List of Def Leppard band members

Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement. The following is a complete list of all official members, session musicians, featured artists, touring musicians, and live guests of Def Leppard's career

Def Leppard evolved from Atomic Mass after vocalist Joe Elliott joined Atomic Mass in November 1977. The lineup of Elliott, drummer Tony Kenning, bassist Rick Savage, and guitarist Pete Willis was completed by the addition of guitarist Steve Clark in January 1978. The band would play their first show on 18 July of the same year before recording their first EP in the fall after the departure of Kenning.

The departure of Kenning having left the drummer position open, Rick Allen joined the band in November 1978 and has been the full-time drummer ever since, despite the loss of his left arm in a car accident on 31 December 1984. Def Leppard recorded On Through the Night and High 'n' Dry as the five piece of Savage, Willis, Elliott, Clark, and Allen before Pete Willis was fired in July 1982. Willis was replaced by Phil Collen of Girl, and the band went on to the most commercially successful period of their career, the releases of Pyromania and Hysteria.

On 8 January 1991, during a leave of absence from the band, guitarist Steve Clark was found dead in his home. Savage, Elliott, Allen, and Collen recorded their next album Adrenalize as a four-piece before Vivian Campbell joined as a second guitarist. The lineup of Def Leppard has not changed since Campbell joined the band on 15 April 1992, and is thus the longest standing lineup of the band since its incarnation. The current lineup has released four compilations, two live albums, and six studio albums in the time since, most recently the self-titled, Def Leppard, on 30 October 2015.

Members

Current members

Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
Rick Savage	1977–present	bass guitar occasional rhythm guitar backing vocals keyboards	all Def Leppard releases
Joe Elliott	1977–present	lead vocals occasional rhythm guitar keyboards	all Def Leppard releases
Rick Allen	1978–present	drums percussion backing vocals	all Def Leppard releases from On Through the Night (1980) to present
Phil Collen	1982–present	lead and rhythm guitar backing vocals	all Def Leppard releases from Pyromania (1983) to present
Vivian Campbell	1992–present	lead and rhythm guitar backing vocals	all Def Leppard releases from Retro Active (1993) to present

Former members

Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
Tony Kenning	1977–1978	drums percussion	none
Pete Willis	1977–1982	lead and rhythm guitar backing vocals	all Def Leppard releases from The Def Leppard E.P. (1979) to Pyromania (1983)
Steve Clark	1978–1991 (until his death)	lead and rhythm guitar backing vocals	all Def Leppard releases from The Def Leppard E.P. (1979) to Hysteria (1987) posthumous contributions on Retro Active (1993)

