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LEPPARD GIRLS Joe Elliott talks Def Leppard’s influence on Taylor Swift, Pink and Lady Gaga SPIN — For 38 years now, Joe Elliott and his bandmates in Def Leppard have, to enormous success, been unabashedly comfortable in embracing their anomalous genre identity: too metal for pop fans and too pop for metal fans. That conundrum has never really dampened their
POUR SOME VINYL ON ME Joe Elliot on the vinyl craze; ‘What’s it sound like in the car?’ Maxim — There was a moment in the late eighties when Def Leppard were arguably the biggest rock band on the planet. You couldn’t turn on MTV without seeing videos for “Pour Some Sugar On Me” and a slew of other bubblegum metal
CT NOW — In theory, recording an album is easy: reserve studio time, jam until you’ve got 12 songs together that sound good, and pack it in. For an iconic rock band like Def Leppard, who’ll play Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, July 5, there are executives to please, memos to circulate, singles to perfect and expectations to exceed. “Pyromania”
Blabbermouth — Atria Books has acquired North American and audio rights to a memoir by Phil Collen, lead guitarist for rock band DEF LEPPARD for more than 30 years. “Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, And Beyond”, written with veteran journalist and author Chris Epting and scheduled for publication on October 27, is the first book written by a member of the
One will pour some sugar on you, the other will lick it up. Def Leppard & KISS team up for summer tour. Kiss and Def Leppard will team up this summer for a 42-city North American tour that will “deliver good news and excitement,” says Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley. The tour begins June 23 in West Valley City,
