Ever Since the band was started in 1977 by Pete Willis and Rick Savage, Def Leppard became one of the most successful bands of its time. They fitted in with more established heavy metal bands and really stood out. As Def Leppard‘s popularity grew, their success also grew and they became the leaders of the 80s British heavy metal renaissance. The members age did not stop them from becoming a huge part of 80s music history. Along with the many problems in the band and tragedies they went through, it was not enough to bring down the famous sound and spirit of Def Leppard (Def Leppard/ Rollingstone).
The lead singer, Joe Elliott was brought into the band in a weird kind of way. He met Def Leppard pretty spontaneously after he missed the bus to school. They were all teenagers at the time in the late 70s during the initial forming of the band. Joe brought with him a different sound into the band, one with a soft rock influence. He was a follower of bands like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, which gave him a softer kind of approach to writing songs. This was not a bad change for the heavy style playing Def Leppard at the time because of some early hits it had produced which put them on the map. This young man from Sheffield, England played a big role in making the Def Leppard dream a reality (Joe Elliot Biography).
One of Def Leppard’s founders Rick Savage, who also plays bass guitar for the band, was born in Sheffield, England too. The band was in need of a bassist and at the time Rick was a guitar player along with Pete Willis. The group agreed that Pete was the better guitar player so Rick decided to pick up the bass guitar instead. In his early years he played a lot of Deep Purple too and Jimi Hendrix guitar cover...
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Eddie Van Halen was born in Holland in 1955 and immigrated to Pasadena California. At the age of seven, Eddie was training as a classical pianist, although his love for Rock and Roll was developing. He started working a paper route and used the money to buy a drum set. His brother Alex, also musically inclined, bought a guitar. After months of practicing, Alex and Eddie switched instruments. Alex would spend hours on Eddie's drums and loved to play them. Eddie, a little frustrated with the drums, picked up Alex's guitar and felt at home with the instrument. Eddie would sit in his room for hours memorizing Eric Clapton guitar rifts' from "Cream". In his teenage years, Eddie and Brother Alex Van Halen played in local clubs and local parties in California. They started become a big name in the local area of Pasadena California. A police officer once commented that the parties that the Van Halen brothers played at were so big, that the police were looking for where the party was in a four-block radius. There would be almost 2,000 people attending house parties when the Van Halen brothers played. Alex and Eddie initially called there band Genesis but learned there was a much bigger group in Europe with the same name, so they changed it to Mammoth. The band had humble beginnings and the brothers could not afford a PA system for their concerts. They rented a PA system from David Lee Roth when his band was not playing. During one performance, the rented PA system broke down. A member of the local band...
The Grateful Dead was a famous rock and roll band throughout the 1960’s. They had a lot of ups and downs during their time as a band together. Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, Phil Lesh, and Bill Kreutzmann were all in the band together. The Grateful Dead played a variety of music but mainly they were a rock and roll band; blues, reggae, country, folk, and space rock.
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