My interest in Def Leppard’s 1983 breakthrough Pyromania was rekindled after years of fatigue when I picked it up on vinyl at a stoop sale about a year ago, and it’s been a dinner-time cooking ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Def Leppard recently re-released their album Pyromania as a deluxe ...

Originally part of the new wave of British heavy metal in 1980, Def Leppard emerged as a hard rock force to be reckoned with. Even when they performed ballads they put power behind then. By their ...

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 will belatedly celebrate the 40th anniversary of their star-making third album Pyromania with a massive reissue featuring previously unreleased tracks, live footage and more. Pyromania 40 ...

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 ...

Following the release of their 1980 debut LP On Through the Night, the British hard rock group Def Leppard was gradually building their following that continued with their sophomore record, 1981's ...

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 ...

On June 16, Def Leppard found itself in one of the most unlikely settings one could have ever considered for a group that came out of England in the late 1970s with a sound influenced by early ’70s ...

Music has the magic power to make someone’s day better – and that’s what British rockers Def Leppard have been doing for four decades. Formed in 1977 in Sheffield, England, the band became one of the ...