Four years, one near-fatal car crash and an ocean of booze in the making, Def Leppard’s Hysteria is the 80s hard rock album against which all others should be measured ...

What makes Hysteria such a sweet spot in Def Leppard’s discography, however, is how fleeting its sweetness actually was. “There was always a looming sense of tragedy around every corner.

Def Leppard had dabbled with pop sounds in their 1983 hit "Photograph," but "Hysteria" marked the band's commitment to leaving the high-octane rock sound that drove their previous releases for a ...

It's hard to imagine without it, but Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" almost wasn't a part of their monstrous '80s album Hysteria.Here's how the band's biggest hit made it onto the album last ...

But Def Leppard perfected the art of pop metal, hair metal, 80s hard rock, etc. Whichever descriptor you choose, Hysteria has endured as a singular achievement by any measure or genre, as the five ...

(Image credit: Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images) Recalling the price tag for recording Def Leppard's 1987 album, Hysteria, guitarist Phil Collen is still amazed. ... -ish. He’s a great singer, and you hear ...

Def Leppard revealed an orchestral version of their 1987 hit “Hysteria,” the second single on their upcoming Drastic Symphonies album, a collection of the band’s songs over the past 40 years ...