![]() ![]() “I loved ‘Pyromania’ and how it set the band up, but I’d have to choose ‘Hysteria.’ Just the quality and depth of the songs. It wasn’t as polished, and maybe that was more the sound that would have happened to the band had we not met up with Mutt Lange.” Rick Savage (bass) We were reeling from the fallout of the whole Seattle scene, and that album was a great opportunity to get back to basics. But what was one of our seemingly least popular albums has became one of my favorites – ‘Slang’. ![]() And it kinda changed the way a lot of people approached rock music.” Rick Allen (drums) Y’know, like the Stones were a blues band, then all of a sudden the band that was doing ‘Little Red Rooster’ was writing ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want.’ They went through a whole different thing. “There was something so pioneering about it. ‘Pyromania’ was a bit like that, but with ‘Hysteria’ it had a further-reaching effect. Mutt bridged that gap between pop and rock. “‘Hysteria.’ We actually changed the way that music sounded on the radio. It captured a moment in time that seems to be lasting forever… long may it last!” But logic dictates Hysteria is obviously the most important album we ever made. “Wow! Who is your favorite child? Tough one! I have a massive love for ‘Yeah!’, our covers album, because those songs are my childhood on one disc, and I think on Def Leppard we proved – if to no one but ourselves – that we can still write great songs and have a good time creating new music. Read what they said: Joe Elliott (vocals) Def Leppard guys talked with Classic Rock Magazine about their favorite album from the band.
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