Def Leppard

T. Rex, Mott the Hoople and Roxy Music are among spotlighted artists on 2006 album.

Drummer shifted focus to painting during 2020 pandemic.

Limited-edition project, available in nine-LP and six-CD formats, includes all of band's '00s material.

Joe Elliott recalls eight-week, six-figure studio mess as fourth album took shape.

All of the songs and artists referenced by Joe Elliott in the final single from the blockbuster album.

Managers were tired of seeing "half-naked women riding motorbikes and fire-breathing monsters" on hard-rock album covers.

"I'd much rather write 'Hubcap diamond star halo' than 'The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.'"

"Vegas was great for that, especially the last couple of nights. We played two-, two-and-a-half-hour sets."

Def Leppard singer says his doctor mentioned retirement in 2016.

Thirty-one-date trek with Poison and Joan Jett was postponed from summer 2020 due to COVID-19.