Def Leppard

Sound Experience

The local sound archive is a collection of Def Leppard song samples. It was designed to give the visitor the chance to experience what Def Leppard is all about. For even more sound samples, visit the Def Leppard Archive.

The sounds and songs recorded below are in MP3 format. For those on Macintosh computers, iTunes will play these files. On Windows based machines, WinAmp will play the sound files. Other MP3 players are also widely available for most popular platforms.

Live Clips

The scream-along chorus for Rock of Ages live. 0:21, 66KB MP3
All I Want Is Everything. From Video Archive. 0:33, 98KB MP3
Ian Hunter provides vocals on All The Young Dudes from the Mick Ronson Memorial Concert. 0:25, 152KB MP3
Armageddon It from the Vancouver Commodore show on October 23, 1995. 1:11, 212KB MP3
Cover of T. Rex's Bang A Gong. 0:54, 160KB MP3
Cover of T. Rex's C'mon C'mon at the 2008 Arrow Rock Festival. 0:45, 705KB MP3
Acoustic performance of Four Letter Word on Rock Line Radio. 3:04, 2.8MB MP3
The acoustic guitar solo of From The Inside recorded in Singapore in 1995. 0:30, 190KB MP3
Hello America from the Overture bootleg. 0:18, 54KB MP3
The complete musical live intro to Hysteria live. 1:01, 182KB MP3
Joe Elliott gets the audience into the holiday spirit (December 25, 1987). From Top of the Pops. 0:12, 38KB MP3
Dirty Harry's "You gotta ask yourself one question....do you wanna get rocked?" From The Circus Comes to Town bootleg. 0:10, 32KB MP3
Rick Savage's live bass intro to Hysteria. 0:10, 32KB MP3
The long choral interlude from Too Late for Love live. 0:21, 64KB MP3
Travelling Band from the Stage Fright bootleg. 6:02, 1,064KB MP3
Joe Elliott tells about all the stuff they have, and that which they don't. 0:24, 74KB MP3

B-Sides and Rare Cuts

Beyond The Temple is an early 1978 demo. 1:09, 206KB MP3
The chorus of Burnout from the Goodbye CD single. 0:25, 152KB MP3
Gimme A Job is from the Long Long Way To Go DVD single. 0:20, 84KB MP3
I Am Your Child is the bonus track on the Australian Euphoria. 0:26, 156KB MP3
Immortal is featured on the Goodbye CD single. 0:28, 168KB MP3
Kiss The Day is the bonus track on the Japanese & UK versions of X. 0:23, 139KB MP3
Live acoustic version of Jimi Hendrix' Little Wing from Have You Ever... CD Single. 0:26, 154KB MP3
Misty Dreamer, also known as Tomorrow Seems Like Yesterday. A 1978 demo. 0:06, 22KB MP3
Misty Dreamer, also known as Tomorrow Seems Like Yesterday. A 1978 demo. 0:45, 136KB MP3
Move With Me Slowly is the bonus track on the Japanese version of Slang. 0:28, 166KB MP3
Perfect Girl is an early demo from X that eventually became Gravity. 0:20, 124KB MP3
David Bowie's Rebel Rebel was covered for the Now CD Single. 0:23, 140KB MP3
Malvin Mortimer, Def Leppard's Tour Manager, provides vocals for this cover of Engelbert Humperdinck's Release Me. 0:21, 124KB MP3
Stay With Me is a B-side on the Now UK CD Single #2. 0:21, 126KB MP3
10x Bigger Than Love is a B-side on the Long Long Way To Go CD single. 0:28, 165KB MP3
The original version of Truth?. 0:24, 143KB MP3
Warchild from the early Warchild 1978 Demo Tape. 0:22, 68KB MP3
Clip from a version of When Love & Hate Collide without strings. 0:18, 56KB MP3
Introduction to When Love & Hate Collide video (people version). 0:19, 58KB MP3
Guitar solo to When Love & Hate Collide video (people version). 0:44, 132KB MP3
Who Do You Love? was originally by Ian Hunter and covered on the Goodbye CD Single #2. 0:18, 110KB MP3
Worlds Collide was recorded for the Promises CD Single. 0:27, 159KB MP3

Studio Album Clips

Can't Keep Away From the Flame from Vault. 1:03, 196KB MP3
Introduction to Gift of Flesh from Slang. 0:25, 151KB MP3
Piano intro to Ride Into the Sun from Retro Active. 0:17, 52KB MP3
The beginning of Rocket played backwards reveals a hidden message. 0:05, 16KB MP3
From Pour Some Sugar on Me: "Step inside, walk this way... 0:06, 20KB MP3