The drummer, Rick Allen, lost his arm in a car accident in 1984, six years after the band was formed. The band went on hiatus from doing live performances until 1986. Thats when they did their first performance since Rick lost his arm. He adopted a specifically designed electronic drum kit and relearned how to play. I think it is so respectful that the band members refused to replace him and waited until he felt confident enough to play live again.
I told that story to my kids and it sounds like fiction. This extremely popular rock band stopped performing live, while Rick healed and learned to play with one effing arm.
I was a huge Def Leppard fan when we learned about Rick's accident. I was shocked and in tears and just devestated for him and the band. I don't know if I have ever felt pride like I feel for Def Leppard whenever I listen to their music or watch them perform with the best damn one-armed drummer in the history of the universe. 😁
They have been a great band of brothers. In addition to waiting for Rick Allen to recover from loosing an arm, they also waited for guitarist Vivian Campbell to recover from cancer. They do not replace they stand by.
When Rick Allen was in a car crash and ended up losing his arm He assumed he was out of the band. When they visited he told that you're not going anywhere. We are family. Mad respect for that.
I feel so fortunate being a teenager in the 80’s. Def Leppard was one of my favorite bands. Besides their music it was the bond between the band members. Not many bands would have put their success on hold while the drummer healed and learned how to play drums with 1 arm and his feet. They supported him 100%. So much respect for them all. 🤘🏼😎
Def Leppard is amazing! Rick lost his arm in a car accident in 1984. I remember the band being behind him and us the fans pulling for him. I personally was so worried would he come back? Was he okay? I cried the first performance he returned! Oh the the memories!!! ❤
Remember Joe's stage raps? Welcome THE THUNDER GOD!!!!!! When he'd introduce Rick Allen. I cried when Steve passed, but I got to meet Phil and Vivian and the were both so sweet!!!
This doesn't surprise me. Phil would help him with the setup. It is just drummer to drummer. He understood just how deep that NEED to continue doing what runs so deep inside a drummer. Pardon the bad pun here ~ just banging to get out.
And both Eric Carr from KISS and Lars Ulrich from Metallica helped him record samples for his songs. The entire hardrock drummer community came together to help him with suggestions how to play his part on the new drums. I love that fact!!
This video is an absolute display of LOYALTY! The song is fire too. But tge loyalty is over the charts. TOP OF THEIR CARREERS and they said; (paraphase) "we'll wait for ya Bro, we started this togerher and we'll end it together"
I saw this concert 2 weeks after this video was shot. Tesla opened during this tour. Tesla's hometown is Sacramento, CA. When Def Leppard rolled into town with Tesla the concert was immediately sold out. ARCO arena had a 6 second echo with plywood floors. So instead of clapping the audience would stomp their feet and the echo effect would compound and make it really really LOUD. This stage was in the round and there was an entrance fee to get under the stage. That particular price was too high for me but I heard the stories. This was the BEST concert I have ever been too for many reasons. The stars aligned, the people I was with, my favorite bands were playing, I was feeling great. This is just such a special memory.
Def Leppard went through hell between drummer lost his arm and Steve Clark (blonde guitarist) died from overdose . Love the band. I was a metal head in high school.
Did you notice the one-armed drummer Rick? Most reactors are not paying attention and don't even notice the amazing playing ability of this one-armed man/drummer!!!
This is when music WAS MUSIC. No auto tune! Just REAL Authentic voices and REAL TALENT! If people need to use auto tune to sing. Imo people shouldn’t be singing
I'm sure this has been said many times but it can't be emphasized enough. Any band or group of people that just made and sold one of the biggest rock albums ever in history and took a several year hiatus just to let their drummer band member heal and regroup so he could rejoin the band. Those are people with serious integrity and deserve much admiration. They did not even know if the man would ever be able to or even want to drum again. But they risked their whole Superstar status just when they got to the top and put their band on hold. It simply amazes me because almost any other band would have got a replacement drummer almost immediately. Even if it was just temporarily they would have replaced the drummer and toured and rode that wave of success.
I was a freshman (girl) the year of the accident. Already a huge DL fan. The next day in school everyone was really quiet and discussing it. For the next few weeks people would greet each other with "Any news about Rick Allen?" When the re-attachment failed, we were all so sad, girls cried, we worried he wouldn't make it. We were not, however, surprised that he stayed with the band and worked through it. A very good example for my generation at the time.
Def Leppard is my Dad's favourite band PERIOD. I learned the lyrics to their entire greatest hits album before I knew how to do multiplication because of him. THANKS DAD!❤
I saw Def Leapord in Tulsa a few years ago. They brought the arena down with Pour Some Sugar On Me. After the concert, the light went down and they were in the stage talking to people in the audience. What a class act!!!
You mention the “rap” sound of the verses and then vocalized the rhythm, and I realize how much it sounds like Queen’s “We Will Rock You”. Definitely must’ve been an influence.
This is one of my favorite Def Leppard songs, but it’s also one of my favorite videos because of how it’s directed. Every strong beat has an action, like someone jumping from a height, or a hand clapping in the audience. Throughout the entire video! And it makes it so exciting to watch. I’ve watched this video probably 100 times and never get tired of it. I’d love to know who directed it and see other videos by this person!
Check out their UK Concept video for this song and you’ll see more of Rick “Thunder God” Allen drumming with his one arm. This from their “in the round” during their Hysteria tour. Def Leppard is such an amazing group of brothers. They look out for each other. After their drummer lost his arm they waited to see what he wanted to do. A friend left a radio in his room and he found himself tapping along to the song with his feet so he worked with an electronic drum kit group to make all the sounds he would do with his left arm be set on pedals for his feet. Their first live concert they hired a backup in case it was too much for Rick. The backup was late so they went on and when he got there he told them that they didn’t need him that Rick was amazing. Rick didn’t realize until he started dating his current wife that he had PTSD from the accident. She helped him get help and now along with music he paints artwork and has a charity called Raven Drum Foundation which serves, educates, and empowers trauma survivors and communities in crisis, with a focus on Veterans and First Responders. His wife is also a musician who he plays drums for. Check out Lauren Monroe’s music. 3:23 a lot of artists tried to or were forced to try to mimic this song cause of its popularity. 5:23 listen to their song “Let’s Get Rocked” for innuendos. Some of the guys have side gigs going on. Lead singer Joe Elliott has another group called Down ‘n’ Outz and Vivian Campbell (who used to play in the band Dio) has a band called Last in Line that consists of former Dio band members who plays Dio songs and has some of their own. They chose their name from a 1984 Dio album. If you see a cover band playing in your area called Pyromania definitely check them out. They’re the only Def Leppard cover band approved by Def Leppard. Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell and Pyromania’s lead singer play together in the band Last in Line.
