A hanyoyi da yawa, Def Leppard sune babban rukunin dutsen dutse na 80s. Akwai makada da suka yi girma, amma kaɗan ne suka kama ruhin lokacin kuma.
Fitowa a cikin ƙarshen 70s a matsayin wani ɓangare na Sabon Wave na Biritaniya Heavy Metal, Def Leppard ya sami karɓuwa a wajen wurin Hammetal ta hanyar tausasa manyan riffs ɗinsu da kuma jaddada karin waƙa.
Bayan fitar da kundi masu ƙarfi da yawa, sun shirya don samun nasara a duk duniya tare da Pyromania na 1983 kuma sun yi amfani da fasaha ta hanyar sadarwar MTV don cin gajiyar su.
Sun kai kololuwar sana'arsu tare da "Hysteria" mafi kyawun siyar da 1987 sannan kuma suka ci wani babban bugu, "Adrenalize" na 1992, wanda ya bijirewa babban juyi zuwa grunge.
Bayan haka, ƙungiyar ta yi tafiya mai nisa kuma ta fitar da kundi a kowace 'yan shekarun nan, tana kula da sha'awar masu sauraro na yau da kullum da kuma wasu lokuta masu ban mamaki masu ban sha'awa tare da ayyuka kamar "Ee!" 2008, wanda a cikinsa suka koma cikin sautin kwanakin daukakarsu.
Def Leppard asalin gungun matasa ne daga Sheffield, wanda mutanen, Rick Savage (bass) da Pete Willis (guitar) suka shirya cikin cikakkiyar ƙungiya a cikin 1977.
Vocalist Joe Elliott, mabiyin Mott the Hoople da T. Rex, ya shiga ƙungiyar bayan 'yan watanni, yana kawo sunan ƙungiyar Deaf Leopard.
Bayan canza rubutun sunansu zuwa Def Leppard, ƙungiyar ta fara buga mashaya na Sheffield na gida, kuma bayan shekara guda ƙungiyar ta ƙara mawaƙa Steve Clark da sabon ɗan ganga.
Daga baya, a cikin 1978, sun yi rikodin farkonsu na EP Getcha Rocks Off kuma suka sake shi akan nasu lakabin Bludgeon Riffola. EP ya zama kalmar nasara ta baki, yana karɓar wasan iska akan BBC.
Nasarar farko
Bayan da aka saki Getcha Rocks Off, Rick Allen mai shekaru 15 an ƙara shi a matsayin mawaƙin na dindindin, kuma Def Leppard cikin sauri ya zama na yau da kullun a cikin mako-mako na kiɗan Burtaniya.
Ba da daɗewa ba sun sanya hannu tare da manajan AC / DC Peter Mensch, wanda ya taimaka musu su sami kwangila tare da Mercury Records.
Ta cikin Dare, kundin kundin wakoki na farko na cikakken tsayi, an fitar dashi a cikin 1980 kuma ya zama abin bugu nan take a Burtaniya, wanda ya sami shahara sosai a Amurka shima, inda ya kai lamba 51.
A cikin wannan shekara, Def Leppard ya zagaya Burtaniya da Amurka ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba, suna yin wasan kwaikwayon nasu tare da buɗe wasannin Ozzy Osbourne, Sammy Hagar da Yahuza Firist.
High 'n' Dry ya biyo baya a cikin 1981 kuma ya zama kundi na farko na platinum a Amurka, godiya ga ci gaba da jujjuyawar MTV na waƙar "Bringin' on Heartbreak".
"Pyromania"
Lokacin da ƙungiyar ta yi rikodin abin da ya biyo baya zuwa "High 'n' Dry" tare da furodusa Mutt Lange, an kori Pete Willis daga ƙungiyar saboda shaye-shayen sa, kuma Phil Collen, tsohon ɗan wasan guitar, an ɗauke shi hayar don maye gurbinsa.
Sakamakon 1983 Pyromania album ya zama mafi kyawun mai siyar da ba zato ba tsammani, godiya ba kawai ga ƙwararren Def Leppard ba, ƙarfe na ƙarfe, har ma da fitowar MTV da yawa na "Hotuna" da "Rock of Ages".
Pyromania ya sayar da kwafi miliyan goma, wanda ya kafa Def Leppard a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun makada a duniya.
Duk da nasarar da suka samu, sun kusan shiga lokaci mafi wahala a cikin ayyukansu.
Bayan balaguron balaguron balaguron duniya, ƙungiyar ta sake shiga ɗakin studio don yin rikodin sabon aiki, amma furodusa Lange ya kasa yin aiki tare da mawaƙa, don haka suka fara yin rikodi tare da Jim Steinman, mutumin da ke kula da Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf.
Haɗin gwiwar ya kasance mara amfani, don haka membobin ƙungiyar sun juya zuwa ga tsohon injiniyan sauti, Nigel Green.
Wata daya bayan rikodin, Allen ya rasa hannunsa na hagu a wani hatsarin mota a ranar Sabuwar Shekara. An fara ceto hannun, amma daga baya sai an yanke shi da zarar kamuwa da cuta ya shigo.
Makomar kungiyar ta shakku
Makomar Def Leppard ba ta da kyau ba tare da mai ganga ba, amma a lokacin bazara na 1985 - 'yan watanni bayan hadarin - Allen ya fara koyon wasa da kayan aikin lantarki na al'ada wanda Jim Simmons (Kiss) ya gina masa.
Ba da daɗewa ba ƙungiyar ta sake yin rikodi, kuma Lange ya koma bakin aiki bayan 'yan watanni. Ganin cewa duk faifan da ke akwai ba su dace da fitarwa ba, ya umarci ƙungiyar ta sake farawa.
