Then there were the songs themselves, such as Love Bites and Gods of War, all immaculately produced by band Svengali Mutt Lange and featuring complex three-part harmonies and interlocking guitar arpeggios. "We wanted to create music that we personally can be fans of." "Since we loved the bands, we thought 'wouldn’t it be great to create a hybrid of both'. "We realised early on that we mustn’t worry about that and the objective is to create stuff that we love with the hope that somebody else loves it as well," he says. It was an approach that initially didn’t go down well with the harsher sounds of UK’s metal communities. “It’s about having that powerful sound with great melodies.” “We wanted our music to be a cross between AC/DC and Queen,” he says. In addition to releasing “the rock version” of Michael Jackson's blockbuster 1982 album Thriller, Collins says Hysteria is the realisation of Def Leppard’s career mission. Their energetic blend of rock muscle and euphoric hooks resulted in half a dozen hits, including Pour Some Sugar on Me and Animal, and the album sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. Then with the release of 1987 album Hysteria, Def Leppard became global stars. “And that's really the trick: It's about coming from the other side singing and playing better." 'A cross between AC/DC and Queen'įormed in Sheffield in 1977, Def Leppard built a profile as leaders of a movement dubbed the "new wave of British heavy metal" and found success through a series of well-received early albums, including 1981's High 'n' Dry, whose single Bringin' on the Heartbreak became one of the first rock videos played on the fledgling music channel MTV. "We came from that era and it is hard to find that now because many haven't got that kind of endurance. This means loud guitars, big lyrics and everyone chanting along," he says. You need to keep up with the work you do, otherwise it will slip away."Īnother reason why Def Leppard’s star remains bright, Collen says, is that they are part of a handful of groups delivering the kind of anthemic and guilt-free rock thrills increasingly missing from the current generation of guitar bands. "This is how we always approached it as a band and why we are still here. “He was the most dangerous fighter in the world and he really only lost when he stopped training and putting the work in that was required,” Collen says. In an exclusive interview with The National, guitarist Phil Collen says the band will arrive in the UAE capital a well-oiled machine.Īs a fan of boxing, he uses former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson as an analogy to explain the band’s durability. The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will experience the hype on Sunday, when the group perform the prestigious race-day concert. In a saturated concert market, one particular tour is a resounding success.īritish band Def Leppard's trek with fellow rockers Motley Crue has been slaying US stadiums throughout the summer, selling 1.3 million tickets and earning $173.5 million, according to Billboard Boxscore.įour decades into their career, not only is it Def Leppard’s biggest tour, but it has set the stage for a run of further stadium concerts in the UK and Ireland next summer.
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