One of my favorite bands ever. And not just for their music, which is kickass, but because of their loyalty to their drummer as he recovered from a car wreck in which he lost his arm. They waited for him to heal and hired an engineer to design a drumset with extra pedals to compensate for his missing arm. And then they went nuclear!! Amazing story!
I saw Def Leppard for their Hysteria tour 1988, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were playing everywhere and were especially well received to see Rick Allen playing drums, after the accident that took his left arm. Unfortunately, timing has never been on my side, when they have been back on tour to see them again but Def Leppard is my favourite band.
I’ve always loved that story about Rick Allen and how the band displayed such a sense of true loyalty. They could have easily told him that they couldn’t wait, that he was being replaced. Instead they rallied around him to support him, and they believed in him so much they waited for him to set up a new drum kit and relearn how to play with one arm. I think we all like to watch reactors when they play Def Leppard, especially this song, just to see if they look closely enough to see him drumming with one arm.
When Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen lost his arm in 1984 car accident he learned how to play the drums with one hand and using his feet hooked up to a bunch of extra foot pedals to simulate what his other arm would have done if you still had it, it's amazing and so is he. It took him a long time to learn how to play the drums all over again in the new way. Try these tunes - Hello America - Bringin' on the Heartbreak (version 1) - High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night) - "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop) - Foolin - Rock of Ages (which inspired the Broadway play to use the same name and the movie starring Tom Cruise) PS when Def Leppard saw the movie starring Tom Cruise they throught Tom Cruise did a better job at singing their songs than they did.
Im a mom of four, my kids were born in the eighties, listened to this music, I still listen to it and am now teaching my grandchildren the music of my youth.
@Lichan11 Kids love this music, I love this music and back in the 80's I got my Dad to rock to this band, and it ended up being his 2nd favorite band, which the Beatles was his #1
Easily their biggest hit, but they had so many bangers!! Love Bites, Let's get rocked, Animal, Bringin on the heartbreak, Rock of ages, Photograph, Foolin, Have you ever needed someone so bad....Their rabbithole is deep! Definitely check out The Archies!! 🙌
New Kids were quite awhile after this. One of my favorite bands. I was born 1970, so mid 80’s this came out. This was my SECOND CONCERT! First was Journey, Escape Tour at 12 years old. Great times. Nothing like a great rock concert.
They still rock hard at concerts. They've been traveling for several years, on and off, with Journey. Got to see one of those shows, and was impressed. This song hits so hard when you can feel the base drum in your chest.
The band waited for him to relearn to play the drums using his foot in place of what his left arm\hand would do. It took about 3 yrs. He lost his arm in 1984 and they didn't tour again til 1987 which was the Hysteria tour. Drummers name is Rick Allen.
This band is the poster child (for me anyway) of how the love of music will make you overcome any personal challenges. Rick Allen is an inspiration to so many people and they still rock as hard today as they did the first time I saw them in the 80s. Such a great live band.
Def Leppard's songs were great and amazing, rocking songs. but not only did their songs top the charts, it's also their story as a group that was even more amazing.
You really should check out Sugar, Sugar by The Archies. It's a fun, kid-safe, bubblegum-pop song from the late 60's. My folks had it on a compilation 8-track, so I grew up listening to it. I loved it because it's catchy and the lyrics (though I didn't know what they meant) are easy to understand and remember. 🤘Rock on, Kelly 🤘
Him loosing his arm in a car accident and then re-learning to drum with both feet and one arm was such a story. The band stuck together with him, supported him and he came back. They had that kit made especially to work for and with him. One of the best stories in rock.
Somewhere around "86" when I lived in Redmon, IL Def Leppard came to Champaign, IL and performed at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall (now the State Farm Center). I collected up the money for the tickets from 22 people (kids & adults) and went to the box office (about 60 miles away) and purchased the tickets. I got 11 seats in the 11th row on one side of the stage and 11 seats in the 10th row on the opposite side of the stage (they performed in the round) at the pinnacle of "Pour Some Sugar On Me". Needless to say, everyone was thrilled I secured floor seat for the event. I'm 68.5 years old now and it was a blast and that was back when ticket prices were reasonable (about $35.00 a piece). Also check out CMT Crossroads, Def Leppard & Taylor Swift together, interesting combination and a banger too.
My hubby and I were at this concert. In the old Atlanta Omni, which has since been torn down. It was a concert in the round and Queensryche opened. I believe that ATL was the opener for the entire tour, which I think was their first tour since Rick Allen's accident. It was electric.
And don't forget - after the drummer had his accident -- the band took time out to allow him to re-learn his craft with one arm--- that's how cool and caring these men are. You effen have to just love them all.
12:45 In reference to drummer Rick Allen's having one arm. After they'd wrapped up touring from their 3rd album, Pyromania, Rick, and his girlfriend at the time were driving through the English countryside when this jerk driving an Alfa-Romeo came screaming past Rick and started slowing down to the point that Rick had to slow down and whenever Rick tried to pass him, the other driver would speed up trying to keep Rick from passing him and this kept on until Rick had lost control of his car and flipped it, which he was thrown from the car, and his left arm was hung up in the shoulder strap of the seat belt which pulled his arm off. The doctors had reattached his arm, but Rick developed an infection that was so bad they were forced to permanently amputate the arm to get the infection to clear up
I've seen these guys in concert numerous times and women still throw "things" on stage and pull up their shirts.😅 They're awesome and I have always loved photograph and love bites.
Rick Allen is also an EXTREMELY talented Artist! He has a display in an Art Gallery! Beautiful beautiful work. There is I believe an ABC special interview with him telling his story & also showing his paintings
The first time I saw them was when Rick came back after his accident. What a concert. He did a solo that was so amazing and special. A moment I'll never forget!
