The Def Leppard book Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard is available to order here.
The hardcover book is 240 pages and will include over 1,500 items of memorabilia and photography.
The book includes two written introductions — one from Queen’s Brian May, the other from Rolling Stone magazine’s senior editor (and Animal Instinct author) David Fricke.
“Def Leppard have a unique spirit. It’s not just about survival. They have grown deeper and wiser over the years, and their canon really means something. It makes you cry. It makes you laugh. Makes you rock before you have time to think about it.” — Brian May
Def Leppard Definitely
Described as part memoir, part scrapbook, Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard offers readers a personal and comprehensive record of the band’s history to date, by the band in their own words, illustrated with photography and memorabilia from Def Leppard’s archives.
From the book’s publisher:
The 62,000-word manuscript has been gathered from extensive new interviews with current band members, as well as text from archive interviews with Steve Clark and Pete Willis. The band’s wide-ranging account chronicles Def Leppard’s incredible story, from rehearsing in a spoon factory in Sheffield, to recording ground-breaking multi-platinum albums and playing sell-out stadium tours around the world.
From extensive new text contributions to in-depth archival interviews, every member’s voice is present within the book.
Hundreds of photographs are featured within the book, many of these unseen, granting the viewer unprecedented access to Def Leppard. Photographs from band members’ personal archives and fans across the world are featured alongside those taken by renowned rock photographers such as Ross Halfin, Mick Rock and Anton Corbijn. The band is seen recording in various studios, at promo shoots, on tour in planes, trains, cars and Holiday Inns, backstage and, of course, doing what they are best known for – performing their explosive live shows in front of global audiences from 1978 to the present day.
Additional autographed collector versions are available via the British publisher’s website, though the “deluxe” version is already sold out according to the site.
Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard
With unlimited access to the Def Leppard vault, Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard presents over four decades of the band’s history through handwritten correspondence, rare vinyl pressings, tour memorabilia, set lists, lyrics, stage clothing, music video storyboards, draft album artwork, press cuttings (including many from the band’s early days presented in a wallpaper sample scrapbook compiled by Joe Elliott’s mother, Cindy Elliott), previously unpublished photographs and more.
While the book’s release is quite a ways away — nearly seven months after its announcement and pre-order availability — it looks like it will ultimately make a fine addition to Def Leppard’s fans’ collections, especially those most interested in seeing the memorabilia. (P.S. If you really enjoy indulging in the band, here is another book all about Def Leppard worth considering!)
Def Leppard’s Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard book can be ordered here.
