Def Leppard

The band has stated that they are very satisfied with this album, and that in many ways they wish it had been the follow-up to Hysteria. He also had a few major hit singles and albums as part of D12. X, Def Leppard's tenth album, was released in 2002. He recently produced 2Pac's fifth posthumous album, Loyal to the Game. Next came the album Euphoria in 1999. Furthermore, his own records increasingly contain tracks produced by himself. He collaborated in the songwriting for Slang, which was released in 1996. Besides D12's two albums, Devil's Night and D12 World, he also produced Obie Trice's Cheers as well as 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

Vivian Campbell had previously been in Sweet Savage, Dio, Whitesnake, Trinity, Riverdogs, and Shadow King. Eminem is also active as a producer of rap records. In 1992, guitarist Vivian Campbell joined Def Leppard. He also owns a clothing line called "Shady Ltd." and runs the music label Shady Records with signed artists including 50 Cent, D12, DJ Green Lantern, Stat Quo, and Obie Trice. Retroactive was followed by the release of Vault 1995, Def Leppard's Greatest Hits, which sold 3.5 million copies. Eminem signed a deal with Sirius satellite radio to program a hip-hop oriented station called Shade 45, which debuted on October 28, 2004. Some of this album's songs were written as B-sides for Hysteria singles. He has also lent his voice to the Crank Yankers show and a web cartoon called "The Slim Shady Show", which has since been pulled offline and is instead sold on DVD.

Retroactive was released in 1993 and is a collection of songs which, although not new, were either rare or never previously released. He recorded several new songs for the soundtrack, including "Lose Yourself," which won Eminem an Academy Award for Best Song. It was also nominated for Best Video of the Year at the 1992 9th MTV Video Music Awards. However, it did not have the longevity of their previous albums, and in retrospect many fans consider it one of their weakest albums. Eminem made his Hollywood acting debut with the semi-autobiographical 8 Mile, released in November 2002. It remained there for five weeks, selling six million copies, and the first single, "Let's Get Rocked," was on MTV's video countdown for a long time. On October 31, Eminem performed the song on Saturday Night Live, but some thought that he appeared to be lip-synching it. The album entered the US charts at number 1. After Bush won the election, the video's ending was changed to Eminem and the rioters invading while Bush was giving a speech.

Adrenalize was finally released in 1992, the only album recorded by Leppard as a four-piece (Elliott, Collen, Savage, and Allen). However, once the army breaks in, it is revealed that they are there to simply register to vote, and the video ends with the words "VOTE Tuesday November 2" on the screen. After Hysteria 's release, internal problems (including the death of guitarist Steve Clark from a drug and alcohol overdose on January 8, 1991) resulted in a long delay before the follow-up. The video features Eminem gathering up an army of people presented as victims of the Bush administration and leading them to the White House. Much of Leppard's success in the 1980s is credited to their producer, Robert John 'Mutt' Lange, who was considered by the band to be its sixth member. The song features a very strong anti-Bush message, with lyrics such as "fuck Bush" and "this weapon of mass destruction that we call our president". The seventh and last single to be released from this album was Rocket in early 1989 (see 1989 in music). presidential election, 2004, Eminem released the video for his song titled "Mosh" on the Internet.

The album included a total of six Top 20 singles. On October 26, 2004 a week before the U.S. Album sales were slow until the fourth single, "Pour Some Sugar On Me", became a hit. So the irony of this situation with Michael is not lost on me.". The first released single, Women, was not very successful. On Jackson's protest, Yankovic himself told the Chicago Sun-Times, "Last year, Eminem forced me to halt production on the video for my 'Lose Yourself' parody because he somehow thought that it would be harmful to his image or career. Leppard's next album, Hysteria, (yet again produced by Lange), was released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). Others dismissed "Just Lose It" as a tame Weird Al Yankovic-style knockoff [4] (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15126,00.html).

He then worked with Simmons to design a custom electronic drum kit. [3] (http://www.sohh.com/thewire/read.php?contentID=6321). He practiced drumming with pillows, and realized that he could use his legs to do some of the percussive work previously done with his arms. [2] (http://www.mtv.com/onair/trl/top10/) The Source magazine, through its CEO Raymond "Benzino" Scott, wanted not only the video pulled, but the song off the album, and a public apology to Jackson from Eminem. While recovering in the hospital from his accident, Rick was committed to continuing his role as Def Leppard's drummer. MTV, however, announced it would continue airing the video and "Just Lose It" became the number-one requested video on Total Request Live for the week ending October 22. The period after the album's success, however, was difficult: on December 31, 1984, Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car crash in which his Corvette veered off the road into a concrete wall. Black Entertainment Television was the first channel to stop airing the video.

Aided by the singles "Photograph", "Rock of Ages", and "Foolin'", Pyromania sold six million copies in 1983 & 84. We want the pass back." [1] (http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=3606). Lange was again the producer. Harvey himself declared, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass. This personnel change took place during the recording of their next release, Pyromania (January 20, 1983). In the video, Eminem also parodied Pee Wee Herman, MC Hammer, and a Blonde-Ambition-touring Madonna. Pete Willis later recorded with the bands Gogmagog and Roadhouse. The lyrics to "Just Lose It" also refer to Jackson's troubles.

