Stop the presses: Def Leppard really a song band
HAVING sold nearly 50 million records worldwide, Def Leppard ranks as one of the most popular bands of all time.
However, there is a misconception about the band that is nearly as big as its sales figures. And oddly enough, it has to do with what type of music the group plays.
Most people would say that Def Leppard plays heavy metal music. Most people would be wrong.
"I don't think that Def Leppard has ever been a heavy metal band," says Leppard-guitarist Vivian Campbell during a recent telephone conversation from his home in Los Angeles. "Certainly in the early days, it was part of that movement and it got lumped in with that whole new wave of British heavy metal.