Munjira zambiri, Def Leppard anali gulu lalikulu la rock rock la 80s. Panali magulu omwe adakula, koma ochepa adagwiranso mzimu wanthawiyo.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 70 monga gawo la New Wave ya British Heavy Metal, Def Leppard adadziwika kunja kwa zochitika za Hammetal mwa kufewetsa ma riff awo olemera ndikugogomezera nyimbo zawo.
Atatulutsa ma Albums angapo amphamvu, anali okonzeka kuchita bwino padziko lonse lapansi ndi Pyromania ya 1983 ndipo mwaluso adagwiritsa ntchito netiweki ya MTV kuti apindule nawo.
Anafika pachimake pa ntchito yawo ndi "Hysteria" yogulitsidwa kwambiri mu 1987 ndipo adapambananso kwambiri, "Adrenalize" ya 1992, yomwe idatsutsa kutembenukira kwa grunge.
Pambuyo pake, gululo linayenda ulendo wautali ndikutulutsa chimbale zaka zingapo zilizonse, kusunga chidwi cha omvera nthawi zonse ndipo nthawi zina mafani odabwitsa ndi ntchito monga "Eya!" 2008, momwe adabwerera ku phokoso la masiku awo aulemerero.
Def Leppard poyambirira anali gulu la achinyamata ochokera ku Sheffield, omwe anyamata, Rick Savage (bass) ndi Pete Willis (gitala) adapanga gulu lathunthu mu 1977.
Woimba nyimbo Joe Elliott, wotsatira monyanyira wa Mott the Hoople ndi T. Rex, adalowa nawo gululo miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake, kubweretsa dzina la gululo Deaf Leopard.
Atasintha kalembedwe ka dzina lawo kukhala Def Leppard, gululi lidayamba kusewera ma pubs aku Sheffield, ndipo patatha chaka gululo lidawonjezera woyimba gitala Steve Clark ndi woyimba ng'oma watsopano.
Pambuyo pake, mu 1978, adajambula EP Getcha Rocks Off ndipo adayitulutsa pa label yawo ya Bludgeon Riffola. EP idakhala mawu apakamwa bwino, kulandira airplay pa BBC.
Kupambana koyamba
Pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa Getcha Rocks Off, Rick Allen wazaka 15 adawonjezedwa ngati woyimba ng'oma wokhazikika wa gululi, ndipo Def Leppard adakhala wokhazikika pamawu a sabata aku Britain.
Posakhalitsa adasaina ndi mtsogoleri wa AC / DC Peter Mensch, yemwe adawathandiza kupeza mgwirizano ndi Mercury Records.
Kupyolera mu Night, chimbale cha gulu lonselo, chidatulutsidwa mu 1980 ndipo chidakhala chotchuka kwambiri ku UK, ndikutchuka kwambiri ku US, komwe chidafika pachimake 51.
Chaka chonse, Def Leppard adayendera UK ndi America mosalekeza, akuchita ziwonetsero zawo komanso mawonetsero otsegulira Ozzy Osbourne, Sammy Hagar ndi Yuda Wansembe.
High 'n' Dry adatsatira mu 1981 ndipo adakhala chimbale choyamba cha platinamu ku US, chifukwa cha kusinthasintha kwanthawi zonse kwa MTV ya nyimbo "Bringin' on Heartbreak".
"Pyromania"
Gululi litalemba zotsatila za "High 'n' Dry" ndi wopanga Mutt Lange, Pete Willis adachotsedwa m'gululi chifukwa cha uchidakwa, ndipo Phil Collen, yemwe anali gitala wakale wa Girl, adalembedwa ntchito kuti alowe m'malo mwake.
Chimbale cha 1983 cha Pyromania chinakhala chogulitsidwa kwambiri mosayembekezereka, osati chifukwa cha luso la Def Leppard, zitsulo zoyimba, komanso nyimbo zambiri za MTV za "Photograph" ndi "Rock of Ages".
Pyromania idagulitsa makope mamiliyoni khumi, ndikukhazikitsa Def Leppard ngati imodzi mwamagulu otchuka kwambiri padziko lapansi.
Ngakhale kuti anapambana, anatsala pang’ono kulowa m’nthawi yovuta kwambiri pa ntchito yawo.
Pambuyo paulendo wambiri wapadziko lonse lapansi, gululi lidalowanso mu studio kuti lijambule ntchito yatsopano, koma wopanga Lange sanathe kugwira ntchito ndi oimba, motero adayamba kujambula ndi Jim Steinman, yemwe anali woyang'anira Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf.
Kugwirizanako sikunaphule kanthu, motero mamembala a gululo adatembenukira kwa mainjiniya wawo wakale, Nigel Green.
Patatha mwezi umodzi kuchokera pamene kujambula kuja, Allen adataya mkono wake wakumanzere pa ngozi ya galimoto usiku wa Chaka Chatsopano. Mkonowo unapulumutsidwa poyamba, koma pambuyo pake unayenera kudulidwa matendawo akangoyamba.
Tsogolo lokayikitsa la timuyi
Tsogolo la Def Leppard linkawoneka ngati losawoneka bwino popanda woyimba ng'oma, koma pofika kumapeto kwa 1985 - miyezi ingapo ngoziyo itachitika - Allen adayamba kuphunzira kuimba chida chamagetsi chomwe adamupangira Jim Simmons (Kiss).
Posakhalitsa gululo linayambiranso kujambula, ndipo Lange anabwerera kuntchito miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake. Poona kuti zojambulira zonse zomwe zidalipo sizoyenera kumasulidwa, adalamula gululo kuti liyambirenso.
Magawo ojambulira adapitilira mu 1986, ndipo chilimwechi gululo linabwereranso pabwalo laulendo wa Monsters of Rock European.
