Def Leppard Hall of Fame Chat Thread/Fan Vote 2018

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Def Leppard 547,677 1st place in Fan Voting
by a 119,809 Vote lead.






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Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks, Janet Jackson up for Rock Hall 2019
Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY

Next year's Rock Hall could have a sweet new classmate.

Def Leppard is up for induction into the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The "Pour Some Sugar on Me" hitmakers join other first-time nominees including prog-rock icon Todd Rundgren, folk singer John Prine, New Wave pioneers Devo and British band Roxy Music.

Stevie Nicks is also nominated for induction for the first time as a solo artist, having previously been welcomed into the Rock Hall in 1998, as a member of legendary rock group Fleetwood Mac. If she makes the cut when the 2019 class is announced in December, Nicks will become the first female artist to join the Hall a second time.

Voters have cast "a very broad net" with this year's ballot, says Rock Hall CEO and president Greg Harris. "It's exciting, because it represents the diversity of rock and roll."

Following the recent inductions of classic-rock acts Lou Reed and Deep Purple, the Rock Hall is moving into a new wave of metal with Def Leppard and protest band Rage Against the Machine (back in the mix with their second nod since 2017).

"Def Leppard really started in the late '70s and ignited the whole genre," Harris says of the '80s rockers, who became eligible for inclusion in 2004. "When you look back at them, they were selling multi-platinum records year after year" and scored multiple top-10 singles such as "Love Bites," "Armageddon It" and "Hysteria."

Returning nominees include Janet Jackson and Radiohead, the latter of whom are vying for induction for the second year in a row. Other notable contenders are rapper LL Cool J and Rufus with Chaka Khan -- each earning their fifth nominations this year -- as well as '60s bands The Zombies and MC5, both in the running for a fourth time.

The 2019 induction ceremony will be held at Brooklyn's Barclays Center in New York on March 29. Inductees will be voted on by a group of more than 1,000 artists, historians and music-industry professionals.

In order to be eligible for induction, artists must have released their first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination (1993, for 2019 nominees).

Starting Oct. 9, the public can visit rockhall.com to cast their votes for who they would like to see in the Class of 2019. Voting ends Dec. 9 and the top-five artists will make up a fan's ballot, which counts as a single vote.

The full list of nominees:

Def Leppard
Devo
Janet Jackson
John Prine
Kraftwerk
LL Cool J
MC5
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Roxy Music
Stevie Nicks
The Cure
Todd Rundgren
Rufus & Chaka Khan
The Zombies

VOTE: Go to rockhall.com for fan vote contest

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Pete Willis and Vivian Campbell included in the nomination!

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Joe Elliott on with Eddie Trunk today to talk about nominaton!

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The band has known since Sunday night.


Def Leppard's Joe Elliott on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nomination: 'I'm Not Taking Anything For Granted'
10/9/2018 by Gary Graff

Def Leppard has been eligible for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination since 2005. But after taking look at the ballot for the class of 2019 -- and the other five first-time nominees -- frontman Joe Elliott isn't complaining about his band's 13-year wait.

"You're looking at the likes of Todd Rundgren (23 years) and Roxy Music (21 years) and Devo (15 years), and it took them long enough to get a nomination," Elliott tells Billboard. "So I don't feel so bad now that we got overlooked when you see people like them, people I was out buying their records when I was 12 years old. So it's alright. It's kinda cool."

Elliott first caught wind of Def Leppard's nomination after the group wound up its tour with Journey on Sunday (Oct. 7) in Los Angeles, when managers told him "it was definitely gonna happen... I'm on vapors 'cause we've just done 60 shows all over the U.S., I've got a glass of chardonnay and I'm thinking, 'As one door closes, another one opens...' I mean, it's not really gonna change my life, really, one way or the other -- but Jon Bon Jovi has been telling me for at least 12 months that yes, it will."

Nevertheless, Elliott and company are trying to keep a lid on their excitement as voting gets under way. "We'll wait and see," he says. "I'm not gonna hold my breath because I know how this can go. Judas Priest didn't get in last year, and it's a big disappointment for them that they didn't. So I'm not taking anything for granted." Nevertheless, Def Leppard is buoyed by the fan vote that comprises one ballot, and usually picks eventually inductees such as Bon Jovi, Chicago and the Moody Blues.

