Peel appreciated Elliott’s chutzpah and played the EP on his BBC radio show. Ambitious from the start, Elliott successfully promoted the EP by jumping onstage at Sheffield University during a DJ set by legendary UK radio personality John Peel and handing him the recording. To further season the mix, Def Leppard inserted a clanging cowbell and a flanged guitar effect into the intro, which they replaced with piano when they redid the song for 1993’s Retro-Active. As simple as early KISS, the song is driven by a propulsive, repeated guitar riff, then briefly shifts gears for the bridge and chorus. There are attitude-laced lead vocals, double-entendres about fast bikes and fast girls, and a blazing guitar lead. In addition to covering all of the tropes of heavy rock, it shudders with youthful exuberance and authenticity. track that wasn’t redone for their 1980 debut On Through the Night, is a fist-raising, nearly three-minute-long introduction to the testosterone-laden rockers. The opening track, “Ride Into the Sun,” the only E.P. In late 1978, shortly after Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott turned 19, the vocalist borrowed a little more than $200 from his dad and the band entered Fairview Studio in Hull, England to record three songs for The Def Leppard E.P. The Early Metal-Ish Years Ride Into the Sun And songs by other bands that Def Leppard covered and dueted on, exhibiting both their broad musical tastes and affinity for a good tune. This chameleonic ability to mutate when necessary allowed them to thrive through scenes with which they vibed (New Wave of British Heavy Metal, glam, country) and survive those that didn’t compliment their long hair and spandex outfits (punk, grunge, EDM, hip-hop).ĭef Leppard’s catalog can be broken up into four categories: The most metallic songs that were heralded by the rock press during the NWOBHM movement the polished mega-hits starting with “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak” and progressing through the singles that propelled both Pyromania and its follow up, Hysteria, to Diamond status (10 million sales) deeper ‘90s album cuts that demonstrated Def Leppard’s penchant for experimentation and efforts to shift their sound to be accepted by fans that no longer cherished glam metal. Since they emerged from Sheffield in 1977, Def Leppard have blended rock and influences into an eclectic catalog that helped lay the foundation for various music movements. Read some quotes about the song below including the story of how the music was written by Steve Clark shortly after joining the band.If you’ve only listened to one or two songs from Def Leppard’s decades-long recording career, you probably don’t know just how versatile England’s most popular hard rock bands has been. The sleeve featured live photos taken by Ross Halfin at their first public show in London on 16th September 1979. The single was released off the back of their successful support slots with Sammy Hagar and AC/DC. Their first new release for Photogram Records having signed to them in August 1979. The first version of 'Hello America' was used as the B Side for this seven inch single release. Style and dropped two of the other songs recorded during the sessions ('Glad I'm Alive' and 'Rock Brigade'). The band and management were not happy with his production The song had been recorded at Olympic Studios in London with producer Nick Tauber. ![]() The single was first released on 9th November and spent a further two weeks on the chart. It entered the UK single Top 100 chart on this day in 1979 at its peak position of 61. The second single released by the band after 'Getcha Rocks Off' which had been a repackaging of the original 'Def Leppard E.P.'. ![]() ![]() ![]() A standalone single featuring early versions of the title track and 'Hello America'.ĭef Leppard's classic early single Wasted reached Number 61 on this day in 1979 in the UK. This section looks at the 'Wasted' UK single chart peak.
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