Today, we’ve got a drama-filled double feature from Def Leppard, a band that ruled the airwaves with one album, Hysteria, from 1987 to 1989. At the time these guys were everywhere. Not only did they dominate radio, but every kid from the age of 8-18 had Hysteria. When all was said and done it boasted six Top 20 singles and a seventh that went Top 10 on the Rock Charts. Was there anything that could slow these guys down? Well, how about themselves? Get this, Def Leppard had been on tour for a year and they had no idea how to play their biggest hit Love Bites. How is that even possible? This track completely caught them with their pants down. Plus, we’re also telling the story of another hit song Animal, that was written in reverse… you’ll see what I mean. And this one may have saved the album from flopping. The tale of two rock classics is coming NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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By the summer of 1988, Def Leppard had become one of the biggest bands in the world… thanks entirely to their 1987 blockbuster LP: Hysteria. This massive album helped define music in the late ’80s. It was all over radio. All over MTV. At one point, it was practically impossible to make it through through a day without hearing one of this album’s seven singles. Pour some Sugar on me always get the credit for being the catalyst that pushed this album to the masses. WE talked about it before. it stared getting played in strip clubs and all of the sudden it was dominating Dial MTV. but the truth is two other songs are right there with Sugar in taking Hysteria from a certain flop to one of the biggest records ever and they have some great stories behind them . So let’s get into it
After the release of 1983’s Pyromania, Def Leppard was flying high. Their third studio album had gone to #2 on the Billboard Albums Chart held out of #1 by the colossus THRILLER but it sold 12 million copies worldwide anyway. one of the biggest selling #2 albums ever. The LP boasted four Top 10 singles on the US Mainstream Rock Charts, including two #1s… Photograph and Rock of Ages. All this was a huge step up for the band, who’s line-up consisted of frontman Joe Elliott, guitarists Phil Collen and Steve Clark, bassist Rick Savage, and drummer Rick Allen.
Def Leppard was happy to ride the wave of Pyromania’s success. But they weren’t content to stop there. With the album’s fourth single Too Late for Love still on the airwaves, the guys got to work on their next album, aiming for a 1984 release date. But at this point they could never imagined just how long and how difficult a road they had ahead of them. The original working title of the album was Animal Instinct. However, we know it as Hysteria… which is the perfect title for all the band would go through to finish it.
We’ve all heard the story before, the fact that Lep came apart at the seams during the recording of Hysteria, it’s the stuff of legend.