Editing Def Leppard (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Sheffield Legends Def Leppard.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Sheffield Legends]] plaque in their home city of [[Sheffield]], England, installed in 2006.]]
With ''Pyromania'' and ''Hysteria'' both [[RIAA certification|certified Diamond]] by the [[RIAA]], Def Leppard are one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling over 10&nbsp;million copies each in the US, alongside [[the Beatles]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Pink Floyd]], and [[Van Halen]].<ref name="ticket">Cohen, Jane and Grossweiner, Bob. (9 January 2008). [http://www.ticketnews.com/Def-Leppard-Continues-North-American-Tour01897 "Def Leppard Continues North American Tour"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614171925/http://www.ticketnews.com/Def-Leppard-Continues-North-American-Tour01897 |date=14 June 2008}} Ticket News. Retrieved 1 March 2010. "They are one of only five rock bands that can claim two separate, original 10 million-plus selling albums (certified "Diamond") in the US. The others are [[The Beatles]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Pink Floyd]] and [[Van Halen]]".</ref> Both ''Pyromania'' and ''Hysteria'' feature in ''Rolling Stone''{{'s}} list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].<ref name="RSPyromania">{{cite magazine| url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/pyromania-def-leppard-19691231| archive-url= https://archive.today/20120526040550/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/pyromania-def-leppard-19691231| url-status= dead| archive-date= 26 May 2012| title= 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Pyromania—Def Leppard| magazine= Rolling Stone| access-date= 17 November 2011}}</ref><ref name= "RSHysteria">{{cite magazine| url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/hysteria-def-leppard-19691231| archive-url= https://archive.today/20120911005717/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/hysteria-def-leppard-19691231| url-status= dead| archive-date= 11 September 2012| title= 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Hysteria—Def Leppard| magazine= Rolling Stone| access-date= 17 November 2011}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Caulfield"/> Their early album ''On Through the Night'' (1980) appealed to metal fans like of [[Dimebag Darrell]] of [[Pantera]]<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/dimebag_darrell_dime%E2%80%99s_dozen?page=0,1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531075841/http://www.guitarworld.com/dimebag_darrell_dime%E2%80%99s_dozen?page=0,1|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 May 2012|title=Dimebag Darrell: Dime's Dozen—Page 2—Guitar World|date=31 May 2012}}</ref> and [[Jeff Hanneman]] of [[Slayer]].<ref name="guitarworld.com">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/tribute-complete-untold-story-slayers-jeff-hanneman |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331043726/http://www.guitarworld.com/tribute-complete-untold-story-slayers-jeff-hanneman |title=In Tribute: The Complete, Untold Story of Slayer's Jeff Hanneman |magazine=Guitar World |date=2 May 2013 |archive-date=31 March 2014 |access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Caulfield">{{cite web| last1= Caulfield|first1=Keith|title=Viva' Def Leppard!| date= 2013| volume=125 |issue=43 |page=57| url= http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/91811962|access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref>

In 2006, the band received a [[Sheffield Legends]] plaque in their hometown of Sheffield.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Rock legends Def Leppard set to enter home city's hall of fame |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/rock-legends-def-leppard-set-to-enter-home-city-s-hall-of-fame-1-2373092 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=7 June 2006 |access-date=4 November 2017 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023208/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/rock-legends-def-leppard-set-to-enter-home-city-s-hall-of-fame-1-2373092 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Despite their huge commercial success, Elliott has said in an interview that he feels the band does not receive its fair share of respect from the British music press and he said the band had been barred from the BBC's ''[[Later with Jools Holland]]'' series because they were "not cool enough".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://metro.co.uk/2010/07/20/joe-elliot-def-leppard-dont-get-enough-respect-453310/ |title= Joe Elliot: Def Leppard don't get enough respect |work=Metro |date=20 July 2010 |access-date=2 April 2013}}</ref>

The band made a cameo appearance in the partly fictional film ''[[Bank of Dave (film)|Bank of Dave]]'', released in January 2023.  They simulated giving a fund-raising concert at [[Turf Moor]], Burnley.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}{{importance inline|date=January 2024}}

=== Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ===
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 |source =&nbsp;—[[Brian May]], inducting Def Leppard into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<ref name="brian may rock hall">{{cite web |url= https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/queens-brian-may-reveals-how-joe-elliott-saved-his-life-at-def-leppard-gig/ |title= Queen's Brian May reveals how Joe Elliott saved his life at Def Leppard gig |work=Planet Rock |first=Scott |last=Colothan |date=1 April 2019 |access-date=22 April 2019}}</ref>
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On 9 October 2018, Def Leppard received an induction nomination from the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8478809/rock-roll-hall-of-fame-2019-nominees|title=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Reveals 2019 Nominees: Def Leppard, Janet Jackson & More|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> In addition to the 1,000 members of the Hall of Fame voting committee, the general public also had an opportunity to participate in the "Fan Vote".<ref name="Induction">{{cite news |title=Def Leppard Lead 2019 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Class |url=http://loudwire.com/gdpr/consent/?redirect=/def-leppard-lead-2019-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-class/ |access-date=13 December 2018 |work=LoudWire}}</ref> On 13 December 2018, Def Leppard were named in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2019. The band won the Klipsch Audio Fan Vote, beating 14 other nominees with 547,647 general public votes (119,803 and 28% more than second vote receiver [[Stevie Nicks]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Radiohead and Janet Jackson to enter the Rock Hall of Fame |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46556189 |access-date=13 December 2018 |agency=BBC}}</ref>

The current line-up of the band, along with past members Pete Willis and Steve Clark, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 29 March 2019 at a ceremony at Brooklyn's [[Barclays Center]].<ref name="Induction"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2018/12/13/janet-jackson-def-leppard-nicks-join-rock-and-roll-hall-fame/a50n20HTG9szuI2rULTNUM/story.html|title=Janet Jackson, Def Leppard, Nicks join Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—The Boston Globe|website=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref> Def Leppard were inducted by [[Queen (band)|Queen]] guitarist [[Brian May]], who said they were "a magnificent rock group, in the classic tradition of what a rock group really is" and "a bunch of magnificent human beings".<ref name="brian may rock hall"/>