Timeline

Lineups

Period	Members	Releases
July – Early August 1977 (Atomic Mass)	Nicholas Mackley – vocals Pete Doubleday – guitar Rick Savage – guitar, backing vocals Paul Hampshire – bass Tony Kenning – drums	none
Early – 10 August 1977 (Atomic Mass)	Nicholas Mackley – vocals Pete Doubleday – guitar Rick Savage – guitar, backing vocals Pete Willis – guitar, backing vocals Paul Hampshire – bass Tony Kenning – drums
10 August – September 1977 (Atomic Mass)	Nicholas Mackley – vocals Pete Willis – guitar, backing vocals Rick Savage – guitar, backing vocals Paul Hampshire – bass Tony Kenning – drums
September – Early October 1977 (Atomic Mass)	Nicholas Mackley – vocals Pete Willis – guitar, backing vocals Rick Savage – guitar, backing vocals Andy Nicholas – bass Tony Kenning – drums
Early – 25 October 1977 (Atomic Mass)	Paul Holland – vocals Pete Willis – guitar, backing vocals Rick Savage – guitar, backing vocals Andy Nicholas – bass Tony Kenning – drums
25 October 1977 – 29 January 1978 (Atomic Mass/Deaf Leopard/Def Leppard)	Joe Elliott – vocals, guitar Pete Willis – guitar, backing vocals Rick Savage – bass, backing vocals Tony Kenning – drums
29 January – 31 October 1978 (Def Leppard)	Joe Elliott – vocals Pete Willis – guitar, backing vocals Steve Clark – guitar, backing vocals Rick Savage – bass, backing vocals Tony Kenning – drums
31 October – 1 November 1978 (Def Leppard)	Joe Elliott – vocals Pete Willis – guitar, backing vocals Steve Clark – guitar, backing vocals Rick Savage – bass, backing vocals Frank Noon – drums session	The Def Leppard E.P. (1979)
1 November 1978 – 11 July 1982 (Def Leppard)	Joe Elliott – vocals Pete Willis – guitar, backing vocals Steve Clark – guitar, backing vocals Rick Savage – bass, backing vocals Rick Allen – drums, backing vocals	On Through the Night (1980) High 'n' Dry (1981)
11 July 1982 – 8 January 1991 (Def Leppard)	Joe Elliott – vocals, additional guitar, keyboards Phil Collen – guitar, backing vocals Steve Clark – guitar, backing vocals Rick Savage – bass, backing vocals, keyboards Rick Allen – drums, backing vocals	Pyromania (1983) Hysteria (1987)
8 January 1991 – 15 April 1992 (Def Leppard)	Joe Elliott – vocals, guitar, keyboards Phil Collen – guitar, backing vocals Rick Savage – bass, backing vocals, keyboards Rick Allen – drums, backing vocals	Adrenalize (1992)
15 April 1992 – Present (Def Leppard)	Joe Elliott – vocals, additional guitar, keyboards Phil Collen – guitar, backing vocals Vivian Campbell – guitar, backing vocals Rick Savage – bass, backing vocals, keyboards Rick Allen – drums	Retro Active (1993) Vault (1995) Slang (1996) Euphoria (1999) X (2002) Yeah! (2006) Songs from the Sparkle Lounge (2008) Def Leppard (2015)

Session musicians

Frank Noon: Active: 31 October 1978; Instruments: drums; Release contributions: The Def Leppard E.P.

Chris Hughes: Active: December 1979; Instruments: synthesizers; Release contributions: "Hello America" from On Through the Night^[1]

Robert John "Mutt" Lange: Active: 1981 – 1987, 1998–1999; Instruments: backing vocals, guitar; Release contributions: High 'n' Dry, Pyromania, Hysteria, Adrenalize,^[2] "Ring of Fire" from Retro Active,^[3] "Promises" and "All Night" from Euphoria^[4]

John Kongos: Active: 1982; Instruments: keyboards; Release contributions:Pyromania^[5]

Thomas Dolby, credited as Booker T. Boffin: Active: 1982; Instruments: keyboards; Release contributions: Pyromania^[5]

Melvin Mortimer, credited as Stumps Maximus: Active: 1987; Instruments: lead vocals; Release contributions: "Release Me" B-side from Hysteria singles

Pete Woodroffe: Active: 1991–1996; Instruments: programming, piano, keyboard strings; Release contributions: Adrenalize,^[2] Retro Active,^[3] Slang^[6]

John Sykes: Active: 1991; Instruments: backing vocals; Release contributions: Adrenalize^[2]

Phil "Crash" Nicholas: Active: 1991; Instruments: keyboards; Release contributions: "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" from Adrenalize^[2]

P.J. Smith: Active: April 1992; Instruments: backing vocals; Release contributions: "Action" from Retro Active^[3]

Michael Kamen: Active: April 1993; Instruments: strings; Release contributions: "Two Steps Behind" from Retro Active^[3]

Ian Hunter: Active: 1993; Instruments: keyboards, backing vocals; Release contributions: Honky tonk messiah on "Ride Into the Sun" from Retro Active,^[3] "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" from Yeah!^[7]

Fiachna Ó Braonáin: Active: March 1992; Instruments: tin whistle; Release contributions: "From the Inside" from Retro Active,^[3] "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Little Wing" from Adrenalize B-sides^[8]