Def Leppard & Taylor Swift teamed up in 2008 for an episode of Crossrads on CMT. Swift was 17 and a skyrocketing country star at the time. The episode them sharing perfoemances including Def Leppard's 'Photograph', 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' and 'When Love and Hate Collide', as well as Taylor's 'Love Story', 'Teardrops on My Guitar' and 'Our Song'.
My fist concert as a teen in Spokane, WA. When Tesla opened, I remember how terribly distorted their sound stage was, then Def Leppard came out with much cleaner non distorted music with large laser light show. It was like night and day.
I don't remember the date. But I saw them here in Billings, Montana. The stage was in the round and Tesla was the opening act. We were right up front and I caught a guitar pick from Tesla's lead guitarist. Rick's drum solo was awesome with the turning drum kit and the green laser pyramid.
@@saplingthrasher23 When you say the stage was in the round do you mean it was in the middle of the floor? That was one unusual thing I remember about that concert vs many of the others I saw at that arena. I remember there was a huge curtain around the stage the main lights went off and the stage lights turned on as the curtain dropped and the band rose up from the middle of the stage on a platform.
Their producer, Mutt Lang eventually married Shania Twain. Def Leppard was alway high on my play list back in the day as I was 16-19. They always put on a great concert.
"Pour Some Sugar On Me" played every 60 minutes in the US in 1988 hitting number 2 spot on the Billboards right behind "Hold On to the Nights" by Richard Marx. I can remember this song playing everywhere from Fairs to Mall's, you name it. Great times the 80's were.
Little River Band - Cool Change Little River Band - Lonesome Loser Little River Band - Take it Easy On Me Little River Band - Man on Your Mind Little River Band - The Other Guy Little River Band - The Night Owls New Radicals - You Get What You Give Fun - Tonight We Are Young Dolly Parton - Cowgirl and the Dandy Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues The Pointer Sisters - Automatic The Pointer Sisters - I'm so Excited The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand The Pointer Sisters - He's so Shy The Pointer Sisters - Jump Bob Seager - Beautiful Loser Styx - Babe Styx The Best of Times Styx Rockin' the Paradise
I used to live in the lead guitarist Phil Collen’s neighborhood. Moved to the coast after the kids went off to college. Used to see Phil with his wife Helen at the local Starbucks.
I saw them at Pine Knob twice and once at another venue, but Pine Knob is my favorite concert venue of all my 60 years. Always have a great time on hill.
@PANIC_aka_PinD Great memories! Now I'll really date myself by telling you my very first Pine Knob experience. It was I was 15 years old. My older brother took me along to the Jackson Brown concert for free if I'd help him sell his No Nukes t-shirts. 😂 I was sold on that venue from that day forward❤
Mid 1988. I was 13. I heard this come on the radio and completely lost my mind. This was the last song written for the album which was finished. Mutt heard Joe tinkering with a guitar and was like. “ stop! What is that? We have to record that!” They had spent 3 mil recording hysteria And the label was not happy they wanted it released. Mutt and Joe got a hold of the other guys and said hey we got one more song. Joe said in an interview, there was more than a few eye rolls.
Shania Twains ex husband Mutt Lange was responsible for the production of their earlier hits, then went on to work with Shania Twain. He also contributed to some of the vocals and you can hear his voice in the background on Shania songs as well. I hear the same background singers.
I saw these guys the 1st time when their only album (On Through The Night) was out. They were opening for Blackfoot and the drummer had both arms. That album had a different sound but was still a banger.
Allen has used custom-manufactured cable routing by Whirlwind. He uses four electronic pedals for his left foot to play the pieces he used to play with his left arm, which from left to right trigger sounds of a closing hi-hat, bass drum, snare drum, and a tom drum
Oh my God, the number of Def Leppard concerts. I went to back in the day. That was back when you had to go wait in line months before the actual concert to buy a ticket. We waited in line outdoors all night in the winter for a summer concert ticket. I’m at the drummer, he was a nice guy.
I remember when the first time I heard this band in 1980. They were all the same age I was. They were teenagers. I told my friend this band is going to be huge! And they are
Hard to have more respect for any other band. Rick was 15 yrs old when he joined Def Leppard. They were all sitting in his parents kitchen with lawyers signing papers.
Def Leppard singer Joe Elliot didn’t always wait until the “ after party” to get his sugar on …. He’s told stories of how during the drum solo or guitar solo that he would take the stage elevator down below to a waiting female fan for a “ quickie “ during the show ! The ‘80’s were all about sex , drugs and rock N roll !
One thing to note about their popularity at the time: take a good look at the staging. These concerts were in the round. They filled auditoriums all the way, there was no blocked off seats. There were places (Richmond Colosseum for one) that they couldn’t play because the roof wouldn’t support their lighting rig
Drummer lost his arm in a car accident and he thought he had to quit the band. Well, his bandmates showed up in the hospital and told him there is NO band without him, so he better learn how to play the drums again. And he did. They are family for all intents & purposes ♥️💪
Nothing filled the dance floor faster than this song back in the day! My 19 year old BFF and I saw Def Leppard at Red Rocks Colorado Cinderella and Europe opened, it was fantastic! Def Leppard was phenomenal and they did a killer laser light show on the rocks, great time to be alive back then🤘🏼😎
Was fun to see your expression when you finally caught the drummer playing with one arm. I was waiting for it because I have seen this video many times and they show the drummer multiple times throughout. This was definitely one of those top fun feel good dance songs of the 80s. No matter where you are or what you are doing, this song can pick you up and make you feel good. For adults, it is clearly sexual innuendo. Not sure about other regions, but in the southeastern U.S., "sugar" can simply mean kisses. Like you can tell your kiddos to give you some sugar before sending them on their way or tucking them in for the night, etc. That makes it radio friendly and playlist friendly as well.😘
I feel one of my biggest accomplishments as a parent is taking my kids to a rock festival with Def Lepard, Styx, CCR and Lynard Skynard and my kids knowing the words to almost every song and rocking out with them and my husband. One of all of our favorite memories!
Who was the singer for Styx? Was it Lawrence Gowan? He is a Canadian musician by his own right with songs like Criminal Mind, Strange Animal and Moonlight Desires.
