Rock Band Borrowed 80s Hit from a Hymn Book!…Record SOLD 10 Million Copies! | Professor of Rock
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- The making of one of the biggest rock albums of the 80s was full of drama, comedy, secret messages, and young lust. Def Leppard Pyromania... It started out with Def Leppard having to fire their longtime guitarist Pete Willis who was so drunk he couldn’t play the songs. They brought in a hot shot rookie named Phil Collen who became the missing piece that helped make this band one of the biggest of the rock era and the only rock band outside of Led Zeppelin to have 2 straight 10 times platinum records and this was the start. Joe Elliott was revved up and ready to go with iconic hits like Rock of Ages, Photograph, and Foolin... Up next, the story of a rock song that came from an old hymn book and the origins of the iconic gibberish that everyone has tried to translate for years but came from the band not wanting to say the same old thing. The story of a record that sold over 10 million copies but was cursed to be #2 never reaching the #1 spot… Next on Professor of Rock.
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Def Leppard was on a steady path of progression leading to the recording of their 3rd studio album Pyromania in early ’82. The band’s debut LP On Through the Night was a platinum seller in the U.S. & Canada, and their 2nd album High & Dry was twice as successful- selling over 2 million units in America.
Def Lep’s invaluable partnership with pre-eminent record producer Mutt Lange was forged on the High & Dry album that led to even loftier achievements on their next two albums. Recording an album with Def Leppard was always an adventure.
There wasn’t as much turbulence as there was during the making of Hysteria, but the Pyromania sessions were not without drama. The biggest soap opera was the sacking of founding member Pete Willis. The band was well into the recording of Pyromania when everything came to a head. Willis was a notorious partier, and his alcohol abuse proved toxic for his bandmates.
After a heavy night of drinking, Willis stumbled into the recording studio completely unable to play his guitar parts on the track “Stagefright”.
Mutt was disgusted at his unprofessionalism, and told Willis to go home and “dry up.” The other three members asked then manager, Peter Mensch, to fire Willis, but Mensch refused. “It’s your band, said Mensch, you do it, you’re big boys.” Not only was Willis a founding member, but he had been a very integral part of the band’s sound, especially on the preceding High & Dry.
But Willis’s drinking had been a major issue within the band for several years. Def Leppard had lofty goals, and their potential for something grand with Pyromania was evident.
The last thing they needed was a toxic relationship to wreck their future prosperity. To replace Pete Willis, Joe Elliott & Steve Clark recruited guitarist Phil Collen, who had been playing with the band GIRL. Elliott & Clark had serious discussions with Collen about joining Def Leppard a year prior, since they were losing confidence in Willis well before his official dismissal, but decided to give Pete another chance to get his act together.
Phil Collen hit it off with the core foursome from the outset, and quickly established a brotherly relationship with the guys, especially with fellow lead guitarist, the beloved Steve Clark.
Poll: What is your pick for the greatest rock album, (front to back) of the 80s?
U2 Joshua Tree
INXS- Kick
Back in Black
Moving Pictures
The Cure's "The Head on the Door”
Okay, so maybe not rock, but it's a solid album.
Gotta be, Hard Rock-wise, "Appetite For Destruction" by Guns N' Roses...it is so universally loved in my neck of the woods, that just starting the album, amd hearing the opening lick to "Welcome To The Jungle" always elicits a positive reaction, from my Mother to my Son, so it is always a good time...
I remember seeing "Rock of Ages" in a hymn book and thinking, "Wow! This church is cool!" and being very disappointed when we ended up not singing Def Leppard songs.
😂
I was in 5th grade at a catholic school when this album came out. One of my friends was an accomplished piano player and the Sister who taught music class would have her play while the class sang. One day, my friend said she wanted to play "Rock of Ages" and Sister was very happy to let her. So the girl played the Def Leppard version and when she finished, Sister said she had never heard that arrangement, but that it was very nice. Those of us who knew what the girl was playing were trying not to laugh at Sister!
It’s kinda like In-a-Gadda-da-Vida with the Simpsons. It kinda sounds like rock and/or roll.
