Vegetarian Star

Phil Collen has long been the face representing Def Leppard’s vegetarian side.

But during an interview with NPR,  singer Joe Elliott reveals most of the guys actually eat a plant-based diet. That means everyone noshes on hummus and pretzels at those wild backstage parties with scantily clad groupies.

NPR: I imagine cause you’re on tour with Poison and Lita Ford, that these are really wild backstage parties, but I read that you guys are all vegetarians and you just go to sleep at 8:30.

JE: Where do you get your information from? It’s fantastic. I love that man. “We’re all vegetarians.” Well, for a start, we don’t even go on stage ’til 9:15 so going to bed at 8:30 is a bit of a non-starter. Two and a half of us are vegan — if that makes sense cause Vivian is a lactopescetarian, which means he eats fish.

JE: But everybody’s very health conscious, I mean you have to be. If you’re going to play the game — if you’re going to be Steven Tyler, Mick Jagger, kind of outlive everybody else. You’re not going to be able to do that by drinking four bottles of Courvoisier a night and doing 10 bags of blow. There comes a cutoff time in your life, especially normally when you get married and have kids and your priorities change. Luckily for us, although we have indulged in everything on the planet that there was to indulge in, it was never our main focus.

If Elliott’s philosophy has gotten him and the band through 30 years of rocking, pouring some sugar on yourself must not be a bad thing. Just make sure it’s the natural cane, unrefined type though.

Hear the entire interview at NPR.

Photo: Matt Becker/Creative Commons

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