Ngezindlela eziningi, i-Def Leppard bekuyibhendi ye-rock eqinile yama-80s. Kwakukhona amabhendi ahamba amakhulu, kodwa ambalwa abamba umoya wangaleso sikhathi.
Evela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-70s njengengxenye ye-New Wave ye-British Heavy Metal, u-Def Leppard uthole ukuqashelwa ngaphandle kwendawo ye-Hammetal ngokuthambisa ama-riff abo amakhulu futhi agcizelele izingoma zabo.
Ngemva kokukhipha ama-albhamu ambalwa aqinile, base belungele impumelelo emhlabeni wonke nge-Pyromania yango-1983 futhi basebenzise ngobuchule inethiwekhi ye-MTV esafufusa ukuze bazuze.
Bafinyelele esicongweni somsebenzi wabo ngengoma edayise kakhulu i-"Hysteria" ka-1987 base bethola elinye iculo elikhulu, elithi "Adrenalize" lika-1992, eladelela ukuphendukela kwe-grunge.
Ngemva kwalokho, ibhendi yahamba uhambo olude futhi yakhipha i-albhamu njalo ngemva kweminyaka embalwa, igcina isithakazelo sezithameli ezivamile futhi ngezinye izikhathi abalandeli abamangazayo ngemisebenzi efana nokuthi "Yebo!" 2008, lapho babuyela khona emsindweni wezinsuku zabo zenkazimulo.
UDef Leppard ekuqaleni bekuyiqembu lentsha yaseSheffield, abafana, uRick Savage (bass) noPete Willis (isiginci) abahlela ibhendi egcwele ngokugcwele ngo-1977.
Umculi wezwi uJoe Elliott, umlandeli oshisekayo we-Mott the Hoople kanye no-T. Rex, wajoyina iqembu ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, elethe igama leqembu elithi Deaf Leopard.
Ngemuva kokushintsha isipelingi segama labo laba nguDef Leppard, ibhendi yaqala ukudlala amashibhi asendaweni eSheffield, kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo iqembu lengeza isigingci uSteve Clark nomshayi wesigubhu omusha.
Kamuva, ngo-1978, baqopha i-EP Getcha Rocks Off yabo yokuqala futhi bayikhulula kulebula yabo ye-Bludgeon Riffola. I-EP yaba impumelelo yezwi, ithola i-airplay ku-BBC.
Impumelelo yokuqala
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-Getcha Rocks Off, u-Rick Allen oneminyaka engu-15 wengezwe njengomshayi wesigubhu weqembu unomphela, futhi u-Def Leppard washeshe wajwayelana nomculo wamasonto onke waseBrithani.
Ngokushesha basayina nomphathi we-AC/DC uPeter Mensch, owabasiza ukuba bathole inkontileka neMercury Records.
Ngobusuku, i-albhamu yeqembu yobude obugcwele, yakhululwa ngo-1980 futhi yaba yingoma esheshayo e-UK, yazuza ukuthandwa okukhulu nase-US, lapho yafinyelela inani eliphakeme ku-51.
Unyaka wonke, u-Def Leppard wavakashela e-UK naseMelika ngokungakhathali, enza imibukiso yakhe kanye nemibukiso yokuvula u-Ozzy Osbourne, uSammy Hagar kanye noJudah Priest.
U-High 'n' Dry walandela ngo-1981 futhi waba i-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu le-platinamu e-US, ngenxa yokuzungezisa njalo kwe-MTV ingoma ethi "Bringin' on Heartbreak".
"I-Pyromania"
Ngesikhathi leli qembu liqopha ukulandelana kwethi "High 'n' Dry" nomdidiyeli uMutt Lange, uPete Willis waxoshwa ebhendini ngenxa yokudakwa, kwathi uPhil Collen, owayengumdlali wesigingci weGirl, waqashwa esikhundleni sakhe.
I-albhamu eyaba umphumela ka-1983 ye-Pyromania yaba umthengisi ongalindelekile, ngenxa nje yekhono lika-Def Leppard, insimbi eculayo, kodwa futhi nokukhishwa kwe-MTV okuningi kwezingoma ze-"Photograph" kanye ne-"Rock of Ages".
