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‘Hysteria’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know on Rolling Stone
When Def Leppard‘s Hysteria came out 30 years ago, it made itself known as a massive achievement, its wall-to-wall sonics and skyscraping harmonies sounding like a turbo-charged version of the metal-edged pop the band had laid down on their prior LP, 1983’s Pyromania. “Every track sparkles and burns,” Kurt Loder wrote in his Rolling Stone review of the album. But the journey the band took to Hysteria was long and at times calamitous, marked by producer conflicts, lengthy recording sessions, record-company debts and a near-fatal car accident suffered by drummer Rick Allen. In advance of a new deluxe Hysteria reissue, out Friday, here are 10 facts about the album’s genesis and its current place in music history….
READ MORE ON ROLLING STONE HERE
UK – Joe on BBC Breakfast
UK fans can listen to Joe Elliott’s interview with BBC Breakfast this morning HERE!
Watch Joe Elliott’s Live Q&A at Gibson with Planet Rock
Joe Elliott is LIVE celebrating #Hysteria30 at Gibson Studios in London with Planet Rock Radio answering your questions now! Watch the full interview and Q&A below. Continue reading “Watch Joe Elliott’s Live Q&A at Gibson with Planet Rock”
CELEBRATE HYSTERIA’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY
Oh can you feel it, do you believe it? On this day 30 years ago we released the album HYSTERIA. Celebrate with us on social media with the hashtag #Hysteria30 and check out all of the action below!
Watch the new documentary
Order Hysteria 30th Anniversary Editions out tomorrow
Join the Hysteria Sweepstakes for your chance to win a Super Deluxe Box Set
Tune in later today for a live Facebook Q&A with Joe Elliott at 7:15 GMT / 2:15 EST HERE
New Billboard.com Interview w/ Band & Hysteria Recording Team
Read now the brand new Billboard interview with the band and recording team on what it took to make Hysteria.
Def Leppard’s ‘Hysteria’ Turns 30: An Oral History of the Album’s Painful Path to Victory
By: Melinda Newman
Hysteria, a meticulously crafted rock masterpiece infused with elements of pop, new wave, glam, and even rap, turned into one of the defining albums of the ’80s, certified 12x platinum by the RIAA and named the No. 25 biggest album ever on the Billboard 200 chart in 2015. The album spawned an extraordinary seven hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 — including an impressive six top 20-charting smashes. Among those: the top 10s “Hysteria” (No. 10), “Pour Some Sugar On Me” (No. 2), “Love Bites” (their sole No. 1) and “Armageddon It” (No. 3). In the end, Hysteria spent 78 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart — the most weeks spent in the top 10 for an album by a rock band in the chart’s 61-year history.
However, its success was far from certain when it came out Aug. 3, 1987.
In all new interviews, the remaining band members — guitarist Steve Clark died in 1991 — and others involved in the album’s creation and marketing talk about the long road fraught with doubt, pain, joy, drama, misadventures and, ultimately, tremendous triumph. For the first time since Hysteria’s release, recording engineer Nigel Green discusses the groundbreaking, innovative wizardry devised in the studio long before the existence of Pro Tools……
READ THE FULL BILLBOARD ARTICLE HERE
Brian Johnson of AC/DC Remembers Hysteria
We want to know what the Hysteria album means to you! Join Brian Johnson of AC/DC and share your photos & memories using the hashtag #Hysteria30 on social media! Don’t forget to tag @DefLeppard so we can share our favorites.
Live Q&A with Joe Elliott – August 3
Tune in to our Facebook page next Thursday, August 3rd at 7:15p BST / 2:15p EST for a live fan Q&A with Joe Elliott! Joe will be chatting with Planet Rock‘s Paul Anthony and fans about everything Hysteria on the day the album turns 30.
Click here to send Joe your questions!
Local UK fans can enter to win two tickets here
Step Inside: Hysteria at 30 (Pt. 1)
New – Official Def Leppard Hysteria Shop
Shop the all new Def Leppard Hysteria collection now HERE
