Def Leppard is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame hopeful for the Class of 2019 alongside other successful artists, including Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Stevie Nicks, The Cure, The Zombies and Todd Rundgren.

Loudwire recently spoke with frontman Joe Elliott about being nominated. He discussed how the band’s influence remains today, how there are two new bands that he thinks might be the future of rock, and what he thinks is a problem with the Hall of Fame.

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