/album/a433bc4d-b82a-4a14-863b-346f31b4be19) | Album | | 2006 | [Yeah!](https://themetalnet.com/album/5826c723-c45c-3640-80d6-ea176f45159b) | Album | | 2008 | [Songs From the Sparkle Lounge](https://themetalnet.com/album/f8494f1a-caf3-37bd-9e36-05028306bfff) | Album | | 2010 | [Retromania](https://themetalnet.com/album/9e27118c-894b-4f77-bf08-d4844a9a22f7) | Album | | 2015 | [Def Leppard](https://themetalnet.com/album/3ef1f2b2-4ff0-482d-8b42-c2c2ea6b144d) | Album | | 2018 | [Live at Abbey Road Studios](https://themetalnet.com/album/b8c99d7f-e8bc-4e2c-bd83-f9caaf25aae3) | EP | | 2021 | [Deep Cuts](https://themetalnet.com/album/504fd8d1-c8b7-485c-894d-f2cea1d761c9) | EP | | 2021 | [Electric Warriors](https://themetalnet.com/album/64160d70-4ef7-42ec-be52-9cc4686da419) | EP | | 2021 | [Leppard on the Loose](https://themetalnet.com/album/00cbc4e7-1781-47e5-a9df-5b2d6c9fbbaf) | EP | | 2021 | [Let There Be Drums](https://themetalnet.com/album/e7c02e55-b78e-41e7-9c88-60d6863a9358) | EP | | 2021 | [Old School Leppard](https://themetalnet.com/album/1d7b8e57-ce33-4e19-a203-a29de41d884e) | EP | | 2021 | [The Two Arm Years](https://themetalnet.com/album/48578b8a-fc01-4eae-b45b-ebc3fe76f091) | EP | | 2022 | [Diamond Star Halos](https://themetalnet.com/album/7e4ae23f-0e18-4102-8d14-56b23f617573) | Album | | 2023 | [Pour Some Sugar on Me](https://themetalnet.com/album/728c9e06-6f8f-49c6-bae1-270fd416612a) | EP | ## Related bands - [Guns N’ Roses](https://themetalnet.com/band/guns-n-roses) (listened together) - [Van Halen](https://themetalnet.com/band/van-halen) (listened together) - [Aerosmith](https://themetalnet.com/band/aerosmith) (listened together) - [Bon Jovi](https://themetalnet.com/band/bon-jovi) (listened together) - [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together) - [Led Zeppelin](https://themetalnet.com/band/led-zeppelin) (listened together) - [Scorpions](https://themetalnet.com/band/scorpions) (listened together) - [KISS](https://themetalnet.com/band/kiss) (listened together) - [Mötley Crüe](https://themetalnet.com/band/motley-crue) (listened together) - [Black Sabbath](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-sabbath) (listened together) - [Ozzy Osbourne](https://themetalnet.com/band/ozzy-osbourne) (listened together) - [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together) ## Official and external links - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6H1RjVyNruCmrBEWRbD0VZ - x: https://twitter.com/defleppard - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZjBqZjGsmI5OAVsLSroaWQ - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/defleppard - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Def_Leppard/16713 - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/2557 - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/defleppard/ - apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/117554 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/def-leppard](https://themetalnet.com/band/def-leppard). 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