Ok Adam, prepare yourself for this absolutely true story. Back in 1984, I went to the Lutheran Church on my grandparents block in Detroit. My Grandpa was the doorman and my Grandma played the pipe organ. The pastor is in the pulpit and says, "Open your hymnal to page 333 and we'll sing Rock of Ages." I was only 7, but my eyes lit up. My Grandma was looking down at me with such pride that I was there that morning. She started playing and I started singing Rock of Ages. Except, I was singing Def Leppard and no one could figure out what was going on. My Mom still laughs about it to this day
I like the band, but the Rock of Ages is God the Father. The term refers to the fact that He is steadfast and eternal. Knowingly or not, Def Leppard’s lyrics dishonor God.
@@jamesjuranek2359 always a bitch when you dishonor a mythical figure. But I think god can handle it
Pyromania and Hysteria are still two of my favorite albums. As a drummer, Rick Allen has always been a big inspiration.
Huge inspiration. Amazing story.
I saw them in concert back when Allen had both of his arm's.
I saw Def Leppard at Fresno’s Selland Arena after his accident.
The stage was ‘in the round’
It was an amazing concert!
Pyromania is my second favorite by them. Hysteria is my least favorite. That album was awful
@@ordinaryman1904 I saw them with some friends in one of the first shows when he came back. They had a backup just in case he got tired or something. I happened to be sitting on a rail just above and behind Rick with a friend who’s also a drummer and wanted to sit as close to it as possible. When they came out into the stage the door was just below us.
Needless to say we had what I call first row seats to him drumming away in his new kit and we were in awe. One of the best shows I’ve ever been too and they never needed that backup drummer.
Thanks for doing this, I've been diagnosed with end stage COPD listening to your blog helps remind me i lived through the coolest years life has to offer, kids nowadays don't have a clue what being a kid is about an how great life is Thanks again. Keep on rocking 😎
Hello William, I am so sorry you do not have as many more years left as you deserve. I'm glad the years you did have were cool to you! Blessings and rocking to you.
Sure hate that diagnosis for you. God bless you and keep rocking.
Plenty of hugs to you William 💗
Prayers for healing. Don't give up, give it to God.
My sincere prayers for you William. May God give you strength to face each day with grace, love and peace.
Pyromania, and especially Photograph, is what got me hooked on Def Leppard in high school. Forty years later, they're still my favourite rock band of all time. Long live the 80s and Def Leppard!
I yearn to rewind to the 80s.
That’s exactly me and my love for Def Leppard also. My first song that made them my favorite band was Photograph. I bought the Pyromania cassette, and listened to it from start to finish, over and over again. Coincidentally, my favorite band and album before Def Leppard was Foreigner 4. I didn’t know at the time they had the same music producer Mutt Lange.
I remember Friday Night Videos on NBC, had a voting contest each week pitting one video against another. Def Leppard’s “Foolin’” was the champion that year.
High N’ Dry, Pyromania, Hysteria. What a three-album run. I’m almost 27, but when I was 13, I heard Foolin’ on the radio, and my life changed.
Coolness, I'm about the same age, and I'm proud of growing up with this music.
I agree! I can play all of them through and enjoy every single track as if they all made #1
Oh and I’m 58 welcome to the club!
Hell yeah. Keep the music alive my man.
I remember when they came to town the first time back in the 80s. What I don’t remember is much about the concert but then again it was the 80s
That's funny. When my great grandmother was discussing what songs she wanted played at her funeral she said "Rock Of Ages" which perplexed me as "why would she want a Def Leppard song played at her funeral?".
She might have meant the old hymn.
Def Leppard are such a legandary rock band. I'm proud to have grown up listening to them. 🎸🎶
One of the best!
I’m 17 and I love Def Leppard.
@Trina Q Me too.
I remember going to buy Pyromania when it was first released at lunchtime and I had to finish work before I could go home and play it, what an album. RIP Steve 'Steamin' Clark.
Yep. Those were the days!
Same here. I was standing at Discomania, my local record store, when they opened that day. Those were the good old days when we’d peel that cellophane and place that brand new vinyl on the turn table.
Steve left us too soon.
