When it comes to 1970s glam rock, Joe Elliott is a walking encyclopedia. As a young teenager growing up in Sheffield in the early 70s, the likes of David Bowie, Slade, Sweet and Mott The Hoople provided the soundtrack to the future Def Leppard frontman’s life.
“When you reach a certain age, around 12 or 13, you need to find your own thing – and for me, it was glam rock,” he says. “I’d heard The Beatles and the Stones, but they were not my generation. Glam rock felt like it belonged to me. TV had just gone from black-and-white to colour. The timing was perfect.”