Phil Collen, former guitarist from the band Girl, replaced Pete Willis who was fired on July 11, 1982 due to alcoholism. On October 12, 2004, a week after the release of "Just Lose It," Eminem's first video and single off Encore, Michael Jackson called into the Los Angeles-based Steve Harvey radio show to report his displeasure with the video, which parodies Jackson's child-molestation accusations, his rhinoplasty, and an incident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while he was filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984. From it, "Bringin' on the Heartbreak"'s video was one of the first "metal" videos played on MTV video. The video contained various parodies, including that of the Janet Jackson 'incident', and of 50 Cent's "In Da Club" video. High 'N' Dry (1981 in music) was their first album to be produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The controversial song was the band's sarcastic response to the media's frequent portrayal of D12 as Eminem's band, giving little to no credit to its other members. Their major label debut was On through the Night (1980 in music). Then, in 2004, Eminem made the video "My Band" with D12.

They signed to Mercury Records. The lyrics in question: Fuck money/I don't rap for dead presidents/ I'd rather see the president dead/ It's never been said, but I set precedents. Rick Allen was added as the permanent drummer, to replace Kenning. On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service admitted it was "looking into" allegations that Mathers had threatened the President of the United States after the unreleased song "We as Americans" leaked onto the Internet. They began playing locally and soon added Steve Clark before recording the underground hit "Getcha Rocks Off" for Bludgeon Riffola, their own label. Mathers reportedly made the recording after breaking up with his black girlfriend. Elliott had thought of the name Deaf Leopard in school and the band changed the name to Def Leppard based on the way Led Zeppelin spelled their name. The 1988 cassette featured a younger Mathers performing a freestyle rap in which he made disparaging remarks about black women, calling them "stupid" in comparison to white women.

Rick Savage (bass), Pete Willis (guitars) and Tony Kenning (drums) formed the band in 1977 in Sheffield (see 1977 in music). Joe Elliott joined as the vocalist, and brought the name of the band with him, originally they were called Atomic Mass. On November 19th, 2003 new controversy surrounded Eminem when a cassette tape was played during a press conference held by The Source magazine. Def Leppard are a band from Sheffield, England, that emerged in the late 1970s as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. It featured the single "Without Me", an apparent sequel to "The Real Slim Shady" in which he makes derogatory comments about boy bands, Moby, and Lynne Cheney, among others. 2003 "Long Long Way to Go" #40 UK. Eminem's third major album, The Eminem Show was released in summer 2002. 2002 "Now" #23 UK. Another song, "Blow My Buzz", was on the soundtrack for the film The Wash (2001), in which Eminem had a cameo.

1999 "Promises" #38 US. The album contained the single "Purple Pills". 1996 "All I Want Is Everything" #38 UK. The album was certified multi-platinum. 1996 "Work It Out" #22 UK. As one of six members of the rap group D12, Eminem appeared on the album Devil's Night, released in 2001. 1996 "Slang" #17 UK. Eminem himself has written a book called Angry Blonde (2001), where he reveals the emotions and intent behind the lyrics in the Marshall Mathers LP, and describes his passion and approach to rapping.

1995 "When Love and Hate Collide" #2 UK. Since Eminem's rapid ascent to fame, tell-all biographies of varying quality have been published, including Shady Bizzness by his former bodyguard Byron Williams. 1994 "Action" #14 UK. Though shocking a lot of people, this gesture failed to appease all of his critics. 1993 "Miss You in a Heartbeat" #39 US. Though Mathers had always claimed that his lyrics were not meant to be taken seriously, and that he had nothing against homosexuals or women, the gay rights group GLAAD organized a boycott of the Grammys against Eminem. Mathers responded to this by singing "Stan" on-stage with openly-gay singer Elton John, ending the performance by hugging John to show that he didn't have anything against homosexuals. 1993 "Two Steps Behind" #32 UK, #12 US. With the enormous popularity of Eminem's second album, the controversy surrounding Eminem grew even larger, especially when The Marshall Mathers LP was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year.

1993 "Tonight" #34 UK. In the third single, "Stan" (which samples Dido's "Thank You"), Eminem attempts to deal with his new fame status, telling the story of a fan so obsessed with him that he winds up killing himself and his pregnant girlfriend, mirroring one of the songs on The Slim Shady LP. 1993 "Heaven Is" #13 UK. In the song, Eminem claims, among other things, that Christina Aguilera gave "head" (oral sex) to Fred Durst (of Limp Bizkit) and Carson Daly (of MTV's Total Request Live). 1992 "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" #34 US. The first single released from the album, "The Real Slim Shady", created some buzz by trash-talking celebrities and spilling dubious gossip about them. 1992 "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" #16 UK, #12 US. The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000, quickly selling 2 million copies.

