What exactly inspired “Pour Some Sugar on Me”? He’d be like, “What do you think? I just want to do this justice.” He was pretty adamant about the point that he wasn’t making fun, but wanted to pay homage. Between takes, he would jump down off the stage and talk to us. It was surreal because we are watching this absolutely iconic actor, who once slid in his socks across the floor to Bob Seger, singing one of our most iconic songs. I jokingly pointed out, “That’s my spot over there.” It was all in good humor. But he’s been documented over the past couple of weeks replying to what I supposedly said. What was your knee-jerk reaction to that? Within ten minutes of walking in, Tom starts shooting “Pour Some Sugar on Me”. It was a day off for us, so we went to Fort Lauderdale. He was, coincidentally, filming when we were in Florida last year. Well, he didn’t specifically perform it for us. What did you think when Tom Cruise sang “Pour Some Sugar on Me” for you? (The band does not appear in the comedy, starring Tom Cruise and Alec Baldwin, but fully endorses it.) Vulture rang up the good-natured Elliott to ask him about the secrets to Def Leppard’s longevity and what it was like getting serenaded by Cruise to the strains of “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” And so as not to let you down, we also squeezed in some questions about Spinal Tap and mullets. This month, Def Leppard revisits its 1983 hit in two new ways: embarking on a same-named tour with Poison and Lita Ford, and celebrating the release of Rock of Ages, the Broadway show turned feature-film musical.
At the start of Def Leppard’s single “Rock of Ages,” front man Joe Elliott intones that it’s “better to burn out than fade away.” These days, the band, which has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide, can bask in the knowledge that they have done neither in the (almost) three decades since.
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