![]() ![]() It’s the first place I ever came to when I came to the States. I really do treat it as a celebration of integrity and you can’t say that this much these days.ĭef Leppard has been especially popular in New York for quite some time. And Tesla is all the original members, except Dave Rude is playing instead of Tommy Skeoch. Poison are the same original four members and we’re the same band that put out Hysteria, except Steve Clark passed away and Vivian Campbell is in the band. The brilliant thing about this lineup is it’s the celebration of integrity. And Poison, the last time they went out, was with us in 2012. We’ve been touring with Tesla, and especially for the last two years, we recorded a lot of this stuff while we were on tour, and then we finished it up in Sacramento where the guys are from. I just produced the new Tesla album, which turned out phenomenal. That’s the big difference with us… It just keeps getting better and better, and for me, it’s really exciting.Īnd Def Leppard is touring once more with Poison and Tesla. So, it’s really about that… staying inspired and staying in shape. ![]() The same with athletes-you see NFL players quit, and then a year after, they’re like twice their size when they were playing. And I don’t mean practice I mean just play and keep it flowing, inspiration-wise. I know a lot of guys from that era who don’t really do that. ![]() I’m on stage, watching him, playing along with him, and he improves all the time because he keeps playing. He plays all the time, and I was just blown away. On a side note, last December, I got to play with Jeff Beck in Japan. Our bodies don’t just break down because we’re old, they start breaking down because we stop using them-they atrophy. That goes contrary to what I’ve been led to believe, that when bands start sucking or a singer can’t sing quite as well, or a certain player can’t play as much, it’s because they’re not playing as much or singing as much or putting the effort in. Now, I’m a better singer this year than I was last year, and a way better guitar player. We were kind of busking it a bit then, shouting and screaming, and trying to get it in tune. How would you compare playing onstage with Def Leppard now to say, in 1987, when Hysteria came out? The show went down a storm and it just captured where we were at. The last run of dates, the first one to sell out was Detroit, and we thought, “We’ll record it and document this”-literally for that reason. Phil Collen: The last tour (in 2016) everyone was saying, “This is the best we’ve ever heard you this is the best we’ve ever seen the show.” And this was consistent. Pulse: How did the idea come up to do the new live DVD? Related Content: David Rosenthal on Playing With Billy Joel Def Lep guitarist Phil Collen recently spoke with Pulse about the DVD, the tour and their stronghold on New York. And the English rock band is still going strong decades later.Ī new live DVD, And There Will Be a Next Time, is on its way along with a headlining performance at Nassau Coliseum on April 15 featuring Poison and Tesla. 1 hit “Love Bites.” The record also sold over 12 million copies in America alone. This year marks the 30-year anniversary of Def Leppard’s mega-seller, Hysteria, which spawned six top 20 singles, including “Armageddon It,” “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and the No. ![]()
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