Joe Elliott
Joe Elliott
Joseph Thomas "Joe" Elliottis an English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Def Leppard. He has also been the lead singer of the David Bowie tribute band the Cybernauts and the Mott the Hoople cover band Down 'n' Outz. He is one of the two original members of Def Leppard and one of the three to perform on every Def Leppard album...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth1 August 1959
song fall years
That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years.
song writing keys
When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key change at the end, which is really cheesy.
hate thinking fake
With Los Angeles, it's kind of a love-hate thing. Sometimes I think it's marvelous, and sometimes I think it's a dump. It's so fake and I can't deal with how fake it is.
dream names airports
We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local airport. There's none of this checking in stuff; you just get on the plane.
years europe cities
I've always liked traveling around Europe and seeing the architecture. The buildings in capital cities have been there for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years. Some look better than the new ones.
different get-up stage
I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.
manhattan bigs fingers
Manhattan's always fascinating, too, just a big, stinky, smelly conglomeration of numbered avenues and streets, but it's just got a vibe that's hard to beat. I shouldn't like it, but I do. I can't put my finger on it.
country rocks england
In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.
soccer passion two
Music and soccer. They would be my two major passions.
holiday parent firsts
The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17.
views giving world
To be honest, I'm a bit of a snob now; give me a Four Seasons anywhere in the world and I'm happy. Also, they've just opened a Ritz-Carlton in County Wicklow, Ireland, which is stunning and has great views.
song horse crazy
Even Crazy Horses is a good song, by the Osmonds. I've known many bands who have covered that. It's just a great song. I bought it in a brown, paper bag because I didn't want anyone to know I had it.
long majority feels-right
You don't just go with a majority because it's the majority. You go with it because it's right. If it feels right, do it. As long as it's legal.
thinking hair wrinkles
If you don't physically age gracefully, it's a bit sad. I think Steven Tyler can get away anything, because he still looks like he did in '73. Especially from row Z backwards in an arena. As long as the Stones keep their hair and don't get fat they'll get away with the wrinkles.