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Originally formed in 1977 in Sheffield, England by five teenagers who really liked glam rock, [[Def Leppard]] became grouped with the NWOBHM before turning early-MTV pop-rock sweethearts. After kicking out a founding guitarist for too much drunken tomfoolery (Pete Willis), they released a well-received rock album (''Pyromania''), lost another sixth of a member (Rick Allen's left arm), released a phenomenally successful pop-rock record (''Hysteria''), which was essentially aiming to be "the hard rock version of ''[[Michael Jackson|Thriller]]''", then the ''other'' original guitarist drank himself to death over the course of a few years (Steve Clark).
Best known for predicating a thirty-year career on the [[Bawdy Song|bawdy]] [[Chorus-Only Song]], "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and the terribly unfunny joke, "What has nine arms and sucks?", they continue to release records (much more often than in their heyday) and do a world tour almost every year since 2003 despite becoming musical pariahs in the [[Post-Grunge]] era.
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'''Members:'''
* Rick Allen plays drums on a custom kit built to [[Handicapped Badass|bypass his disability]].
* Vivian Campbell wrote and played the guitar parts on [[Ronnie James Dio|Dio]]'s "Holy Diver" and moonlights as a member of [[Thin Lizzy]].
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* Rick Savage used to be [[The Chick|"the Cute One"]] (even getting name-checked to that end on ''Heroes'').
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* [[Album Title Drop]]: ''Pyromania'' gets its title from a line in the song "Rock Of Ages". Strangely, "On Through the Night" off of their second album shares the title of their ''first'' album.
* [[Bawdy Song]]: "Pour Some Sugar on Me", "Let's Get Rocked", "Rock Rock (Til You Drop)", "Women", "Make Love Like a Man", and that doesn't count album tracks.
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* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car accident. His response? Get a specialized drum kit and keep playing.
* [[Heavy Meta]]: "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)", "Let's Get Rocked", "Rock of Ages", "Rock Brigade", "Rocket".
** They also did [[Cover Version|Cover Versions]] of David Essex's "Rock On" and [[Mott the Hoople]]'s "The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll".
* [[Heavy Mithril]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl_aOcBdf1w Overture]", "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgbF35oN7Rc When the Walls Came Tumbling Down]"
* [[Intercourse with You]]: If you shake one of their records, several of these songs will fall out.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Their first two albums were definitely [[Heavy Metal]], but starting with their third album ''Pyromania'' they adopted a more radio-friendly hard rock sound. Their fourth album, ''Hysteria'', moved even further in this direction due to nearly half the songs being [[Power Ballad|ballads]].
* [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]]: ''Pyromania'', ''Hysteria'', and ''Adrenalize''.
* [[List Song]]: "Rocket", which lists the bands that Def Leppard count as influences or the [[Song of Song Titles|titles of their songs]], including [[David Bowie]], [[Elton John]], [[Mott the Hoople]], [[Queen]], [[Thin Lizzy]] and many, many more.
* [[Lyrics Video Mismatch]]: "Bringin on the Heartbreak".
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* [[Wearing a Flag on Your Head]]: sleeveless Union Jack shirts and short-shorts.
* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]: "Pour Some Sugar on Me".
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