List of Atomic Mass & Def Leppard members: Difference between revisions

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, three live albums, and seven studio albums in the time since, most recently Diamond Star Halos on 27 May 2022.

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Former members[edit]

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Tony Kenning	1977–1978		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 (his death)		all Def Leppard releases from The Def Leppard E.P. (1979) to Hysteria (1987) posthumous contributions on Retro Active (1993)

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Atomic Mass members[edit]

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.

Image	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
	Andy Nicholas	September–October 1977	bass
	Paul Holland	October 1977	vocals
	Joe Elliott	October–November 1977

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