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“He didn't want his credibility blown by being named on a Def Leppard album!”: The rockers’ secret weapon was a synth pop boffin

“He added a new dimension to our songs,” Leppard’s singer says

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“Well-structured harmonies were important and we liked to be quite artsy… but there was pressure to become more and more commercial”: The tale of prog-tinged City Boy, who landed a hit pop-rock single and never recovered

Starting as an art-rock project in the vein of 10cc or Queen, work with producer Mutt Lange and the 1978 single 5.7.0.5. let to dispute, distraction and eventual destruction after several promising proggy albums

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“We weren’t trying to better Iron Maiden. We were trying to better Michael Jackson!”: The metal fan’s guide to Def Leppard

From the NWOBHM to the world – how Def Leppard became one of the biggest British rock bands of all time

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"Vivian is still battling cancer, we've still got a one-armed drummer. But these are obstacles that we just mock": Joe Elliott on why Def Leppard won't be retiring any time soon

Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott on the US tour, not selling out, guest appearances, retirement and the next album

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"We're taking a step back from the soap opera": The ongoing saga with The Quireboys ends as the Black Eyed Sons emerge from the wreckage

Members of The Quireboys and Down n' Outz combine for an all-star album featuring Joe Elliott, Ryan Roxie, Charlie Starr and more

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"There's a reason why it's sold more than all the other AC/DC albums combined": Why I love Back In Black, by Def Leppard's Joe Elliott

Def Leppard man Joe Elliott on Mutt Lange, Hells Bells and replacing Bon Scott

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"We were out on our asses": How Aerosmith took flight with Get Your Wings - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: John Mayall, Pink Floyd, Joe Elliott, Creed, Phil Mogg, The Cadillac Three, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, LA Edwards and more

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"Joe Elliott knows more about Mott than I do. You just have to sit back and listen to him": Ian Hunter's stories of Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and more

He’s Ian Hunter, solo artist and former Mott The Hoople frontman, and these are some of his stories

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"We always play UK tours even if we're operating at a loss": Joe Elliott on the importance of Britain to Def Leppard

In 2008, Joe Elliott sat down with Classic Rock to discuss the band's roots, selling Britain to America, and that iconic Union Jack shirt

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"A guy's just died and here we are making this euphoric, celebratory music. It seemed a bit weird": How Def Leppard overcame tragedy and made Adrenalize

Reeling from the death of guitarist Steve Clark, Def Leppard were determined to keep the party going. The result was Adrenalize – their last great blockbuster album

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“We used to cover Problem Child in the early days. We did it two or three times in front of an audience”: we got Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott to pick his ultimate AC/DC setlist

From big hitters to deep cuts, this the perfect AC/DC setlist according to Def Leppard singer and AC/DC megafan Joe Elliott

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Watch Def Leppard play Pyromania classic Comin' Under Fire live for the very first time - in close-up

Def Leppard played Comin' Under Fire for a small crowd in Los Angeles ahead of their stadium tour with Journey

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“Ritchie Blackmore went into the pit with a box of tomatoes and started throwing them at the singer”: how Deep Purple changed Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott’s life

Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott on his love of Deep Purple – and the deep cut he loves

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"It was very British, but it shot round the world. It changed music": How the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was born, by those who were there

In the late 70s, rock music was given a steel-booted kick up the backside by a new breed of band.The NWOBHM would go on to rule Britannia – and the world

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"This next song is about destruction, like all heavy metal songs": In 1979, the fledgling Def Leppard played a small club show in Sheffield, and our man was there

Joe Elliott might decry the phrase "heavy metal" in 2024, but 46 years ago he was ready to embrace it

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Def Leppard's Joe Elliott has a problem with the "silly, silly term" that is heavy metal

They may be one of the shining lights of NWOBHM –but Joe Elliott insists Def Leppard are not a heavy metal band

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"Me, Bono and Bowie hijacked a Mini and drove to this restaurant where the Edge was to sing him Happy Birthday": What happened when we went record shopping with Joe Elliott

We gave Def Leppard's Joe Elliott £50

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"It went a bit too poppy, a bit too happy… I used to really cringe when I heard it": Def Leppard's Hysteria is a perfect $4.5 million rock album – but guitarist Phil Collen had issues with one of its songs in particular

Classic 2012 interview: Phil Collen talks through every song on Def Leppard's 25 million-selling Hysteria

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You are cordially invited to enjoy cocktails and a Q&A with Def Leppard's Joe Elliott at a fancy hotel in London

The one-off event takes place in London next month, and promises "an intimate night with the lead singer of one of the most dynamic live bands ever to hit the stage"

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Taylor Swift once dressed up as Kiss legend Ace Frehley to prank Keith Urban during a live show

Well before she was a global superstar and an economic goliath, Taylor Swift was a mere support act with an Ace Frehley costume

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8 obscure but brilliant 1970s glam rock songs

Def Leppard singer and ’70s glam connoisseur Joe Elliott on 10 glitter rock masterpieces

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"Calm and casual at the soundcheck, electrified and electrifying once the venue is full": nine videos to celebrate the humble genius of Def Leppard's Steve Clark

Remembering Steve Clark: April 23, 1960 – January 8, 1991

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“I called Keith Richards about doing it. His manager said: ‘Keith has already got a band. They’re called the Rolling Stones’”: the epic story of Kings Of Chaos, rock’s billion dollar supergroup

Featuring members of Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Alter Bridge and more, Kings Of Chaos are rock’s most high-profile covers band

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“We could never be Nirvana, but we could make an album that would fit in with the times without us looking like stupid old farts”: how Def Leppard survived tragedy, grunge and the turbulent 1990s to make two of their most underrated albums

Def Leppard were one of the most successful rock bands of the 1980s. The 1990s was a different matter

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Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T.Rex review: a starry tribute

Plenty of familar faces line up to celebrate a subversive glam rock figure who was well ahead of his time

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