Def Leppard 乐队主唱乔·埃利奥特不喜欢“重金属”这个词。 Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott dislikes the term "heavy metal".

Def Leppard 乐队主唱乔·埃利奥特透露，他不喜欢“重金属”这个词，并形容它是一个“愚蠢、可笑的词”。 Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott has revealed that he dislikes the term "heavy metal," describing it as a "silly, silly term." 他认为该术语对该流派带有负面印象并且被过度使用，经常被用来形容那些不符合该流派的乐队，例如 UFO、Thin Lizzy、Motorhead 和 Queen。 He believes that the term carries a negative impression of the genre and has been overused, often being applied to bands that don't fit the genre, such as UFO, Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, and Queen. 埃利奥特认为这些乐队受到了布鲁斯音乐的影响，而不是重金属乐队。 Elliott argues that these bands had blues influences and were not heavy metal bands.