1. Joseph Thomas Elliott was born on 1 August 1959 and is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer and one of the founder members of the hard rock band Def Leppard.
11 Facts About Joe Elliott
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Joe Elliott has been the lead singer of the David Bowie tribute band the Cybernauts and the Mott the Hoople cover band Down 'n' Outz.
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Joe Elliott is one of the two original members of Def Leppard still in the band and one of the three to perform on every Def Leppard album.
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Joe Elliott is known for his distinctive and wide ranging raspy singing voice.
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Joseph Thomas Joe Elliott was born in Sheffield to Joseph William Joe Elliott and Cynthia Gibson.
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Joe Elliott met Pete Willis in November 1977 after missing a bus.
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Joe Elliott tried out as a guitarist and, though the band had not heard Joe Elliott sing, they were impressed by "his attitude and his ideas about being in a band" and he became the band's vocalist instead.
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Joe Elliott met Kristine Wunschel in 2003 while she was working on the crew for the X album tour, and they were married on 1 September 2004.
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Joe Elliott announced on SiriusXM in March 2022 that he and his wife Kristine had another daughter who was born in 2020.
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Joe Elliott previously co-owned a Sheffield sports bar with Tim Cranston, a Canadian ice hockey player for the local Steelers.
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In 2010, Joe Elliott criticised the British music press, which he accused of ignoring his band and narrowing popular taste:.