1992 "Make Love Like a Man" #12 UK, #36 US. Dre encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover. 1992 "Let's Get Rocked" #2 UK, #15 US. Another song, "Guilty Conscience" ends with Eminem and Dr. 1989 "Rocket" #15 UK, #12 US. In "97 Bonnie and Clyde", Eminem describes a trip with his infant daughter, disposing of the bodies of his wife, her lover and his son. 1988 "Love Bites" #11 UK, #1 US. With the album's enormous popularity came controversy surrounding many of the album's lyrics.

1988 "Armageddon It" #20 UK, #3 US. Once he joined Interscope, Eminem released The Slim Shady LP, which went on to be one of the most popular records of the year, going triple platinum. 1987 "Hysteria" #26 UK, #10 US. Dre agreed to sign him. 1987 "Pour Some Sugar on Me" #18 UK, #2 US. Otherwize at the 1997 Rap Olympics MC battle, Dr. 1987 "Animal" #6 UK, #19 US. Though this did not directly lead to a recording contract, once Eminem won second place vs.

1987 "Women" #80 US. Dre found Eminem's demo on the garage floor of Jimmy Iovine, the Interscope label chief. 1983 "Rock of Ages" #16 US. It is said that Dr. 1983 "Photograph" #12 US. Some people called him rap's "great white hope". 1983 "Foolin'" #28 US. He became famous in the hip-hop underground because of his distinctive, cartoonish style and the fact that he is white (a rarity in all rap, especially mainstream gangsta rap).

Rock Of Ages - The Definitive Collection (2005). In 1996, he released his first independent album, named Infinite, following it up with The Slim Shady EP in 1997. The Best of Def Leppard (2004). His wife Kim gave birth to his daughter, Hailie Jade, on 25 December 1995. X (2002) #14 UK, #11 US. Interested in rap from a young age, Mathers began performing as early as thirteen, later gaining some popularity with a group, Soul Intent. Euphoria (1999)#11 UK, #11 US. Mathers was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri and spent most of his childhood moving back and forth between Saint Joseph and suburban Detroit, Michigan.

Slang (1996) #5 UK, #14 US. He is also infamous for the controversy surrounding many of his lyrics, which are said by critics to be homophobic, misogynistic and excessively violent. Vault: Def Leppard's Greatest Hits 1980-1995 (1995) #3 UK, #15 US. He is perhaps best known for being one of the few successful white rappers in the industry, not to mention one of the most critically acclaimed. Retro Active (1993) #6 UK, #9 US. Eminem is the stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), one of today's most controversial and popular hip hop musicians. Adrenalize (1992) #1 UK, #1 US. 2'.

Hysteria (1987) #1 UK, #1 US. He has been recognized as a huge influence on the music industry, and there has been two songs written about him by Christian rapper KJ-52, called 'Dear Slim' and 'Dear Slim Pt. Pyromania (1983) #18 UK, #2 US. The backwards-E has become a logo for him, appearing prominently in his videos and stage set. High 'N' Dry (1981) #26 UK, #38 US. The second E in his stage name is always shown reversed on his records since his second album "The Marshall Mathers LP". On through the Night (1980) #15 UK, #51 US. Eminem is a fan of fast food chain Taco Bell & Wendy's and frequently eats there while on tour and at home with his daughter and niece.

His performance of "The Real Slim Shady" and "The Way I Am" at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards while leading a procession of Eminem-lookalikes from the street outside up to the stage, is regarded as one of the best performances on the VMA's. 2004 "Mockingbird" #1 US. 2004 "Like Toy Soldiers" #1 US; #1 UK #1 EU; #1 GER. 2004 "Encore" #25 US.

2004 "Just Lose It" #1 US; #1 UK; #1 GER; #1 EU. 2003 "Business" #6 UK; #15 GER. 2003 "Superman" #15 US. 2003 "Sing for the Moment" #8 US; #6 UK; #7 GER.

2002 "Lose Yourself" #1 US; #1 UK; #1 GER. 2002 "Cleanin' out My Closet" #4 US; #4 UK; #1 GER. 2002 "Without Me" #1 US; #1 UK. Dido) #1 US; #1 UK; #1 GER.

2000 "Stan" (feat. 2000 "The Way I Am" #58 US, #8 UK. 2000 "The Real Slim Shady" #4 US; #1 UK; #1 EU; #1 GE. Eminem) #21 US; #7 UK.

Dre feat. 2000 "Forgot about Dre" (Dr. Dre) #5 UK. Dr.

1999 "Guilty Conscience" (feat. 1999 "My Name Is..." #1 US; #2 UK. Encore (2004) #1 US (4x Platinum); #1 UK. 8 Mile Soundtrack (2002) #1 US (2x Platinum).

The Eminem Show (2002) #1 US (8X Platinum); #1 UK. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) #1 US (9X Platinum); #1 UK. The Slim Shady LP (1999) #2 US (4X Platinum); #12 UK. The Slim Shady EP (1997).

Infinite (1996). Mockingbird. Like Toy Soldiers (samples "Toy Soldiers" by Martika). Mosh.

Just Lose It. Encore: