Tuesday, 23rd December 2014
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Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott will appear on the Off The Record Best Of '14 radio show hosted by Uncle Joe Benson this weekend.
Clips from Joe's 27th April appearance on the show will be featured on the highlights show. It is billed as Sunday 28th but is usually played over both Sat/Sun on various stations.
Joe talked about the second Down 'n' Outz album The Further Adventures Of..., the 2013 VIVA! Hysteria residency, the Summer Tour 2014 with KISS, the press conference, Vivian's health, the KISS/Lep fans, whether the KISS tour will be extended in the USA or world wide and the 2015 Def Leppard studio album.
A short audio preview of the show (minus Joe) is available on the show's website now.
Off The Record - Joe Elliott April 2014 Interview Quote
2015 Studio Album
"We got together in February with the idea of maybe coming up with two or three songs and we'll do an E.P. Yeah I was at home I had Vivian and Rick stay with me. Sav's got a place there and Phil was in a little cottage 10 minutes away and we just recorded and we went to bed got up we went to bed got up. We stayed in the studio 12 hours a day. We worked six days a week for a month and we came up with 12 songs. And you know we took ourselves by surprise. I mean it's been a while. We haven't done an album since Sparkle Lounge which was 2008. So everybody's got backed up with ideas. But we opened the metaphorical door and they all came tumbling out. It was a case of which one do you wanna do first. We managed to get them all going. We wrote some on the spot. And they're on various stages of undress. Some of them are actually - we could release them tomorrow and there are others that have just got la la la la, la la la la la over the top of the chords and stuff. Which will get worked on. We can write lyrics over the summer that's the great thing you know plenty of time."
Read the full (lengthy) transcription - Here plus a five minute clip.
- Show Information at - unclejoe.com
- Def Leppard - Off The Record 2014 Show Page
- Def Leppard - Radio 2014
- Previous News - 27th April 2014