Hysteria is the fourth studio album by English hard rock band Def Leppard, released on 3 August 1987 through Mercury Records
and reissued on 1 January 2000. It is Def Leppard's best-selling album
to date, selling over 25 million copies worldwide, including 12 million
in the US, and spawning seven hit singles. The album charted at #1 on
both the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart.
Hysteria was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The title of the album was thought up by drummer Rick Allen,
referring to his 1984 auto accident and the ensuing worldwide media
coverage surrounding it. It is also the last album to feature guitarist Steve Clark before his death, although songs co-written by him would appear on the band's next album, Adrenalize.
The album is the follow-up to the band's 1983 breakthrough Pyromania. Hysteria's
creation took over three years and was plagued by delays, including the
aftermath of the 31 December 1984 car accident that cost drummer Rick
Allen his left arm. Subsequent to the album's release, Def Leppard
published a book entitled Animal Instinct: The Def Leppard Story, written by Rolling Stone magazine Senior Editor David Fricke, on the three-year recording process of Hysteria and the tough times the band endured through the mid-1980s.
Hysteria has earned critical acclaim from a number of sources. In 1988 Q magazine readers voted it as the 98th Greatest Album of All Time, while in 2004, the album was ranked at #464 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Lasting 62 and a half minutes, the album was, at the time, one of the longest albums ever issued on a single vinyl record.
Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion will celebrate its 50th
anniversary with a July 15 show headlined by Jackson Browne, Willie
Nelson, Father John Misty and Grace Potter, who will serve as host for
the night along with performing a short acoustic set.
Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen will hit the road this summer with a new group called the Nightflyers. Dates begin with a two-night stand in August at Port Chester, N.Y., and continue through more than 20 U.S. cities before wrapping up in September in San Francisco. Dates in Japan will follow.
Read More of Nick DeRiso's article @ Ultimate Classic Rock: Steely Dan's Donald Fagen to Tour With a New Solo Band
Dawes will hit the road with Kings of Leon this fall as the band
supports the Nashville rockers on a number of their October tour dates
beginning October 4 in Oklahoma City, OK.
It’s no exaggeration to say that the New Wave of British Heavy Metal saved metal from itself, when it simultaneously replaced and legitimized the efforts of many critically abused ‘70s pioneers (like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Judas Priest) with the next generation of denim and leather warriors.
Read More of Eduardo Rivadavia's article @ Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 25 New Wave of British Heavy Metal Albums
One day after Roger Waters unveiled more information on his upcoming solo record Is This the Life We Really Want?,
the bassist has released the first audio from the record in the form of
new single “Smell the Roses,” available to stream below.
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett will bring Gorillaz to North America for
the first time in seven years (2010’s Plastic Beach Tour) with a run
that kicks off July 8 in Chicago and centers around a number of festival
gigs including Outside Lands, New York’s The Meadows, Life is Beautiful
and Miami’s III Points.