IPyromania ithengise amakhophi ayizigidi eziyishumi, yasungula iDef Leppard njengelinye lamaqembu aziwa kakhulu emhlabeni.
Naphezu kwempumelelo yabo, bacishe bangena esikhathini esinzima kakhulu semisebenzi yabo.
Ngemva kohambo olubanzi lwamazwe ngamazwe, ibhendi yaphinde yangena estudiyo ukuze iqophe umsebenzi omusha, kodwa umdidiyeli uLange akakwazanga ukusebenza nabaculi, ngakho baqala ukuqopha noJim Steinman, indoda ephethe i-Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf.
Ukubambisana kubonakale kungenazithelo, ngakho amalungu eqembu aphendukela kunjiniyela wawo wangaphambili womsindo, u-Nigel Green.
Ngemva kwenyanga okuqoshiwe, u-Allen walahlekelwa ingalo yakhe yesobunxele engozini yemoto ngobusuku Bangaphambi Koncibijane. Ingalo yaqale yasindiswa, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kwadingeka ukuthi inqunywe ngokushesha lapho ukutheleleka kuqala.
Ikusasa leqembu elingabazekayo
Ikusasa lika-Def Leppard lalibukeka limfiliba ngaphandle komshayi wesigubhu, kodwa entwasahlobo ka-1985 - ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemva kwengozi - u-Allen waqala ukufunda ukudlala insimbi ye-elekthronikhi engokwezifiso eyakhelwe yena nguJim Simmons (Kiss).
Ngokushesha iqembu laphinde laqala kabusha ukuqopha, futhi uLange wabuyela emsebenzini ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa. Ebona konke okurekhodiwe okukhona njengokungafanele ukukhishwa, wayala ibhendi ukuthi iqale phansi futhi.
Izikhathi zokuqopha zaqhubeka ngo-1986, futhi ngalelo hlobo ibhendi yabuyela esiteji ohambweni lwe-Monsters of Rock European.
I-Hysteria
UDef Leppard ekugcineni wayiqeda i-albhamu yabo yesine, i-Hysteria, ekuqaleni kuka-1987. Irekhodi likhishwe entwasahlobo futhi lathola ukubuyekezwa okuningi okufudumele.
Abagxeki abaningi baphikisa ngokuthi i-albhamu iphazamise umsindo wensimbi weqembu elithi "sweet pop".
I-albhamu ye-Hysteria yehlulekile ukubamba khona manjalo. "Abesifazane", ingoma yokuqala, ayizange ibe yi-hit yeqembu, kodwa ukukhululwa kwe "Animal" kusize i-albhamu ukuba ithole umfutho. Ingoma yaba ingoma yokuqala ka-Def Leppard eyi-Top 40 e-UK.
Kodwa okubaluleke nakakhulu, ishaye izingoma ezihamba phambili eziyisithupha zeqembu e-US, ezihlanganisa ne-"Hysteria", "Pour Some Sugar on Me", "Love Bites", "Armageddon It" kanye "neRocket".
Iminyaka emibili, ukuba khona kukaDef Leppard emashadini kwakungenakugwenywa - babengamakhosi ensimbi ephezulu.
Intsha namaqembu amancane akopisha abaculi, izinwele zabo namajini aklebhukile, ngisho nalapho i-hard rock ye-Guns N' Roses ithatha indawo yesigameko ngo-1988.
I-albhamu ethi "Hysteria" ibonakale iyingqophamlando yokuduma kukaDef Leppard, kodwa umsebenzi wabo waqala ekuqaleni kwawo-90s.
Khona-ke leli qembu lathatha ikhefu ekudaleni, laphinde laqala ukusebenza ku-albhamu entsha.
Kodwa-ke, phakathi nezikhathi zokuqopha, uSteve Clarke wabulawa utshwala nezidakamizwa ngokweqile. U-Clark wayelokhu enenkinga yokudakwa, futhi ngemva kosuku lwabo lokukhululwa kwe- "Hysteria", abalingani bakhe beqembu baphoqelela umculi ukuba athathe isabatha.
