JOE ELLIOTT On DEF LEPPARD's Massive '80s Success: 'We Were Embracing More Than Rock'

DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott has a theory for how his band transcended the limited parameters of everyday hard rock and survived the countless musical trends that have come and gone. "With us, it's like pop rock, and I say that for all the best reasons, because we're a rock band and we've done pop hit singles," Elliott told the Bangor Daily News in a new interview. "At the peak of our power, we were rubbing shoulders with the likes of Janet and Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Celine Dion....

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