@@ProfessorofRock I was you would make a video about Jim Croce , he deserves to be remembered he had good songs from silly sing alongs to very poignant songs
I was a student in Sheffield, England in the mid 80s, such a great time in that city with local bands like Def Leppard, ABC, Human League crushing it. Just about every young person I knew there was in a band of some sort. A musical high point in time 😀
I went to one of their concerts back in 1988, I believe, where they played in the round. The crowd was wild, so in tune with each and every song, every word. No one was sitting down, everyone was singing and dancing. It was pretty powerful and amazing, all of us being there as a collective. One of my best concerts. You could talk about this band all day long, I'd never be bored.
I wish I was around back then because I would have been straight at the front singing every song.
i dont care what anyone says, on through the night and high & dry are two of the greatest albums of the eighties, and leppards two finest albums.
I agree. Though i'd place Pyro above them.
Agree. High and Dry is a straight up masterpiece. The band was never the same without Willis.
@@kidmustang4543
The band Sum 41 has a nod to High n Dry in their video for the song In Too Deep, I believe right around 1:34 or so into the video if you pause it it's the album cover of High n Dry.
There's no way it's a coincidence, the video is a comedic look at the band in a diving contest against what looks like guy's from a college diving team who are wearing red Speedo style swim trunks, if you pause right around then it's definitely a tribute to High n Dry, and judging by the comments I think I'm about the only person who caught it.
They also have a nod to the 80's Rodney Dangerfield movie Back to School when one of the band members performs a "Triple Lindy" dive towards the end of the video.
Another 80's video nod from a band from that generation is the video for My Chemical Romance's song Teenagers, it's a copy of the beginning of the movie Pink Floyd: The Wall, they reenactment the beginning of the movie where all the teenager concert goers break down the doors of the venue and storm the place, I think I'm about the only one that caught that one to.
"i dont care what anyone says" If you don't care what anyone says, then you wouldn't even say it, but you did. Also, the Internet stopped charging for capital letters and apostrophes.
You are not wrong!
Mutt Lange is such a legendary producer. He always had a knack for creating ear candy. A great example is comparing his ex-wife Shania Twain's music from their time together to her latest stuff. The difference in quality is staggering.
Shania Twain don't need him to make great music
He’s what made Heartbeat City ear candy.
Yeah, her last album tanked without him. I don’t agree with him cheating, but her output was much better with his production.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 the cars were headed downward after the disaster known as panorama. foreigner 4 was another good album by Lange.
@@aprilgosa5779 yes she does
Def Leppard has always been a great band, but it was a huge loss when Steve Clark passed. He had huge input for lyrics, the guitar riffs and was a huge part of why the band was so successful.
Man! Seeing the respect that those two musicians have for each other and the love they have for the other's music is so incredible! Thank you Adam, so much for sharing this.
Yes! Such beautiful souls with uniquely powerful experiences, yet such humility and love for life.
Pyromania is my absolute FAVORITE album of all time!!! Never, EVER gets old!!! This came out in my senior year of high school and every time I hear it, it carries me right back there. GREAT memories of my friends and I partying with this album as the backdrop!!! Def Lep FOREVER!!! 🤘🤘
Blown away by Photograph the first time I heard it on radio, I was eager to hear the rest of Pyromania. When I finally got the album, I couldn't stop playing it. I was in love with Joe's voice, the band's harmonizing, and instrumentation. They all just melded so well together.
Both Pyromania and Hysteria are my favourite Def Leppard albums but, Pyromania is still my #1.
I got something to say, It's better to burn out than fade away. Have a great Friday and weekend everyone, from Tampa Florida...
Thanks, you too!
Same to you from other side of the bay !
Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen.
Rock on 🤘
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Foreigner on their greatest hits tour just came thru Topeka. Another band where everyone sings along. Juke Box Hero. Awesome.
Def Lepard is one of my absolute favorite rock bands of all time. I was first introduced to the Pyromania album on the school bus in the 80s. A kid would bring his boom box to school and we would rock out all the way to school. Even the bus driver loved listening to it!
This is one of the albums that got me into rock music, 12 year old me had it on cassette tape. Still a great album today, fills me with nostalgia and still a great band now.
Pyromania was one of three tapes that I wore out and replaced so I could continue destroying my eardrums. The others were Whitesnake "Slide it in" and ACDC "Back in Black." They spoke to me like no other.
