Ultimate Classic Rock

Rick Allen Defends Def Leppard’s ‘Slang': ‘It’s a Great Record’

Rick Allen has come to the defense of Def Leppard’s much maligned album Slang. Released in 1996, the LP marked a noticeable change in direction for the band. The style was more stripped back and raw, ...

"We jokingly called the album Commercial Suicide while we were making it." Why one of the world's biggest rock bands had to go back to "ground zero" on their riskiest …

The band's third album, 1983's Pyromania, sold six million copies in the US alone, and its follow-up, 1987's Hysteria, went ...