Joe Elliott has worked with other musicians and in several projects such as tributes to fellow artists like Freddie Mercury, Alice Cooper, Ian Hunter, and David Bowie. Def Leppard released another seven albums, and sold over 100 million copies worldwide which makes them one of the world’s best-selling music artists. However, the band’s fourth studio album “Hysteria” (1987) reached beyond the success of the previous one, and sold over 25 million copies worldwide – at that moment, Joe Elliot became a multimillionaire. Their next release “Pyromania” (1983) was a total hit and went Diamond with over 10 million copies sold in the US alone. Their debut album “On Through the Night” was released in 1980, but the second album “High ‘n’ Dry” (1981) was a big success and defined their style. Elliott became an integral part of it as a singer and songwriter.Įlliott and Def Leppard’s biggest commercial success came between the early ’80s and the early ’90’s. His suggestion of the band’s new name Deaf Leopard was well received by other members, but they wanted to be more “ear-catching” and distinguished, so Def Leppard became the band’s new name. Elliott tried to play guitar, but he had ideas to be a lead singer of a band. Willis was the member of the band called Atomic Mass, and he introduced Elliott to other band members. In 1977, Elliott met Pete Willis, entirely accidentally, after missing a bus.
The story how “Def Leppard” was formed is interesting. Joseph Thomas Elliott attended the King Edward VII School in Sheffield. He wrote songs and was a leading singer in some other bands apart from Def Leppard, but arguably the best hard-rock band of the ’80’s is his primary source of income. Have you ever wondered how rich Joe Elliot is, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Joe Elliott’s net worth is $70 million. The majority of is wealth he has made in the music industry since his career started in 1975. Elliott was also the lead singer of the “Cybernauts”, a David Bowie tribute band, and a cover band named Down ‘n’ Outz. He is a singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Def Leppard. Joe Elliott was born on the 1st August 1959, in Sheffield, England.
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