Love it. Thanks Jim!
Oh, but be careful Jim! You don’t want to concern the ear doctor!
I also wore out Bon Jovi's SLIPPERY WHEN WET
I just don’t get a Neil Young, his voice grates on me like Janis or Joni. To each their own. Decent albums and helped keep rock alive in the 80s countering the synth-pop stuff.
Pyromania was one of the top 20 albums of the 80’s, hands down. I loved all of it, but Foolin’ and Too Late for Love were my favorites. I can’t believe Photograph didn’t hit #1. I remember being ecstatic that I got the cassette and a poster for Christmas that year. Brilliant album. This album was the backdrop to my first forays into parties, and ahem....., so it holds a special place in my heart. 🖤
Pyromania unfortunately had to contend with Michael Jackson’s Thriller that year. I don’t think anyone would’ve had a chance against that juggernaut.
I remember when the album debuted. The radio stations played it all summer long. The weather was so hot, well into the night. Could only sit out with your friends, waiting for the singles from the album to come on. Simple, but amazing time.
I'm a huge Def Lep fan. My favorite is Pyromania! I still have my LP from 83. I sure miss the "terror twins" and their awesome guitar duos. I'm a huge fan of the Sweet also, and I love how Def Lep was influenced by them.❤ Rick Allen is a great inspiration with his amazing comeback from tragedy. RIP Steve Clark. Miss you!💔🕯️
Def Leppard were my staple from my preteen years all the way to adulthood. I had not had my drivers license very long when Hysteria came out and I absolutely wore the print off that cassette blasting it all summer long with the windows down on my Mustang. What a summer with the soundtrack of Hysteria. One I will never forget.
Yes saw them that year with Europe
To answer your question, what I remember is seeing a poster of them on my friend's big brother's bedroom wall and him telling me that his father really liked them. And then my mother tapping her foot to Photograph. And then other friends who didn't listen to rock music saying they loved Def Leppard. My kids fell in love with Def Leppard at an early age. It just seems that regardless of age or musical preference, Def Leppard seems to capture the ear of one and all. There may be other bands that fit that description but for me, Def Leppard were the first that I knew of whose fan base had no boundaries. Rock of Ages, indeed.
I just want to drop a quick note to say what a fan I am of this channel! I watch every day. In your intro I always try to guess who the ep is about and am psyched when I’m right. I always think I’ll know trivia that you’ll miss and I’m always wrong. Lol. Of course the interviews are always top notch. Please, Adam, keep up the amazing work. 🤘🤘
The song "Hysteria" is an absolute masterpiece. Funny that it was the bassist that came up with the melody.
Why?
With plenty of help from Pink Floyd.
Man I'm jealous of you! Getting to sit down face to face with your rock idols and talk with them for however long - THAT'S AWESOME!
Legendary and prominent in British Hard Rock! Something familiar, while also having unique and individualistic roots! Fantastic as always
THanks RC32. You're the best!
@@ProfessorofRock Why thank you so much man. Means a lot!
Check out some of the 70s festival promos with Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, believe it or not. They wisely distanced themselves from labels.
Sometimes I forget they’re British for reasons that are beyond me, but I agree with you, RC…
This album will always mean something special to me. At the age of 12 my older cousin at who's house I was staying over at called for me from upstairs and said hey coming here into my room and this was not something that he did most of the time I was getting told to stay away or flat out getting picked on by him and his friends, but this time was different he said I just bought something and I want to know what you think of it and he started playing this album and man I was hooked and have been a fan ever since.
He sounds like a cool older cousin.
@@nickhill8612 He was as long as he wasn't picking on me being the pest of a younger cousin lol, but his sister kept him in check as much as possible. As we got older we became a lot closer and went to concerts together.
@@jaywillard13
That's cool, people change as they get older and it sounds like you had some good times.
Like DLR sang Those were good times, dam good times.
My all time favorite band. ❤ Feels like they were like my long lost cousins as they were in my life ON THE DAILY. I looked at, listened to and watched EVERYTHING I could get my hands on.
