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Fan Pages

Mailing Lists

  • Leplive Euphoria - A Def Leppard list on groups.yahoo.com, for people who are going to various concert dates world wide. Where you can tell your plans, and maybe meet up with other fans going to the same dates.
  • LepNet - Home of the very first online mailing list, created in 1993.
  • Leppard Club - Another Def Leppard mailing list on egroups, lusting is allowed.
  • Sweet Savage - A moderated mailing list for fans of Def Leppard's bass player, Rick Savage.

Reviews

  • East West: Rocket: An Evening With Def Leppard - Review of December 2002 concert in Sacramento, California.
  • UnRated Magazine: Def Leppard - Live review and photos from UIC Pavilion concert on March 28, 2003.
  • AMG All Music Guide - Steve Huey's review: "Adrenalize sounds somewhat tired, formulaic, and bland, qualities absent from the band's best pop-metal work."
  • CMJ - Jem Aswad's review: "The band's songwriting and musicianship are stronger than ever..."
  • Rolling Stone - J.D. Considine's review: "There's no overriding concept to the album, no sense of the group's confronting its demons or wrestling with the problems of the world; instead, what we get is a seemingly unending string of energetic, hook-heavy, gosh-we-luv-'em songs about girls. A perfect Def Leppard album, in other words." 4 stars.
  • All-Reviews.com - Stormy's review: "The fans demanded a return to that anthemic sound and the Leps gave the fans what they wanted. "Euphoria" proves Def Leppard won't be going anywhere but up!"
  • Canoe - Mike Ross' review: "The only "euphoria" this sorry slab of flab generates is the sick feeling one can get from consuming too much sugar."
  • New Musical Express - "A rock is most definitely out of the question. A smile in their direction is, however, common courtesy."
  • Rolling Stone - Greg Kot's review: "they've abandoned the more introspective tone struck on Slang, a commercial flop, to return to their Eighties metal-for-the-malls formula.." 2 stars.
  • AMG All Music Guide - Steve Huey's review: "While still opting for a controlled musical attack and melodies as big-sounding and stadium-ready as possible, the band opens up its arrangements a bit more on High 'N' Dry."
  • AMG All Music Guide - Steve Huey's review: "The strong pop hooks and "perfect"-sounding production of Hysteria may not appeal to diehard heavy metal fans, but it isn't heavy metal - it's pop-metal, and arguably the best pop-metal ever recorded."
  • CMJ - Jem Aswad's review: "No, there aren't many surprises here, except that the band is quite obviously stronger than ever."
  • Rolling Stone - Kurt Loder's review: "This album sounds terrific. Every track sparkles and burns. There is no filler."
  • AMG All Music Guide - Steve Huey's review: "a collection of working-class hard rock anthems informed by the big, glittering hooks of glam-rock."
  • CMJ - Eric Chappe's review: "There's a big audience out there for this once-thought-dead form of rock `n' roll. And it shouldn't be too long before Def Leppard will capture it."
  • RollingStone.com - David Fricke's review: "Displaying a wisdom beyond their years, Def Leppard take the timeworn basics of heavy metal, give them a punky Eighties overhaul and come up with, uh, heavy melody. On through the Night is awfully impressive for a band making its vinyl debut."
  • AMG All Music Guide - Steve Huey's review: "Leppard's quest for huge, transcendent hard rock perfection on Pyromania was surprisingly successful; their reach never exceeded their grasp, which makes the album an enduring (and massively influential) classic."
  • Rolling Stone - David Fricke's review: "Def Leppard may not be highly original, but they mean what they play, and Pyromania puts some much-needed fire back on the radio." 4 stars.
  • AMG All Music Guide - Ed Rivadavia's review: "While casual fans might find it confusing, Leppard fanatics will revel in its diversity and informative liner notes."
  • CMJ - Beth Renaud's review: "Not only is Retroactive a good addition to Leppard-philes' collections, it also whets our appetite for that forthcoming studio record."
  • Rolling Stone - Paul Evans' review: "their chief strength has always been the songs they write, and Retro Active underscores that appeal." 4 stars.
  • AMG All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "Not all of the experiments work, but Def Leppard sounds revitalized, particularly when they attack a straightforward rocker."
  • Canoe - "All in all, the most exceptional makeover of the year." 3 1/2 stars.
  • Rolling Stone - Jon Wiederhorn's review: "Slang rarely rocks; Def Leppard seem too consumed with sounding hip to let loose any real dynamic guitar squalor."
  • All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "the slick production and self-conscious maturity make X a leaden affair." (2.5 out of 5 stars)
  • Counter Culture - Sion Smith's review: "Def Leppard have come up with their best body of work since Hysteria..." (4 out of 5 stars)
  • MadBlast - Malcolm Michaels' review: "Joe Elliott (whose voice has never sounded better), Rick Allen, Vivian Campbell, Rick Savage and Phil Collen have created pure ear candy and one of the best albums of the year." (9 out of 10)
  • NME.com - Andy Capper's review: "Def Leppard improve with age: they lost their guitarist through drugs, their drummer had his arm amputated and, even though they're all in their 40s, they've just made the best rock album since Andrew WK's 'I Get Wet'."

Tribute Bands

  • Hysteria - Providence, Rhode Island's Def Leppard show. Show dates, song list, and photos.
  • Pyromania - Gig list, audio samples, pictures, and mailing list.

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