What is the better Def Leppard album — Pyromania or Hysteria? We've got a little Def Leppard fever this week on the Loudwire Nights radio show, so we've pitted not only two of Def Leppard's biggest ...

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, ...

Def Leppard came to realize that they were into something different. [The] New Wave of British Heavy Metal, a lot of it wasn't very professional and a lot of it wasn't very deep, guitarist Phil Collen ...

Every guitarist has been told that rhythm guitar is the most important skill, because no one gets a gig playing only solos. But when Phil Collen got the call to play on Def Leppard’s third album ...

Pyromania was the album that changed everything for Def Leppard. Guitarist Phil Collen vividly remembers the rapid ascent that happened after their third album was released in January of 1983. "We ...

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 ...

It was nearly 20 years ago that Def Leppard’s “Pyromania” helped put pop-metal on the musical map, spawning a flood of Aquanet-armed imitators whose output would rattle the airwaves through the 1980s.

Tony and Parker discuss the albums ‘Pyromania’ and ‘Hysteria’ by Def Leppard, examining their place in music history.

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 ...