Back when Pyromania came out, I was 15 and I walked over 5 miles to get the album on vinyl. After I turned 16 and got my first real job and a car the first cassette I bought was Pyromania.. I've owned Pyromania in all medias available at the time. Being the youngest of 5 siblings it was the first album that I felt was mine and wasn't something I got because my brothers or sisters listened to it.
I LOVE Def Lep and Journey and have seen them both multiple times. They both play great shows! Cracks me up how Neal nearly always has his guitar during interviews and he picks on it like a nervous habit.
I was fortunate enough to see Def Leppard 3 times, the first in 1981 when they opened for Blackfoot, then for Pyromania and Hysteria, they've always been and always will be one of my favorite bands, and as a young guitar player back then they had a big influence on me, but not for guitar for singing, they made me realize I had to do more than just stand there and play guitar I had to be able to sing as well, to me they will always be one of the greatest rock bands ever and I still listen to their music on a daily basis❤
I saw them twice. once at don valley stadium (their home town of sheffield) and once at wembley arena. Two days i will never forget.
Pyromania is one of my absolute favorites. I have had it on LP, cassette and cd over the years and played them all heavily. The album came out in the heyday of my early AD&D days and whenever it came on the radio while we played we would pause the game to crank it up. I translated the pre-song countdown to be "Oonta, Gleebin, Gloutin, and Globin", which I used as names for four of my characters, a set of dwarven brothers.
Thank you Professor for this episode! Watching it sent me instantly back in time and thinking about the massive cassette collection I had in my youth (I'm 52 now). There were three tapes that I had to replace multiple times due to stretching, being eaten, or never returned from being borrowed: John Cougar's American Fool, J. Geils' Freeze Frame, and Def Leppard's Pyromania. Pyomania is without a doubt their masterpiece. No fast forwarding needed just press play, flip the tape, press play. Every song was rocked! However, Too Late For Love was the one that jolted my soul. Even today I still make sure the neighbors know that song.
I was in 10th grade when Pyromania came out. Photograph still takes me back to first hearing it. I would have to say Def Leppard is definitely my all time favorite 80’s band.
Pyromania was such a great album that it was TOO good for me. When that album was released, I was also getting into early Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, and Pyromania had/has SO many slick hits that I had a hard time accepting it. Without a doubt, Def Leppard and that album truly brought twin-guitars in-your-face to the mainstream.
I'm 46 years old so I remember MTV in its earliest days. Even though back then I didn't have cable TV many of my neighbors in the neighborhood did. So I still remember fondly spending weekends over with friends and doing things there that I couldn't do at home. My taste in music is real eclectic. Mozart to Metallica, Hank Williams Senior to Crosby stills Nash and Boyz II Men. As well as everything in between. But when people ask me to list my top five acts of all time. Two are always there from this genre, Def Leppard is first bon Jovi is second.
@@Brian_W. - i would imagine he's referring to the first few years.
@@Brian_W. My earliest memory was at age 6. But my father used to watch and his story was I was bouncing on his knee.😊 Of course my father could be a little bit of A bs er.. also by that time my parents we're divorced so I lived in two different households. I was at my dad's most weekends, and with him making more money at the time then my mom he had cable. I think also he would spoil me quite a bit back then.
I’m the exact same kind of person.
My first post concert hearing loss was Def Leppard, opened by Queensryche. Such a good concert. This was post drummer arm loss, and they still rocked the house down.
Pyromania was my introduction to Def Leppard and it was fantastic! They are my favorite rock band of the 80s and I still rock out to their songs today!
Hysteria is one of the CDs I bought in my early 20s from my mall when we had a music store in it. I loved the cd. I loved many of their songs whenever they were on the radio or MTV when I was younger. All of Def Leppard's singles are my favorites. My most favorites of their singles (which I love all) would be Hysteria, Love Bites, and Foolin.
For me Rocket and Gods of War are the highlights. But the whole album end to end is fantastic.
Love Bites is an incredible song, but it’s hard to believe they only hit the top spot once!
Pyromania was the first album I spent my own money on. I got that and Quiet Riots Metal Health on the same day. Whenever I listen to songs from Pyromania it always brings back great memories and nostalgia.