An ci gaba da yin rikodi a cikin 1986, kuma a lokacin bazara, ƙungiyar ta koma mataki don yawon shakatawa na Dodanni na Rock Turai.
Hysteria
Def Leppard a ƙarshe sun kammala kundi na huɗu, Hysteria, a farkon 1987. An sake rikodin rikodin a cikin bazara kuma ya sami bita mai daɗi da yawa.
Yawancin masu suka sun yi jayayya cewa kundin ya lalata sautin ƙarfe na band don "pop mai dadi".
Kundin Hysteria ya kasa kamawa nan take. "Mata", na farko guda, bai zama nasarar da kungiyar ta samu ba, amma sakin "Animal" ya taimaka wa kundin ya sami karfin gaske. Waƙar ta zama Top 40 na farko da Def Leppard ya buga a Burtaniya.
Amma mafi mahimmanci, ya buga manyan hits shida na ƙungiyar a Amurka, wanda kuma ya haɗa da "Hysteria", "Zoba Sugar Akan Ni", "Ƙaunataccen Ciwon Ƙauna", "Armageddon It" da "Rocket".
Tsawon shekaru biyu, kasancewar Def Leppard a kan ginshiƙi ya kasance babu makawa - su ne sarakunan ƙarfe na ƙarshe.
Matasa da ƙananan makada sun kwafi mawaƙa, gashinsu da yage jeans, ko da lokacin da dutsen gaban Guns N' Roses ya mamaye wurin a 1988.
Kundin "Hysteria" ya tabbatar da zama kololuwar shaharar Def Leppard, amma aikinsu ya fara ne a farkon 90s.
Sannan kungiyar ta fara hutu a cikin kerawa, sannan kuma ta sake saita wani sabon kundi.
Duk da haka, yayin da ake yin rikodi, Steve Clarke ya mutu sakamakon shan barasa da miyagun ƙwayoyi. Clark ya ci gaba da kokawa da shaye-shaye, kuma bayan da suka yi farin ciki da sakin “Hysteria”, abokan wasansa sun tilasta wa mawaƙin yin hutun sabbatical.
Ko da yake ya shiga farfadowa, al'adun Clarke ya ci gaba kuma cin zarafi ya yi tsanani sosai har Collen ya fara rikodin yawancin sassan guitar da kansa.
Adrenalize
Bayan mutuwar Clark, Def Leppard ya yanke shawarar kawo ƙarshen kundi mai zuwa a matsayin quartet tare da sakin Adrenalize a cikin bazara na 1992. "Adrenalize" ya sami ra'ayoyi masu ban sha'awa daga masu sauraro, kuma yayin da kundin ya fito a lamba ɗaya kuma ya ƙunshi ɗimbin nasara guda 20, ciki har da Top XNUMX hits "Let's Get Rocked" da "Shin Kun Taba Bukatar Wani Mai Muni", rikodin ya kasance cizon yatsa na kasuwanci bayan "Pyromania" da "Hysteria".
Bayan fitowar, ƙungiyar ta ƙara tsohon mawallafin gita na Whitesnake Vivian Campbell zuwa layinsu, don haka suka ci gaba da wasa da gita biyu.
A 1993, Def Leppard ya fito da tarin rare records "Retro Active". Shekaru biyu bayan haka, ƙungiyar ta fitar da mafi girman tarihin hits, Vault, a shirye-shiryen album ɗin su na shida.
Rauni cikin shahara
Slang ya ga duniya a cikin bazara na 1996, kuma ko da yake ta kasance mai ban sha'awa da ban sha'awa fiye da magabata, an karbe ta da rashin kulawa.
Wannan yana nuna cewa lallai zamanin Def Leppard ya ƙare kuma yanzu sun kasance mashahuran ƙungiyar asiri.
Ƙungiyar ta sake yin rikodi, tana komawa ga sautin ƙarfe na ƙwanƙwasa don "Euphoria".
An saki kundin a watan Yuni 1999. Duk da nasarar da aka samu na "Alkawari", rikodin ya kasa samar da wasu hits, wanda ya haifar da komawa ga ballads a cikin "X" na 2002.
Sabbin kundi na 2000s
A cikin 2005, Rock of Ages mai-faifai biyu: Tarin Tarin Mahimmanci ya bayyana, kuma a cikin 2006, Ee!, tarin murfi.
A cikin 2008, mawakan sun fitar da kundi na studio na tara, Waƙoƙin Sparkle Lounge, wanda aka yi muhawara a lamba biyar kuma ya sami goyan bayan balaguron rani mai fa'ida.
Abu daga wannan yawon shakatawa ya taimaka wajen samar da mafi yawan 2011's Mirror Ball: Live & More. Wannan kundi ne na faifai uku mai ɗauke da cikakken aikin yawon shakatawa, sabbin rikodi na studio uku da faifan bidiyo akan DVD.
Bayan shekaru biyu, wani kundi mai rai ya biyo baya: Viva!
A cikin 2014, ƙungiyar ta ba da sanarwar fitowar kundi na studio na 11 mai zuwa da kuma rikodin sabon kiɗa na farko tun 2008. Kundin da aka samu, Def Leppard, an sake shi akan earMUSIC a ƙarshen 2015.
A cikin Fabrairu 2017, ƙungiyar ta fito da And Will Of Next Time, kuma rikodin bidiyo kai tsaye.
Daga baya a waccan shekarar, an fitar da wani "Super Deluxe Edition of Hysteria" don bikin cika shekaru 30 na kundin. An ci gaba da sake sakewa a cikin 2018 tare da Labari Har zuwa yanzu: Mafi kyawun Def Leppard.
