CHURCH OF LEPPARD: COLLECTING, CONNECTING & CONVERSING: ONE FAN'S JOURNEY SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF DEF LEPPARD - VOLUME ONE 1987 - 2025

CHURCH OF LEPPARD - DAVID CHURCH All proceeds to Noah's Ark Children's Hospital Charity, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Registered Charity No: 1069485 Foreword by Joe Elliott of Def Leppard: Well Churchy, you've only gone & done it !! I've seen a few fan driven books over the years, but this is INSANE !!! 800 pages ! ... This has to be one of the most comprehensive '"labour of love" projects I'll ever see ! ... I raise my glass to you for the effort you've put into this, I saw things I'd forgotten all about, I saw things I never knew existed ! Congratulations & all for an incredibly honorable cause ... Well done that man !! Joe Elliott - Sept 2025 "As I have said many times before. Whether we have ten pieces in our Def Leppard collection, or even if there is somebody out there with ten thousand pieces in their collection, I believe that every person's collection is unique and priceless. All of the attached memories and associations, the times, the dates, the places, the feelings, the experiences that we have, make that very special." David Church - October 2025 A four-year labour of love, all in aid of a wonderful children's charity! 160,000 words, 1,500 colour photographs. 824 pages, 81 chapters. Featuring exclusive, unseen Steve Clark memorabilia. Along with Kevin Nixon photographs, from the 'Hysteria and More' 2018 UK Tour! Accompany the author (an award-winning teacher) on his remarkable thirty-eight year journey of Def Leppard fandom and memorabilia collecting. Sharing many unique experiences, making magical memories with the band and connecting with fellow fans worldwide. Honoured, humbled and privileged to be the first UK fan, to showcase some of his incredible collection to the world on the official Def Leppard Vault in 2022. The author has also been a twelve-time guest contributor on the officially unofficial, 'Def Lep Pod' podcast. Equally blessed to have been a memorabilia contributor to and the visual proofreader of the career spanning, 'Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard' book in 2023. Having attended twenty-four Def Leppard concerts in the UK and USA since 1992 and having met all of the band/individual members an astonishing thirty times, the author will leave you with 'Hysteria' after immersing yourself in his Leptastic adventures! churchofleppard.com noahsarkcharity.org