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Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Band 3 Terminology 4 Timeline 4.1 1979 4.2 1980 4.3 1998 4.4 2001 4.5 2002 4.6 2003 4.7 2006 5 Kerfluffles 6 Fan fiction 7 Influential fanworks 8 Fandom members 9 Big Name Fans 10 External Links 11 Sources

[edit] Introduction

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[edit] The Band

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[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

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[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.

[edit] 1979

• In January 1979, THE DEF LEPPARD EP was released. [1]

[edit] 1980

• On March 14, 1980, On Through the Night was released in the United States. [2]

[edit] 1998

• On March 16, 1998, defleppard.com was created. [3]

[edit] 2001

• On November 26, 2001, the mailing list savageattitude was created. [4]

[edit] 2002

• On November 12, 2002, the Def Leppard mailing list Joes_Savs_Xcitable_fiction was created. [5]
• On December 27, 2002, the Def Leppard LiveJournal community def_leppard was created. [6]

[edit] 2003

• On January 28, 2003, the mailing list ZeffNet was created. [7]

[edit] 2006

• On November 24, 2006, the mailing list nitasdlcorner was created. [8]

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Fan fiction

The Def Leppard fan fiction community, like many bandfic communities, sees a spike when new material is released or when the band goes on tour. When those periods end, the community dies back. As such, the last time this community was truely very active was back in 2003. At the present, there are only two authors in the community who update regularly. (Bella Cheval on RockFic)

[edit] Influential fanworks

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[edit] Fandom members

• caitinlv, maintainer of def_leppard
• jaimem30, maintainer of def_leppard
• NBGeekGirl, a RockFic member
• Hector_Rashbaum, a RockFic member
• Highway Joe, a RockFic member
• Too_Fast_For_Love517, a RockFic member
• Bella Cheval, a RockFic member

[edit] Big Name Fans

In the Def Leppard fandom, there are BNFs who are BNFs in that everyone knows their names... because the band has restraining orders against them. (One sent bullets to a band member with the band member's name and the name of his wife and kids on it.) There are also BNFs because of their official access to the band and BNFs who are BNFs for maintaining popular band related sites. There are a few BNFs for their fan fiction but that's a smaller population and those BNFs would not necessarily be BNFs outside of that mailing list, that fan fiction site.

[edit] External Links

• Def Leppard @ FanWorksFinder

[edit] Sources

Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community.

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The following were sources used in this article:

• Bella Cheval. Online interview.
• Kelpie Rocks. Online interview.

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