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And it just keeps getting better and better and better because I know how to look after it, I don’t smoke anymore.”

I’ll be the first to say I’m no Paul Rodgers, but I’ve got a style that’s recognizable that now, at the age of 60, is better than it was at 20. I was probably as good as I was before, but then all of a sudden, my voice got better and better. And it took me about 18 months to totally get my voice into a condition where I was happy with it. Exercising it properly before you go out on stage. We worked with the vocal coach, who doesn’t teach you to sing, he teaches you how not to use your voice. When we realized we’d be going out on tour with almost 250 shows and no opening act, so two and a half hours a night, we knew that we were going to need training. I worked incredibly hard with a vocal coach from Los Angeles. I’d love to say I don’t know how it happened, but I do know how it happened. “It’s stronger than it used to be, best it’s ever been. He stated that he successfully gained back his voice after a long healing process and can now sing even better than he used to. He worked with a vocal coach and re-trained his voice while doing some physical exercises. then of course you want to be in.The singer didn’t give up and went on an 18-month journey to get his voice back to how it was. “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. “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. 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.

The group has done some “bits and bobs” of recording, though no new album is planned at the moment. 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. This Week in Billboard Chart History: In 1988, Def Leppard Leapt to No. 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.” That sort of makes it a lot more realistic for us. “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. “That’s kind of swung our attention into a much more positive situation,” Elliott explains. 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. Judas Priest didn’t get in last year, and it’s a big disappointment for them that they didn’t.

“I’m not gonna hold my breath because I know how this can go.

Nevertheless, Elliott and company are trying to keep a lid on their excitement as voting gets under way. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Reveals 2019 Nominees: Def Leppard, Janet Jackson & More