"That's kind of swung our attention into a much more positive situation," Elliott explains. "People keep sending us snapshots if they're at the (Cleveland) museum -- 'Check out the fan vote!' and there's our name at the top, like 300 percent higher than whoever is the No. 2 choice of the fans. That sort of makes it a lot more realistic for us. It's not this cloak and dagger thing, it is actually bringing the real people to have a bit of a vote on it, if you will."

Elliott was also pleased to learn that original guitarist Pete Willis, who left after Def Leppard's second album, was included in the eligible roster -- "Pete is very important in the very early embryonic version of this band," Elliott says -- and if the group is inducted it might bring Willis back out into the public for the first time in decades. "I really couldn't tell you how that's going to pan out," Elliott says. "Would we welcome his company? Well, why not? If he's nominated, he's rightly nominated. He does deserve to be on the list."

While Rock Hall voting is going on Def Leppard will be busy on the road, playing Hysteria full-album shows in Hawaii, Japan, Australia and other markets, wrapping up for the year during mid-December in London. The group has done some "bits and bobs" of recording, though no new album is planned at the moment. But Elliott acknowledges that he is hoping there will be something positive to talk about during early December, when the Rock Hall inductees are usually revealed.

"When I look at the list of who's in, it's just obvious you'd want to be in that club, isn't it?" he says. "I'm definitely not Groucho Marx, 'Any club that would have me as a member I don't want to join.' When you think that every band that means anything in the world, starting from the Beatles and the Stones and any artist that influenced them -- your Chuck Berrys, your Little Richards, etc. etc. -- then of course you want to be in. Why wouldn't you?"

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Why Def Leppard's Rock Hall nomination has taken far too long
By Classic Rock an hour ago
Def Leppard have finally received a nomination for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame… and it’s about bloody time

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has announced the nominees for the Class Of 2019.

It’s the usual mixture of artists from across the musical spectrum – we don’t agree with some of the names included, but then we never do – but one name stands out from the crowd this time around: Sheffield's Def Leppard, with the late, great Steve Clark and original guitarist Pete Willis listed. Well done, Hall Of Famers, wherever you may be.

But what on earth took you this long? They’ve been eligible since 2005!

It’s about time Joe Elliott & Co. were given proper recognition for their years of hard graft. In fact, we're well past that point. Wars have been fought and won and fought again since they've been eligible.

Not only have Leppard shifted millions upon millions of albums since they formed in the late 70s, they've entertained hundreds and thousands of fans across the globe, and were a key part of the NWOBHM, transforming the musical landscape and continuing to inspire artists to this very day.

Unimaginable commercial success? Check. Influence on a generation of musicians? Check? Huge fanbase? Check. Check. Check. And they've done it all despite going through enough trauma to finish most bands.

It’s baffling why it’s taken this long.

Last year, we all got a bit excited when Judas Priest were nominated. Of course, they didn’t get in, despite being one of the biggest names in the business and a band set to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2019. That’s 50 years, folks. Five decades of melting faces and thrilling crowds. Or is that not enough for the Rock Hall voters? It would appear not.

And don’t get us started on why bands including Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull and others aren’t already resident in the Hall Of Fame.

Hell, even The MC5 aren't in, and they're the very embodiment of those important words in the Hall's name: Rock. And. Roll. Look it up in the dictionary. You'll find a picture of Wayne Kramer with his middle finger extended towards the camera.

Many artists say they simply don’t care whether they get the nod, that it’s not important – but the fans care. We might pretend not to, but we care.

When our favourite artists – the ones we really care about and love, the ones whose t-shirts we proudly wear, the ones we travel hundreds of miles to see live – get mentioned, we want to see their achievements celebrated in the full glare of the world’s media. We feel part of something special. There’s a connection.

Remember the outpouring of joy from the army of raucous Rush fans when Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart were finally inducted in 2013? That's what we're talking about. Sheer, unadulterated delight.

Yeah, some bands have waited longer than Def Leppard to get even a whiff of recognition from the Rock Hall, but here’s a band that should have been in years ago.

Let’s all keep ‘em crossed for Sheffield’s finest come December.

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Def Leppard's Joe Elliott says band is "honored and humbled" to receive Rock Hall nomination

Def Leppard is one of 15 artists nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, and among the six acts on the ballot that had never received a nomination before.

In response to the nomination, frontman Joe Elliott has issued a statement that reads, "We're honored and humbled to be nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This is the highest peak a rock band can summit. For us to be recognized by the prestigious panel and rock fans, who also have a vote, is sensational."

