Joe Elliott early life, career, relationships, and net worth

Publish date: 2024-05-02

Who is Joe Elliott?

Joseph Thomas Elliott Jr. aka Joe Elliott is an English musician, record producer, singer-songwriter, and radio host best known for being the founding member of the English hard rock band Def Leppard and lead singer.

He recognized the group for songs likes “Pour some sugar on me” and “Love Bites.” Similarly, on Saturday nights, he broadcasts a radio show on Planet Radio.

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Quick facts

Full nameJoseph Thomas Elliott Jr.
Known asJoe Elliott
BirthdayAugust 1, 1959
Age64 years old
Sun signLeo
Place of birthSheffield, United Kingdom
EducationKing Edward VII School

The early life and childhood of Joe Elliott

Joe Elliot was born in Sheffield, England, on August 1, 1959. He is the son of Joseph William Elliott and Cynthia Gibson. He sadly lost his father in July 2011 after suffering from illness for several weeks.

At the age of 19, he enrolled at King Edward VII School, where he met a member of the Atomic Mass band. 

Similarly, he met the rest of the Atomic Mass band in November 1977, which featured guitarist Pete Willis and bassist Rick Savage. He is also a pianist, electronic keyboardist, guitarist, and drummer.

In addition, the band featured a heavy yet melodic rock sound, with Elliot establishing himself as a vital member of the group, offering compositional skills in both rock and pop.

Furthermore, about his physical measurement, he is 6′feet 2 inches′′ tall (188 cm), and he weighs 172 pounds and 78 kg.

Joe Elliott Personal life 

Elliot dated Denise Dakin from 1979 to 1988. Likewise, in 1989, he married Karla Ramdhani, but the pair divorced in 1996. 

Joe dated Bobbie Tolsma until 2003, after his divorce from Karla. Moreover, he married his second wife, Kristine, on September 1, 2004, and the couple has a son named Finlay, born in December 2009.

Joe Elliott career

Joe Elliot signed a contract with Mercury-Polygram in 1979 and released the hit single “Getcha Rocks Off,” followed by “On through the Night” in 1980. In 1981, they released ‘High N’ Dry,’ which was produced by Mutt Lange.

Similarly, he wrote pop and soft rock music for Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple as a member of Def Leppard. These guys rose to prominence in the early 1980s with a hard rock song called “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak.”

 Their incredible performance was broadcast on MTV, followed by the 1983 song “Photograph.” In 1998, Elliot and Savage founded ‘players Café,’ an American-style restaurant and bar in Sheffield.

Def Leppard is regarded as one of the most influential bands of the 1980s, having sold over 100 million albums during their career. Therefore, more of his career is listed on the same page down below.

Controversies of Joe Elliott

Elliott attempted to agitate the audience at the “Rock of Ages” crowd sing-along on September 7, 1983, in Tucson, Arizona. He said to the audience.

“Yesterday night, we played in El Paso, that location with all the greasy Mexicans, and they made a lot more noise too,”

Then, on September 30, he apologized on an El Paso radio station for the racial slur he used on September 7 while referring to the city. Following the apology, the band made money to Hispanic charities.

Joe Elliott net worth 

A British singer-songwriter and musician Joe Elliott has a net worth of USD 70 million. Elliot currently lives in Dublin, where he runs the ‘Joe Garage’ recording studio, which is utilized to record and produce for various musicians.

 In addition, he maintains a residence in Los Angeles.

Joe Elliott social media 

Elliott is active on social media such as Twitter and Instagram. Links to his social media is down below:

Twitter: He has 871.9 thousand followers on Twitter. Similarly, he has 12.7 thousand tweets till now. https://twitter.com/DefLeppard

Career of Joe Elliott

Songs with Def Leppard:

Album name (Year)Songs List
The Def Leppard E.P. (1979)Ride into the Sun
Getcha Rocks Off
The Overture
On Through the Night (1980)Rock Brigade
Hello America
Sorrow Is a Woman
It Could Be You
Satellite
When the Walls Came Tumbling Down
Wasted
Rocks Off
It Don’t Matter
Answer to the Master
Overture
High ‘n’ Dry (1981)Let It Go
Another Hit and Run
High ‘n’ Dry (Saturday Night)
Bringin’ On the Heartbreak
Switch 625
You Got Me Runnin’
Lady Strange
On Through the Night
Mirror, Mirror (Look into My Eyes)
No No No
Bringin’ On the Heartbreak” (remix)
Me & My Wine
Pyromania (1983)Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
Photograph
Stagefright
Too Late for Love
Die Hard the Hunter
Foolin’
Rock of Ages
Comin’ Under Fire
Action! Not Words
Billy’s Got a Gun
Hysteria (1987)Women
Rocket
Animal
Love Bites
Pour Some Sugar on Me
Armageddon It
Gods of War
Don’t Shoot Shotgun
Run Riot
Hysteria
Excitable
Love and Affection
Adrenalize (1992)
Let’s Get Rocked
Heaven Is
Make Love Like a Man
Tonight
White Lightning
Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)
Personal Property
Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad
I Wanna Touch U
Tear It Down
Live: In the Clubs, in Your Face (1993)Hysteria
Photograph
Pour Some Sugar On Me
Let’s Get Rocked
Retro Active (1993)Desert Song
Fractured Love
Action
Two Steps Behind (acoustic version)
She’s Too Tough
Miss You in a Heartbeat (acoustic version)
Only After Dark
Ride into the Sun (1987 re-recording)
From the Inside (with the Hothouse Flowers)
Ring of Fire
I Wanna Be Your Hero
Miss You in a Heartbeat (electric version)
Two Steps Behind (electric version)
Miss You in a Heartbeat (piano version) (hidden track)
Slang (1996)Truth?
Turn to Dust
Slang
All I Want Is Everything
Work It Out
Breathe a Sigh
Deliver Me
Gift of Flesh
Blood Runs Cold
Where Does Love Go When It Dies
Pearl of Euphoria
Euphoria (1999)Demolition Man
Promises
Back in Your Face
Goodbye
All Night
Paper Sun
It’s Only Love
21st Century Sha La La La Girl
To Be Alive
Disintegrate
Guilty
Day After Day
Kings of Oblivion
X (2002)Now
Unbelievable
You’re So Beautiful
Everyday
Long, Long Way to Go
Four Letter Word
Torn to Shreds
Love Don’t Lie
Gravity
Cry
Girl Like You
Let Me Be the One
Scar
Yeah! (2006)20th Century Boy
Rock On
Hanging on the Telephone
Waterloo Sunset
Hell Raiser
10538 Overture
Street Life
Drive-In Saturday
Little Bit of Love
The Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll
No Matter What
He’s Gonna Step on You Again
Don’t Believe a Word
Stay with Me
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge (2008)“Go”
“Nine Lives” (featuring Tim McGraw)
“C’mon C’mon”
“Love”
“Tomorrow”
“Cruise Control”
“Hallucinate”
“Only the Good Die Young”
“Bad Actress”
“Come Undone”
“Gotta Let It Go”
Mirrorball: Live And More (2011)
“Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)”
“Rocket”
“Animal”
“C’mon C’mon”
“Make Love Like a Man”
“Too Late for Love”
“Foolin'”
“Nine Lives”
“Love Bites”
“Rock On”
“Two Steps Behind”
“Bringin’ On the Heartbreak”
“Switch 625”
“Hysteria”
“Armageddon It”
“Photograph”
“Pour Some Sugar on Me”
“Rock of Ages
“Let’s Get Rocked”
“Action”
“Bad Actress”
“Undefeated”
“Kings of the World”
“It’s All About Believin'”
Viva! Hysteria (2013)“Women”
“Rocket”
“Animal”
“Love Bites”
“Pour Some Sugar on Me”
“Armageddon It”
“Gods of War”
“Don’t Shoot Shotgun”
“Run Riot”
“Hysteria”
“Excitable”
“Rock of Ages”
“Photograph”
Def Leppard (2015)“Let’s Go”
“Dangerous”
“Man Enough”
“We Belong”
“Invincible”
“Sea of Love”
“Energized”
“All Time High”
“Battle of My Own”
“Broke ‘N’ Brokenhearted”
“Forever Young”
“Last Dance”
“Wings of an Angel”
“Blind Faith”
The Story So Far – The Best Of (2018)“Animal”
“Photograph”
“Pour Some Sugar on Me”
“Love Bites”
“Let’s Get Rocked”
“Armageddon It”
“Foolin'”
“Two Steps Behind”
“Heaven Is”
“Rocket”
“Hysteria”
“Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad”
“Make Love Like a Man”
“Action” (Sweet cover)
“When Love & Hate Collide”
“Rock of Ages”
“Personal Jesus” (Remix) (Depeche Mode cover) (CD and digital bonus track)

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