I'm always amazed at the creativity and their ability to put it all together into the sounds and performances that we love. The wonderful thing about Def Leppard is that they make rock fun. To some music is an expression to me it's a release from the everyday life. I really like fun songs. You know the ones that force you to sing along with a loud voice.
Favorite band of all time. My first concert was the Pyromania tour. Just like you, it took Hysteria to make me realize how much I liked them and then turn to other albums like High 'n' Dry and On Through the Night! From then I was hooked. I've seen more Def Leppard shows than any other band. Rock On!
Loved this album when it came out and it is still in my top 5 of all time. Vastly superior to Hysteria. Billy's Got a Gun is my favorite song from the album. I love everything on the album, but that one just has a certain atmosphere that I can't describe or explain, but I get chills every time I hear it.
Heehee, my best friend got Pyromania for a penny from Columbia House and we dubbed a tape on my brother's stereo. I wore that poor tape to pieces! Of course, Def Leppard lived large on my wall of posters scavenged from the pages of Creem, Metal Edge, Circus, RIP and many others😍🎶,
Ha!
You were a hardcore fan.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980Well, in all fairness, they were only one band of many on the Wall of Epicness. I was a teenage girl after all😄.
@@hellradiolives Haha, I would have been the same way! I’d have Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, definitely make room for the two Kings of Pop (Prince, MJ) and so many others.
First time that I saw them live was 1987. Hysteria tour. I can still feel the music pounding through my body.
I hung out with the guys backstage before an Ozzy concert at a venue East Coast, mid-Florida area. Early '80s. They were the NICEST bunch of guys you could ever want to meet.
I had Rock of Ages on vinyl. Soon had to get Pyromania because of it. Still my favourite Def Leppard song
Yes!
Yeah I bought the single too... I think the weekend after it was released... just before buying the "Pyromania" album on cassette.
It’s an 80s anthem.
One of the best guitar bands ever!
Amen Sweet Richard!
Totally agree!
And drummer
There's like ...very, very few albums that you hear the first time and you're just gobsmacked ...high n dry was it for me. Perfect from start to finish and I never tire of listening.
I agree! Great record!
Bringing on the Heartbreeeeeeeaaaak…
I was working at the Detroit Eastern Market selling produce and we would drive down the night before. The night driving in the warm fall air with Def Leopard playing created a magical feel that I will always remember as the best times of my life !!! Salute !!!
Wow ! That firing is so much like how Metallica fired their lead guitarist Dave Mustaine because of his toxic drug abuse and lousy guitar playing because of it ! Cool behind the scenes info on the making of Pyromania!
Thanks Duane. Did you have the album?
@@ProfessorofRock yes and High N Dry and Hysteria !
That was a crazy story. Poor Dave.
What’s ironic is that Dave Mustaine became a Christian, got clean, and ended up forgiving his old band.
@@5roundsrapid263 lol....what?
He still whines about it to this day.
Roommate in Bible College played it non-stop, I didn't mind. Rock of Ages, yeah.
Ha ha! Amen!
Did you guys sing together?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 No, he couldn't carry a tune, but he knew a good one when he heard it.
@@rabby-u I’m the same way. Personally, I wouldn’t care. I’m not Jesus. 😂
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 haha 😄
Elementary school music teacher rolls eyes when she asked a boy to pick a song from the song book for group sing.....and says "totally different song, duh"
The Professor is an ABSOLUTE *LEGEND*
Firing Pete Willis-Strike 1
One arm drummer-Strike 2
Steve Clark passes-Strike 3, you're out
😄
Nailed it.
Love this.
Not a dry seats in the house!💧
High and Dry
@@ProfessorofRock Do you think that everyone was high that would help keep the seats 💺 dry?
The 80s wouldn't be complete without Def Leppard.
I never got to see them live, but their studio productions sound SOOOOO good. To this day I can't think of another band that had this good of a sound and production quality. Truly top notch and a sound to strive for.
Greatest album ever made!
I prefer high n dry.
Many do! What's your fave Def track?
This album still packs as much punch and emotion today as it did in the 80s!
I can’t believe it’s been 40 years since Pyromania. I was in London doing a quarter in college in 1984. Peter Mensch had put his address on the back of Pyromania and me being who I am, visited there. I did ring the bell that said “office” though. Peter explained that he had no idea the album would be so popular. And a few weeks later Rick Allen had his car accident and “Do They Know It’s Christmas” was recorded. Amazing time in history.
