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Def Leppard's Joe Elliott laughs off claims they use backing tracks at gigs
- Joe Elliott insists they have never used a backing track or tape at their concerts but is "flattered" some people think they do.
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For our latest edition of "Life Lessons," Elliott retraces his journey from an industrial English town to global superstardom. A: I grew up in Sheffield, and at the age of 4, I had a plastic Paul McCartney guitar and a little stool, which I would stand on and sing 'Love Me Do.' Then my mom bought an actual acoustic guitar through a mail-order club when I was 8. Everybody in the band had a day job, like Rick Savage, who worked for British Rail.
