Joe Elliott (born Joseph Thomas Elliott, 1 August 1959, Sheffield, South Yorkshire) and educated at King Edward VII School is the lead vocalist of the British heavy metal band Def Leppard.
Elliott met Pete Willis, member of a local band called Atomic Mass, by chance in November 1977 when he missed a bus.It was lucky for him, for after finding out that they were both musicians, Elliott met the rest of the band members and auditioned. He admitted i...
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Joe Elliott (born Joseph Thomas Elliott, 1 August 1959, Sheffield, South Yorkshire) and educated at King Edward VII School is the lead vocalist of the British heavy metal band Def Leppard.
Elliott met Pete Willis, member of a local band called Atomic Mass, by chance in November 1977 when he missed a bus.It was lucky for him, for after finding out that they were both musicians, Elliott met the rest of the band members and auditioned. He admitted it was the greatest thing he had ever done in his life. The band was impressed by his singing and hired him as a vocalist. The other members even took Elliott's suggestion to change their name to "Deaf Leopard," which was later changed to "Def Leppard" to distinguish them from punk bands, as including an animal in the band name was popular in the punk community in Britain at the time. It has also been suggested that the intentional mis-spelling was partly a homage to "Led Zeppelin." Elliott soon became an integral part of the band while also...
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