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DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT Talks About DAVID BOWIE's ZIGGY STARDUST Album

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Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott has been interviewed and talked about his love of David Bowie's classic Ziggy Stardust album.

'Diamond Star Halos' is the band's 12th studio album.

Announced on 17th March and then released on Friday 27th May 2022.

Joe has been interviewed by Loudersound to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of David Bowie's classic album 'The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars'.

The album was released on 16th June 1972 and recently tuned 50 years old.

Joe discussed his love for the album which was a huge influence on him and other Def Leppard band members.

Read some of his comments below and follow the link for the full interview.

Joe sang a snippet of Ziggy Stardust in Atlanta, GA as the band started The Stadium Tour 2022 in torrential rain.


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The Joe Elliott/Loudersound - June 2022 Quotes

Ziggy Stardust

Joe Elliott - "I’ll tell you three people who feel the same way about that album,” Elliott says. “There’s me, a screamy singer in a rock band; then there’s Boy George, the singer androgynous from Culture Club; then there’s Morrissey from The Smiths. I don’t think we’ve got anything else in common, but Ziggy… changed our lives."

Joe Elliott - "It has some very dark content – he was talking about our future; stuff we didn’t know about. Reginald Bosanquet was reading the news on television, but you couldn’t hear because you were listening to Ziggy in the next room."

Joe Elliott - "The whole album took five days. Just five days! And the thing is, he did it after Hunky Dory was in the can but before it was released [in December 1971]."

Joe Elliott - "Ziggy was an incredibly cheap album, but an incredibly important one. Next time they send one of those things into space, Ziggy should be on it, not Chuck Berry – anyone but Chuck Berry."


View the full interview on the Loudersound website.


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