Down N' Outz

Joe Elliott and Down ‘n’ Outz are back with another album in tribute to Mott the Hoople, even as Def Leppard begin work on a their own new studio effort.

Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott is a devoted Mott the Hoople fan and has long carried the torch for the British icons and their fearless frontman Ian Hunter. Elliott, who’s been referred to as the band's “cultural ambassador,” formed a tribute band with the Quireboys in early 2009 called the Down ‘n’ Outz to play a one-time gig opening for Mott the Hoople at one of their five reunion concerts in England