The band members smuggled alcoholic beverages in their drum kit to one of the very first shows with under-aged children in attendance. The band’s first gig was at a high school in Sheffield with only six people in attendance in 1978. When he was 18 years old, Joe decided to try out to be a guitarist but after listening to him sing and play he was made the lead vocalist. The three were students of Tapton Secondary School in Sheffield.īefore they became Def Leppard in 1980, they were called Atomic Mass.įounding member Joseph Thomas Elliot Jr, also known as Joe Elliot was an ardent fan of the British hard rock band, Mott the Hoople.īefore becoming the lead singer of the band, Joe Elliot auditioned as a guitarist. The band was formed by three teenage friends Rick Savage, Tony Kenning, and Peter Willis in 1977.
In 2017, they were honored by Planet Rock Awards with The Brick Wall Award.ĭef Leppard was inducted into the Hollywood’s RockWalk on September 5th, 2000 and the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. In 2009, they became the recipients of the Legends Award during the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards.ĭuring the 20 Classical Rock Roll of Honor Awards, they grabbed awards for Classical Album and Album of the Year respectively. They were also nominated by CMT Music awards for their collaboration with Taylor Swift, titled Photography. MTV nominated them for six awards for two of their songs Pour Some Sugar On Me and Let’s Get Rocked. They won the AMA for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist and Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album and 5 other nominations. They are considered one of the world’s best-selling artists, with an estimated sale of over 100 million records across the globe.ĭef Leppard has a preceding reputation of being one out of five bands to have two of their officially released albums selling more than 10 million copies in the United States.Īs of the publication date of this article, the band has been ranked at number 31 on VH1’s list of 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock and number 70 on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Stephen Maynard Clark (Late), who was popularly known as Steve Clark, Peter Andrews Willis (founding member) and Thomas Kenning who were included in the band’s most notable line-up, have passed away.
Joseph Thomas Elliot Jr (founding member & lead singer).The present line-up of Def Leppard is made up of the following: Their musical sound projects a blend of hard rock, pop-rock, arena rock, and the sub-genres of heavy metal.
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