Music: Def Leppard, Yeah or Nay and Categorization

[OzzyFan]

I just want to see what some general opinion's are of Def Leppard, their music (at peak and career), and how you categorize them muscially.

Personally, at their peak at least, they have this British arena hard pop rock sound that was so catchy and so commercially successful too that they left their stamp on me and apparently rock history (given some records they set, company they aligned with from this, and consistently high enough overall band rankings on rock and hard rock history charts all time). Hysteria is still a main stay in my repeat listening music collection.

What you think?

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[kook10]

They were great through Pyromania (so not very long).

 

[Osprey]

People who don't enjoy Def Leppard don't enjoy fun... or sugar.

For a time, I would listen to Hysteria every day after getting home from school.

 

[JohnC]

I look at Def Leppard the way I look at most hair metal bands, they have some jams that I enjoy, but on the whole the discography mostly stinks.

 

[Zodiac]

really enjoy High n Dry, Pyromania, and Hysteria. some really great hard rock.

 

[82Ninety42011]

Love em and now I miss my mullet to

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Depends on which song

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

I look at Def Leppard the way I look at most hair metal bands, they have some jams that I enjoy, but on the whole the discography mostly stinks.

Agreed.

Mostly in the way that every album has so much filler that you can buy their greatest hits and be set

 

[Jumptheshark]

I am bias. I know two members of the band via a cousin who works for the band.

I like the band, prefer stuff from their earlier stuff(prior to Hysteria) but I enjoy their later stuff.


Two of my favourite songs are my first your face and Undefeated.

 

[Canadian Game]

I used to like them quite a bit but over time I’ve become a bit tired of them. With that said, depending on the song and my mood, I can still sometimes enjoy their music quite a bit.

They were great through Pyromania (so not very long).

Admittedly, I also lost some respect for them when this happened. But that’s aside from my taste for their music.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Pyromania was the first album I ever bought. Still like their early stuff, although I don't go out of my way to listen to it.

 

[HisIceness]

I used to not care but I dig them now, however the stuff they put out in the early 90's Have you ever needed someone so bad? and Let's get Rocked probably would have been better off not being recorded at all IMO.

 

[Bixby Snyder]

The first 3 albums are good hard rock but everything after Pyromania is overproduced crap with too many ballads trying to appeal to chicks.

 

[TNT87]

I enjoy them. Around 10-20 of my all time favorite bands.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Def Leppard is to the UK as Bon Jovi is to America--pretty much carbon copies of each other

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

High and Dry is their best record, and its not close IMO. They were still on the rock side of things and hadn't gone fully arena rock yet.

 

[TD Charlie]

To me, sub par pop/hair band (I wanna say "hair metal" but it's just so far from metal I can't do it) and mostly known for having the drummer with one arm.

I don't dislike them. They get heavy play on XM 39 and it's 50/50 whether I keep scrolling or not

 

[PanthersPens62]

Love me some Def Leppard.

 

[cupcrazyman]

Def Leppard is to the UK as Bon Jovi is to America--pretty much carbon copies of each other

Def Leppard 1977
Bon Jovi 1983

Def Leppard has out sold Bon Jovi by 3M albums

 

[Baby Punisher]

I am bias. I know two members of the band via a cousin who works for the band.

I like the band, prefer stuff from their earlier stuff(prior to Hysteria) but I enjoy their later stuff.


Two of my favourite songs are my first your face and Undefeated.

Ah I am Jealous. Def Leppard is my all-time number 1 favorite band. They were the first band I ever loved way back in 1989. Every album has its own sound. I try to see them live when ever they come around.

 

[Canes]

I mostly don't think about them. I can sometimes tolerate a few of their hits when I'm in a particular mood but other than that, meh. Props to the one armed drummer though.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Was the first band I fell in love with. I can listen to a bit from Hysteria and Adrenalize. But nothing beats the first 3 albums though. High N Dry is my favorite album from them but On Through the Night is severely underrated.

Unfortunately I think they lost a lot of their magic when Steve Clark died. He was a primary songwriter on all but like 3 or 4 songs on the first 4 albums.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Was the first band I fell in love with. I can listen to a bit from Hysteria and Adrenalize. But nothing beats the first 3 albums though. High N Dry is my favorite album from them but On Through the Night is severely underrated.

Unfortunately I think they lost a lot of their magic when Steve Clark died. He was a primary songwriter on all but like 3 or 4 songs on the first 4 albums.

High 'n' Dry is easily my favorite album of theirs. A bit more polished than the debut album but still with an aggressive edge.

I agree about Steve Clark too.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

 

[K Fleur]

Pour some sugar on me is the white people national anthem.