Such a BANGER! This got the party kicked into another gear back then. The entire HYSTERIA album is killer from start to finish with so many hits. Every song on the album is great! Saw them live in the round, which is shown in the video and the band runs all around the circle while the drum turns. It was one of the best stages for live performances I have seen. Their interaction with the audience was so much better than a stage at the end of the arena. Def Leppard were hugely influenced by T-Rex, Bowie, Sweet, Thin Lizzy & Slade, amongst others. Their sound, while rock driven was formed from such a diverse style of musical influences. The guys in the band used to brag about the sex that went on under the stage when there was a break. Each band member would go under the stage, others would be on stage and girls would be under the stage waiting to have some fun. The debauchery of the 80's. LOVE IT! Rick Allen's story is incredible. Started in the band at the age of 15. Rick had two arms and lost his arm on New Years eve of 1984 in a car accident where he rolled it into a sheep pasture, fortunately saved by some neighbors. As others have said, he never thought he would play again. The rest of the band stood behind him, waiting for him to heal. This was a make or break moment for them. Their Previous album, PYROMANIA was a successful album but not enough so and their label was going to drop them if their next album didn't do well. For the band to hold tight to Rick while he learned how to play a new set of drums under that threat speaks volumes. He had a special drum kit designed for him with foot pedals making up for his lost arm. HYSTERIA was produced by Robert "Mutt" Lange, who also did their Pyromania album, AC/DC - Back In Black album and many other rock albums. He was regarded as one of the best producers for rock albums at the time. He focused these young men and got Hysteria done in 1987. The first single released was "Women". Great song but did not crush it on the charts. Then they released "Animal". Another great song but it wasn't moving the needle enough for the record label and it was questionable if they would be dropped. Then they released "Pour Some Sugar" and the video to MTV. It blew up and these guys flew into the Stratosphere. It blew new life into the two previous songs and each single released after was also a hit. None as big, but certainly made the record label very happy and is considered one of the best albums in rock history. Rick Allen's efforts to learn how to play without an arm, the bands loyalty to him and the entire story is one of fables. But the band had another unfortunate incident happen when their bandmate, Steve Clark died of alcohol & drugs in 1991. All of the success, the partying, the women and the lifestyle that these guys had was too much for Steve. RIP Steve Clark.
The Adrenalize show in Erie was one of the very best I went to. They had the 3 disc platform stage in the center so there were no bad seats in the arena.
This was "The strip club song" for a strong minute! This album emerged after Rick Alen (drummer) lost his arm in a car accident. This is their biggest hit, but look at some of the older ones, my fave is "rock of Ages" (based of of the Hymn), Photograph (based on a Marylin Monroe poster)... or stuff from the High and Dry album 🤘😆
Ah my high school days, played this whole album (cassette), AC/DC, and Guns & Roses all the way through. Love it! Gotta play Def's song Excitable - was so fun scooping the loop w the stereo blaring w that song!
Steve Clark passed away from alcohol issues. TESLA has a song they wrote about him you should check out called “Song & Emotion”. It’s a wonderful song!!!
The drummer, Rick Allen, lost his arm in a car accident in 1984, six years after the band was formed. The band went on hiatus from doing live performances until 1986. Thats when they did their first performance since Rick lost his arm. He adopted a specifically designed electronic drum kit and relearned how to play.
I think it is so respectful that the band members refused to replace him and waited until he felt confident enough to play live again.
I told that story to my kids and it sounds like fiction. This extremely popular rock band stopped performing live, while Rick healed and learned to play with one effing arm.
I was a huge Def Leppard fan when we learned about Rick's accident. I was shocked and in tears and just devestated for him and the band. I don't know if I have ever felt pride like I feel for Def Leppard whenever I listen to their music or watch them perform with the best damn one-armed drummer in the history of the universe. 😁
I don't think most bands would have done that. The really cool back story to them.
He learned to play with both feet to make up for his lost arm.
And just think about how good you have to be to learn how to play like that
youy know Def's drummer has only one arm? Instead of getting a new drummer, the band waited for him to heal and learn how to play one handed
Thank you I was telling my friends there was a band whos drummer only had one arm and I couldn't remember which band so they thought I was crazy❕❗
His drum kit has extra foot pedals to compensate for only having 1 arm.
And he's a damn good drummer too
I was a kid through that era and the wait was killer as they were one of the best bands of the time... but what a great way to honor your friend!!!
They have been a great band of brothers. In addition to waiting for Rick Allen to recover from loosing an arm, they also waited for guitarist Vivian Campbell to recover from cancer. They do not replace they stand by.
When Rick Allen was in a car crash and ended up losing his arm
He assumed he was out of the band.
When they visited he told that you're not going anywhere. We are family.
Mad respect for that.
Most bands would have kicked him to the curb. Total respect!
I feel so fortunate being a teenager in the 80’s. Def Leppard was one of my favorite bands. Besides their music it was the bond between the band members. Not many bands would have put their success on hold while the drummer healed and learned how to play drums with 1 arm and his feet. They supported him 100%. So much respect for them all. 🤘🏼😎
Same here! I saw them here in Seattle during the Hysteria Tour. It was excellent. Love these guys!
The story behind the drummer is so freaking inspirational!
Def Leppard is amazing! Rick lost his arm in a car accident in 1984. I remember the band being behind him and us the fans pulling for him. I personally was so worried would he come back? Was he okay? I cried the first performance he returned! Oh the the memories!!! ❤
Def Leppard band keren, mereka tidak langsung mengganti Steve dalam jangka waktu yang cukup lama.
Remember Joe's stage raps? Welcome THE THUNDER GOD!!!!!! When he'd introduce Rick Allen. I cried when Steve passed, but I got to meet Phil and Vivian and the were both so sweet!!!
A Lil known drummer named Phil Collins helped design a drum kit for Rick. Next song "Too late".
Too Late For Love
This doesn't surprise me. Phil would help him with the setup. It is just drummer to drummer. He understood just how deep that NEED to continue doing what runs so deep inside a drummer. Pardon the bad pun here ~ just banging to get out.
Just another reason to love Phil Collins. Thanks for the background because I had never heard that bit of info before.
