![]() ![]() 'Def Leppard are original, inimitable and, well, I'm gonna say immortal.' - Brian May A long-time friend and champion of the group, Brian May delivered the speech for Def Leppard's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, while David Fricke has written about the band from their earliest successes. Definitely also features introductions by Queen founder and guitar maestro, Brian May, and renowned journalist and senior editor of Rolling Stone, David Fricke. Part memoir, part scrapbook, the wide-ranging narrative from the band chronicles Def Leppard's incredible story through hundreds of photographs where fans can reminiscence on the band recording in various studios, at promo shoots, on tour in planes, trains, cars and Holiday Inns, backstage and, of course, doing what they are best known for - performing their explosive live shows in front of global audiences from 1978 to the present day.įrom extensive new text contributions to in-depth archival interviews, every member's voice is present within the book including Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Savage (bass and vocals), Rick Allen (drums), Phil Collen (guitar and vocals), Vivian Campbell (guitar and vocals), Tony Kenning (drums), Pete Willis (guitar) and Steve Clark (guitar). We just went out there, full throttle.' - Joe Elliott 'We had balls and we were naive, in a good way. The book's limited editions became the fastest ever books to sell out in Genesis Publications history, after the Collector's and Deluxe editions were fully subscribed within days of its announcement. Released on May 9th 2023, Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard is the ultimate record of Def Leppard's legendary career and is available to order from and Amazon. ![]() I don’t think it’s an issue of finding inspired and boundary-pushing music, it’s just an issue of where one is looking for it.(Republic Media) Genesis Publications confirm that the first-ever anthology of Def Leppard, Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard, previously announced as a limited edition release, will also be available as a hardback edition from all good bookstores. But on the other hand, every time I check my email or log on to Bandcamp, another underground rock, punk or metal artist is releasing something awesome. There isn’t a ton of original, non-cookie cutter rock music on the radio and Imagine Dragons certainly aren’t inspiring much faith. I can kind of see where Collen is coming from. It’s rare that that kind of talent comes along.” I think we’ve kind of comfortably got into something else that doesn’t really demand that kind of excellence. You listen to the old R&B - you listen to Stevie Wonder, you listen to Marvin Gaye and stuff like that - nothing is like that anymore and that kind of soul and vibe and everything. I hear derivative stuff and stuff that’s not inspired. People go, ‘What about this?’ And I don’t hear anything. He commented on what he sees as a lack of inspiration and originality in rock bands today, suggesting that his issue isn’t just with: He further elaborated later in the interviewer, when he was asked about a lack of future festival headliners. And I’m still waiting for someone like Prince or Zeppelin or something that has a bit more something to it. I don’t wanna sound like an old dude, but that’s what I noticed. “When bands or artists would write before, it would be because they wanted to be an artist and wanted to express themselves and write songs and share them and go, ‘Wow. “There’s a problem, I think, and I think it’s the TikTok and YouTube crowd.
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