Phil Collen played guitar, uncredited, on Sam Kinison's "Wild Thing" in 1988. The video featured members of bands such as Poison, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, Guns N' Roses, Ratt, and Aerosmith. [152] Collen also produced and played on the 1991 album On the Edge by Australian band BB Steal. [153] Up to 5 new songs started on the Hysteria tour according to Steve Clark. Phil came up with the music for

Def Leppard were among the most successful of the new wave of British heavy metal bands in the early 1980s. They combined the raw power of metal with a pop emphasis on melody, catchy hooks and vocal harmonies that, particularly later on, contrasted sharply with harsher contemporary metal and punk bands. [142] Their early album On Through the Night (1980) appealed to metal fans like of Dimebag Darrell of Pantera [143] and Jeff Hanneman of Slayer. [144] Their hugely popular later albums, such as Hysteria (1987), were different due to their perfectionism in the studio, but appealed to a broad range of music fans. [142]that's the great thing about him. He wasn't in the control room when we made the record, but he was there when we wrote and arranged the

Meanwhile Leppard's management have firmly denied rumours that guitarist Steve Clark is to leave the band. It now seems unlikely that there will Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliot launching his own beer, called Down 'n' Outz, to coincide with the release of the band's latest album My Regeneration in 2010. Photograph: Alan Betson On 4 December 2019, the band announced they would be touring with Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Joan Jett on The Stadium Tour in summer 2020, [115] which was later rescheduled to 2021, [116] and then to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [117] apparently killed John Bonham, and, .30 is coma, so Steve was double-coma. And he lived, but he looked like a dead man when we saw him." to their monumental 'Hysteria opus without producer and "sixth band members" Mutt Lange. The band are currently working on the as-yet-untitled album in Dublin,

which came out at the same time. They gave lots of album updates in various interviews. 7 new songs had been written, three fully recorded This song has it all, huge riff, impactful solo, a bad ass "Def Leppard chorus", and tons of energy. I always envisioned this song was the epicenter of what it meant to be Def Leppard - the bridge between all the songs written prior and all those that followed. Tear It Down represents the changing of the guard from Steve Steamin' Clark to Vivian Campbell (an amazing guitar player in his own right). The band denied that guitarist John Sykes was to replace Steve Clark. Kerrang! Magazine ran a story with a denial from Joe in response to various press stories. Joe Elliott founded and fronts the band Down 'n' Outz with members of The Quireboys. The band plays covers of Mott the Hoople and related artists such as British Lions and Ian Hunter. They have released two studio albums of covers, one of original material and one live album since their incarnation in 2009. [159] Def Leppard To Release New Greatest Hits 'The Story So Far' And 10-Disc Vinyl Box 'Hysteria: The Singles". UdiscoverMusic.com. Retrieved 13 December 2018

Walker, Graham (10 September 2013). "VIDEO: Viva! Hysteria with Def Leppard's Joe Elliott". Sheffield Star. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013 . Retrieved 20 December 2013. Behind schedule, matters were not made any better when longtime producer “Mutt” Lange was then unavailable to work on the album (due to being booked to produce Bryan Adams’ ‘Waking Up The Neighbours’). Duties were eventually passed on to Lange’s engineer Mike Shipley and after a near five year wait, ‘Adrenalize’ was finally unleashed upon the waiting public! Def Leppard Record New Songs for 'Mirrorball' Live Album in June". Billboard.com. 2 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011 . Retrieved 7 March 2011. We'll be working with the engineer who mixed the Hysteria album and worked on Pyromania and High 'n' Dry (Mike Shipley); so he knows the band, what we're capable of and what we want."And none of it's true! We're recording this in our home, for god's sake. There's absolutely nobody else here, nobody walking past who can see what's going on, who's coming and going."