And both Eric Carr from KISS and Lars Ulrich from Metallica helped him record samples for his songs. The entire hardrock drummer community came together to help him with suggestions how to play his part on the new drums. I love that fact!!
@@PaladinZeke Never knew that either. Thx.
This video is an absolute display of LOYALTY!
The song is fire too.
But tge loyalty is over the charts. TOP OF THEIR CARREERS and they said; (paraphase) "we'll wait for ya Bro, we started this togerher and we'll end it together"
RIP Steve Clark
I saw this concert 2 weeks after this video was shot. Tesla opened during this tour. Tesla's hometown is Sacramento, CA. When Def Leppard rolled into town with Tesla the concert was immediately sold out. ARCO arena had a 6 second echo with plywood floors. So instead of clapping the audience would stomp their feet and the echo effect would compound and make it really really LOUD. This stage was in the round and there was an entrance fee to get under the stage. That particular price was too high for me but I heard the stories. This was the BEST concert I have ever been too for many reasons. The stars aligned, the people I was with, my favorite bands were playing, I was feeling great. This is just such a special memory.
Def Leppard went through hell between drummer lost his arm and Steve Clark (blonde guitarist) died from overdose . Love the band. I was a metal head in high school.
Rick is a Beast❤. The band knew he would come back.
1st time I seen them I was 16 yrs old…I saw them last month and I’m now 52…they still got it 😉
54 here and same!!
They always seem to be having fun when they’re performing. Some bands are just going through the motions, but not them.
The story behind Rick Allen Def Leopard's drummer is an inspiration to us all. Rick Allen is still touring and playing today.
Did you notice the one-armed drummer Rick? Most reactors are not paying attention and don't even notice the amazing playing ability of this one-armed man/drummer!!!
There are reactors who have noticed Rick playing drums with one arm. Rob Squad Reactions were one of them.
This is when music WAS MUSIC. No auto tune! Just REAL Authentic voices and REAL TALENT! If people need to use auto tune to sing. Imo people shouldn’t be singing
I'm sure this has been said many times but it can't be emphasized enough.
Any band or group of people that just made and sold one of the biggest rock albums ever in history and took a several year hiatus just to let their drummer band member heal and regroup so he could rejoin the band.
Those are people with serious integrity and deserve much admiration.
They did not even know if the man would ever be able to or even want to drum again.
But they risked their whole Superstar status just when they got to the top and put their band on hold.
It simply amazes me because almost any other band would have got a replacement drummer almost immediately. Even if it was just temporarily they would have replaced the drummer and toured and rode that wave of success.
I was a freshman (girl) the year of the accident. Already a huge DL fan. The next day in school everyone was really quiet and discussing it. For the next few weeks people would greet each other with "Any news about Rick Allen?" When the re-attachment failed, we were all so sad, girls cried, we worried he wouldn't make it. We were not, however, surprised that he stayed with the band and worked through it. A very good example for my generation at the time.
Def Leppard is my Dad's favourite band PERIOD. I learned the lyrics to their entire greatest hits album before I knew how to do multiplication because of him. THANKS DAD!❤
I saw Def Leapord in Tulsa a few years ago. They brought the arena down with Pour Some Sugar On Me. After the concert, the light went down and they were in the stage talking to people in the audience. What a class act!!!
Def Leppard is my favorite old school group. I see them in concert every tour. I just saw them in Orlando with Journey. They still have.
You mention the “rap” sound of the verses and then vocalized the rhythm, and I realize how much it sounds like Queen’s “We Will Rock You”. Definitely must’ve been an influence.
This is one of my favorite Def Leppard songs, but it’s also one of my favorite videos because of how it’s directed. Every strong beat has an action, like someone jumping from a height, or a hand clapping in the audience. Throughout the entire video! And it makes it so exciting to watch. I’ve watched this video probably 100 times and never get tired of it. I’d love to know who directed it and see other videos by this person!
One of favorite bands. Seen them 3 times in concert, in 3 differentvenues!!!!! And they killed it EVERY time.....ELECTRIC!!!!
Check out their UK Concept video for this song and you’ll see more of Rick “Thunder God” Allen drumming with his one arm. This from their “in the round” during their Hysteria tour. Def Leppard is such an amazing group of brothers. They look out for each other. After their drummer lost his arm they waited to see what he wanted to do. A friend left a radio in his room and he found himself tapping along to the song with his feet so he worked with an electronic drum kit group to make all the sounds he would do with his left arm be set on pedals for his feet. Their first live concert they hired a backup in case it was too much for Rick. The backup was late so they went on and when he got there he told them that they didn’t need him that Rick was amazing. Rick didn’t realize until he started dating his current wife that he had PTSD from the accident. She helped him get help and now along with music he paints artwork and has a charity called Raven Drum Foundation which serves, educates, and empowers trauma survivors and communities in crisis, with a focus on Veterans and First Responders. His wife is also a musician who he plays drums for. Check out Lauren Monroe’s music. 3:23 a lot of artists tried to or were forced to try to mimic this song cause of its popularity. 5:23 listen to their song “Let’s Get Rocked” for innuendos. Some of the guys have side gigs going on. Lead singer Joe Elliott has another group called Down ‘n’ Outz and Vivian Campbell (who used to play in the band Dio) has a band called Last in Line that consists of former Dio band members who plays Dio songs and has some of their own. They chose their name from a 1984 Dio album. If you see a cover band playing in your area called Pyromania definitely check them out. They’re the only Def Leppard cover band approved by Def Leppard. Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell and Pyromania’s lead singer play together in the band Last in Line.
One of my favorite bands ever. And not just for their music, which is kickass, but because of their loyalty to their drummer as he recovered from a car wreck in which he lost his arm. They waited for him to heal and hired an engineer to design a drumset with extra pedals to compensate for his missing arm. And then they went nuclear!! Amazing story!
I saw Def Leppard for their Hysteria tour 1988, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
They were playing everywhere and were especially well received to see Rick Allen playing drums, after the accident that took his left arm.
Unfortunately, timing has never been on my side, when they have been back on tour to see them again but Def Leppard is my favourite band.
