Joe Elliott of Def Leppard resolves the “Hysteria” vs. “Pyromania” controversy and offers his opinions on Taylor Swift.
better, Pyromania from 1983 or Hysteria from 1987, but frontman Joe Elliott won’t say which is his favorite.
When asked to name a favorite during an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Elliott responded in a very tactful way.
The memories from that trip, when they went from being a band that got off a bus and strolled into a hotel to a band that got off the bus and we couldn’t even get into the hotel because there were too many kids blocking the door, are undoubtedly what made Pyromania the breakthrough, he says. “However, by 1987, when it happens again, you understand what I mean? Thus, you had the smaller one first, and then the larger one.
“Which of them is better?” he continues. I simply combine them and move on. The 1980s were fantastic.
Elliott also discussed Taylor Swift, with whom the band performed a CMT Crossroads in 2008. Although no one could have anticipated her level of success, he says, “you look at it now and it kind of makes sense.”
For those born this century or in the ’90s, this is a phenomenon that’s never been seen before – technically bigger than the Beatles and the Stones combined, at least commercially – according to Elliott, who said in 2008 that “there was no such thing as what she accomplished.” Elliott compared her success to that of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
However, I’ve always known she’ll be large. He continues, “She’s just dusted herself down for all the hardships she’s gone through, the people who’ve tried to trip her up over the years at certain parts of her career.” “She’s a great role model for a young generation.”
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