Thursday, 22nd August 2013
Pic by DefDazz/Darren
Def Leppard members Joe Elliott and Phil Collen were interviewed by French radio show Saga in mid June and the audio is available.
Joe and Phil spoke to host Georges Lang for The Saga Of Def Leppard special. The two hour show featured many studio tracks and discussion of the various stages of the band's history.
Part 1 (56:43min) features Armageddon It, Rocket, Rock Brigade, Rocks Off, Hello America, BOTH, Photograph, Rock Of Ages, Foolin', PSSOM.
Part 2 (56:52min) features Animal, Love Bites, Let's Get Rocked, Two Steps Behind, WLAHC, Promises, Now, Waterloo Sunset, Nine Lives, Undefeated, Hysteria (Live/Mirrorball).
Listen to the full interview via the audio player on the RTL website (includes French voice over Joe/Phil). A transcription was also posted which you can read (Google translated).
RTL - Joe Elliott Interview Quote
"I was hired mainly because I had a great record collection, not because I could sing. I was in the band for five weeks before they can buy a microphone. There are no hearing itself. It was just a bunch of kids. Sav knew Pete, Pete and I knew so I met Sav. They took Tony and became a small band. Pete met Steve and brought him. Our little band became more important and after two, three, four years, it became the group. It happened in a year and a half or so. Rick arrived in 1978, it was like that until Phil join us in 1982. became Group 1 Group 2. When we started, it was just not to hang around the streets. group Let's go and see what happens give. And it went pretty well."
- Listen to the full interview at - rtl.fr
- Interview Transcription - rtl.fr (translated)
- Def Leppard - Interviews 2013