Def Leppard (from left) are Rick Savage, Phil Collen, Joe Elliott, Rick Allen, Vivian Campbell. Popular in the 1980s, Def Leppard's catalogue titles sold 600,00 copies while the premier bands of 1999, such as U2, R.E.M. and Pearl Jam, had poor sales.
Bon Jovi was rock king of the airwaves of 1986 and 1987 with its multi-platinum Slippery When Wet album in full swing, the source of some of the New Jersey band’s most famous hits – Livin’ On Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive and You Give Love A Bad Name.
Jon and friends were simply filling a void left by a British band which had lost its commercial inertia. Def Leppard was riding high with the a pop rock formula from 1983’s Pyromania, conquering United States but not quite home turf.
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