Hysteria
Def Leppard potsiriza anamaliza nyimbo yawo yachinayi, Hysteria, kumayambiriro kwa 1987. Cholembedwacho chinatulutsidwa m'chaka ndipo chinalandira ndemanga zambiri zachikondi.
Otsutsa ambiri adanena kuti chimbalecho chinasokoneza phokoso lachitsulo la gulu la "pop pop".
Album ya Hysteria inalephera kugwira nthawi yomweyo. "Akazi", woimba woyamba, sanakhale wopambana wa gululo, koma kutulutsidwa kwa "Animal" kunathandiza kuti albumyi ikhale yopambana. Nyimboyi inakhala yoyamba ya Top 40 ya Def Leppard ku UK.
Koma chofunika kwambiri, idagunda nyimbo zisanu ndi imodzi zapamwamba za gululi ku US, zomwe zidaphatikizanso "Hysteria", "Ndithireni Shuga Pa Ine", "Kuluma Kwachikondi", "Armageddon It" ndi "Rocket".
Kwa zaka ziwiri, kupezeka kwa Def Leppard pazithunzizo kunali kosapeŵeka - anali mafumu azitsulo zapamwamba.
Achinyamata ndi magulu ang'onoang'ono adakopera oimba, tsitsi lawo ndi jeans atang'ambika, ngakhale pamene gulu lolimba la Guns N' Roses linatenga zochitikazo mu 1988.
Chimbale "Hysteria" chidakhala chodziwika bwino cha Def Leppard, koma ntchito yawo idayamba kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 90.
Ndiye gulu poyamba anatenga yopuma zilandiridwenso, ndiyeno kachiwiri anayamba ntchito pa Album latsopano.
Komabe, panthawi yojambula, Steve Clarke anamwalira ndi mowa ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Clark nthawi zonse ankavutika ndi uchidakwa, ndipo atatha kupambana ndi kumasulidwa kwa "Hysteria", anzake omwe ankaimba nawo adakakamiza woimbayo kuti asamakhale ndi sabata.
Ngakhale kuti analowa mu rehab, zizolowezi za Clarke zinapitirirabe ndipo nkhanza zake zinakula kwambiri moti Collen anayamba kujambula yekha mbali zambiri za gitala za gululo.
Adrenalize
Clark atamwalira, Def Leppard adaganiza zothetsa chimbale chawo chomwe chikubwera ngati quartet ndikutulutsidwa kwa Adrenalize kumapeto kwa 1992. "Adrenalize" idalandira ndemanga zosiyanasiyana kuchokera kwa omvera, ndipo pomwe chimbalecho chidayamba kukhala nambala wani ndipo chidali ndi nyimbo zingapo zopambana, kuphatikiza nyimbo 20 zapamwamba "Let's Get Rocked" ndi "Kodi Munasowapo Wina Woyipa Kwambiri", mbiriyo idakhumudwitsa pambuyo pake. "Pyromania" ndi "Hysteria".
Kutsatira kutulutsidwa, gululo lidawonjezera woyimba gitala wakale wa Whitesnake Vivian Campbell pamndandanda wawo, motero adayambanso kusewera ndi magitala awiri.
Mu 1993, Def Leppard adatulutsa zolemba zachilendo "Retro Active". Patatha zaka ziwiri, gululi linatulutsa nyimbo zabwino kwambiri, Vault, pokonzekera nyimbo yawo yachisanu ndi chimodzi.
Chepetsani kutchuka
Slang adawona dziko lapansi mchaka cha 1996, ndipo ngakhale zidawoneka ngati zachidwi komanso zachilendo kuposa zomwe zidalipo kale, zidalandiridwa mosalabadira.
Izi zikuwonetsa kuti moyo wa Def Leppard udatha ndipo tsopano anali gulu lodziwika bwino lampatuko.
Gululi lidayambanso kujambula, ndikubwereranso ku mawu awo ovomerezeka achitsulo cha "Euphoria".
Albumyi idatulutsidwa mu June 1999. Ngakhale kuti "Malonjezo" adapambana, mbiriyo inalephera kupanga nyimbo zina, zomwe zinachititsa kuti abwererenso ku nyimbo za pop mu 2002 "X".
Nyimbo zatsopano za m'ma 2000s
Mu 2005, Rock of Ages yokhala ndi ma disc awiri: The Definitive Collection idawonekera, ndipo mu 2006, eya!
Mu 2008, oimba adatulutsa chimbale chawo chachisanu ndi chinayi, Nyimbo zochokera ku Sparkle Lounge, zomwe zidayamba pa nambala XNUMX ndipo zidathandizidwa ndi ulendo wopindulitsa wachilimwe.
Zomwe zachokera paulendowu zathandizira kupanga zambiri za Mirror Ball ya 2011: Live & More. Iyi ndi chimbale chokhala ndi ma disc atatu okhala ndi mawonekedwe athunthu, zojambulira zatsopano zitatu ndi makanema apa DVD.
Patatha zaka ziwiri, chimbale china chinatsatira: Viva!
Mu 2014, gululi lidalengeza kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale chawo cha 11 komanso kujambula koyamba kwa nyimbo zatsopano kuyambira 2008. Nyimboyi, Def Leppard, idatulutsidwa pa earMUSIC kumapeto kwa 2015.
Mu February 2017, gululo linatulutsa And And Will Of Next Time, komanso nyimbo yojambulidwa.
Pambuyo pake chaka chimenecho, "Super Deluxe Edition ya Hysteria" idatulutsidwa kukondwerera zaka 30 za chimbalecho. Kutulutsa kwinanso kudapitilira mu 2018 ndi Nkhani Pakali pano: The Best of Def Leppard.