I’ve always loved that story about Rick Allen and how the band displayed such a sense of true loyalty. They could have easily told him that they couldn’t wait, that he was being replaced. Instead they rallied around him to support him, and they believed in him so much they waited for him to set up a new drum kit and relearn how to play with one arm.
I think we all like to watch reactors when they play Def Leppard, especially this song, just to see if they look closely enough to see him drumming with one arm.
When Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen lost his arm in 1984 car accident he learned how to play the drums with one hand and using his feet hooked up to a bunch of extra foot pedals to simulate what his other arm would have done if you still had it, it's amazing and so is he.
It took him a long time to learn how to play the drums all over again in the new way.
Try these tunes
- Hello America
- Bringin' on the Heartbreak (version 1)
- High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)
- "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
- Foolin
- Rock of Ages (which inspired the Broadway play to use the same name and the movie starring Tom Cruise) PS when Def Leppard saw the movie starring Tom Cruise they throught Tom Cruise did a better job at singing their songs than they did.
Im a mom of four, my kids were born in the eighties, listened to this music, I still listen to it and am now teaching my grandchildren the music of my youth.
80's music ruled!!!!
@Lichan11 Kids love this music, I love this music and back in the 80's I got my Dad to rock to this band, and it ended up being his 2nd favorite band, which the Beatles was his #1
It really was a gift to be in your 20’s in the 1980’s!!!
Spot on. The early 80's was a perfect time to be a teen and late 80's a young adult.
Easily their biggest hit, but they had so many bangers!! Love Bites, Let's get rocked, Animal, Bringin on the heartbreak, Rock of ages, Photograph, Foolin, Have you ever needed someone so bad....Their rabbithole is deep! Definitely check out The Archies!! 🙌
i still have pyromania on CASSETTE tape!
New Kids were quite awhile after this. One of my favorite bands. I was born 1970, so mid 80’s this came out. This was my SECOND CONCERT! First was Journey, Escape Tour at 12 years old. Great times. Nothing like a great rock concert.
"Photograph" is a great song. And "Animal". And so many others. Amazing band!
And ... all of them?
@@Salicat99 Ok! All of them. I concede.
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Love Bites ❤
They still rock hard at concerts. They've been traveling for several years, on and off, with Journey. Got to see one of those shows, and was impressed. This song hits so hard when you can feel the base drum in your chest.
Just saw them live in Toronto! Amazing concert, still rockin' hard in their 60s.
I loved the Def Lepard concert I went to in the 80's.
The band waited for him to relearn to play the drums using his foot in place of what his left arm\hand would do. It took about 3 yrs. He lost his arm in 1984 and they didn't tour again til 1987 which was the Hysteria tour. Drummers name is Rick Allen.
This band is the poster child (for me anyway) of how the love of music will make you overcome any personal challenges. Rick Allen is an inspiration to so many people and they still rock as hard today as they did the first time I saw them in the 80s. Such a great live band.
Now you need to check out - The Archies - Sugar Sugar
T-Rex - Bang a Gong and 20th Century Boy
Ohhhh yes sugar sugar who can not be happy and want to dance to this song ❤️
Definitely
Get It On (Bang A Gong). No one calls it that,we just call it Get It On.
Def Leppard's songs were great and amazing, rocking songs. but not only did their songs top the charts, it's also their story as a group that was even more amazing.
You really should check out Sugar, Sugar by The Archies. It's a fun, kid-safe, bubblegum-pop song from the late 60's. My folks had it on a compilation 8-track, so I grew up listening to it. I loved it because it's catchy and the lyrics (though I didn't know what they meant) are easy to understand and remember. 🤘Rock on, Kelly 🤘
Andy Kim was the singer of that song, I believe. He had hits with Baby I Live You and Rock Me Gently.
Also rockin robin
The Monkee's and the Archies, All in the Family, the Munsters, Hee Haw, Oh for those days again. ✌
We played this at our wedding and every single person was dancing. It was amazing 😂
Him loosing his arm in a car accident and then re-learning to drum with both feet and one arm was such a story. The band stuck together with him, supported him and he came back. They had that kit made especially to work for and with him. One of the best stories in rock.
Somewhere around "86" when I lived in Redmon, IL Def Leppard came to Champaign, IL and performed at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall (now the State Farm Center). I collected up the money for the tickets from 22 people (kids & adults) and went to the box office (about 60 miles away) and purchased the tickets. I got 11 seats in the 11th row on one side of the stage and 11 seats in the 10th row on the opposite side of the stage (they performed in the round) at the pinnacle of "Pour Some Sugar On Me". Needless to say, everyone was thrilled I secured floor seat for the event. I'm 68.5 years old now and it was a blast and that was back when ticket prices were reasonable (about $35.00 a piece).
Also check out CMT Crossroads, Def Leppard & Taylor Swift together, interesting combination and a banger too.
My hubby and I were at this concert. In the old Atlanta Omni, which has since been torn down. It was a concert in the round and Queensryche opened. I believe that ATL was the opener for the entire tour, which I think was their first tour since Rick Allen's accident. It was electric.
Saw them in Concert a couple of years ago and they sounded just as good live as their albums!!!
And don't forget - after the drummer had his accident -- the band took time out to allow him to re-learn his craft with one arm--- that's how cool and caring these men are. You effen have to just love them all.
Oh you are definitely reacting to some classics and its really great to see.............another great reaction as always!
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In reference to drummer Rick Allen's having one arm.
After they'd wrapped up touring from their 3rd album, Pyromania, Rick, and his girlfriend at the time were driving through the English countryside when this jerk driving an Alfa-Romeo came screaming past Rick and started slowing down to the point that Rick had to slow down and whenever Rick tried to pass him, the other driver would speed up trying to keep Rick from passing him and this kept on until Rick had lost control of his car and flipped it, which he was thrown from the car, and his left arm was hung up in the shoulder strap of the seat belt which pulled his arm off. The doctors had reattached his arm, but Rick developed an infection that was so bad they were forced to permanently amputate the arm to get the infection to clear up
I guess they never found the creep driving the Alpha Romeo?
Always been a big fan of their layered guitars…so solid…
I've seen these guys in concert numerous times and women still throw "things" on stage and pull up their shirts.😅 They're awesome and I have always loved photograph and love bites.
