JOE INTERVIEW JUNE 2007 FOR UK
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PERSONAL FILE: Joe Elliott Of Def Leppard FULL NAME:Joseph Thomas Elliott BORN:In Sheffield,England on August 1, 1959. FIRST CRUSH; The first crush that I had on someone my own age was a girl called Shirley Vaughan. I was eight and so was she-she was the first girl that I kissed. HAVE YOU GOT ANY PETS? No,but my mom's got a dog-a Yorkie called Susie. It always bites me so it sees my boot quite often! My girlfriend recently adopted a cat that we've called Tasha. I'm not really a cat fan, but Tasha's good because she keeps away the mice! FIRST CONCERT: The first concert that I attended was T.Rex(cult group of the '70s headed by the late Marc Bolan) at Sheffield City Hall in 1971. It was brilliant and really encouraged me musically. The first concert that I played at was in West Field School. It was on June 22,1971; we were paid five "quid" (Limey for "bucks") between the four of us. DESCRIBE YOUR DAILY "HAIR CARE" ROUTINE:That's a funny question! It consists of very little. I usually look in the mirror and flick my fingers through my "locks." When we're on tour I wash it about an hour and a half before we go on stage and then again when we come off.I can't use hair gel on stage because it tends to run with the sweat and that stings my eyes. I'm glad to say that no one in my family has ever gone bald, so I'm quite safe! DO YOU COOK? Very rarely and if so, very badly. I can burn water! I like eating out, especially in Indian and Japanese restaurants. The only place I don't like eating is French restaurants, mainly because they don't cook their food for long enough. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON ANY POP STARS? Yeah, I do actually, the little one out of The Bangles. Susannah Hoffs! Yeah, that's the little one isn't it? Mmmm, I like her but I hear that Terence Trent D'Arby has hit it off with her, which is typical! I think of him as a cross between Prince and Micheal Jackson. His voice is good but all his songs make him sound screechy. But he looks good and that's all that matters these days. WHAT'S THE WEIRDEST THING A FAN'S EVER GIVEN YOU? A girl gave me a box full of sheets that said "Ilove Joe Elliott" written on them 250,000 times. That was about three months ago and I've still got it today. I could never throw anything like that away after someone put so much time into it. I actually met the girl who'd done it-we were on tour at the time. HAS ANYTHING EVER GONE VERY WRONG ON TOUR? Two things spring to mind! On the last tour we were travelling up the M1 highway and we saw that ourmanager's car had been in a huge pile-up! I felt so scared in case anything had happened to him but luckily it hadn't. Most recently Rick's drums blew up during our final number, so I picked up a guitar and did an acoustic version of "Lola" by The Kinks whilst they worked on getting the drums right. The crowd loved it, but I hadn't expected to do it! CAN YOU EAT AN APPLE IN THREE BITES? No, I've got a big mouth but it ain't that big! Anyway, I prefer Chocolate. I love it! I get cravings for it. Am I a chocoholic? Definately! I'm really a junk food fan. I like McDonalds. I could do without lots of things-I've completely given up drinking-but I could never stop going to McDonalds. When we're on the road the five of us are always piling in there. The thing is, whether you're in Japan or Scunthorpe, they all taste the identical! WHAT'S THE SLUTTIEST PAIR OF PANTS YOU"VE EVER WORN? The what??! OH!Ho ho ho! The perviest! I've got some ripped jeans that have started to rip even more because I do splits and jumps and things and my bottom starts to fall out(!) They keep falling down so I have to keep pulling them up. Have I ever owned a pair of spandex pants? Oh NOOOO! This is embarrassing! Yes! In 1980 on the first Def Leppard tour I bought a pair but that was purely because they were 15 quid and it was all I could afford at the time. I wish I'd spent the 15 quid on a pair of jeans but I didn't. DO YOU OWN A PAIR OF PLAID PANTS TO WEAR WHILE GOLFING? No. Plaid trousers are really naff. I wear jeans or regular soccer shorts depending on the weather. Anyway I don't play in clubs where you have to wear that sort of thing because they usually have a really stuffy attitude. HAVE YOU EVER MADE A "HOLE IN ONE"? No...but I've had a hole in two...That's where it only takes two shots to get in the hole from the tee.(Thanks Joe-Arnold Palmer) WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOUR FACE WAS RED WITH EMBARRASSMENT?It was probably when I was 17 and I was in a club having a drink and this guy came up to me and said "What are you drinking?" and I said "Oh, I'll have a beer, please!" and he pulled out his badge and said "Your busted!" He was a copper!!! DO YOU LOSE YOUR MIND DURING THE FULL MOON? Yes! We talk about this actually! If we're having a bad night we check if there's a full moon. Some days you can be really out of sync-you'll be walking up steps and you trip or the milk is sour-it's nearly always a full moon when any of those things happen. HAVE YOU EVER SWALLOWED A WASP? No. I've never been stung by one either-or a bee, come to that. Do I think that's quite remarkable? Yes, I s'pose it is, really. I think they're friendly with me. I don't swat them and they don't sting me! WHO DOES YOUR HOUSEWORK? Ummmm...er...that's a good question actually...I haven't got a clue. Someone must do it! Not me! Hahaha! I do use the vacuum every now and then. My girlfriend does it I suppose. And I watch. DO YOU WATCH GOLDFISH FOR THERAPEUTIC REASONS? Do I watch goldfish:??! Goldfish??!! No, I don't! It's supposed to be calming? Oh well, I had no idea. I'd rather watch a movie. DID YOU KNOW THAT IF A GOLDFISH SWIMS BACKWARDS IT DIES? I had no idea. I know absolutely nothing about goldfish except that you win them a fairs. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY LUMBERJACKS TODAY?(THIS MAY SEEM A STUPID QUESTION,READERS,BUT JOE IS ACTUALLY SPEAKING OVER THE PHONE FROM CANADA!) No! I don't think Canada is quite how you imagine it. It's very cosmopolitan where we are at the moment-lots of kids with pink hair! It's sort of half English, half American. Is it snowing??? It's eighty degrees! And no, I haven't seen a moose, either...WHAT HAVE YOU GOT IN YOUR POCKETS? Well, I'm lying in bed completely naked at the moment(!!!) so the answer to that is nothing whatsoever...
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