Def Leppard: 'Alex Turner Is Not The New Bob Dylan'

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by Jason Gregory
Friday, May 09, 2008

Def Leppard: 'Alex Turner Is Not The New Bob Dylan'

Def Leppard have refused to join other musicians in hailing Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner as the new Bob Dylan.

“Alex Turner is a great writer. He is a poet. Hailing him as the new Dylan though, that's a little far-fetched,” the veteran band’s singer Joe Elliot said.

Speaking to the BBC, Elliot said he would wait ten years before judging just how good Turner and the band can become.

"They've joined the ranks of us, the Human League, Joe Cocker and Dave Berry as Sheffield's musical exports. Woo-hoo!”

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Sorry, but he IS the new bob dylan. AND he doesn’t play the harmonica, which is a bonus.
~ by joe 5/9/2008
this coming from the guy who’s biggest hit is ”pour some sugar on me” wtf does he know. turner is better than dylan...imo
~ by presh 5/9/2008
Who the hell has said he’s the new Bob Dylan, and how the hell is he anything like Bob Dylan? Because he writes songs and plays guitar and his lyrics are quite good? So are Brendan Benson’s, Josh Homme’s, Thom Yorke’s and even Axl Bloody Rose’s are all those guys the new Bob Dylan? Ricockulous.
~ by Daves 5/9/2008
Daves> Ricockulous is the best word ever. Well done. :-D
~ by Snivilisation 5/12/2008
I don’t think there’s much point in these kind of comparisons, especially since Turner and Dylan share nothing in songwriting style. Alex Turner is the new Alex Turner. That’s good enough for me.
~ by Fiendish 5/16/2008