Rick Allen is also an EXTREMELY talented Artist! He has a display in an Art Gallery! Beautiful beautiful work. There is I believe an ABC special interview with him telling his story & also showing his paintings
The first time I saw them was when Rick came back after his accident. What a concert. He did a solo that was so amazing and special. A moment I'll never forget!
Def Leppard & Taylor Swift teamed up in 2008 for an episode of Crossrads on CMT. Swift was 17 and a skyrocketing country star at the time. The episode them sharing perfoemances including Def Leppard's 'Photograph', 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' and 'When Love and Hate Collide', as well as Taylor's 'Love Story', 'Teardrops on My Guitar' and 'Our Song'.
I saw them on the Hysteria tour the same one as the video shows, in Birmingham Alabama on December 16th. Tesla was the opening act that night.
Tesla is great.
Do not remember anything about the opening act but was at this concert at the old Omni in 1988 Atlanta! Great show love the stage turning around!
My fist concert as a teen in Spokane, WA. When Tesla opened, I remember how terribly distorted their sound stage was,
then Def Leppard came out with much cleaner non distorted music with large laser light show. It was like night and day.
I don't remember the date. But I saw them here in Billings, Montana. The stage was in the round and Tesla was the opening act. We were right up front and I caught a guitar pick from Tesla's lead guitarist. Rick's drum solo was awesome with the turning drum kit and the green laser pyramid.
@@saplingthrasher23 When you say the stage was in the round do you mean it was in the middle of the floor? That was one unusual thing I remember about that concert vs many of the others I saw at that arena. I remember there was a huge curtain around the stage the main lights went off and the stage lights turned on as the curtain dropped and the band rose up from the middle of the stage on a platform.
All of Det Leppard is awesome.. every single song! Just like Iron Maiden & Pink Floyd, Det Leppard only makes hits..hits to us no matter any charts.
Their producer, Mutt Lang eventually married Shania Twain. Def Leppard was alway high on my play list back in the day as I was 16-19. They always put on a great concert.
These guys have a phenomenal story. I was fortunate to grow up when these guys were on the rise!! They had an excellent concert back in the day!!
"Pour Some Sugar On Me" played every 60 minutes in the US in 1988 hitting number 2 spot on the Billboards right behind "Hold On to the Nights" by Richard Marx. I can remember this song playing everywhere from Fairs to Mall's, you name it. Great times the 80's were.
Little River Band - Cool Change
Little River Band - Lonesome Loser
Little River Band - Take it Easy On Me
Little River Band - Man on Your Mind
Little River Band - The Other Guy
Little River Band - The Night Owls
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Fun - Tonight We Are Young
Dolly Parton - Cowgirl and the Dandy
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
The Pointer Sisters - Automatic
The Pointer Sisters - I'm so Excited
The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand
The Pointer Sisters - He's so Shy
The Pointer Sisters - Jump
Bob Seager - Beautiful Loser
Styx - Babe
Styx The Best of Times
Styx Rockin' the Paradise
The whole Hysteria album rocked!😊
It defined the second half of the 80's for sure.
I used to live in the lead guitarist Phil Collen’s neighborhood. Moved to the coast after the kids went off to college. Used to see Phil with his wife Helen at the local Starbucks.
I saw these guys back in August of '81 at Pine Knob warming up for Ozzy when essentially no one even knew who they were. What an incredible show!
I saw them at Pine Knob twice and once at another venue, but Pine Knob is my favorite concert venue of all my 60 years. Always have a great time on hill.
@@jillykz I remember buying the round plastic Olympia kegs, finishing our beer, then rolling them down the hill. Good times :) .
@PANIC_aka_PinD Great memories! Now I'll really date myself by telling you my very first Pine Knob experience. It was I was 15 years old. My older brother took me along to the Jackson Brown concert for free if I'd help him sell his No Nukes t-shirts. 😂 I was sold on that venue from that day forward❤
Omg. Was at this concert in Sacramento and I ended up the guitar pick from the lead guitar player. This was I believe 1987-88. Awesome concert
I saw these guys live when they toured for this album, Hysteria, and they were fantastic!!
Mid 1988. I was 13. I heard this come on the radio and completely lost my mind. This was the last song written for the album which was finished. Mutt heard Joe tinkering with a guitar and was like. “ stop! What is that? We have to record that!” They had spent 3 mil recording hysteria And the label was not happy they wanted it released. Mutt and Joe got a hold of the other guys and said hey we got one more song. Joe said in an interview, there was more than a few eye rolls.
Shania Twains ex husband Mutt Lange was responsible for the production of their earlier hits, then went on to work with Shania Twain. He also contributed to some of the vocals and you can hear his voice in the background on Shania songs as well. I hear the same background singers.
This was my first concert when I was 12 years old...lol. It was a great one!
Lucky you! Great memory 😊
I saw these guys the 1st time when their only album (On Through The Night) was out. They were opening for Blackfoot and the drummer had both arms. That album had a different sound but was still a banger.
This band is in my top 10 favorites of all time and there is a lot of music floating around. I will always love Def Leppard!!!❤
Allen has used custom-manufactured cable routing by Whirlwind. He uses four electronic pedals for his left foot to play the pieces he used to play with his left arm, which from left to right trigger sounds of a closing hi-hat, bass drum, snare drum, and a tom drum
THE band of the 80's and still hitting the road.🤟
Oh my God, the number of Def Leppard concerts. I went to back in the day. That was back when you had to go wait in line months before the actual concert to buy a ticket. We waited in line outdoors all night in the winter for a summer concert ticket. I’m at the drummer, he was a nice guy.
I remember when the first time I heard this band in 1980. They were all the same age I was. They were teenagers. I told my friend this band is going to be huge! And they are
Hard to have more respect for any other band. Rick was 15 yrs old when he joined Def Leppard. They were all sitting in his parents kitchen with lawyers signing papers.
Def Leppard Number One hard rock GREAT band........
Whitesnake is another awesome hard rock band " Still of the Night" and"here i go again"and great guitars in these!❤
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Still of the Night is my fave by them.
IMO, radio stations should've played this over and over instead of Here I Go Again.
