![]() Joe Elliott's father, Joe Elliott Sr, died in July 2011 after being ill for a number of weeks.ĭuring a 7 September 1983 performance in Tucson, Arizona, Elliott attempted to rile the crowd during the "Rock of Ages" crowd sing-a-long. Joe married Kristine on 1 September 2004, and their first child, Finlay, was born in December 2009. He dated Bobbie Tolsma from 1999 to 2003. His first marriage was to Karla Ramdhani in 1989 they separated in 1994 and divorced in 1996. Elliott dated Denise Dakin from 1979 until 1988. Elliott is also a Sheffield United fan, having contributed music to the Sheffield based film When Saturday Comes. Other artists have also recorded in Joe's Garage while he has been on the road with Def Leppard. He maintains a recording studio in his Dublin home called Joe's Garage in which he has recorded and produced many major artists. Joe will be on lead vocals and will occasionally play guitar, Duff will play bass and occasionally play guitar, Matt will be on drums, Steve and Gilby will be on lead guitars.Įlliott currently lives in Stepaside, Dublin, Ireland and has a residence in Los Angeles, California. The tour will probably feature of mixture of these songs along with songs by Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver, Loaded, Deep Purple and Skid Row. These genres seem to appeal to the various members the most. ![]() Hughes has stated the band will release a series of EP's with each EP featuring an original song and each EP featuring various genres of music: hard rock, alternative and punk. The band plans on hitting the road and have released the cover song Never Before by Deep Purple. Others who round out the group are: Glenn Hughes, of Deep Purple fame and Sebastian Bach, formerly of Skid Row. The primary members with Joe are, Duff McKagan, of Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and Loaded, Matt Sorum, of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, Gilby Clarke, of Guns N' Roses, and Steve Stevens of Billy Idol's band. The band downsized and became the Kings Of Chaos. In 2012 Joe went on tour with the Rock N Roll All Stars, a band that consisted of many of rock's most recognized performers. ![]() Joe Elliott sung the vocals in the Mott the Hoople cover band, Down 'n' Outz on their album My ReGeneration Vol. Released in September 2003 through Sanctuary Records, Ricky Warwick's Tattoos & Alibis was produced by Elliott. The project was short-lived, and the internet album that was available online has been deleted since its 2001 release. He and fellow Def Leppard member/guitarist Phil Collen once had a side project together called Cybernauts. He also has worked on several projects like The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood's solo album Slide on This, Lori Spree's Those Faces, Ricky Warwick, The Almighty, and others. He had the honour of appearing alongside Queen guitarist Brian May and guitarist Slash along with the other members of Def Leppard at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 to perform "Tie Your Mother Down". Joe Elliott currently hosts a radio show on on Saturday nights.Įlliott has worked with several side projects through his career such as participating in numerous tributes to other artists like Freddie Mercury, Alice Cooper, Mick Ronson, Ian Hunter and David Bowie. He also plays guitar and drums as well as piano and electronic keyboard. He also often comments that the lyrics to Def Leppard's music are almost never personal they are meant to be easily accessible to the listener. Elliott soon became an integral part of the band while also contributing his songwriting skills.Īs a songwriter, Elliott has drawn from his eclectic tastes in music (ranging from pop-rock to folk) as sources of inspiration. The band claims that the similar-looking spelling of Led Zeppelin to Def Leppard was unintentional. Tony Kenning suggested they change the name to "Def Leppard" to distinguish them from contemporary punk bands like The Flying Lizards and Boomtown Rats. The other members also took Elliott's suggestion to change their name to "Deaf Leopard." Elliott had invented the name for the band in youth. Elliott tried out as a guitarist and, though the band had not heard Elliott sing, they were impressed by "his attitude and his ideas about being in a band" and he became the band's vocalist instead. The band spent hours talking and listening to records in Elliott's bedroom. Upon finding out that they were both musicians, Elliott met the rest of the Atomic Mass members. Elliott met Pete Willis, a member of a local band called Atomic Mass, in November 1977 after missing a bus. Elliott was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and was educated at King Edward VII School.
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