By the time Leppard began work on High ’N’ Dry, the gang’s shared sense of injustice was also growing. “Too big for our boots?” Elliott asks rhetorically, the edge still in his voice 30 years later.

As Elliott recalled, “We didn’t really know what Mutt meant when he said that. But pretty quickly, we found out.” Lange pushed them hard in the making of High ‘n’ Dry. It was the album in which Def ...

Def Leppard was primed for stardom following the release of their 1981 sophomore album High 'n' Dry, which earned the Sheffield quintet its first RIAA gold certification the following year. With the ...

Over four decades since their 1977 formation in Sheffield, UK, Def Leppard not only maintain, but also extend one of rock music's greatest legacies by a commitment to airtight songcraft and top-flight ...