When Def Leppard released their single “Animal” on July 20, 1987, it was the herald of a new age for the band and rock 'n' roll in general. It was the first single from Hysteria, the behemoth album ...

Like the restless rust, Def Leppard never sleeps. We don’t understand what it means either, but they told us so 36 years ago in “Animal.” On May 19, Def Leppard will release “Drastic Symphonies,” a ...

Four years passed between Def Leppard’s massive Pyromania and the band’s pop metal masterpiece Hysteria. The masterpiece tested the limits of the compact disc and became a thoroughly ...

The hair was shorter but the arena-size hooks that helped make Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe mainstream staples decades ago were on prominent display Friday night at a packed Wrigley Field. Though a ...