A watan Janairu 1978, Steve Clark shiga band. A cewar Elliott, ya samu nasarar auditioned ga band ta wasa Lynyrd Skynyrd ta "Free Bird" a cikin entirety. A watan Nuwamba, kawai kafin rikodi zaman ga abin da zai zama uku-song release da aka sani da The Def Leppard E.P., Elliott ba zato ba tsammani ya bar band. Ya za a maye gurbinsu da wadanda zaman da Frank Noon. A karshen watan, Allen, sa'an nan kawai 15 shekara da haihuwa, ya shiga cikin band domin sa sunan ze kasa kamar cewa na wani punk band. A watan Janairu 1978, Steve Clark shiga band. A cewar Elliott, ya samu nasarar auditioned ga band ta wasa Lynyrd Skynyrd ta "Free Bird" a cikin entirety. A watan Nuwamba, kawai kafin rikodi zaman ga abin da zai zama uku-song release da aka sani da The Def Leppard E.P., Elliott ba zato ba tsammani ya bar band.
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