


The impeccably crafted hard rock of High 'n' Dry achieved a perfect balance between brawn and beauty, with songs like "Let it Go," "High 'n' Dry' (Saturday Night)" and "You Got me Runnin'" meshing riffs and melodies, rhythm and lead guitars with a serpentine grace the likes of which heavy music had rarely witnessed. In Lange, Def Leppard encountered an exacting taskmaster willing to do whatever it took to elevate their game and get them to the major leagues, and even though his perfectionism nearly broke the band's spirit, along the way, they eventually emerged triumphant.

Nevertheless, salvation was at hand with the intervention of Def Leppard's powerful manager, Peter Mensch, who also handled AC/DC, and was able to convince Highway to Helland Back in Black producer Lange to sign on for his rising clients' next album sessions, due to begin in March 1981. 4), leaving Def Leppard playing second fiddle to the London-based rock press' hometown boys. 15 chart peak had been eclipsed within a month by Iron Maiden's eponymous debut (which went to No. in support of major acts like AC/DC, Judas Priest and Sammy Hagar, but their album's initially impressive No. The following year, Def Leppard toured across the U.K. Then, little more than a year later, in March 1980, the young Sheffield, England-based quintet of singer Joe Elliott, guitarists Steve Clark and Pete Willis, bassist Rick Savage and drummer Rick Allen unleashed its first full-length album, On Through the Night. Def Leppard - Teardrops On My Guitar (feat.It all starts back in 1979, when an inexperienced but ambitious Def Leppard became one of the very first New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands (even though they never felt a particularly strong kinship to the movement) to release some a record – the immensely collectible Def Leppard EP.Def Leppard - Should've Said No (feat.Def Leppard - Lebanese Night (Middle Eastern Version).Def Leppard - He's Gonna Step On You Again.Def Leppard - Have You Ever Wanted Someone So Bad?.Def Leppard - Goodbye For Good This Time.Def Leppard - Can't Keep Away From The Flame.Def Leppard - Angels (Can't Help You Now).Def Leppard - All On Your Touch (2012 Revisit).Def Leppard - You Can't Always Get What You Want.Def Leppard - The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll.Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me (feat.Def Leppard - Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes).Def Leppard - 21st Century Sha La La La Girl.Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night).Def Leppard - Rock! Rock! Till You Drop.Def Leppard - Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion).Def Leppard - Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad?.Def Leppard - When Love And Hate Collide.Def Leppard - Bringin' On The Heartbreak.Saturday, I feel right I been drinking all day Yes I got a date, a midnight ride I had to get it away Yeah, I'm not a loner, I'm not a fool Don't need a reason, reason to be cool I got my whiskey, I got my wine I got my woman, and this time the lights are going out (Saturday night) high (Saturday night) high 'n' dry (Saturday night) I'm high (Saturday night) high 'n' dry Ow, I feel bad, I feel mean I'm up and down and in between On the bottle, I'm on the line I'm up and feeling fine Yeah, I'm not a loner, I'm not a fool Don't need a reason, reason to be cool I got my whiskey, I got my wine I got my woman, and this time the lights are going out (Saturday night) high (Saturday night) high 'n' dry (Saturday night) I'm high (Saturday night) high 'n' dry Take me high Saturday, kickin' out, her train was comin' to me I gotta move, number one Saturday night on the run (Saturday night) high (Saturday night) high 'n' dry (Saturday night) got my whiskey (Saturday night) got my wine (Saturday night) got my woman (Saturday night) high 'n' dry You gotta try me tonight
