5 for playing: Def Leppard

they're responsible for one of my favorite shout-outs: "no serenade, no fire brigade, just pyromania!!!" pop-metal, hard rock, who cares? i prefer melodies and intelligible vocals rather than just noise and grunts. Def Leppard embodies the big hair and big sound of the '80s, and we're all the better for it. admit it, though you weren't blessed with Joe Elliot's pipes (or even hope to sing within screaming distance), you sang along too, karaoke-slash-air-guitar boy.

5. Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad, Adrenalize (1992)


4. Photograph, Pyromania (1983)


3. Pour Some Sugar On Me, Hysteria (1987)


2. Rock of Ages, Pyromania (1983)


1. Hysteria, Hysteria (1987)