Liam Ó Maonlaí: Active: March 1992; Instruments: grand piano; Release contributions: "From the Inside" from Retro Active,^[3] "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Little Wing" from Adrenalize B-sides^[8]

Peter O'Toole: Active: March 1992; Instruments: mandolin; Release contributions: "From the Inside" from Retro Active,^[3] "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Little Wing" from Adrenalize B-sides^[8]

Stevie Vann: Active: 1995, 2003 – 2005; Instruments: vocals, backing vocals; Release contributions: "When Love & Hate Collide" from Vault, "20th Century Boy" from Yeah!^[7]

Craig Pruess: Active: 1996; Instruments: string and percussion arrangement; Release contributions: "Turn to Dust" from Slang^[6]

Gavyn Wright: Active: 1996; Instruments: string leader; Release contributions: "Turn to Dust" from Slang^[6]

Ram Naravan: Active: 1996; Instruments: Sarangi; Release contributions: intro for "Turn to Dust" from Slang^[6]

Shyam Vatish: Active: 1996; Instruments: Sarangi; Release contributions: outro for "Turn to Dust" from Slang^[6]

Av Singh: Active: 1996; Instruments: dohl; Release contributions: "Turn to Dust" from Slang^[6]

Damon "Demon" Hill: Active: 1998–1999; Instruments: guitar; Release contributions: end solo on "Demolition Man" from Euphoria^[4]

Stan Schiller: Active: 2002; Instruments: guitar; Release contributions: shredding tele licks on "Gravity" from X^[9]

Eric Carter: Active: 2002; Instruments: keyboards, drum loops; Release contributions: "Now", "You're So Beautiful" and "Everyday" from X^[9]

John "Bro" Campbell: Active: 2003 – 2005; Instruments: saxophone; Release contributions: "20th Century Boy", "Street Life", "Drive-In Saturday", "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" from Yeah!^[7]

Justin Hawkins: Active: 2003 – 2005; Instruments: backing vocals; Release contributions: "Hell Raiser" from Yeah!^[7]

Ronan McHugh: Active: 2003 – 2005; Instruments: mellotron; Release contributions: "Drive-In Saturday", "Little Bit of Love" from Yeah!^[7]

Emm Gryner: Active: 2003 – 2005; Instruments: piano, backing vocals; Release contributions: "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" from Yeah!^[7]

Anita Thomas-Collen: Active: 2003 – 2005; Instruments: backing vocals; Release contributions: "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" from Yeah!^[7]

Kristine Elliott: Active: 2003 – 2005; Instruments: backing vocals; Release contributions: "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" from Yeah!^[7]

Marc Danzeisen: Active: 2003 – 2005; Instruments: drums, backing vocals; Release contributions: "American Girl" from Yeah!^[7]

Dick Decent: Active: 2011; Instruments: piano, backing vocals; Release contributions: "Kings of the World" from Mirror Ball – Live & More ^[10]

Featured artists

Tim McGraw: Active: 2008; Instruments: lead vocals; Release contributions: "Nine Lives" from Songs from the Sparkle Lounge

Touring musicians

Jeff Rich: Active: August 1986; Instruments: drums, percussion; Played alongside Rick Allen for the first live shows back since the 1984 accident that resulted in the loss of Allen's left arm.

Sinéad Madden: Active: 2012; Instruments: fiddle^[11]

Steve Brown: Active: September 2014 – November 2014, June 2015, May 2018; Instruments: guitar, backing vocals^[12]; Trixter guitarist Steve Brown stepped in for Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campell in 2014 and 2015 while Campbell underwent treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Brown also filled in for guitarist Phil Collen in May 2018 due to the birth of Collen's child.

Atomic Mass members

This is a list of members of Atomic Mass, which became Def Leppard shortly after Joe Elliott joined the band in November 1977. Only Savage, Kenning, Willis, Elliott became members of Def Leppard.