Nakuba angena ku-rehab, imikhuba kaClarke yaqhubeka futhi ukuhlukunyezwa kwakhe kwakunzima kangangokuthi uCollen waqala ukuqopha izingxenye eziningi zesiginci seqembu yena.
I-Adrenalize
Ngemuva kokushona kukaClark, u-Def Leppard wanquma ukuqeda i-albhamu yabo ezayo njenge-quartet ngokukhululwa kwe-Adrenalize entwasahlobo ka-1992. I-"Adrenalize" ithole ukubuyekezwa okuxubile kubalaleli, kanti ngenkathi i-albhamu iphuma okokuqala futhi iqukethe izingoma ezingashadile ezimbalwa eziphumelele, okuhlanganisa izingoma ezishisa izikhotha ezingu-20 ezithi "Let's Get Rocked" kanye "Ingabe Wake Wadinga Umuntu Omubi Kangaka", irekhodi kwaba ukuphoxeka kwezentengiso ngemuva kwalokho. "Pyromania" futhi "Hysteria".
Ngemva kokukhululwa, iqembu lengeze uVivian Campbell owayengumdlali wesigingci seWhitesnake ohlwini lwalo, ngaleyo ndlela laqala kabusha ukudlala ngeziginci ezimbili.
Ngo-1993, uDef Leppard ukhiphe iqoqo lamarekhodi angavamile "Retro Active". Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili, leli qembu lakhipha iqoqo elihle kakhulu, i-Vault, lilungiselela i-albhamu yalo yesithupha.
Yehla ekudumeni
I-Slang yabona umhlaba entwasahlobo ka-1996, futhi nakuba yabonakala inamandla kakhulu futhi ingavamile kuneyandulelayo, yamukelwa ngokunganaki.
Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi ikusasa likaDef Leppard lase liphelile futhi base beyiqembu lehlelo elidume kakhulu.
Ibhendi yaqala ukuqopha futhi, ibuyela kumsindo wabo we-pop metal onelungelo lobunikazi we-"Euphoria".
I-albhamu yakhululwa ngoJuni 1999. Naphezu kwempumelelo ye-"Promises", irekhodi lihlulekile ukukhiqiza amanye amahithi, okuholele ekubuyeleni kuma-pop ballads ngo-2002 "X".
Ama-albhamu amasha ngawo-2000s
Ngo-2005, kwavela i-Rock of Ages enamadiski amabili: Iqoqo Elicacile, futhi ngo-2006, Yebo!, iqoqo elibanzi lamakhava.
Ngo-2008, abaculi bakhipha i-albhamu yabo yesitudiyo yesishiyagalolunye, Izingoma ezivela eSparkle Lounge, eyaphuma okokuqala ngenombolo yesihlanu futhi yasekelwa ukuvakasha kwasehlobo okunemali eningi.
Izinto ezisuka kulolu hambo zisize ukwakha iningi le-Mirror Ball yango-2011: Live & More. Lena i-albhamu ebukhoma enamadiski amathathu equkethe ukusebenza okugcwele kokuvakasha, okurekhodiwe okusha kwestudiyo ezintathu kanye nevidiyo ekwiDVD.
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, kwalandela enye i-albhamu ebukhoma: Viva!
Ngo-2014, ibhendi yamemezela ukukhishwa okuzayo kwe-albhamu yabo yesi-11 kanye nokuqoshwa kokuqala komculo omusha kusukela ngo-2008. I-albhamu eyaba umphumela, i-Def Leppard, yakhululwa ku-EarMUSIC ngasekupheleni kuka-2015.
NgoFebhuwari 2017, ibhendi yakhipha i-And And Will Of Next Time, nayo erekhodiwe bukhoma.
Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, "i-Super Deluxe Edition ye-Hysteria" yakhululwa ukugubha iminyaka engu-30 ye-albhamu. Okunye ukukhishwa kabusha kwaqhubeka ngo-2018 nge-The Story So far: The Best of Def Leppard.