He adds, "Def Leppard being considered amongst such a worthy class of 2019 nominees gives us an indescribable feeling of pride…mutually shared between myself and my bandmates. We hope to see everyone at the ceremony!"

Despite being among the most successful and popular rock acts to emerge during the 1980s, Def Leppard has had to wait 13 years -- the band's been eligible since 2005 -- to receive its first Rock Hall nomination.

The other first-time nominees are Stevie Nicks, Todd Rundgren, Devo, Roxy Music and John Prine.

Fans can have their say by voting for their favorite nominees now through December 9 at 11:59 p.m. ET at RockHall.com/fanvote. The top five artists chosen by the public will make up a "fans' ballot" that will be included with the other ballots. In early voting, Def Leppard is ranked second behind Nicks.

In other news, Def Leppard just wrapped up a massive North American co-headlining tour with Journey this past Sunday. One million tickets were sold for the trek, which grossed more than $100 million.

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A few hours before Joe was on with Eddie Trunk, he was on another SiriusXM show.... Feedback with Nik Carter and Lori Majewski.
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2012 - 2017 fan vote results
* = were inducted

2012 (the first fan vote - only percentage of total votes is available)
*Rush 24.66%
Deep Purple 16.67%
*Heart 12.49%
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 8.15%
*Albert King 5.63%
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2013
*KISS 17.22% (239,417 votes)
*Nirvana 15.69% (218,155 votes)
Deep Purple 11.93% (165,828 votes)
YES 10.88% (151,238 votes)
*Hall And Oates 8.1% (112,673 votes)
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2014
*Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 31.04% (18,331,506 votes)
Nine Inch Nails 22.20% (13,114,449 votes)
*Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 15.08% (8,907,057 votes)
*Bill Withers 6.49% (3,830,587 votes)
*The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 6.25% (3,692,959 votes)
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2015
*Chicago 23.41% (37,666,986 votes)
Yes 16.20% (26,062,484 votes)
The Cars 16.14% (25,973,034 votes)
*Deep Purple 15.87% (25,540,427 votes)
*Steve Miller 15.85% (25,507,100 votes)
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2016
*Journey 250,758
*ELO 210,830
*Yes 189,099
*Pearl Jam 153,458
The Cars 149,911
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2017
*Bon Jovi 1,162,146
*The Moody Blues 947,795
*Dire Straits 613,749
*The Cars 552,733
Judas Priest 538,508
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Guess there isn't a hard rule regarding how many artists in the "performers" category can be inducted each year.

2010 - 5
2011 - 5
2012 - 12
2013 - 6
2014 - 6
2015 - 6
2016 - 5
2017 - 6
2018 - 5

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The Inside Scoop on the 2019 Rock Hall Ballot
October 15, 2018 08:04 PM Filed in: 2019 Ceremony | Rock Hall Politics

Nominating Committee member Alan Light joined DJs Nik Carter and Lori Majewski on SiriusXM to announce the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees last week. Light revealed fascinating information about the discussions in the nominating meeting that led to this year’s ballot. Here are some of the highlights:

Alan Light personally used his two picks to advocate for Janet Jackson and The Cure, and got both on the ballot.
Light felt that Janet Jackson deserved one more chance on the ballot this year because of increased exposure as a result of her tour and other awards.

The Nominating Committee has been rotating through The Cure, The Smiths and Depeche Mode on recent ballots, but Light felt the time was right to give The Cure another chance because of their 40th anniversary shows and other publicity.

When asked why Judas Priest wasn’t nominated again after doing well in the fan poll last year, Light revealed that they had done “horrendously” in the actual Voting Committee tally, so they decided to shift the focus to Def Leppard.

Majewski mentioned that the Nominating Committee now has 30 members -- 23 men and seven women (up from six last year). Light said there were 28 people in the room this year (Seymour Stein was calling in from L.A., as revealed on the Who Cares About the Rock Hall? podcast.)

Light stressed that the Nominating Committee crafts the ballot in a way where they try not to nominate artists who are in a similar lane, so as not to split the vote.

Alan Light regarding the Stevie Nicks nomination: ”In the Nominating room, Pat Benatar came up, Cyndi Lauper came up, The Go-Go's came up and the Eurythmics were in this conversation, and not that it comes down to this, but the women in the room really did start to coalesce around Stevie and push things that way out of the mix that was there. That was the one that --and it's silly to say that women are one piece of what's here-- when it's women of the 80s, I don't think you put Pat, Cyndi and Stevie on a ballot together in the same way that you don't put The Cure, The Smiths and Depeche on the ballot together. It was actually the women in the committee who sort of led the focus to Stevie out of that list.”

