The 1974 song Joe Elliott called one of the greatest ever written: “An amazing record”It’s no surprise that Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott looks back to classic rock as his musical foundation. Yet, synths and keyboards stood merely as the radiant presentation of Def Leppard’s pop metal whirlwind. “It’s an amazing record,” Elliott reflected. It was very varied, very Queen in the sense of setting a standard that they then had to follow. He’s right that Sheer Heart Attack careens across a hectic mosaic of eclectic styles, a tradition Queen would carry through right to frontman Freddie Mercury’s death in 1991.