Just saying 😁
Def Leppard singer Joe Elliot didn’t always wait until the “ after party” to get his sugar on …. He’s told stories of how during the drum solo or guitar solo that he would take the stage elevator down below to a waiting female fan for a “ quickie “ during the show ! The ‘80’s were all about sex , drugs and rock
N roll !
One thing to note about their popularity at the time: take a good look at the staging. These concerts were in the round. They filled auditoriums all the way, there was no blocked off seats. There were places (Richmond Colosseum for one) that they couldn’t play because the roof wouldn’t support their lighting rig
Drummer lost his arm in a car accident and he thought he had to quit the band. Well, his bandmates showed up in the hospital and told him there is NO band without him, so he better learn how to play the drums again. And he did. They are family for all intents & purposes ♥️💪
Nothing filled the dance floor faster than this song back in the day! My 19 year old BFF and I saw Def Leppard at Red Rocks Colorado Cinderella and Europe opened, it was fantastic! Def Leppard was phenomenal and they did a killer laser light show on the rocks, great time to be alive back then🤘🏼😎
Being a teen in the 80s was the best! Saw them in concert in 1990/91 .. they’re amazing!
I'm a 80's kid which was the best Era for music. When I was in high school we would sing "pour some sugar on me and lick it off."
Was fun to see your expression when you finally caught the drummer playing with one arm. I was waiting for it because I have seen this video many times and they show the drummer multiple times throughout. This was definitely one of those top fun feel good dance songs of the 80s. No matter where you are or what you are doing, this song can pick you up and make you feel good.
For adults, it is clearly sexual innuendo. Not sure about other regions, but in the southeastern U.S., "sugar" can simply mean kisses. Like you can tell your kiddos to give you some sugar before sending them on their way or tucking them in for the night, etc. That makes it radio friendly and playlist friendly as well.😘
I feel one of my biggest accomplishments as a parent is taking my kids to a rock festival with Def Lepard, Styx, CCR and Lynard Skynard and my kids knowing the words to almost every song and rocking out with them and my husband. One of all of our favorite memories!
Who was the singer for Styx? Was it Lawrence Gowan? He is a Canadian musician by his own right with songs like Criminal Mind, Strange Animal and Moonlight Desires.
One of my fav songs, bands. "Bringin On the Heartbreak" has some of my best memories.
Such a BANGER! This got the party kicked into another gear back then. The entire HYSTERIA album is killer from start to finish with so many hits. Every song on the album is great! Saw them live in the round, which is shown in the video and the band runs all around the circle while the drum turns. It was one of the best stages for live performances I have seen. Their interaction with the audience was so much better than a stage at the end of the arena.
Def Leppard were hugely influenced by T-Rex, Bowie, Sweet, Thin Lizzy & Slade, amongst others. Their sound, while rock driven was formed from such a diverse style of musical influences. The guys in the band used to brag about the sex that went on under the stage when there was a break. Each band member would go under the stage, others would be on stage and girls would be under the stage waiting to have some fun. The debauchery of the 80's. LOVE IT!
Rick Allen's story is incredible. Started in the band at the age of 15. Rick had two arms and lost his arm on New Years eve of 1984 in a car accident where he rolled it into a sheep pasture, fortunately saved by some neighbors. As others have said, he never thought he would play again. The rest of the band stood behind him, waiting for him to heal. This was a make or break moment for them. Their Previous album, PYROMANIA was a successful album but not enough so and their label was going to drop them if their next album didn't do well. For the band to hold tight to Rick while he learned how to play a new set of drums under that threat speaks volumes. He had a special drum kit designed for him with foot pedals making up for his lost arm. HYSTERIA was produced by Robert "Mutt" Lange, who also did their Pyromania album, AC/DC - Back In Black album and many other rock albums. He was regarded as one of the best producers for rock albums at the time. He focused these young men and got Hysteria done in 1987. The first single released was "Women". Great song but did not crush it on the charts. Then they released "Animal". Another great song but it wasn't moving the needle enough for the record label and it was questionable if they would be dropped. Then they released "Pour Some Sugar" and the video to MTV. It blew up and these guys flew into the Stratosphere. It blew new life into the two previous songs and each single released after was also a hit. None as big, but certainly made the record label very happy and is considered one of the best albums in rock history. Rick Allen's efforts to learn how to play without an arm, the bands loyalty to him and the entire story is one of fables. But the band had another unfortunate incident happen when their bandmate, Steve Clark died of alcohol & drugs in 1991. All of the success, the partying, the women and the lifestyle that these guys had was too much for Steve. RIP Steve Clark.
Absolutely Love Def Leppard! Thanks 🧡 Much Love!
I have a lot of def Leppard on my playlist and this is one of them. This is a great one
I've seen them many times in concert and as recently as this year in San Diego. The place goes nuts when they play this song. So good!!!
The Strippers Anthem in the 80's !!! Killer song !!!
I watched Def Leppard play this song in 2022 in Detroit alongside Joan Jett, Poison, and Motley Crue. I went with my Dad.
Def Leppard is featured in a nice little film on Netflix called 'Bank of Dave'... well worth your time
This video was filmed in Denver CO while on tour. I was 13 and at this show. Great memory.
The Adrenalize show in Erie was one of the very best I went to. They had the 3 disc platform stage in the center so there were no bad seats in the arena.
This was "The strip club song" for a strong minute! This album emerged after Rick Alen (drummer) lost his arm in a car accident. This is their biggest hit, but look at some of the older ones, my fave is "rock of Ages" (based of of the Hymn), Photograph (based on a Marylin Monroe poster)... or stuff from the High and Dry album 🤘😆
Rock of ages and Photograph are from Pyromania Lp
Sorry I just realized that you said OR high and dry..my mistake
Ah my high school days, played this whole album (cassette), AC/DC, and Guns & Roses all the way through. Love it! Gotta play Def's song Excitable - was so fun scooping the loop w the stereo blaring w that song!
One of my favorite concerts! ❤❤❤❤❤
Saw them live a couple years ago. They are still doing stadiums, and it was absolutely incredible. I swear they are better now.
Steve Clark passed away from alcohol issues. TESLA has a song they wrote about him you should check out called “Song & Emotion”. It’s a wonderful song!!!
They filmed the video here in Denver at McNichols sports arena. Great concert they played this song several times!