Pyromania was (and will forever be) the most PERFECT ALBUM ever released! I remember being in 8th grade the first time I heard FFFFooling and my life was completely changed!! And like you said, I can put my cassette on and sit down because I would NOT be skipping any of the songs!! I guess that’s way I was SO DISAPPOINTED with Hysteria… unfortunately, I could not STAND that album…
I love both albums but Pyromania was and is amazing.
Why did you not like Hysteria? To me, it’s just as amazing.
@@ProfessorofRock this is a re-uploaded video, why?
Def Leppard's "Rock of Ages".
YOU got it! Thanks Kylie!
I would have never guessed it came from a HYMN BOOK of all places.
Im in my upper 50s and my teens were full of their music. My highest respect for them staying loyal to their drummer who is an awesome inspiration
"Just a model of conviction and professionalism"... this statement is juxtaposed against a picture of Phil standing naked wearing nothing but a guitar and fuzzy slippers. Too funny.
Remember Mutt Lang was married to Shania Twain. Mutt is my Dawg!
Yes I remember.
He also sang back up on her hit "Any Man of Mine" .......he does a GREAT Dwight Yoakam impression, I thought it was Dwight for years!!!
@@TheSlowoldman I almost said you would know about country. Then I oozed at your name. Remembering that Buck Owen's has died awhile back! SO CLOSE
@@constipatedinsincity4424 His son is named Buddy.....(not me.)
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Sounds like a deaf Leper!
Which, that would be awful.
Biggest rock albums of the eighties.
1. Def Leppard-Pyromania
2. AC/DC- Back in Black
3. Van Halen-1984
4. Guns and Roses-Appetite
5. Whitesnake-Whitesnake
6. Rush- Moving Pictures
7. Scorpions- Love at First Sting
8. Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet
9. Poison- Look What the Cat Dragged In.
10. Journey- Escape
I think I might be the only one who loves both Pyromania and Hysteria, but to me, their masterpiece was Adrenalize, considering what the boys went through between Hysteria and the release of Adrenalize. Just my two cents, Professor!
And I want and I need and I love Anna Malle ! She was a sweet girl!
You have so Much history!
@@ProfessorofRock Someday when you get older.I am not trying corrupt anyone!
Is she real?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Yes she was an adult actress the band found her vary pleasant and hot. 🔥 You don't need to look her up. And she died terribly here in Las Vegas. 😢 Well you are old enough to legally look at her story. I remember when I 1st met her I said that she had a lot of Cherokee in her. She said that she was Irish and Cherokee.
@@constipatedinsincity4424 She was born in 1967 and died at 38 in 2006. She was killed in a traffic collision. She is of Cherokee, Irish, and German descent. Thanks IMDB.
I love these videos Adam. This is the second night in a row that I've gotten home from work and watched a few of these back to back
I was in grade 7 and I heard some older kids talking about Def Leppard. I had never purchased an album yet because I listened to my 2 older sisters records. I didn't have a lot of money but I saved up for a while and went to the record store and bought Pyromania :) I had an old super cool record player the speakers looked like cannon balls and a plexiglass dome covered the turn table. Before bed every night I'd plug in my headphones crank it all the way up and go to sleep listening these guys. Awesome!!
Photograph on MTV is an 80’s landmark , the sustained scream leading into solo is just hardcore pure rock n roll
I drove my brother nuts. Every morning and I mean first thing EVERY morning, Rock of Ages! Gunter-glieben-glauchen-globen. It is better to burn out than fade away.
if you want a great example of Def Leppard's sense of humor, check of the B-Side of their 1988 single "Armageddon it",
"Release Me" by "Stumpus Maximis and the Good Ol' Boys" (fronted by their longtime Tour Manager Malvin Mortimer and the rest of the band playing each others instruments, with Joe Elliott on the piano). It's Hilarious.
Saw them when the oldest guy in the band was 17! They were opening for Pat Travers in Reno. LOVED their show!!! Ran out the next day and bought "On thru the Night"!
