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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

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joined Atomic Mass in November 1977. The lineup of Elliott, drummer Tony Kenning, bassist

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, and guitarist

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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 ''

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'' and ''

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'' as the five piece of Savage, Willis, Elliott, Clark, and Allen before Pete Willis was fired in July 1982. Willis was replaced by

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, and the band went on to the most commercially successful period of their career, the releases of ''

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'' 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

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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, ''

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'', on 30 October 2015.

Members

Current members

Former members

Timeline

Lineups

Session musicians

Touring musicians

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.

References

External links

Official Def Leppard website
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