<prompt> Bheka isigaba esingezansi bese uphendula umbuzo emva kwalokho ngolimi olufanayo nesigaba: I-Passage: U-Elliott wasikisela igama elithi Deaf Leopard okwakuyigama leqembu ekuqaleni alicabanga ngenkathi ebhala izibuyekezo zamaqembu e-rock ayingqayizivele ekilasini lakhe lesiNgisi. Ngokusikisela kukaKenning, indlela yokubhala yalungiswa kancane ukuze igama lingabi njengebhendi yama-punk. NgoJanuwari 1978, uSteve Clark wajoyina iqembu. Ngokusho kuka-Elliott, wazama ngempumelelo ukujoyina leli qembu ngokudlala ingoma kaLynyrd Skynyrd ethi Free Bird ngokuphelele. NgoNovemba, ngaphambi nje kokurekhoda okuzokhishwa izingoma ezintathu ezaziwa ngokuthi i-The Def Leppard E.P., uKenning washiya iqembu ngokuzumayo; wayezokwakha iqembu i-Cairo. Wafakwa esikhundleni sikaFrank Noon kulezo zikhathi. Ekupheleni kwaleyo nyanga, uRick Allen, owayeneminyaka engu - 15 kuphela ubudala ngaleso sikhathi, wajoyina iqembu njengomshayi wesigubhu walo wesikhathi esigcwele. Ukuthengiswa kwe-EP kwenyuka ngemuva kokuthi ithrekhi ethi Getcha Rocks Off inikezwe isikhathi esithe xaxa yi-BBC Radio 1 DJ uJohn Peel, ngaleso sikhathi owayebhekwa njengompetha we-punk rock nomculo omusha we-wave. Kuwo wonke u-1979, iqembu lakha abalandeli abathembekile phakathi kwe-hard rock yaseBrithani kanye nabalandeli bezinsimbi ezisindayo futhi babebhekwa njengabaholi begagasi elisha lomsebenzi wensimbi esindayo waseBrithani. Ukuthandwa kwabo okukhulayo kwaholela ekutholeni isivumelwano sokurekhoda ne-label enkulu ye-Phonogram Vertigo i-Mercury Records e-US. Abaphathi bokuqala beDef Leppard, i-MSB, iqembu lendawo elihlanganisa uPete Martin noFrank Stuart-Brown, baxoshwa ngemva kokuba uMartin noJoe Elliott bexabene ngesigameko esithile emgwaqweni. Leli qembu laxhumana noPeter Mensch wabaphathi beLeber-Krebs, ababebhukhe uhambo lokuya e-UK ukusekela i-AC DC. U-Mensch, owavuma ukuthi wayegxile eqenjini, waba ngumphathi walo. Umbuzo: Ubani owayeyilungu leDef Leppard?  <response>: URick Allen 