Joe Elliott on Def Leppard's New Album, Wild Groupies, and Netflix
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 hits from their monster album, Hysteria, that prominently featured frontman Joe Elliott in all his mulleted, arena-rattling majesty.
While the glossy Hysteria was their biggest triumph, Def Leppard dominated the charts several years before that with the harder-rocking Pyromania album's triple threat of "Photograph", "Rock of Ages" and "Foolin". But alas, you can't stay at the top of pop metal heap forever.
Def Leppard's reign was first upset by the grittier Guns 'N Roses, before being violently dethroned by the likes of Nirvana in the early 1990s. Now, more than 25 years after their sold-out stadium prime, the veteran British rockers are set to go on a world tour in support of a new, self-titled album.
Maxim spoke to Elliott, 56, about life on the road, the resurgence of vinyl, his wild groupie past and current Netflix obsessions.
Read the full interview here: Maxim