On this day in Def Leppard history, August 16 1986, Def Leppard took the stage for the Monsters of Rock Festival at Castle Donington. Rick Allen returned to the stage for the first time since the accident with an unforgettable performance. Warlock kicked off the night followed by Bad News, Motörhead, Def Leppard, Scorpions and Ozzy Osbourne.
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With over 25 million copies sold worldwide and counting, Hysteria was a difficult album in the making. With the coming and going of guitarists, and a near-fatal car accident, this now multi-platinum album was three years in production.
Now with the re-release of Hysteria being made available, Express caught up with Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott to talk about this period of time…
Read the full story on Daily Express HERE
“The 30-year anniversary of Hysteria, is going crazy. The response on that has been incredible. It was really cool to document everything, especially looking back on it,” he said. “I got to play ‘Hysteria’ last week with Joe Satriani, and it was really cool. That show was a lot of fun,” he added.
On his plans for the future, Collen said, “We are going to be busy. We have new Def Leppard material that we are starting to write, which is really exciting. We’ve got new Delta Deep material as well, and a live Delta Deep album coming out soon.”
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This weeks program features songs from The Clash, Rod Stewart, Foo Fighters, Garbage, amongst others, as well as some stories from Joe!
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DefLeppard front man Joe Elliott looks back at 30 years of ‘Hysteria’ with Anneka Rice HERE
It is like a Greatest Hits package all on its own: Def Leppard‘s July 1987 Hysteria album, one of the most popular albums ever at an estimated twenty-five million copies, yet as Joe Elliott and Rick Savage remind us, it is a miracle that it ever was finished. You can’t make this stuff up. The epic saga revealed behind “Pour Some Sugar on Me”,”Love Bites”,”Animal”,”Women”,”Armageddon It“, and “Hysteria” on the album’s 30th anniversary. After World War II the worldwide success of The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Cream, and a bit later Led Zeppelin all had a profoundly positive effect on the British self-esteem. All of these predecessors of Def Leppard were almost entirely influenced musically by the blues, rhythm and blues, and soul music of African-Americans, yet it is most telling that when the Sheffield England quintet compiled an all-covers tribute album a few years ago made up of their most-loved formative impressions, all but one were by white British musicians….
Read the full band interview and listen to Rick Savage & Joe Elliott discuss the album HERE
Phil caught up with the Sex Pistols’ JONESY’S JUKEBOX & even had an impromptu jam session! Listen HERE