Alan Light said that Dave Grohl was responsible for getting Devo nominated this year and Paul Shaffer is behind The Zombies appearances on the ballot.

Light admitted that the Nominating Committee did in fact take the Rock Hall Museum’s Voice Your Choice visitor poll into account when considering the nominees. Stevie Nicks and Def Leppard were the top two leaders all summer and both were nominated. Rock Hall Foundation President Joel Peresman for some reason tried to deny the poll’s influence to the Plain Dealer, "The new in-museum voting system does not factor into the nomination process as the members of the nominating committee aren't made aware of that. And we rely on their independent thinking, which in this case happened to match up.”

Light mentioned that David Fricke has previously advocated for The Guess Who and that Stevie Van Zandt tries to nominate Procol Harum every year.

Rock Hall Museum President Greg Harris and Rock Hall VP of Education and Visitor Engagement Jason Hanley both joined the show to discuss the nominees. Each separately mentioned how cool it was that Stevie Nicks would become the first woman to be a multiple inductee.

Despite having written a book about him, Light didn’t think Jeff Buckley should be inducted into the Rock Hall.

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I'll be cleaning up this thread once a week so members can actually read through media and accurate numbers. If i don't there will be a 1000 posts or more to read over.

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End of day totals for the last week:

10/16:
DL Vote: 174,296
Increase in DL votes: 13,343
Increase in lead: Basically 0; Oct 15 was the great Stevie vote rally

10/17:
DL Vote: 186,381
Increase in DL votes: 12,085
Increase in lead: 1,760

10/18:
DL Vote: 200,001
Increase in DL votes: 13,620
Increase in lead: 2,825

10/19:
DL Vote: 213,177
Increase in DL votes: 13,176
Increase in lead: 4,281


10/20:
DL Vote: 223,118
Increase in DL votes: 9,941
Increase in lead: 2,942

10/21:
DL Vote: 232,130
Increase in DL votes: 9,012
Increase in lead: 2,714

10/22:
DL Vote: 242,276
Increase in DL votes: 10,146
Increase in lead: 2,481

10/23:
DL Vote: 251,253
Increase in DL votes: 8,977
Increase in lead: 2,338

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We've passed the following bands in previous years of Voting. All of whom we're inducted.

We have roughly 6 weeks left, congrats on your dedication to get our fav band into the HOF.

*KISS (239,417 votes)
*Nirvana (218,155 votes)
*Hall And Oates (112,673 votes)
*Journey (250,758)
*ELO (210,830)
*Yes (189,099)
*Pearl Jam (153,458)

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Interview conducted October 19th.

Oct 29, 2018, 12:40pm
Def Leppard's Joe Elliott On The Rock Hall Nomination, Roxy Music, Elvis, And Much More
Steve Baltin

Thirteen years after becoming eligible, Def Leppard are nominated for the first time for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2019. Joining a stellar and diverse list of nominees that ranges from Roxy Music, the Cure and Kraftwerk to Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine and Stevie Nicks, Def Leppard can, as frontman Joe Elliott, add another notch to a resume that includes over 100 millions albums sold, two diamond albums (Pyromania and Hysteria) and a million concert tickets sold just on this recently completed tour with Journey.

Elliott fully credits the fans and the addition of a fan vote for finally getting Leppard their long overdue spot in this conversation. And for Elliott, as he explains in this very fun and fascinating conversation, that ranges from Roxy Music to discussing soccer with Robert Plant, the greatest thing about the Rock Hall honor to him would be sharing it with the Leppard fans.

Steve Baltin: What takes you to Hawaii?

Joe Elliott: We've been rehearsing for two days. After we finished this massive tour with Journey in the States we kind of hit the reset button and we're starting here tonight. We've got two shows at the Blaisdell Arena, which is where Elvis did his Aloha From Hawaii comeback in '73. We played here 35 years ago actually, but we're doing the whole Hysteria album in sequence in the middle part of the show. So we've been here rehearsing for three days.

Baltin: So what one Elvis song from that special would you cover?