Can’t say this enough. I so wish I was born much earlier. Born in 82 but so wish I was born in the late 60’s early 70’s because I could have been around to witness this time of such great rock and roll.
The thing that's always stuck out to me about their music is the outstanding harmonies they produce, not only with their instruments but vocally as well.
About 20 years ago, Def Leppard was on tour and my then girlfriend (now wife) surprised me with tickets to their show at Concord Pavilion. At first, I was a bit apprehensive. I loved Def Leppard as a kid and never had a chance to see them live back then. My initial thought was that watching a bunch of aging rockers trying to re-live their glory years would ruin my impression of them. They walked out on stage and proceeded to decapitate the first 20 rows with Rock, Rock....and I realized just how unfounded my fears were. One of the best shows I've been to. Even my wife, a staunch punk rock girl, disdainful of "mainstream rock" walked away super impressed.
There's a plaque where the original Rock Of Ages hymn was written. Its in a place called Burrington Combe near Cheddar. A vicar was travelling home and got caught in a heavy rain storm. With no adequate shelter nearby he found a fissure in a nearby rock wall and waited til the rain passed and wrote said hymn while he waited.
Def Leppard and Bon Jovi - two of your mum's favourite hard rock bands. I consider Def Leppard to be the undisputed Kings of the power ballad, as it seems half of their hits are love oriented. When Love And Hate Collide is my utmost favourite song from them. The soaring crescendo of the chorus and the patent longing of the verses are a brilliant marriage. Such a good song.
Ah yes, Def Leppard. The second easiest concert to make sure you didn't go home alone 😊
#1? Van Halen for sure 😉
Favorite band of all time and seeing them on the Hysteria tour (Tesla opening) is still one of my favorite memories of all time!!! Great show with great friends and just singing along at the top of my lungs!!!
My dad bought “On Through the Night” because of the album cover artwork. He didn’t like the music so he gave the album to me. To this day, one of my all time favorite bands.
Thanks for honoring Def Leppard here. This made me want to go back and listen to the full albums. I like to do karaoke and when I do "Pour Some Sugar On Me" it's a real crowd-pleaser, lights everyone up. When Def Leppard was most popular I was in jr. high and I remember distinctly that their sound was more upbeat and positive, celebrating life, than many other rock bands which were cynical. There's a place for all of that - it wasn't until the last 10 years that I've learned to appreciate that the more cynical songwriters were right to be anti-establishment - but Def Leppard is simply pure light and love rock energy, whenever I hear their music I feel absolutely uplifted in a way that no other music can do!
I was in the Army deployed to the Philippines and had Pyromania in a Walkman, i played it over and over again evrry night after training. I still love every song.
My husband and I would often go on long drives and blast Hysteria during my 1st pregnancy. As an infant, we discovered that the music from that album was the one thing that could calm our daughter when nothing else would.
‘Hysteria’ was the first Def Leppard album I bought, and played it many, many times. So much love for their music.
😅 this really takes me back to my 80s at cocos restaurant. Hanging out with my buddy Randy Thomas who had a couple hit songs , and his buddy James Raymond, who is David Crosby son.
Randy expressed about how impressed he was with how well produced and how dedicated these excellent musicians were at such a young age. I never forgot that these guys were so young when they launched. Pretty incredible story when you think about it.
The biggest mistakes of my life! I'm a child of the 50's, 60's & 70's, I thought rock of the 80's was garbage so I quit listening. Man did I miss out! I discovered Def Leppard about 5 years ago. I love all their music!! Especially Armageddon it, Let's Get Rocked & Rock! Rock! (Till you drop)
An other big mistake, I won tickets from my local classic rock station for the Def Leppard/Journey stadium tour in Atlanta but wound up not going because our grand daughter was visiting from CA and my wife didn't want to leave her alone for the night so we didn't go. 😢
I have respect for this band. When the drummer lost an arm i a car accident, he wanted to quit for the sake of the band. They all banded together ( pun intended) to convince him to stay. So he now plays with two feet and only one arm, it still sounds great.
Always thought it a crime that the amazing High and Dry LP cover had the borders cropped out on the CD, losing its meaning. The front border with a crowd looking up at a dive into an empty pool - and the back with the crowd smiling at the outcome.