Name	Time active	Instruments
Rick Savage	July–October 1977	guitar (July–October 1977) bass (October–November 1977) backing vocals
Tony Kenning	July–November 1977	drums
Nicholas Mackley	July–October 1977	vocals
Paul Hampshire	July–September 1977	bass
Pete Doubleday	July–August 1977	guitar
Pete Willis	August–November 1977	guitar backing vocals
Andy Nicholas	September–October 1977	bass
Paul Holland	October 1977	vocals
Joe Elliott	October–November 1977	vocals guitar

References

^ On Through the Night (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 1980.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Adrenalize (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 1992.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Retro Active (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b Euphoria (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b Pyromania (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 1983.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Slang". Deflepparduk.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Yeah! (booklet). Def Leppard. Island. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Adrenalize Deluxe Edition (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b X (booklet). Def Leppard. Island / Mercury. 2002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Mirror Ball (booklet). Def Leppard. Bludgeon Riffola. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "wild heart management – Sinead Madden". Maggiereilly.de. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
^ "Trixter's Steve Brown Filling in for Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell". Loudwire. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

External links

Official Def Leppard website

[1] On Through the Night (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 1980.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[Adrenalize_booklet-2] Adrenalize (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 1992.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[Retro_Active_booklet-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Retro Active (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[Euphoria_booklet-4] Euphoria (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[Pyromania_booklet-5] Pyromania (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 1983.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[DLUK_Slang-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Slang". Deflepparduk.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

[Yeah!_booklet-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Yeah! (booklet). Def Leppard. Island. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[Adrenalize_Deluxe_booklet-8] Adrenalize Deluxe Edition (booklet). Def Leppard. Polygram / Mercury. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[X_booklet-9] X (booklet). Def Leppard. Island / Mercury. 2002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[Mirrorball_booklet-10] Mirror Ball (booklet). Def Leppard. Bludgeon Riffola. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[sinead-11] "wild heart management – Sinead Madden". Maggiereilly.de. Retrieved 17 April 2014.

[12] "Trixter's Steve Brown Filling in for Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell". Loudwire. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

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v t e Def Leppard
Rick Savage Joe Elliott Rick Allen Phil Collen Vivian Campbell Pete Willis Steve Clark
Studio albums	On Through the Night High 'n' Dry Pyromania Hysteria Adrenalize Slang Euphoria X Yeah! Songs from the Sparkle Lounge Def Leppard Diamond Star Halos
Live albums	Mirror Ball – Live & More Viva! Hysteria And There Will Be a Next Time... Live from Detroit
Compilations	Retro Active Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) Best of Def Leppard Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection The Story So Far – The Best Of The Early Years 79–81 Drastic Symphonies
EPs	The Def Leppard E.P.
Singles	"Wasted" "Hello America" "Let It Go" "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" "Photograph" "Rock of Ages" "Foolin'" "Too Late for Love" "Animal" "Women" "Pour Some Sugar on Me" "Hysteria" "Armageddon It" "Love Bites" "Rocket" "Let's Get Rocked" "Make Love Like a Man" "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" "Heaven Is" "Tonight" "Two Steps Behind" "Desert Song" “Miss You in a Heartbeat” "Action" "When Love & Hate Collide" "Slang" "Work It Out" "All I Want Is Everything" "Breathe a Sigh" "Promises" "Paper Sun" "Goodbye" "Now" "Four Letter Word" "Long, Long Way to Go" "No Matter What" "Rock On" "20th Century Boy" "C'mon C'mon" "Undefeated"
Other songs	"High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
Videography	Historia Live: In the Round, in Your Face Visualize Rock of Ages: The DVD Collection Mirror Ball – Live & More Viva! Hysteria And There Will Be a Next Time... Live from Detroit
Concert tours	Adrenalize World Tour Slang World Tour Viva! Hysteria Kiss 40th Anniversary World Tour World Tour 2015 Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour The Stadium Tour The World Tour
Related	Discography Members Songs Awards and nominations Cybernauts Man Raze Down 'n' Outz Gogmagog Jeff Rich Frank Noon
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