Elliott: I have no idea what he played. My Elvis is pre-army Elvis, before I was born. The stuff that I like of Elvis is the black and white Elvis if you like, "Jailhouse Rock." But I am quite partial to "In The Ghetto," that was a fantastic song. In fairness we were just in Memphis three months ago and we had a day off there so I did the honorable thing and we went to Graceland again, which has totally changed. I went there in '83. Without Elvis there wouldn't have been a plethora of other bands that were more of an influence on us. So we all think of him as the daddy of everything -- with Jerry Lee [Lewis], Roy Orbison. They're important, even if we don't own a ton of their records we're very aware of their value and it's just interesting we're here and there's a big statue outside the venue and all that kind of stuff. It reminds you we're a cog in a huge machine and it's a good thing to be in.

Baltin: You're part of a long lineage and in a few months you could be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with them.

Elliott: We weren't looking for accolades when we got together as kids. We just wanted to be part of everything we grew up listening to. It was like, "Wouldn't it be great if we could jump on this mad crazy train and have our own carriage?" The station we get on and get off at is kind of irrelevant as long as the ride is fun. And that's what we've been doing for the better part of 40 years. And when you've been around this long you do tend to ricochet off different artists of your past and connect with them, whether it be [Pete] Townshend and [Roger] Daltrey last October, when we played with them in Brazil, to knowing Brian May from Queen for 35 years now. And there are a million others in between, It's not like you feel like you belong, you just feel like you don't not belong.

Baltin: Have you thought about the Rock Hall over the years you have been eligible?

Elliott: When we were made aware of that we kind of pushed it to one side and plowed on with our career cause the only thing we were really bothered about was making records, playing live, making more records, playing live more often in front of more people. That's what we do. And then all of a sudden the fans get involved and then we become interested because it literally is about the important people in our lives, which is our audience. And even though, as we all know, the fan voting is one vote our of a thousand votes or whatever it's the one vote the other 999 can't help but take notice of because it's all over the world. It's in every magazine, on every website, every radio station.

Baltin: I know you are a big Roxy Music fan and it'd be fitting for you and Bryan Ferry to be inducted together. Is there anybody on this year's list that would make it extra special for you to be inducted with if you get in?

Elliott: It's funny you should mention that cause I said earlier we've been eligible for 13 years and it's the first time we've been nominated. What I find astonishing is it's the first time Roxy have been nominated and they've been eligible for 21. I find that absolutely bizarre because I suppose their argument is how influential were they. Say on a band like Duran Duran 100 percent. Between them and David Bowie's Ziggy [Stardust] period they pretty much invented alien rock or whatever you want to call it. It was beyond glam. It wasn't bricklayers in drag. They were actually punching the boundaries of music, especially when [Brian] Eno was on the first two records. The way things were you had this mad scientist with black feathers coming out of his back and this crooner guy dressed either as an army recruit or on his solo records as Frank Sinatra. It was a really bizarre image, but it was so striking and the music was so different. It was drum and bass, guitars, keyboards, but it didn't sound like anybody else. Maybe this committee that I would imagine are 99 percent based in New York, or at least America, don't really recognize the value of when "Virginia Plain" hit the airwaves in 1972. But the whole of Great Britain that was between the age of 12 and 16 stopped in their tracks and said, "What the f**k is that?" I don't think they see that or are even aware that happened. T. Rex were huge.

Baltin: Have you thought about who would induct you?

Elliott: We haven't even thought about it. You're the first person who's brought it up. It's the first time I've actually thought about who we would have induct us because we've been nominated, we're not in. If and when that thing comes in, whatever day you hear in December, that's when we'll sit down and go, "Alright, who do we hope we could get to do it." Because at the end of the day we'll put a wish list together and they might all say, "I can't make it, I don't want to do it" or, "I don't think I'm appropriate, I don't like doing that kind of thing, I'm nervous talking in front of people." It's gotta be a compromise I imagine. But I will say this much, I would take great pleasure in inducting Ian Hunter should he ever ask me to do it and he gets nominated and accepted because there's one guy I do totally connect with. If he did get in I'm sure I'd be the first person he'd ask because we've now had a history and gone back since I first met him in '77. But he didn't know that because I burst into his dressing room as a 17-year-old kid to get his autograph and then I met him briefly in 1980. Then we got to know each other '87 and ever since...I got onstage with Mott The Hoople when they reformed in 2014. I opened for them on the first tour, Ian's been onstage with us. I've been onstage with him a million times. There's a connection. I would do that. But I can't see me getting the nod from Roxy. I genuinely hope they get in because I understand the respect factor of they could go, "Well done, guys, I love it when British bands do as well as you did, but it's not my cup of tea." I don't have a problem with that at all because I can still sit down and talk to Phil Manzanera about coffee, Indian restaurants. I talk to people like Robert Plant all the time and we never discuss music, ever. It's always soccer. So you can be on a different level with people that understand your success. They give you the thumb's up and respect you, but they don't have to be part of it.

