A heavy metal feud is brewing between California and Dallas. Seems Southern California’s Def Leppard tribute band is pretty pissed off at Dallas’ Def Leppard tribute band, according to Spinner and NME ...

The post Def Leppard Announce 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition of Pyromania appeared first on Consequence. Def Leppard have announced a 40th anniversary expanded reissue of their seminal 1983 album ...

Picture this: it’s 1983, the era of big hair, denim jackets, and air-guitar solos in front of the mirror. You pop in that cassette tape, press play, and Def Leppard’s third studio album, Pyromania, ...

Southern California Def Leppard Cover Band is NOT looking for a one-armed drummer. The Texan Def Leppard cover band Pyromania, however, is looking for a one-armed drummer, reports our colleagues at ...

The classic album's 40th anniversary edition is out now. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director Def Leppard’s first two albums vaulted five boys from working-class Sheffield, England to the vanguard ...

In the last year, Dallas has seen some great tribute bands. Rad Bromance came through Dallas, and Mini KISS rock and/or rolled a good part of the night at Jaguars. But we're just catching wind of ...

When Def Leppard completed their Pyromania World Tour on Feb. 7, 1984, there was no doubt they'd made it to the big time. After 178 shows over almost exactly a year, they had moved from a support act ...

Released on Jan. 20, 1983, Def Leppard's Pyromania changed the game for hard-rock acts with pop aspirations by providing a blueprint for how to make metallic music sound huge, not just loud. There ...

Up until Jan. 20, 1983, when Pyromania arrived, Def Leppard wanted to be Led Zeppelin. Just look at their name. But then producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange, who worked on the band’s 1981 sophomore ...

The story of Def Leppard’s Hysteria is like no other. It involves an arm loss, three producers, three studios, two crashes… oh, and about three years of delays and frustration. Leppard pitched ...