Baltin: How do the soccer conversations with Robert Plant go?

Elliott: With Robert we talk soccer. We played the Garden in New York, he was playing the same night so we ended up talking the next day on his way to Toronto and all we discussed was soccer. That's fine. I'm a realist when it comes to that. They always say, "Never meet your heroes." That's never been a problem for me because I don't expect them to necessarily get what I do cause the kind of music Def Leppard makes doesn't really have that much of a connection to a lot of the music I grew up listening to. It does to a point, You can hear little bits of other people's stuff in our music. So much so that when we did the Yeah! album one of the reasons we did it was we actually wanted to show people where we mixed from. So when we did things like "He's Gonna Step On You Again," by John Kongos with the tribal drumming, it was a nod to the fact, "Yeah, I was listening to that kind of rhythm stuff when we came up with 'Rocket.'" We cut "Street Life," by Roxy Music on that record, because we were huge fans of the band and it was one of those songs we could Leppard-ize that. We could Leppard-ize David Essex, we kind of did a straight-forward cover of "Rock On." We just wanted to show people where our musical influences laid. And they were Blondie and T. Rex and Bowie and Roxy Music cause we spent 25 years trying to tell the world we weren't specifically influenced by Zeppelin, Sabbath and Deep Purple and all that kind of stuff. Everybody was trying to shove us in that thing. I said, "Look, they don't listen when we talk, they're gonna listen when we sing and dance." So we recorded songs instead of doing interviews. "These are our influences." So Roxy Music are part of that, but I've got a feeling they'll probably get someone like Loudon Wainwright to do it (laughs).

Baltin: What bands in the Rock Hall already would you want to do a package tour with a la the Heart, Cheap Trick and Joan Jett "All For The Hall" tour?

Elliott: You name me any bands that we haven't already toured with. We've toured with Journey, with Cheap Trick, with Joan Jett, with Poison, Heart, Foreigner. The last time we went out with a band that weren't like minded, if you like, was Tripping Daisy in 1996. Trust me, it didn't work. Lovely guys, very interesting band, but our audience went, "What?" There aren't that many left.

Baltin: Have you ever done a full tour with Aerosmith?

Elliott: We've done festivals with Aerosmith, we've done a tour with KISS. Aerosmith would be great, we love Aerosmith. There's enormous mutual respect from us to them and vice versa. So that's one band where we get their music. Aerosmith are fantastic, they really are. They're America's band. They've been through, everybody up and down anything anybody could ever go through or should ever go through and somehow managed to survive it and it's the original five piece, give or take a few years with Jimmy Crespo, they've been the same guys since 1969 or something. That's kind of mental, it's really crazy. And you've got to have a respect for anybody who hangs in like that, whether it be somebody a generation or two later like U2, Duran Duran to a point, Iron Maiden are all basically the classic lineup to the best of their ability.

Baltin: Are there moments that you can look at as having brought you to the brink of the Rock Hall?

Elliott: When we went out with Poison and Cheap Trick in 2009 that tour was huge. It was one of the tours I can look back at and go it's part of the trampoline effect of where we've arrived at. We've had our wilderness years, don't get me wrong. But even then we were still selling out 10 to 12,000 seaters. But when we went out with Cheap Trick and Poison and a year later I think we went out with Heart we were doing up to 20,000 people because they're events. And we love being part of event. You've got to remember when we were kids growing up and looking at the adverts on the back of Melody Maker or whatever there were so many gigs where it was the Who with special guest Steve Marriott and the Moog. It wasn't just special guests or plus support, they were like mini-Woodstock's. And since day one, when we went out in the States we were the special guests for Pat Travers, Judas Priest and Ted Nugent. When we went out in '83 we had Uriah Heap and had Krokus. Then in '88 we had Tesla and L.A. Guns in Europe. We've never shied away from a band that is visible. We don't see them as a threat, we see them as an addition. It's just a better ticket.

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UPDATED

#DefLeppard 304,207 V O T E S

1st place by +41,048

Keep at it
www.rockhall.com/fanvote/

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A Friendly Reminder #Defleppard Fans to V O T E Daily at www.rockhall.com/fanvote/ Voting has slowed so time to take a few seconds out of your day and do your thing. Thank You